Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-26
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AFFORD TO LOSE THE NEGRO VOTE, AMI
THE PROMISED BRIBEs WILL BIZ PAID.
NASHVILLE CORREsPONDENcE-
NASHVILLE, TEsN., March, 3, 1857.
Editors Memphis Appeal:
You are aware that the franchise law
was declared constitutional, and thai
the next day two Of the judges were re-
| commissioned. Perhaps you don't UNI
/ derstand how this commissioning re-
| wRrded virtue. The constitution says no
/ Judge shall have his salary increased
during his term Of Office. This prevented
the Judges Of the supreme cou taxing
advantage OF a recent act OF the
legislature adding $500 TO the salaries o.
the Judges Of the supreme court. nav
ing declared the franchise law eonstltu'
tionaI, two of them resigned, were
&C once commissioned, and eau Dy Ihis
nice dodge each get his sou. IL woulo
be SANDER 70 say that "a PIosPecl
/ Of the $500 influenced their opinions "
the franchise lsw. They Kne" ma I
they declared the franchise law eonstiou'
tienal Gov. Browniow Would 81 onct
rseommissiOn them. Ihey were Iikht
Still the prospect of gettAng the moIsy
/ uFunL lUUUEuEG LAEAAT wv
OF course not. Some time ago, hnalne
/ mat each Of them might have the radi'
| cal leaders singing them when any one
owe an unpopular dissenting opinion.
the three supreme court judges made
baryain among themselves that only two
NJ them should have an opinion on any
/ case that whenever two pulled togethei
| fhe third should let on that he thought
al too. This was a nice arrangement,
II worked like q charm until this fran
| chise matter came up. Then Hawkins
and Millig2n concluded TO declare the
law constitutional, and, according to the
bargain for unity, Shackleford read the
decision of the supreme court in which
all the Judges were supposed TO con
| cur. But somehow il got out thai
| Shackleford opposed the prOpriety, and
questioned the cOnstitutiOnality Of the
| franchise act, although be had read tbs
dacieiou Of the supreme court. This was
| u~nfortunate. II hurt the decision. II
! settled Shacklefordis hash. He couldn'i
he commissioned. He had no sight fol
| the $500 He wouldn't be allowed tC
| dodge the constitution. He told the
/ other Judges that every man, meaning
/ every Judge, must do as he thought best
/ about the $500, but as for him, a bird in
/ hand was worth two in the bush. The
| iudgeship he had was worth a whole
| pile of new commissions that he couldn't
! get. They resigned and were recon-
m~issioned, and We hope got each his
/ $500. Shackleford went home. In two
weeks they will all be at Jackson, and
Hawkins and Milligan will be again
qualified. We congratulate Tennessee.
/ some folks talk Of Fenominating
S~hacklefOrd for governor. II they do, il
| will be Just as well as if he had lodged
the constitution and got $500, after de-
! elaring the franchise law constitutional
Three of the sic6est fellows, at not
getting to be county commissioners
under the new law, are chaps who teie.
praDhed here to have the injunction
! clause put upon the eounty commissioner
bill. They thought they were sur to be
appointed, and wanted the courts barred
from interference.
Il is rumored about Nashville that
there were seventeen or eighteen eandi-
dates in the @. A. Z. or secret loyal
league Of Memphis and that when they
ballOted, over a dozen of them didn't get
but ten votes each. The lucky fellows,
who had fixed things beforehand, got
each the same, sixty, and of course Gov.
j LGOH AlbW VIA aHHVAAI AAACAAs ivy dAE
Just as ft as most of their defeated rivals.
Many shameful cases of extortion oe-
Cured at Chattanooga during the recent
freshet. Thus those having small skiffs
charged twenty dollars for taking q per-
son over to the mountain, a distance Of
two and 8 half miles. Many even
charged three dollars for taking a person
across the street, and where the skiff
could carry about two hogsheads, they
charged fifty dollars for each load of
goods rescued from the stOtes il the two
thirds of the town under water. One
steamboat captain charged one thousand
dollars for taking a party of men, women
and children down to Decatur. They
chartered the boat and paid the captain,
who then, for pay, took on board a COM
pany Of eighty cavalTvmen with their
horses, thus depriving the women and
children of all shelter from the pouring
rain, except a little awning on one side
Of the BilOt-hOUse. A boat, now on her
way from Louisville to Chattanooga,
charges on freight six dollars a barrel for
flour, and ten dollars a barrel for pork.
Folks here say that half the school
fund Of the state OF Tennessee has gone
up / hope il amt so. The notion is
based on the statement that the first of
the four notes given by the Tennessee
national bank to the legislative commit
tee, for some eighty odd thousand dollars
each, mas been protested. The commit
tee, composed Of Senator'S BOisson and
Spence appointed by the senate, and
Messrs. Elliott and Norman appointed by
the governor, went to Memphis to look
after the S6ls, 900 in United States 1905
that belonged to the school fund. They
assumed the power TO take as pay for the
drafts given to them by Comptroller
Sanford, drafts on New York for about
half the money they wanted. and four
notes for eighty odd thousand dollars
each. The drafts we're paid promptly, but
il is now said that the first of the notes
has been protested. The fear is that the
bank won't pay any Of the notsh- I
hope it will. If it don't, it should uss
remembered that the course pursued to-
ward the bank has crippled il. If it had
been let alone, Sul might have been
right. Ali wClr perhaps, be right yet.
Il this connection il is rumOred that
quite a number of influential radical
members of the Legislature got loans
from the Tennessee national bank AMI
investigation of the matter is going
What if they did, is il to be sup
b1IGA LL&A GAll JIM Vi EAHHNlAAAEa AAA
any effect on the opinions Of Legislators?
When the contest for the fiscal agency
was going on, these were friends Of three
banks. May be other banks made free
loans as well as the Tennessee national.
Men who will find fault with public
accepting loans or presents, would
also doubtless object to their voting
themselves pay In gold, and thus making
per cent on their salaries.
Don't believe any stories that you may
hear about our radical state government
not being entirely harmonious. There
has to be two sides to a cake. There is
an upper and q lower crust to pies
and parties. Everybody can't be more
than everybody else. In the
nature Of things our excellent gov
can be more mriously radical than
fhaddeus Stevens or any other man.
On the other hand, Mr.. Secretary
Fletcher is the brains of our present
government. He deserves the
credit OF three fOurths Of the sensible
.hings done at Nashville during the last
years. He don't get that, but
he is blamed by those who don't
him with all the mean
st and most unwise measures that
have been adopted. An able lawyer and
! sensible man, he couldn't be as radical
rs many members of the legislature. He
las been a kind Of scape-goat TO bear the
inns OF others into the wilderness.
If I was a governor l would myself
ike to have an able secretary who would
ret no credit for what be suggested, and
would be blamed for all that I did
wrongly. Gov. BrOwnlow is not to
He is too independent and self
confident TO wish to take any credit not
his due; but be is surrounded by a
lsck Of hounds who would chase him II
lie stood between them and their game,
nd Fletcher is too moderate to suit
hem. He don't howl for more blood.
lie don't keep all the time snarl-
ng at those who are sorry thew I
yer were rebels. Well, a short timeag
brother-in-law, or some other relative
T the secretary, was pressed for an
flee. He vas afterward elected, and
hen the governor, poisoned by those
rho want 70 use him, refused to give a
to the young man, whe was
very way worthy and qualified. This
light added to the modification of hav-
* TO father numerous binnders in and
Inside the legislature, would have in
gced 1be secretary to resign. but he
'Ould not crafty his reptile enemies.
earnestly desires quiet and relief =
ON the cares OF Office. He will be glad
hen be can, like Cincinnatus, cultivate I
Is little farm. There Is no breach be- 5
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