Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-12-11

ordinary expenses of the State Gov
eminent, are hawked about in the
market, and in some instances sold at
at a discount.
"But the foregoing, as h~umiliating
as it must be to every Tennesseean, is
but a 1.-THE of the just complaint that
could be preferred against his admin
istratiOn of executive powers. In vi
Olation of This oath of Office, and in cOn-
/ tempt of all the Constitutional rights
| of the citizens, he has trampled re-
m~Orselessly upon almost every pro-
visiOlaOf the Constitution which he
was sworn to support. AS Governor
he assumed to revise the election re-
turns; to set aside elections made by
the people and commission his own
partiSans and willing tools to places of
high public trust. In violation of the
Constitution and the laws, he used a
portion of the school fund, sacredly
set apart for educational purposes, in
the payment of an illegal and useless
military organization. He used the
power with which he was clothed
as Governor, in registering and
unregiStering voters, to secure
his reelection as Governor, and to
advance himself to the position of
United States Senator, in which he
now misrepresents the party which
elected him. He has, In some in
stances, appointed immoral and in
competent men to the bench, for the
purpose of gratifying his malice and
insuring the execution of uncOnstitu-
tOnal enactments. He. patrOnized
corrupt men, encouraged them in
their specUiatiOns upon the public
treasury, and eXerted himself to pro-
tect them from exposure and secure
to them their ill-gOtten gains. To en-
able him to carry out his plans, he
advised, and through his influence
procured, the passage of an unconsti-
tutiOnal law, investing him with I'M
limited power and authorizing him to
raise and equip an organized military
force, 10 be paid out of taxes Wrung
from an impoverished people. In
order to intimidate the Judiciary and
force 1t, if possible, to subserve his
selfish ends, he suggested and urged
forward the impeachment of Judge
Frazer, simply because he had faith
fully and fearlessly discharged his iu-
dicial duty, in releasing certain par
ties from an unlawful and unjust i'm
priSOnment. And after thus running
the gauntlet Of infamy until he had
lost the respect and confidence and
was TO lose the leadership of his own
party, he 6dSeiy betrayed them, and
now with a few deserters-poiitical
prostitutes like himself-he cringes at
the conservative door, seeking the
leadership of our party, and even
claims the right to call upon and des-
ignate candidates to represent US in a
sovereign convention.
u admit, fellOw-citiZens, that the
victory of last August resulted in part
from the treachery Of Gov. Brownlow
and ms peculiar friends, TO their own
party. But this imposes no Obliga-
tiOns upon Us. Their treachery was
the result Of calculation, and for their
W benefit. They sought to regain.
by coming to our party, the leadership
they had lost in their own, We had
the right to avail ourselves of their
treachery to regain political rights
which they forcibly wrested from us.
and having persistently struggled for
five years for the restoration of the
political power of the State to the
people, l am now unwilling to sur
render the authority of reforming the
Constitution into the hands of men,
or 10 delegates to be selected by men.
who have been always on the lookout
for the popular current, and ready to
turn it to account for their own pecu-
mary and political advantage"
He next refers to the liberal appro.
priations hitherto made by the Legis-
lature for railroads in East Tennessee.
and disclOses the astounding fact that
there have been misappropriated half
a million dollars, or more. He says:
1.-The bonds appropriated for this
purpose have not been properly APP
piled. OF the munificient a~pprOpria-
tons made by the Legislature for the
Denent OF roads c|entering in Knox
vile l know Of the loss and misappli-
cation Of S450,O00, and in my opinion
a thorough investigation would dis
close a much larger amount. Against
these nlQidpDrOpridtiOaS of a fund
which if faithfully applied and Judi
ciOusly expended, would have en-
HANGED the value of the property of
East Tennessee TO an amount greater
than the present OnerOus State debt
l have repeatedly and publicly pro.
tested, aud it is because of such pro-
tests that l have become the object of
attack. A part of this fund thus di-
verted from its legitimate channels,
has been used in buying up some
newspapers, Substituting others, cor
rupting legislators, and circulating
Misrepresentation and falsehoods for
she purpose of Frustrating me and
preventing investigation. In support
fthe truth of these statements / am
ready to produce proof, name the wit
neSSeS, give dates and amounts and
furnish a full detail of the processes
by which the fund was diverted to
private uses"
Whether he is elected or defeated,
We trust he will do the public the
the great service, which, with this
knowledge, is in his power, and be
successful in exposing the schemes of
the pecUlators, as well as overthrow
ing the future would-be and scheming
tyrants.
In reply to the above, BRowNLow
has published a vituperative card, to
which Mr.. BANTER has responded in
a few words, a follows:
az beg to remind the people that in
May, 1S67-two years and six months
agO-I fOTetOld in my Cleveland speech
the deplOrable condition to which the
people Of Tennessee would be reduced
from the recklessneSs, incapacity and
corruption OF Gov. Brownlow. In
view Of existing facts, who will say
that my predictions have not been
certified 10 the letter?
He met my statements and argu-
ments then as he does now, with false
hoods and personal defamation. In
reply ventured one other prediction:
that his dynasty would break down
under its own cOrruption; that he
would lead his party to defeat and
then desert them. Who is now bold
enough to question the realization of
this prediction?
"And in the series of letters then
written in reply to his ~aspersiOns, l
ventured q other prophecy, tO-wit:
that | would live to see the day, not
then very distant, when | would have
and enjoy the respect Of my fellow
citizens, while his name would excite
general di-gust and provoke universal
execratiOn. The very general mani
festation of the coming popular justice
give ample assurance of the certain
and early realization Of this truth