Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-07
A CARD.

To the Editor Of the Union aud American:
In your issue of to-day you quote,
from letter addressed by me TO Geo. r.
Rutter, as follows
"The Governor directs me TO return
you his thanks for the information rela-
tive to these financial matters, from time
to time communicated to him. He the
Governor hopes in future, as in the past,
you will give him all the information in
your power relative to this New York, or
whatever you may term it, swindle and
attempt to injure the credit Of the State"
You editorially inquire, "Was such
letter as this written by one of the Gov
ernoT's sons And if SO, what does the
receipt Of $1,000 and the direction of the
Governor to thank Rutter for informa-
ton relative to these financial matters
mean, if the Executive was not connected
with the disappearance of the sacred
school fund p
The receipt of $1,000 and not $1,000 as
you make il, means lust this. Mr.. Rut-
ter forwarded to me, by letter, the sum
Of 81 400, money due from him to the
Knoxville Why office, which paid over
to Mr.. Haws, the business manager of
that Office, and acknowledged the receipt
thereof.
The books of the u hiq office will show
what this means" And | suggest,
Messrs. Editors, that it would have been
more in accordance with honorable Jour
nalism for you to have published the sum,
H. s.f ruhsnh . aaI- LII .oI
without engaging in the business Of sub
sGtuting punctuation marks so as to make
it "mean" what never was intended
This, however, may be matter Of jour
nalistiC taste.
The testimony Of Mr.. Haws before the
Legislative committee will explain to you
What this does mean2 The direction
Of the Governor TO thank Rutter for ins
formation relative to these financial mat
tiers, means that the Governor, instead
OF having any connection with the dis
appearance Of the Sacred School Fund, ,"
was seeking TO ascertain all he could re
gardiRg the swindling suits instituted 10
New York, last July, in order to destroy
the credit OF the State, as the letter re-
ferred to will demonstrate.
There is no allusion whatever to the
SACRED School fund.- in the letter,
which it has been attempted to make the
vehicle of SANDER and defamation.
In conclusion will say that this letter
of mine was in response to letter from
Mr. Rutter, in addition to containing the
$1,000 already alluded to also contained
propositions to furnish information 10 the
Governor as to the parties responsible for
defeating the payment Of the July
| interest on our State bonds 1t
| would certainly be strange move on
the part Of Mr. Rutter to advance two
| thousand dollars of the Sacred school
fund" year and half after the whole
thing had exploded and the whole matter
been taken out of his and placed in the
hands of a receiver Would it not speak
badly for Rutter's business habits lOI
him to forward two thousand dollars by
the ordinary mail facilities Would he
not have either checked or expressed the
amount In consideration of what has
been said and intimated, pronounce
the implied charges that have been open
ly and cOvertly made, base and cowardly
in conception, false in expression, and
false in insinuation and inuendo.
john b. BRoWNLoW