Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-30

Preferred Against Kim by the HOUSE
of Representatives.
NASHVILLE, Jan. &c, Is6S-T5 the Hon
OrabIe, dle Senate and Hollse Of Represez
tatfees Of lie State Of 1egnessee-I have
this day received a written notice signed by
the Hon. +. S. Richards, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, OF the intro
| duction Of resolution purporting 10 be
founded on the report OF committee to
remove me from the Office Of Chancellor Of
the az Seventh Chancefy Division and
Judge Of the Sumner Circuit Court, action
upon which is suspended until the ll0th)
tenth Of February, 1868. This resolution
IL founded upon the report Of committee
Of which Thompson Mckinley is chair
man. The report is a tissue Of falsehoods
gotten up through the nialignity and hos
tility of the said Mckinley to crafty his
malice and interested purposes.
The charges are mere opinions and gems
erAl ia theircharacter, which will be here
after noticed as specifically as their general
and indefinite nature viii admit
The original resolution looking to i'm
parchment was introduced by the said
Mckinley more than two months since !;
and as chairman of that committee, he has
ransacked the counties Of Montgomery,
Macon, jackson, and Sumner, hunting up
conyicts and personal enemies, and taking
their er pagfe statements, written out by
himself. and without notice to the accused
or giving him the benefit Of cross-exaroi-l
nation; taking detached portions of CONVEX
sations, and those frequently misrecoliected
and misrepresented, and makes them the
basis of a report upon which to found a
resolution Of Impeachment.
Your memorialist would state to your
honorable bodies that while he has respect
for the members Of each House, in Justice
20 truth and himself he must state that his
prosecutor, Thomas Mckinley, has availed
himself of bis position to crafty his malice
and spleen; has made false charges, know
ing them 10 be such, and has used every
fraudulent means to sustain them, and
thst he is a man totally unworthy of credit
himself; that he resided in Washington
county, in the State of Pennsylvania, and
bore such notoriously bad character, that
his oath would not be taken in a court of
justice, and by reasonable time being given,
this fact can be established Further, that
during the war he endeavored and did
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purchasing goods in Louisville and ships
ping them TO Gallatin in the name Of Capt.
Hunter, Quartermaster, defrauding the
government of the tax and freight, and
smuggled them from the Quartermaster's
department to store house near the public
square in Gallatin for sale. The fraud
was discovered, and Mr.. Van Pelt, now of
Louisville, an officer of the government;
took the goods that were not sold from Nc
Kinley and re-shipped them to Louisville,
and Mckinley never prosecuted his claim
for them. Further, it will be proved that
after the war closed said Mckinley set up
at Gallatin as a claim agent. He obtained
a list Of the names of all the negroes il
that section who had claims for back pay,
bountieH, etc, and had the claims allowed
by the proper authorities, and then made
the negroes believe that il would be some
years before the claims were paid by the
government. He then made a PROPOSE
ton 20 Charles NJ Parker, a gen.
tleman who had belonged to the
Federal army, to boy these claims,
informing him that he had made the ne
groes believe that they could not get their
money for some years, and that they
could be bought for forty or fifty cents on
the dollar, and as soon as Parker would
purchase the claims, Mckinley would fur
nish the list of the negroes to Parker; they
would go 10 Louisville and get the money,
where Mckinley had il deposited, and that
they would divide the spoils. Parker be-
ing a gentleman, declined the corrupt pro-
position r
Yonr memorialist had nothing 10 do
with the said McKinley's being indicted
for corruption in Office under the franchise
law. He was indicted by the grand jury
for refusing TO give to several colored men
whose loyalty wac established by Judge
Dodd and Assessor Patton, their certifi-
Gates and & mandaThus was awarded TO
compel the said Mckinley 10 give a certif-
cate TO Hal Coleman, a colored man, whose
loyalty was clearly established. From a
Judgment in said case the said Mckinley
appealed to the Supreme Court at Nash
vile. and the cause is pending there now.
The said Mckinley in his report says
that ON zone occasion, he Judge Barry
went TO the length Of denouneing from the
bench. in open court, q man about being
tried before him, as a scoundrel." There
il NOT one word Of truth in this charge.
This charge alludes TO himself (McKinley) (
and The facts are as follows On the iudict-
men tallnded TO, Mcfinley's counsel desired
10 continue the case, and during the drawing
Of the affidavit, which was required by the
counsel for the State 10 continue the same,
and while Il was being drawn several Of the
military came into the court room, and
from their appearance and manner, and
Al - I'LL Af,K.nlo.- H.,
lieved that an attempt was being made TO
intimidate the court, and Afterwards he I'M
derstood that Mckinley had sent for the
military under the pretense that he would
be mobbed in the courtroom, and had
falsely impressed the commanding officer
that such thing was to take place Under
these circumstances he made some remarks
touching the efforts of the military to over
ave the civil authorities, and announced
that that would not be permitted, but made
no remarks that applied to Mckinley, who
was then present in court.
The cause Of Mckinley was continued
upon his affidavit the court refusing 10
hear argument of counsel of the other side,
and the court received from Mckinley
very moderate bail.
As to the charge that Summer county
would not submit or recognize such a
monarchical form Of government and that
be 6ned party for saying that the county
would have to submit 20 the State govern
ment, this is false. 1t siludes 10 the case Of
james Baker, a white man, one Of Nc
kinleys infamous Witnesses who is not
entitled 70 credit in a court OF justice, and
who has heretofore been discredited, He
was indicted for having children by col
ored woman and living in open and noto-
Tious lewdness with her, and was found
guilty, and fned twenty-five dollars. Ba-
ker then cursed the jury and court 70
juror, and the fact was reported 70 the
court, and be was fined ten dollars for cons
tempt Of court.
Another of Mckinley's infamous wit
nesses, 6. W. Baker, a brother of James
Baker, was indicted for petit larceny, and
has formerly been diseredited, and is not
entitled 10 credit in a court Of Justice.
In addition to bis general denial of the
charges preferred, he will be able 10 prove
that he was the first and most active man
in Sumner county for the restoration of the
Stale government having introduced the
subieci in a public speech as early as
March, 1864, and voted for the county