Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-18

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Crown in that they did not try to resist
the English dominion. They submitted
TO the Euglish rule. But the English
Government did not hold out any induce
rnent to that PEOPLE to be loyal in their
souls to it. If Mr.. Pool meant that 10y
atty which has its seat in the soul OF the
citizen; which is true to principle De-
cause that principle is true, and which
ajheres TO the government because it be-
lieves the government to be Just and
honest to the citizens, thea he dld not THINK
there was much of such loyalty ID the
South. They don't feel it in that way. You
cannot expect people to love govern
ment ,hatrefuses their rights OF citizenship
The witness himself could not to-day be a
bailfff to ore of his former slaves if one
of them were elected magistrate. There
is no denying that the Southern people
think the Government made grave mis-
take in comforting unlimited suffrage On
the negroes. The whites down there
don't believe the negro race is nc Tor sell
government, and where race so wanting
in balance, and intelligence, and other
self governing qualities, largely dom
mates, as ia many sections of the South
ern country, and has unrestrained right to
control elections, anything like good gov
eminent is simply impossible"
"Well," said Mr.. Pool, "Wouldycu re-
peal that part of the Constitution, which
gives the negroes that right"
Judge Wright ''Yes; but we would
do it by appealing to the sense OF justice
Of the whole people, North and South.
We would amend our State constitutions
so as to give liberal, but qualified suffrage
to the colored men, and would give them
the ballot in every Southern State, sub
ject to slight property qualification,
until they could be made intelligent
enough to vote intelligently.
'iNo nation of white men upon earth
is capable of self government but the
American nation, except, perhaps, the
English and Prusslans. How, then,
could any sane person believe in the ca
pacity of the negro race to govern them.
selYesl
''The people of the South are not all
opposed to Grants Administration. Many
OF them believe he deserves well of the
country in many respects, and psrticu-
larry in the management of the finances.
The great ground of objection to Grant is
that he seems to have particular hatred
of the South. He has uniformly sided
with the negroes and despicable SCALA
ways, and thus far they have done moth
ing but give u local governments that
have plundered and robbed the people.
Bullock has eXcelled in this sort of prao-
tce. lie never was elected by a majority
of the people. Under his rule the treas.
ury had been plundered. lie was in two
years and half, and paid $50, 900 in
lawyers fees, and good part of it to
Democratic lawyers, whom he had a great
fancy for feeling, and some of whom were
unable to resist his advances in this re-
gard.
"During the time he was in, he paid
out $5S, 900 in rewards for the apprehen-
sion of fugitives. He paid out S9S, 00C
for advertising bis proclamations, which
were unheard-of expenditures in this re-
gard. He expended between $500, 00(
sind $500,000 for contingencies, snd
never showed voucher for the money s.
spent. He put Foster Blodgett in charge
OF the Atlanta and Georgia S ate Rail
road, who knew as much about railroad
ing SIS the learned pig Blodgett pait
The State $25, 900 the first month anG
| $4,000 the second month; and, after
that, never paid cent or made return
| lie ran the road down, wore out It's stock
and brought it in debt to the extent Of
| $500, 900, which the State of Georgia il
now paying eff. l. is generally believed
that Blodgett plundered the State 10 TIL
exten. OF two or tbRe millions. In the
| meantime q bill was worked through the
Legislature leasing the road to Senator;
Cameron, Scott, aud others, for twenty
years, at $25, 600 month, or $500, 900 s
year. To show what q good thing THU
party have of it, it is only necessary 4
stste that, before the war, the rOaC
brought in 5000, 900 year, and that at {
time when its business was not third o
what it is now. Thus the people hav
been robbed by the local government
the Federal Government has given then
TO the present time. y
Said Mr.. Pool: F'Do you believe th
people Of the South would be loyal to tn
government in the event that they had al
| opportunity to relieve themselves Of Fed
eral management ~
Judge Wright. off the people of thu
South can be made to believe that tn
| people of the North will never reiract
their steps on negro suffrage, and vii
perpeluate their efforts to make tie blsCl
| man dominate the white race, woulC
| not stand security for the people of TIT
| South if they should ever have a chanc
| TO free themselves from such q state o
! things. But there need be no fear of fur
Their rebellion. The Southern people be-
heve tue present state of things grow
out of the excitemenis and snim5silies er
| gendered by the war, and have an abiding
faith in the return of reason, which tim
will serve te produce, and that the cain
sense of the country will at such time b
exerted to bring about state of feelin!
and fraternity Of sentiment between al
the people of the country, which nothin!
else will ever produce, and to which tn
present management can never contrib
ute.n
From the Washington Patriot, July Is.
| DR.. Angler, Treasurer Of the State 0
Georgia, was examined before the Com
mittee On Southern Outrages yesterday
He presented facts and figures showing
damaging record against the adminlstra
tion Of Gov. Bullock, of Georgia. Asid
from any exhibition of partisan, feeling
he showed wherein Bullock had violates
the plain letter Of the law in numerou
instances. On the subject of the issue
the new State bonds and the Governor
effort to conceal the amount ard dispOsi
ton made of them, the testimony of thi
witness was most crushing, and full
coToboratiTe Of other testimony on tn
same point, and showed conciusi7ely tina
Bullock had both transcribed and disIe
garded the law of the State. He exhibi
led samples of the different classes 0
bonds the Governor had had engraved
and proof of the number and amount o
each, showing an amount almost incredi
bly, in excess of the authority of III
statute creating them.
There was the 100000 to be raise