Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-11
WHY RUI.IOCrx RAN away

but OF the United States, . and that these
conspirators had determined to rush through
articles of impeachment, have him Lsus-
pended from office, elect prominent con-
spirator (the Senator from Toombs' district)
Speaker of the Senate, and thus make him
(the colspirator) Governor He then
makes the remarkable declaration that he is
fully satisfied that ''these men propose to
control the government, and reverse the po-
Iitical results of the last few years by peace
fll means, if they can, or by foul means, il
they dare. Failing in this, another attempt
at separation will be made" Mr.. II. V.
RedHeld, the correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Commercial, who is now in Georgia,
has investigated the matter of Bullock's
complaint, and he prOnounces it all bosh;
that there was no conspiracy on foot TO un-
Justly deprive him Of his office; but that
there was a movement to impeach him, and
it is most likely would have succeeded, for
it cannot be denied, even by his friends,
that he laid himself liable in several cases.
Mr.. Redfeld then shows why Bullock ran
away, as follows:
81 will tell you why Bullock Gan away
He had issued to IL. l. Kimball ana others
| all the bonds going to the Brunswick and
| Albany road, over five millions of dollars,
while still the road lacked seventy-tive miles
| of being completed. The work is now
| stopped, and State has of course been
| swindled. Kimball run short Of funds,
! and got the Governor TO Over-issue the
amount of bonds due him, so that he could
hypothecate them. He deposited them
in New York and obtained an advance
of sixty cent on the dollar. When
| the time came to redeem he could
not do it, and as the Legislature was
! about to meet, they would be sure to I'M
! earth the whole thing, expose the fraud and
| impeach Bullock for violating the law.
! When Kmball failed, Bullock made frantic
| efforts to get up the money himself, so as
| to get back the bonds and show that Kim
| ball had not been over paid, but he failed.
| Some of the leSSeeS of the State road pro-
| posed to help him, but all would not con-
! sent to it when they found the amount was
so large. This last, however, is mere TJI-
NOR. At all events Bullock failed to raise
the wind sufficient to set himself square on
the record. and went to New York to
see what he could do there. He
! had his resignation and "address to
the people" all prepared before he left here
but to be kept secret until he found Out
what he could do in New York. He failed
to make any arrangement there, and with
certain impeachment staring him in the face
if he came back, he let fly his address and
resignation, and remains away. The con
! spiracy against him was none other than q
| determination to impeach him if he haC
misapprOpriated the public funds. If this
could not have been proved against him
and clear case made out, hC
would not have been impeached. ThC
| Democracy of this State are not anXiOu:
to make a martyr of Bullock, and the ma
ority of the Legislature are not the mel
to commit perjury to remove an innOcen
man, especially so when he has only some
twelve months to serve. Not two week.
ago Bullock told me that the present Legs
islature was one of the best that had evel
been elected in Georgia; that they were ca
pable and honest, although Democratic, ant
much better representatives Of the peOplt
than the last one. The notion about a con
spiracy against him, and another attemp
at separatiOu,' must have entered his hea(
| after he found out to a certainty that hi
could not replace what he had wrongful!
taken from the treasury. The fear that ruI
Bullock Off was a consciousness of guilt"
But this is not all. DIR. Angler, the Stat
Treasurer, informed Mr.. Redfeld that Bul
lock s.has used three million dollars Of Sta,
bonds paper in some way, nobody know
how" He is represented TO have been per
fecfly reckless in financial matters, and ha
used an immense amount of money for pc
litical purposes. DR.. Angler says:
Ellis bills at Washington were very heav
when he was lobbying there, as one ite1
amounted to near five thousand dollar;
which he explained that he used to buy u
FOrney's Chronicle. In addition to buyin
up papers abroad, he had about all in thi
State in tow. To one little pa
per in Covington, with neither readers no
influence, he paid over three thousand do
lars in two months. The country paper
used to bring in such enormous bills-fre
quently five times larger than the whOl
print shop was worth-that | stopped pay
ing them, it was such downright, Unmit
gated swinde. Well, Bullock goes to wOr
and has the Legislature pass law, an
here it is, Showing me the act,) compellin
me 70 pay all printing claims, and all other
that ie approved. They had my hands tie
then,and went on with their swindles. On
editor who had little office that you coul
have put in a wheebarrOw, told me that h
wouldn't want a better thing than to get
do Bullocb's printing for year.
DR.. Angler showed Mr.. Redfeld littl
pamphlet of laws, about eighty pages {
large type, and wanted to know what
guessed Bullock paid for ten thousand COZ
les. Mr.. Redfeld put the figure high an
said three thousand dollars. ''No," said tn
Doctor, she paid eleven thousand dollars
and am told by experienced printers tina
a man can make money to do the job fo
eighteen hundred or two thousand dollars
That is a specimen of the manner in whic
he throws around the peoples money"
Bear in mind that this Radical 'martyr
was sustained by the Radical party a
the time that he was perpetratin
these rascalities, and the journals of tina
party still defend him; at least they do nc
censure him for what he has done. II
went into the Governors office poor mar
and it is stated that lie has spent $500
in improvements on a farm he bought nea
Marietta, Ga. He was building a $1,000
barn on this place when he fed from tn
State. Here is exposed a nest Of cOrur
ton to stink in the nOstrils of honest mel
and yet those journals that have had $
much TO say about the corruption Of tn
Tammany ring in New York, have n
words of condemnation for Bullock.
THE OHIO SENATORSEEIP.
The Washington correspondent Of I'll