Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-29

eEHphatically, that these Organized bands oi
assasslns and robbers be declared outlaws By
special legiSIatiOR, and punished with death
eau aRen members % speak and vote in the
halls OF legislatiOn as they themselves and their
eonstituents have spoken 70 me in private let
ters and petitions calling for the militia 70 pro-
| tect them in their persons and property. True,
| II will take money 20 furnish a military force.
but loyal men residing in rebellio1s counties
are entitled 70 protection. without any regard 20
/ what II may cost In dollars and cent? III i an
/ expected 20 protect them, I must be allow ed q
/ sufficient clerical force to execute my orders
promptly, and funds 70 meet the necessary de-
mands Ia carrying out these orders. Gentlemen
are here from counties partially in rebellion, and
| it Is for them to say whether military force is
necessary 70 afford protection and quiet among
their constituents, You will also pardon me for
my plainness OF speech. as I have been COM
planned Of as rather taFdy in my movements TO
| protect loyal men. Therefore. IL Is that # our
people are batehered in cold blood, and the col
I cred population are intimidated and driven from
their homes and the baliot-box, I intend the re-
sponsibllity stall rest with the Legislative and
not with the Execptiye Department of the State
government IL am regarded as extraYagant
| and violent. shall be gratiied to have the
Legislature dssignRtO some other person TO take
the entire control Of this branch Of the public
| service. l4
again repeat, geutlemen. that you are fresh
from the people famil with all the recent out
rRges complained of, and it is for you to apply
the remedy for existing evils. Should You con-
Il
them, IT viii be your duty to protect them by
law for all proper acts done under orders, or in
| the line ofduty; otherwise they will be annOye
BY malicious n prosecutions after they are mus
propose next to cali your attention to the
subject OF our State finances. Near the close
Board, consisting OF five membcIs, viz: the
Governor, Secretary of State Comptroller,
Treasurer and PRESIDENT Of the Bank of Ten
| nessee. regret TO say that from the time
1 n n af he. ~.
| present, there has been great want Of harmony
i IN its councils and action. Very soon after the
kOard organized, the Secretary of State and the
Comptroller sent IN their resignatiOns as mem
bers OF the Board. as did also the Secretary Of
l the Beard. The remaining three members i'm
nediately convened at Knoxville and reergan-
ized, electIng s. Watson Chairman OF the Board,
| and Hon. W. Bosom, Permanent Secretary. L
offered resolution. which WAS adopted, to the
eject that We had no authority TO accept the
designations of tho persons before named, and
| alleging that their designations should be ten
dered to the Legislature, the power by which
| they were constituted members of the Board,
as the only body competent TO receive their re-
signations. At the same meeting we effected
all the preliminary arrangements deemed neeos- :
| sary 70 provide for meeting the July interest,
and the Chairman of the Board was constituted
an agent 20 90 70 New York to carry ont our
plans. what these plans we're, the report of
the Board wall show. Closely following the ae :.
ton recited, some Of the members of the Board
who had rendered their designations. opened a
upon the newly elected Chairman and the pOli-
cy he had adopted. The effect Of this contro-'
versy was TO distract our councils at home and
iujure our credit abroed. One member of the
Board went so far as to say to another member,
that he was in favor of making q publication
setting forth that the State was unable to meet
the interest upon her bonds. y.F
For the honor and credit Of the State, trust
no member of either House Of the Legislature
will give countenance to such an idea. Pride
of character, tho dictates of patriotism and a.
decent regard fer the opinions of mankind,
should lead US to troWn Indignantly upon any
thing looking toward the repudiation of our
honestly contracted obligations. OF the thirty
two million dollars constituting our State debt,
fully three -tOusths were incurred by the State
fOanlnR her credit and issuing her bonds 70 the
different railroad companies of the. State To
secure the payment of these bonds the State has
hrst mortgage upon all railroads so aided, ma
KING her security fully adequate. Oepitalists
and dealers in stocks, well understanding these
facts, have no lack Of confidence In the ultimate
redemption Of Tennessee bonds; indeed. our
bonds had gone mp 10 seventy eight cents on the
dollar at the time Of the recent difficulty in New
York. Here will take occasion to say that,
alter arrangements were completed to meet the
DULY interest, and everything was deemed se-i
cure, q most foul conspiracy was entered into
Somewhere, culminating at New York, evident
~ designed TO injure the credit of our State and
depreoiate the price of her bonds, for purposes
Of speeulatiOu-tho result Of which has been to
delay the payment of the July interest. and also
20 greatly depreciRte the value of the State
bonds. To meet this extraordinary emergency
is. in part. the design Of cOnvoning. the General
Assembly at this time. i am unable to indicate
the guilty parties in these nefaTious transac-
tiOns. The New York press, as we'll as sundry
ietter-Writers. implieate Tennessee railroad
men and members of the Financial Board. 9th
ers charge II npnn New York parties. bond.
holders and stock speculators. What propose
is this: That you appoint a Joint select commit
tee Of your best and ablest men, with full power
to send for persons and papers. SO as TO sift this
matter TO the bottom. AND ferret out the guilty
parties, whoever they may be; and, il found
guilty, you should proceed to sue them for dam
ages in the name Of the State. Such summary
and exemplary treatment of so fragrant offend,
ers may serve to. protect the State from like
disasters in the future, and to maintain the
standard value Of her bonds.
Some Of the railroad companies committed
the great error Of net making their payments in
| advance of the first of July. The Comptroller
will inform you who they are. In the discharge
Of my duty. served the following notice upon
them all -ra &. -.- .#.. . $500.
ExECUTIyE OFFICE, NASHVILLE, Tenn. May
"a, lS68.-To the Railroads of the State Of TenHes
see Ii is made your duty, by the law of 1852
and also by the act entitled IAN act to liquidate
| the debt of tho State falling due in 1858 and.
1855" passed March l3, 1853 10 pay the interest
on the bonds loaned you at least fifteen days be-
fore said bonds become due. The penalty for the
violation Of this duty is that am to appoint a
suitable person, at your expense, to take charge
of your road. fr- l..
therefore warn you that the interest due from
you on the lst of July next must be paid to. the
Comptroller Of the State at least fifteen days
before that date w. @. BRowELow.
... ..r...- Governor OF Tennessee,
Your attention is alss called TO the still par
| tial confusion, Indebtedness and crowded condi-
tion Of fthepenitentiaTy. A full settlement with
the lessees is desirable If, indeed. il is not abs0-
iutely necessary. i do not advise the creation of
additional buildings al this time. at Nashville ;
| bat suggest, as | have done on former occa-
AiORs, the commencement Of branch peniten-
| tiary in the Eastern division of the State. The
/ a Naghvilla Ourht tn hp sol f-gua-
| tsining; but, instead of this, large apprOpria-
tiOns Of money are annually required. Tho
| whole matter is with you, and to you / submit
il without entering into detail
| e-.H col. A. E. BOONE.
| whom you designated. by special enactment, to
settle with, provide for and pay Of the officers
| and soldiers Of the late State militia, has per
| formed the work assigned 70 hlm, and is ready
| for a settlement with such committee as you
Ihave been appealed 10 by prominent men Of
both political parties, to urge upon you the
| propriety of removing political disabilities
formerly imposed uPen q large class Of Rebels.
The conduct OF that class OF people has been,
and Il stil is, such that DO not feel justified in
making this Recommendation. They have a
military organization in this state, whose
avowed object is 10 trample the laws under loot
and force the party IN power to eniranehlse
themselves and their sympathiZers. l cannot
stultify myself by yielding to this request, ac-
companied with threats Of violence. If mem
bers of the General Assembly are alarmed Tor
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peace upon the terms proposed by an armed
mob, they will. of course, take a different view
| Of the subject. Any accommodation OF sbE
kind IL made At ali. should be al . regular. and
| not at a called session Of your body. And
whether such accommodation and correspond
ing ac5ion thoreupOn shall be deemed wise al
your afiisurnod meeting in November next can
be then more safely determined, By strictly OBJ.
serving tho conduct OF these unTecOnstructed
Ku-Klux Rebels and their synPathizing sup
p0rters between this time sn& that.
/ Trusting that your session may be brief and
useful, may the hand Of kind Providence guide
| your families in your absence
We. BROTSIow,
July y, 1868.
THE RADICALS AGAIN On FHF
l. HEELS OF MRS. EINCOLN.
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