Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-31
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Fellow citizens of Davidson County
Again am compelled to expose the attacks
made upon me, in communication pub
lshed in the Banner of the 10Th inst,
signed E. Cunningham. 1 refer you to the
statement of Mr. G.. @. Cantrell, accompa-
nying the above. / mauthorized to state,
by Mr.. Joseph Hamblin, that his recollee-
ton is, that Cunningham told him that he
got his Confederate money off on Cantrel
and White. / have no doubt, if had time
and opportunity, 1 could find other men to
whom Cunningham has stated the same
thing. That disposes of the question of
tie money, and its value here on the 18th
and 10Th of February, 1862. Fort Donel-
son fell on the 10th, and during the week
previous, the city was all in an uproar
The Confederate authorities were removing
the Confederate property South; the money
was not passing at any rate, except to be
sent South. These facts are notorious to
the whole community.
Now 1 am charged with putting In an in
famous plea to avoid just debt. l deny
the charge We Justly owed nothing; we
had acted in good faith, and took the same
care of their money that we did of our own.
We lost all, and were neither bound In law
or morals to pay any thing. The Federal
army is approaching Nashville; neighbor
asks you as favor to save his horse for
him by taking him to Franklin, and you
undertake to do so, without fee or reward,
and the horse is captured and taken away
from you, without your consent; are you
responsible for his value to the owner,
either in law or morals? 1t does not re-
quire a learned Chan cellor to answer this
question.
And the man who would undertake to
enforce such demand against his neigh
Der, is a fit companion for that company
amongst whom the traveller fell as he
iourneyed from Jerusalem to Jericho.
When We were sued by Cunningham we
retained Judge Baxter as attorney, and we
followed bis advice as to the line of our de-
tense. l have always understood when
you employ an attorney it is best to let
him manage the case according to his own
Judgment, and whenever lawyer attempts
to manage his own case, it is said, he
always has fool for his client avoided
that imputation by following the advice of
my attorney, whom believed was compe-
tent to attend to the case, without running
the character of his client. And if my CHAR
acter in this community cannot stand the as
saults of Cunningham q Co., it is not
worth defending. I am nat SjtGger or q
usurer. 1 have been kind in my DISPOSE
ton, and liberal and generous in my feel
ings; and it would afford me more pleasure
to pay debt to a man l owed, than 1t
would him to receive it. / claim no credit
for this-it is my natural disposition. And
now, fellow citizens, [ would ask you if a
rebber was breaking into your house to
steal your goods, would you be very choice
about the kind of weapon you used IN
repeKing his assault? Would you stop to
inquire whether your weapon was a broad
sword or battle-ax? No, fellow-citizens,
you would seize the first weapon that was
handy and you would brain the robber if
you could, as you know this would
be good law as well as good morals,
without any learned lawyer to tell you.
Fellow-citizens, my great crime is t'hav-
! ing the cool efrontery to offer for Chancel-
| lor, in opposition to Edward H. East.
am first charged with being a worse Radi-
cal than Mr.. East, and now am charged
| with being SO hard Rebel that l am dis
qualified. Both charges cannot be true,
| get both can be and are false. You ought
not to allow the character of an honest
| citizen to be furnished by foul ISLANDERS and
low characters. I ask you to vindicate my
character at the polls on the day of the
election, and teach your sons that the man
that walks uprightly, and lives hone stly,
shall not lose his reward.
July 80, 1870. j. b. WHITE.
The following is the statement of Mr.
| Cantrel.
Being called upon by MIR. White to state
that | recollected about the transaction be-
| tween Cantrell and White VS.. Enoch Gun
ningham, now state the communication
| of Mr.. White of the 2jth of July last was
read to me before publication, and Iagreed
| that tie facts stated lcere true IN eUery
| particular, according to my recollections.
l now state that received the Confederate
money from Cunningham, and gave him q
note for it. No reference was made by him
| to Col Milan, and one day intervening
making the 18th of February, Col. Milan
came down with his eight hundred dollars
in Confederate money, which he deposited
| and gave a check for. 1t was understood
| to be Confederate, and that was the money
| paid on the check. Immediately after,
John Cartwright, ESD, wrote note to me,
| stating that he understood from Cunning
ham that we were receiving Confederate
money. He had about 81, 800 Confederate
money belonging to the estate of E. P.
Council, deceased, which he whished US to
take, but declined to take it. W. Con-
ne II recollects this transaction.
G. G. CANTEELL.
NASHVILLE. univ 80. 1870.