Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-24
THE REBOUND.

in republishing Gov Browns card, in re.
ply to the Bulletins charge of the pur-
chase snl sale of the ComptrOllership,
says: "No one believes the ch rye
and none can believe the Governor capable
of such conduct az is indirectly imputed to
him." In another article, the Chronicle
says:
stNeither Col. Burch's explicit denial Of
the charge perfered aginst him by the BuL-
ietiR, Of having paid for the Office be holds,
nor Mr.. Hobbs equally emphatic denial of
having sold the Office, seems to satisfy the
Radical organ. Familiar with the corrup-
ton Of its own party and the rings that en-
compass and uphold it, it is somewhat ex-
cusable in the Bulletin to have lost faith in
mans integrity and to doubt whether a
man can honestly obtain an Office. Mr..
Hobbs card we published to-day, Col.
Burch's reply to the Bulletin has also been
published. Either is sufficient for the vim
dication of both, and both together ought
to satisfy the most incredulous.S
The jackson Wing and Tribune of the
2Sd inst. says:
"The Nashville Bulletin, two weeks ago,
came out with red hot charge of corrup-
tion against ex-Comptroller Hobbs and
Comptroller Burch, in which ackno wledged
corruption in the resignation OF Hobbs and
the appointment of Burcb, wss pointedly
charged. Col. Bureh, over his own sigIa.
ture, positively and without equivocation,
deuied the charge, and CHALLENGED rroof.
Capt. Hobbs, subsequently, over his own
signature, made denial, which, upon read
ing,we did not regard as 50 specific in its de-
niAls as that of Col. Burch, but which was
and is received as positive denial Of the
charge Of any corruption In the matter; and
tie Nashville papers of last Sunday publish
a card from Gov. John c. Brown, denying
in general and special, any knowledge or
completely In, or belief of any corruption or
impropriety in the whole thing. The Bul-
letin does not substantiate its charges in the
m ,nner we had right to expect, from the
confident air with which it made the
charge, and we therefore, with
pleasure, acquit Col. Burch and
Capt. Hobbs of the charge; and. unless tbs
Bulletin can produce better evidence of the
truth of its statements than 1t has yet ad-
vanced, we shall be constrained to believe
that it has made the charge of corruption
upon insufficient grounds, if not without
anY grounds at all. Unless the
Bulletin can adduce much stronger proof
than any we have yet seen, we shall be
obliged to believe that it has either wilfully
or ignorsntly preferred charges which are
not true"
The Fayetteville Observer says: "The
Nashville Bulletin, the Radical State organ,
recently charged that w. W. Hobbs, late
State Comptroller, sold the Office to John
C. Burch, the present incumbent, for the
sum of $4,000. In reply to this grave
and specific indictment, Mr.. Burch AYERS
that be never, by hin self or proxy, by word
or deed, in any manner or form, offered
any consideration whatever for the office,
and Mr.. Hobbs fully corroborates tie state
ment. A persistence in the charge after SO
complete and satisfactory disproval, will
only serve to convince the public of the
Bulletins turpitnde."
The Fayetteville Express of the 21st
inst. says:
"Gov. Brown, in 8 recent number of the
UNION AND AMERICAN, emphst caly de-
MES the char made by the Bulletin, a
Republican organ, that the appointment Of
Col. John G. Burch to the COmptrollership
was Influenced by improper agencies. The
Governor disposes of the whole matter
with characteristic msnliness, and If there
is rational man in the State, who believed
for q moment that there was an atom Of
truth in the Balletin's charge, this positive
denial from the distinguished occupant of
the guberpatorial chair will effsctuslly dis
D the error"
The Gallstin TerneSSeeGn, noticing the
cards of Gov. Brown, Comptroller Burch
and ex-Comptroller Hobbs, fatty and point
edly denying the charges of the Bulletin,
says:
e'It is well to scrutinize closely the acts of
our public functionaries and denounee cor
rupiiun whenever discovered. But to wan
tonly assail an official and charge bargain
and sale without proof of its existence, is q
serious matter, inexcusably unjust end re-
prehensble in any one, and by no means
creditable to an opposing political journal
striving to tighten tie load CT odium weigh
ing upon public men of its own party"
The Gallatin Examiner of the 23d inst.
says:
The newspapers of the past week have
contained cards from Gov. Jno. q. Brown,
Col. John G. Burch, the Comptroller, and
w. w. Eobbs, This predecessor, in reference
to q charge recently made by the Radical
newspaper at Nashville, the Bulletin, that
there had been 3 corrupt bargain aud sale
Of the Office OF Comptroller. When the
charge first appeared, we gave no attention
TO It. We did not even allude TO it in our
columns, because we needed no denial
even from such gentlemen as Gov.
Brown and Col. Burch, with whom
our acquaintance was Of life long stand.
ing. With the former Comptroller, w. w.
Hobbs, we had no personal acquaintance,
but knew his integrity TO be unquestioned.
Gov. Brown in his card, thus unequiVocal-
ly disposes OF the infamous charge.
This is fall and explicit and carried convic-
tinn in its tone of frankness, even to those
who have no personal knowledge of the
high toned integrity and honor which has
distinguished Gov. Brown during his life,
both as private citizen and trusted public
officer. His friends needed no disaVowal
oa his part Of participation in such trans
action as has been cha ged. They were
ready and did hurl it back the very mo-
inert it made It's appearance, and we only
regret thst he has even noticed it so far as
to-publish card. We can, however, un-
ders, and the irritation that so infamous a
charge may have excited in his sensitive
nature, though there was not Tartical Of
necessity for his denying 1t to the people of
Tennessee. No one but Radiele of thiev-
ng p oclivities is capable of believing it for
a moment. 1t would be singular indeed,
for man TO fail at once from the high es-
tate Of a gentleman Of unsullied hor-
or, 10 the level of a carpet bagger, in
tent ON plander. We believe that the whole
affair was inci'ed and concocted by the
Radical ring 10 divert attention from their
Own rascalilies which are as numberess as
the stars. The fugitive felon is the loudest
always to cry 'stop thief" Ben Butler is
never so hsppy as to have slaDderous re-
port about some gentleman, 1t is foil he
thinks, TO his own kleptomaniac feats of the
last ten years. And we are sorry To
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