Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-13

The latest Radical trick which we have |
heard Of is the forging Of an 'saep Of the
General Assembly by the Governor of
Florida, late of Wisconsin The ITALIA
hassee FgoTididn makes the following
exposition of Radical rascality:
If anr one wishes to satisfy his mind
that statute can be forged, we invite
him to 60 to the Office of the colored gen
flemau who fills the Office of Secretary OF
State in Florida, and there he viii see
forced stotsste-a forged act of the Flor
as Legislature. This forged act is entitled
San act to authorize the Governor TO ask
for and receive the Agricultural Land
Scrip from the United States. This
forced act of The Legislature was regu.
lariy filed by the Governor in the Office OF
the Secretary of State as law. II Is
regularly signed by the Governor, LieI-
tenant Governor, Secretary of the Senate,
Speaker and Clerk of the House, and
net soas saever introduced, or redd or
goted on in either branch Of the Legs.
latstre, as is shown by the Journals Oh
both Houses, and as every member u
both Houses would be obliged TO swear
| If called into court 1t is pure forgery.
1t is in the handwriting OF Mr. camp
ben. who the Governor appointed to the
| imnortaut office of Harbor Master at Pen
sacola. Mr.. Campbell says he wrote this
| forced act at the request of Senator
who reioices in the double office OF State
| Senator and United States Marshal for
Florida This Senator has recently OF
Tended Coy. Reed by favoring his mn
peachment. and it was necessary to assist
Reed in regard to this statue in order to
keep Reed from having him removed
| from the Office of Marshal. This forged
act authorized Gov. Reed to ASK for ana
receive from the Government OF the
| United States the Agricultural Land Scrip
| TO which this State may be entitled under
| and nv virtue of the act of Congress OF
| july 3, 1862, providing for Agricultural
| Colleges in the several States.
The Land Scrip is thought TO be, If
| iudiciously invested, of the value OF sew
| eral hundred thousand dollars. What
will become of it if Gov. Reed gets pos
| session of it we cannot say, but Judging
| from the fate of the thirty thousand dol
lars of State bonds that he took to New
| York. and the sad fate of the So, 94o.0 %
he received from. Judge Westcott IN cur
rency. and the still sadder fate of the
81. 40 he received in currency from the
| Florida Railroad Company, to say nothing
of the compound twelve thousand fve
/ hundred dollar operation with Mr.. Sweep
| son. and the unparalleled forgery of the
! Iayv under which he will receive 1his Land
Scrip. if he receives it at all, we should
saw. eFarewell, Agricultural Land Scrip
farewell, Collegei You have gone to
To that pocket from whose bourne no
money has ever yet returned.
We do not know whether Gov. Reed
| will succeed. in getting this scrip or not
| We know that he and the Senator who
superintended the drawing up of the So
called statute, and Lieut.. Gov. Gleason
| and Mr.. Speaker Stearns who signed il
with Gov. Reed, are all now in Washing
ton. But we know also that Mr.. Chase,
| the Superintendent of Schools for thu
State, has gone on to try to head them on
being armed with the opinion OF Attorney
General Meek, that saiG forged statute hai
not the force Of law, and with the Journ
ais and affidavits of members to show ina
said forged statute was never introduced
or read, or voted on, much less passed b!
either branch of the Legislature. W.
trust that Mr.. Chase may overhaul Tn
Governor and his party before they haV
seized their prey.
The Gainesville, Fla. Independent con
: cludes an article ON the extraordinar.
t doings of the late Legislature, as follows
s'To sum up: fourteen railroad charter
were granted, and nearly as many NOR
for improvement and navigation com
panies, one Judge impeached, tour'ee
millions of Florida bonds voted away, an
: perhaps six million acres of land.
Although we have never had the forgin
! of a law in our State we have had enoug
: millions of State bonds voted away an
e other frauds committed by Radicalism I
satisfy us with it without an enforcemer
, | of it upon us by bayonets.