Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-28
OV. HARRIS no MIR. JOHNSON.
The Late VituPerative, Bitter and UEs
called for Attack upon the Governor
Answered.
The Ex-Presidens Must Rise TO ExpIaiR
Reputation for verasity
at Stake.
The School Fund Again-An Old Libel
Repeated by Andy, WiIfuIIy
and Knowingly.
He Must Make the Amende-He Must
Take Back. his Suggestions or
stand
A Letter that Tells a Story, TrUihfuIIy,
Fairly, Honestly and UnanswersbIy.


MEMPHIS, September 20, lS72-
EDITORS APPEAL-In the report OF tn
Knoxville Press and Herald of the discussion
which took place at Bristol, between the can
didates for Congress for the State at Large, OF
Tuesday, the twenUy-fOurth instant, 1 see tn
following:
"He (Andrew Johnson then alluded to hi
record as Military Governor. He said n,
stayed at Nashville, but Cheatham's Gov
ernOr Harris fed in dastardly precipitation
from his capitol, taking with him the people
money, and the children's school fund, pere
g~rinated through the South, paying himsel
in gold and the poor Confederate soldier il
trash, and now the people Of the state ar,
heavily taxed to make it up again."
And in "a subsequent part of his speech tho
reporter SAYS:
HE alluded to the time, two years ago
when a particular individual was the choice
of two-thirdso of the Democratic party Of the
state for Senator, but was defeated by con-
! Spiracy and treachely. This same Green Har-
ris, who robbed the bank, and these same men
VINO now mplo Cheatham, MADE a bar
gain with twelve of those boosted Radicals for
anything to beat Johnson, and OVERRIDE the
will OF the people,
While l hold my public acts and political
record to be public property, and open TO the
a~nimadveTsion ana criticism of al men, my
honor and private character are sacred, and
At al times and under all circumstances viii
Vindicate them.
In answer TO the above cowardIy assault
upon my private character, 1 have only
to say, that when Andrew Johnson
asserted or insinuated that I "robbed the
bank" or appropriated to myself one cent OF
AAAL RNRBAN AAb-ANe "a TIC NAAAAaAEn = NEAAhNA
iund, he asserted a WILLFUL, DELIBERATE
AND LIE.
The Bank OF Tennessee, with its capital,
school fund, and all of its assets, were IN the
custody of the officers OF the bank, and the
My connection I ever bad with the bank or
its assets, after Its removal from Nashville,
was, through my influence with the Com
manding General OF the Army of Tennessee,
TO furnish, as occasion required it. transpOrta-
lion and a mi itary guard TO protect it, telling
the Confederate authorities, in time OF their
EXTREMIST need, That while I was willing to
appropriate to the cause everything that /
possessed, this fund belonged to the people OF
tennessee, n should be preserved to them
at all hazards.
It was preserved through the vielssitudes
OF four years OF war, and after Gene
rails Lee and Johnston had surrendered,
and when General Taylor was agreeing
upon the terms Of surrender in Missis-
my last official act was to
obtain a safe conduct from General CANDY. of
the Federal army, for a messenger of mine. by
whom sent an order to the officers of the
then in Georgia, TO return the capital of
the bank with all Of its assets, to the banking
at Nashville, and Andrew johnson
knows the fact that they were returned to
Nashville.
With regard to my salary and the pay Of the
soldier, 1 have this to say: The
soldiers of the provisional army of Tennessee
received their pay in precisely the same char /
aeterof money that I received my salary, but
when that army passed from the service of
The State to that OF the Confederate States. in
he latter part Of the summer of 1861, / had no /
OF funds paid to the soldier than
Andrew johnson had; but 1 received my own
,alary In Confederate money from the time It
put in circulation to the end OF the war,
With the exception of one year, which
received in gold, while ! had a per-
ect right TO have demanded and received
ny salary in gold during the who time.
As TO the imputatiOn against my personal
outrage contained in the words "daStardly
precipitation" 1 have only 10 say that An
rev Johnson's conduct, in connection with
us side Of the cOntending armies, and my
unduct IN connection with my side, are so
known in Tennessee, as TO render I'M
.eceSsary any discussion by me of our COM
merits on that score.
with regard to the extremely modest as
Gated for the Senate, two years ago,
two-thirds Of the Democratic par
preferred him. by conspiracy and
-eaehery, and a bargain with Radicals - for
nything 70 beat Johnson" ! have simply to
~ that | opposed his election earnestly,
penly and boldly, because, from his public
ow, that he was unworthy the confidence I
respect of a free people. But when he
narges me with having made or been
OF any bargain with Radicals, or I
ny one else, to defeat him, III LBS. :
l have opposed him earnestly and boldly.
OF because he was a Union man-for 1 have
ways held that every citizen had the same
TO decide for himself the question of Z
or secession that / claimed for myself =
l opposed hln because the result Of his
Tor many years, inevitably lead to
%cessiOn; and when the time arrived to put r
to practical operation the doctrines he had
ught the people OF Tennessee, he basely
them, fed the state, and sought pro- Il
elton behind, M gave aid to, the bayonets v
their invaders. h
opposed him because Of his reckless dlsre-
IA and gross violation of the constitution.
by the suspension OF the writ Of hQbens cor y
Is in time of peace. II
reducing sovereign States to mere pro-
noes, and subjecting them to military rule,
d denying to their citizens the right OF
i-goVerpment by the exercise OF the elect
e franchise.
By the appointment MILITARY Commissions
Try citizens charged with Offenses against
e criminal laws, when the civil courts were a.
en- ior the trial Of onender and the redress II
" arbitrarily assessing citizens, and enforc- .
Z collections at the point of the bayonet.
or THESE, ana many other similar reasons, Y
opposed him earnestly-perhaps hitter-
but / have never descended to an assault
on ms private character, nor will 1 do 80
however Vulnerable that character may
nor would / have INDUCED in the harsh
ms herein employed, but for the contempt
e and cowardly attack upon mine.
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