Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-15
rnE-AanrcrEruaAL nunEAu.

We publish this morning preamble and
resolutions which were adopted "at meet
ing of the Board Of Agriculture held 10 this
city on the 18th inst.o Although adopted
on the 1lth they were not received by us
until the night Of {. 18Th after The writer
of the article complained of had left the
office. Hence they did not appear in our
columns yesterday morning.
The Bm eau. of Agriculture is public
institution, established by law. Its men,
bers are appointed by the Governor and it
draws its money from the State treasury.
Its action is therefore the object Of just
criticism by the p;ess and PEOPLE of the
State. Its members will find that they are
not hedged about with any. species of divi-
nifty which win exempt them from the du-
ties and fate of other public men. They
cannot screen their official action from
public scrutiny by assertions that
they will not be "driven or seduced,"
nor by charges that ssthe assaults recently
made on the Bureau of Agriculture by GER
tain political papers of the State" are "en-
tirely grstuitous and unfounded in fact, and
can only spring from some hidden motives. "
The UNION AND AMERICAN has hitherto
made no assaults on the Bureau of IAgri-
culture. We copied sportion of the charges
made by the Knoxville Chronicle, and
stated what we had incidentally heard pre-
vious TO the appearance of the charges of
the Chronicle, to-wit: That the salaries
voted by the Board seemed to the Govern
or .'sxorbitant in proportion to the amount
appropriated by the State" and that he had
communicated "With the officers Of the
Board in order that they might rectify any
mistakes they had made 10 that particular"
We have had no conference with the Gov
ernor, and have no information directly
from him on the subject Whatever he has
said or done in the premises was said and
done without our knowledge. We have
acted from our standpoint ss a public
journal, and will be about as little driven
from the faithful discharge of duty as the
Bureau Of Agriculture.
We respectively suggest that the surest,
most satisfactory way for the Board to sus-
tain itself in public estimation, is, not by
preambleS and resolutions, but by publish
ing what it has done. Let the public see
its proceedings and determine for them
selves as to the propriety or improperly Of
its action. Let the President and Secrets-
ry communicate these proceedings to the
Nashville papers," And, if not imperti-
neat in US to ask, viii the Board inform the
public who OF It's members we're present
when TIE preamble aud resolutions of the
1lth were adopted, in which they censtrre
the UNION AND AMERICAN. The Board,
we belisve, consists Of Messrs. Nicholson
and Crutchfeld of East tennessee, Messrs.
Jackson and Killebrew OF Middle Tennes.
see, aud Messrs Hart and Haynes of West
Tennessee, unless Mr.. Haynes resigned
when he became member of the Legis-
lAture. We have made some inquiry and
have been unable to learn of the presence
In The city on the 18th of any of the mem"
bers except those from Middls Tennessee.
We shall at an early day refer to the leg
islation of the State from which this Bu-
reau derives its existence.