Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-29

implicate Tennessee railroad men and Nom
bers of the Financial Board Other,
charge 1t upon New York parties, bond.
holders and stock spectators. What pro.
pose is this that you appoint a Joint Sc
lect Committee of your best and ablest men
with full powers to send for persons and
| papers, so as to sift this matter to the bot
tom, and ferret out the guilty parties. who
ever they may be and, If found guilty, YOU
should proceed to sue them for damages in
the name of the State Sueh summary and
exemplary treatment of so fragrant offend
ers may serve to protect the State from
like disaster in the future, and to maintain
the standard value of her bonds
Some OF the Railroad Companies COM
mitted the great error Of not making their
payments in advance Of the first of July.
The Comptroller will inform you who they
are. In the discharge of my duty. l served
the following notice upon them all:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn May "a, 1868 7
10 the Railroads Of tie State Of Tennessee
II Is made your duty By the law Of 1852, and also
by the act entitled can Act TO liqudate the deb. OF
the State falling due in 1868 and 1869 passed
March -, 1868; to pay the interest on the Bonds
loaned you, at least fifteen days before said Bonds
become due. The penalty for the violation Of this
duty IS that / am TO appoint suitable person. at
your expense, to take charge Of your road.
therefore warn you that the interest due from
you on the first Of July next must be paid 10 the
Comptroller Of the State at least een days before
that date. w g. BRowsLow,
Governor of Tennessee.
Your attention is also called to the still
partial confusion, indebtedness, and crowd
ed condition of the Penitentiary A full
settlement with the lessees is desirable. if
indeed, il is not absolutely necessary. 1 do
not advise the erection of additional build
ings at this time, at Nashville but. | sug-
gest, as / have done on former occasions
the commencement of Branch Penitentia-
ry in the Eastern Division of the State
The Penitentiary at Nashville ought to be
bnt instead of this, large
Of money are annually re
guired. The whole matter is with you, and
10 you ! submit it without entering into
detail
COLONEL A. E. BOONE,
Whom you designated by special enact
ment to settle with, provide for and pay off
.he officers and soldiers of the late State
Militia, has performed the work assigned |
lim, and is ready for settlement with |
such Committee as you may designate
have been appealed to by prominent |
nen of both political parties, to urge upon |
you the propriety Of removing political dis
abilities formerly imposed upon large |
lass of rebels. The conduct of that class
If people has been, and it still is, such that |
do not feel justified in making this recon-
nondation. They have a military organi-
ation in this State, whose avowed object |
S to trample the laws under feot and force
he party in power to enfranchise them
elves and their sympathizers. l cannot
tultify myself by yielding to this request,
accompanied with threats of violence If |
nembers of the General Assembly are
Harmed for their personal safety, and feel
isposed to sue for peace upon the terms
roposed by an armed mob, they will, of
curse take different view Of the subject.
my recommendation of this kind, if made
t all, should be at regular, and not at
allied session of your body. And whether
ueh recommendation and corresponding
etion thereupOn shall be deemed wise at
our adjourned meeting in November next,
an be then more safely determined, by
trictly observing the conduct of these un-
CONSTRUCTED Ku Klux rebels and their
supporters, between this time
md that.
Trusting that your session may be brief
nd useful, may the hand of kind Provi-
Ience guide your families in your absence.
w. G. BROWNLOW.
July 9th, 1868.