The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-08
C. ". CHARLTON.
Knoxville Correspondence.

interest either you or your readers,
You are already aware-and 80 is
every othor man in East Tennessee-of
the fact than the Federal Court ia now
in session hOrc. Our people have come
to look upon this court as something
worse that tho Romish inquisition, but
something very Ike it. II it were not
for Judge Trigs, God alone could tell to
what extent our people would he prose-
cuted, 1t il o m every day occur
renee to sec men brought here for some
trivial offence-sometlmes for nothing
moro than buying a quart of whiskoy for
family uses-and cast into our losthe-
some Jail to sicken, and die, and rot for
all the govement officials care, simply
because they are poor men and cannot
give the required bond. And then when
they are brought.out for trial and beg to
be tried they are cody told that the
government is not ready and that they
must either go back to Jail or elso fur
nish u bond which ADLER men might fail
to give. | have seen men brought to the
bar and beg for trial offering in order
to necure it promptly, to introduce no
witnesses, and not even to cross examine
those introduced by the government.
All this however was Of no avail, for the
government (?) in every instance declined
to try the cases. Now come the query,
Why were not such causes Immediately
disposed Of? The only answer that a
thinking and Intelligent mar can make
is, that in case Of q failure to convict, the
District Attorney will only get n fee Of
five dollars, while for every case com.
promised, or mol pyOam on payment of
costs, he gets twenty dollars. This
shows that 1t is merely a business opera
ton, and chat justice not only hiss her
eyes bandaged, but also her ears stop
ped. The present District Attorney
Judge Andrews, is said to be agrent i'm
proVement over his predecessor, Camp,
under whose administration these in
dlctmonts were brought.
The grand jury at this term are not SO
busy MS at previous terms, and there is
some sense oi relief felt by the whole
country,
l notice one OF your fellow-citizens
right constantly in attendance. From
all that | can hoar l AM led to believe,
however, thnt indictments have been
found against him in order to cover up
tho rascalities of some who are in favor
with the powers that be. Ii this is true
a speedy trial will not be granted him in
any OF his cases-or at least sucha thing
is quite improbable.
Our Knoxville Tammany continues to
develop. On a former occasion l wrote
you that our former county Trustee, Mr..
Mynatt, had been found to be q defaul-
ter, and suit had been brought agains.
him and his bondsman for the recovery
OF about eight thousand dollars. I now
inform you that our former Tax Collec-
tor, Mr.. Tarwater, (also a Radical Re-
publican) las boon discovered to be
slightly behind in his accounts and now
the Attorney General wants ten thou
sand dollars from him mud his bonds
men.
This propensity "for taking all you can
get and keeping all you take" is pre-
eminently a Radical characteristic. The
only trouble in the matter is that the
party is getting to be so full of disap-
pointed aspirants-rogues who joined
in the hope Of getting into public places
of trust-that it is beginning to fall to
pieces. Honest men will soon get their
dues, / think, il the machine is still to
be run by those now in power.
Did you ever see such weather? The
ground has been covered with snow o
for eight days and it is still showing.
The farmers say this will be worth a
great deal to their wheat. I hope us, for
the lust year or two have but poorly
requited the farmer for his care and toll.
You must stir up the farmers Of Sweet
water Valley upon the subject Of our
Eastern Division Fair. Judge Temple
and Mr.. Charlton are hard at work de-
vising ways aid means to make our next
exhibition a success and honor to our
section, but before they can succeed they
must be seconded by the whole people
OF East Tennessee, but especially by the
Farmer. ***
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