Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-08
And other Jack o. Lantern COrrus.
cations of Rotten Genius.
Tennessae Nominees.

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WASHINGTON, March THE President
sent a number of nominations to the Sen
ate to-day, among them, A. M. Hughes, u.
S. Attorney for the Middle District Of Ten
nessee; S. P. Evans, q. s. Marshal for the
Eastern District of Tennessee. Biz,
The Cabinet session to-day was not OF
long duration, and it is learned that it was
unmarked by any matters OF unusual CHAR
acter. saHI -Tt
James Brooks to His Constituents.
Hon. James Brooks has prepared the fol-
lowing address to his constituents:
Enemies have taken advantage OF my
physical prostrat:on to offer up cakes
Ames and myself as sacrifice to public
clamor in which two Vice Presidents of the
United States, several members of the
Senate and eight other members OF the
House were more involved than myself.
The sacrifice of Democrat was deemed
indispensable to offset If not to protect them;
and hence early in December committee
was organized seemingly on purpose to
bring in my name with theirs, so as to
make me responsible for hundred and
fifty shares of stock of Credit Mobilier
owned by G. Il. Nelson. The certificates
of this stock were VIGOROUSLY in full pos
session of Nelson as long ago as Dec. II.
1867. See evidence page SO. But of these
certificates the committee in Jan. 1878
chose to make me owner upon the pretence
that he being my son-in-law was only the
apparent owner. The committee was thus
organized say, for there were put upon it
such men as Gen Banks, "chevalier
d'industrie" for years, living in'sCsteaux en-
Espagne," because Of his known hostility
to Ames' who, when asked, refused to SUBJ
scribe with certain rich Bostonians to tres
his Waltham house from heavy mortgage;
and Merrick, of Maryland an eX-Rebel,
Judge of this district at the opening OF the
civil war, whose court Congress had
to extirpate to be rid of him, and who,
therefore, sore and sour, now more than
ever hates the whole human trace because
of the defeat of his aspirations to re-elect-
ion to Congress; with Niblack, a very, very
small man, in the plastic fingers of such
sly, sleek and crafty chairman as Poland, OF
Vermont, whose antecedents in railroads at
home are worse than anything urged aga inst
the Credit Mobilier. This committee, af-
ter purposely neglectipg the exploitation Of
MANY rich mines of testimony, hercely fell
upon me in eleven different sittings, when
my physical prostration was such that the
newspapers daily reported me dying; and at
last, after refusing me hearing which
earnestly demanded-a fact which
they suppressed in their first
report of 523 pages, which no member Of
Congress could find time to read so late in
the session when it was made-coupled
me, Democrat, with Ames, Republican,
for expulsion, while they let off thirteen
other Republicans, who all but one have
handled Credit Mobilier, when not share
had even come into my hands. The House
and the country from the start secuted such
an absurd report the moment they could get
at it, by refusing to vote on expulsion at
all. They did not censure Ames or myself,
only condemned an act as old as 1867, in
order thus to carry off as on lightning rod
the electricity that had been generated by
the batteries of the press upon Congress and
the country. But even in this the House
did me injustice, because was not in Con-
gress when it was alleged that my interest
began in the Credit Mobilier, or if as al
legged had any interest, it was fully dis
posed of before went into the directory.
Some Democratic members of Congress as
sented to this injustice in the belief that
they could then condemn such leading Re
publicans as Dawes, Garfield, Bingham,
Kelly, Schofeld and Hooper. But in this
they were justly fooled, because the great
intelligence, high character and well known
antecedents of these men are such as to
make ridiculous the charge that Cakes
Ames had bribed them, or thst they were
his dupes, as the Poland Committee rea-
sons, and did not know what they were
about. -. .-.-.-
Mr.. Brooks then says he shall appeal to
his constituents in person if God restores
him to health, and continues: shall de-
monstrate to you that neither myself nor
Nelson were guilty OF perjury, as Poland
charges, and that both of us told the truth
when testifying that l had no hand in Cred
it Mobiher dividends, allotments or profits
in anv form. He concludes by q reference
to his official career. of the past twenty five
years.
Anxious Crowd of ffice.Holders.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-There has
been much canvassing to-day as to the Pre-
sidential policy to be pursued with regard
to Federal appointments. On this point
| the authorities are conflicting. Some friends
of the President claim that be will make
numerous changes throughout the country,
especially among Postmasters and Collect
ors, while others are confident that, with
but few exceptions, the present incumbents
will be resppointed for second term. The
President, following the precedent establish
ed by Mr.. Lincoln, will refuse to accept the
resignation af any of the present Cabinet
thus preventing the necessity of sending
their names to the Senate for confirmation
The Double Postage Outrage.
The perversity of the Postmaster General
in regard to the collection of double post
age on mail matter that has been INSULT
GENTLY prepared, is almost without parable
in the history of executive rulings. Having
been admonished by the House Postal Com
mittee, and not sustained by the Attorney
General, lie went TO Congress and attempt
ed TO have the obnoxious rule made a law.
Defeated there, he still persists not to col
lect the double postage on letters, but upon
| other matter, E-