Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-01
NEW SERIES, NO. 235

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| said that he had been met By some person
| to-day who expressed The opinion that ihsy
were afraid that the excitement about The
| condition ofihe eity's finances might end
| IN violence. The only answer necessary 10
ouch suggestion was the large assembly
Of prndent and wise heads before him.
This was not . party movement. II was
Tmplya contest between honesty and dis
honesty; He was glad to End gentlemen
efthe Republican party willing to stand
| side BY side with the 4 membsrs Of the
/ other party inthis movement. Whatever il
done BY those present and the people cen.
orally will be With prudence and discre-
ton. He did not wish to be understood
as Saying that prudence meant backing
I down every time deg raises his bristles.
| He meant to say thai there were a few
men who call themselves city officials who
| we're robbing the people Of, the city, and
se mean TO correct this evil. The horse
thief could so ont at night and steal and
make his escape, and we eonld hope to
pursue and arrest him; bas ia this case il
vas open, barefaced. brazen robbery in
daylight, and we have the power to cor
rect II It was due to ourselves and
70 Posterity TO prevent it. lie
Souldn't talk that way If there was
q single solitary doubt of their guilt; he
would be afraid 10 do II. He thought too
much Of a mans reputation to attempt to
destroy it il he was innocent. There has
not been single large contract by these
city officials that has not been sliced, and
divided out among them. If they dare TO
think that / esn't prove that they have
put the peoples money in their pockets,
said. the speaker, let them bring criminal
process against me, and I viii show them
up in their proper light, 20 1''H " '. I
Col. Colyar advised the committee ap-
pointed TO go to work and see that no more
taxes were paid. He said thai he bad
asked the chairman Of the Finance Com
ihiiiee to day about another $4,000 batch
Of checks, which he had not before referred
20, and tried to get him to explain some
thing about them, but hegay that same old
response, mo books When We see such
things staring US in the face, be could only
say that this is the most forbearing people
ia the world. t.f..s.l - t...f. e..
Capt Driver here interrupted, and said
be hsd an apology to offer for Capt. Allen;
chat he didn't know how to keep books.
When he was with him on the Board Of
Claims, he cOuld'nt read his name after
the ink was dry. sti bsk el s .sraI
Col. Colyar continued his remarks at
some length, and referred to the 81, 800 900
issued in seven months. There would not
be 80 much mystery in all this expenditure
if the departments were not also running
80 heavy; every department showed the
f,Ill amount Of expenditures, and outside /
Of these departments there was about
100000 laying around loOse like milk.
There was not single man on the
bench in Tennessee that would deny us
relief upon the showing We have made.
The judges now elected were men who
had some reputation at stake. What we
sant in the courts is TO put two or three
good men in the place Of these robbers.
There we're large judgments falling due in
a short time, and utter bankruptcy was
starring us in the face, unless good men in
Shom the people have confidence are
placed at the head Of affairs. -f...
The time OF deliveranee was near at
hand, and he would announce here tonight
chat had not publicly been proclaimed,
that by the decision of the Supreme Court,
you are free people again. [CheerA
He had besn always satisfied that this
people would be free again. That the
intelligent members of ~ the Republi-
can party had favored il for some
time. The franchise law was still
the statute book, and il too would be
sooner or later declared nudity, but as
good citizens, We should respect il with
that forbearance that has been done for
yearF. By the recent decision, upwards
Of thirty thousand naen have been given
the ballot, and others would be en-
franchised in course of hime. He
advised prudence, and all would
come right. We must nottake che Law in
our own hands, because Of this joy which
must necessarily come to our hearts. Let |
the past be past, and let Us all come to-
gether 10 make Tennessee what she should !
be-the greatest of all Southern States.
The meeting then adjourned.