Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-13
OUR NASHVILLE LETTER.
Boon oar srecial Corrcspondent.

apply to the present session of the Legisla-
ture. The vocabulary has been Tansacked
in the vain hope to find some one word
9, that shall fifty express the peculiar charac-
teristic of this wise, august body. So far
the attempt has been Il failure, not from
any lack OF names, but for the want of any
one term that shall fifty express the high
F.. falutin gerrymandering and statutory
operations that have so distinguished this
astute body of Solons. One suggested
that this be called the repeating term an
other the reconsideriHg term; another the
investigating term another the rump J"
term: another the interminable term.
This was considered slightly ON the tau
talogical order, and instantly voted down.
Finally one of the aforesaid suggested
mildly and calmly, that they need not
trouble themselves to find name for it,
for the people would, at the next election
take action to dispose of the thing; that
there was a delightful prospect in view
which promised to send the whole batch
on a voyage in search of oblivion, from
which there was no prospect any of the
active would ever return to plague the flu
ture politics of Tennessee. This smacking
strongly of good sense, and many facts
and indications leading the council to hold
the same opinion, the child will doubtless
live awhile longer rs Il hybrid of ''nO
name.O
INVESTIGATION
Still holds its own. One committee have
been at work on the Nashville and North
western Railroad, and submitted report
on Friday that accomplishes wonders. 1t
does more it announces to the world that
General Times did badly, and Burns did
well. 1t consigns the gallant carpet-bagger
to all sorts of imaginary perdition, (peni-
Tertiary included, and plasters the modest
Burns from head to foot with the slickest,
slimiest, slipperyest, smoothest, softest
4lot oh re-
refreshing for those who have felt
1.-The patient search and vigil long
OF him who treasures up a wrong
To wait many years i'm hope of redress and
now comes this Legislature and its COM
mittee, who retire to a side-room make a
few passes, say a few words q Ia Macbeths
witch, and presto ! out comes the modest,
energetic and clean Burns in n bran new
suit of whitewash. 1t is not only refresh
ing, it's wonderful. The ex-Railroad Pre-
sdent may thank his stars that Senter was
Governor last fall We are led to say thus
much because memory will revert to the
terrible fight made to defeat Burns and
elect the present President. We have
lively recollection of the learned, voluble
legal gents employed to talk Burns down
and the other man up. We remember the
circulars, pamphlets, columns in newspa-
pers, &C., all loaded with rows of figures
which proved so clearly that b. did not
know how to keep hotel and c. did fla
proposition were started tomorrow to erect
a wooden monument on the Hottest peak
of the Cumberland Mountains, and distri-
butte quantity of leather medals among
this great body, you may safely count on
Michael for several hundred feet of lumber
and one or two sides of oak-tanned No. /
from the Market street store. As Peter
Richings used to say, in the play of " EX
tremes, This is great country"
COL. JOHN BAXTER.
This gentleman has been here for few
days, ready to keep his promise and eager
for the Fray but we are compelled to
write more in sorrow than anger, we are
afraid the Colonel will be afforded no de-
cent chance to give the people of the State
an opportunity TO know something about
the inside of Railroad bond legislation.
An effort was made on Thursday to re-
consider the vote which brought Col. b. TO
Nashville but it raised such Il breeze that
the motion went on the table instanter.
Much is expected by the public from this
investigation, while at the same time it is
feared that nothing will be done. SO much
does this opinion obtain, that bets are Of
fered that Baxter will be offered no oppor-
tunity to ventiate the facts that have came
TO his knowledge.
The story in the spelling book illustrates
this thing. 1t makes Il great difference
which OK was gored." Just so, it does
make great difference. NOW, II llle 1dul-
cal OK was the delinquent. We would have
seen Special Committee at the depot to
wait upon and escort the Colonel 10 the
Maxwell house, and Keene would have
received Legislative orders to make him
comfortable. But the dclinquents in this
case are supposed to belong TO the Conser-
vative side, hence all this alacrity 10 second
the efforts of the Colonel-in large horn.
Z The Governor has not approved the resolu-
ton, and may wait the i've days allowed
by rule before doing SO. ii this be done,
il will seriously incommode Mr.. Baxter,
who has business at the Courts in East
Tennessee the coming week. 1t is a cause
for regret, yet those who are posted say the
investigation Will not come of II the
thing does fail from any cause, we shall be
sorry for the Conservatives in the Assem-
big. They will become the targets for all
kinds OF gentle parliamentary abuse.
Their reputation n Investigator, will be
damaged somewhat, and at the next cleo
ton the people will gently whisper in
their ears, you have done the state some
service but we can't see il. And, as a
result, several useful trades and professions
will receive again the truant members,
who will once more become producers.
II Col. Baxter be not offered an OpPurtu-
nifty 10 show up certain Railroad Com
miJtee, we shall advise large majority OF
this Assembly to procure copy OF shakes
peare, read, STUDY, and commit 10 memory
the following: