Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-16

willing TO jeopardize everything else for
the sake of securing his own election to
the United States Senate. He says if
Bullock permits the organization of the
General Assembly, it will promptly rati-
fy the fifteenth amendment, elect anil
Bullock Senators, and fully comply with
the requirements of the reconstruction
laws. The tenor of other dispatches from
Atlanta, including something from Gen.
Terry. is that Bullock is trying his best so
as 10 ret elected TO the United State Sen
ate. The General telegraphed yesterday |
that there was considerable excitement,
but says to-day things are COM
paratiYely quiet. lie further inquiries |
of the War Department what he may do |
in the case of a sheriff who is making a |
good deal of trouble, and Sherman re-
spends that he may be removed at Terry's
discretion. Terry also telegraphed to-day |
inquiring what might be done in cases
where members of the Legislature were
unseated, and Sherman was at the capitol
this afternoon consulting with Senator
Trumbull and other lawyers. This eve
ming he telegraphed to Terry that the per
sons receiving the next highest number of
votes for seats should be sworn into them,
in accordance with the laws of Georgia.
The President has instructed Terry to pro
coed with the utmost caution in the whole
work of reorganization, but to use decis-
i've measures if they become necessary.
1t may be well enough to add that, as
Bullock is nothing but Provisional Cover
nor, he is subject to removal by the Com
manding General.
1t is very clear that Gov. Bullock is en-
deavoring to reconstruct the Legislature
so as to secure his election to the United
States Senate. When the roll-call had
been gone through on the 18th inst, and
the House of Representatives was arbi-
trarily adjourned to Monday, to give Ter
RVS drumhead court-martial time to act,
or more properly to give Bullock time to
prepare for the emergency, a careful
count showed that Democrats and Repub-
Hcans opposed to Bullock had consider
able majority. This was foreseen by
| Bullock, and he sought to get rid of a
number of Democratic members and have
his own friends put in their places through
| the interference of Satrap Terry. And
he telegraphs to Washington that the
Democrats will overthrow the Aloyalists "
unless Terry turns out certain number
of Democratic members and puts others
in their places. This is the game that
Bullock invokes Grant to play through his
puppet Terry, that he Bullock may get
into the United States Senate. 1t appears
that Grant is disposed to help Bullock,
and instructions have been sent to Terry
l to turn out enough Democrats and put In
those who received the next highest vote
to secure Bullock the place he coYets.
In the meantime, Capt. Bryant, member
of the House of Representatives, and
who was appointed by Grant postmaster
at Augusta, telegraphs to Washington the
exact state of the case, and exposes the in
famous object Bullock has in view. In a
speech at Atlanta on the 18TH inst, Bryant
was very bold in his denmciations of Bull
lock and Blodgett, and declared that he
was perfectly convinced that all the good
men of the State would unite in order
that they might save Georgia by their
honest exertions in behalf of the State.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Au-
gusta Chronicle and Sentinel writes,
Jan. Is, of the situation as follows:
seWhile Bullock has succeeded in secur-
ing the services of Gen. Terry to help
| him work in one way, by means of his
| numerous tools, he is also hard at work
| on another line. One of his chief allies
| is the Bayonet; the others and an equally
formidable one, is Bribery. Coercion
| and corruption are the means employed to
| procure, by intimidation or purchase, a
| Legislature in which the Bullockites may
have working majority.
1.-The earnings of the State Road is
| said to be most lavishly used, and the
official patronage Of the State government
| bestowed with the greatest profusion for
| the purchase Of members OF the OppOsi-
| ton party. And this system of corruption
| is not confined in lis practice only to mem
bers, but has been employed, and in some
cases | am afraid with success, upon
Democrats and Conservative Republicans,
both in and out of the Legislature. a
large number of BullOck's Judges of the
Superior Courts of the State are here, by
order of their master, and are energeti-
cally at work lobbying in the interests of
Bullock and the Little Perjurer.
'tAfter the close of the call of the roll
in the House of Representatives this
afternoon a count of noses by the know
ing ones disclosed the fact that the Demo,
Gratis and Conservative Republicans of that
body are considerably in the majority;
but it is thought that when Terry commits
sion finishes its investigation that enough
Democrats will have been declared ineligi-
bic to seats to reverse this calculation. 1t
is reported on the streets that a PROPOSE
ton to compromise the difficulty between
the two parties and go on with the or
ganization of the House has been suggest
ed, but nothing definite with regard to it
has vet transpired. Eminent counsel have
been retained to defend the alleged
ineligible members of the Legislature, who
have been summoned to appear before
General Terry's commission.
''Gen. Terry, under the influence of
the Washington pressure, has gone COM
pletely back on the Democrats and Con-
servatives and this morning actually re-
fused to see a delegation of moderate Re
publicans.
'The Bullockites attempted to buy out
the Ne10 Era last night, but the attempt
did not succeed. Alarge sum was offered
DR.. Bard for his paper, but he refused to
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