The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-16

and our assets reduced to 100000.
Our debt, then, April last was 500, $780,
| 900. An increase of S., 900, 900 while
Brown was in Office. These are things
that effect you personally-your home
affairs"
This is a most gross and fragrant per-
version of facts, so glaring that a ten
| year old schoolboy could detect it. Why
| does he commence his statement of the
party went out of power in the latter part
of SO, and why does he not begin with
January, 1902
The lst of January, 70, the debt was
SAG, 100000. On the lst of January, II,
it was as he states it, $38, 000,O 900, show
ing a reduction in one year of over S.
100000 Why does he not state that fact2
Il does not suit his particular purpose!
Is that the result of ignorance2
Then Mr.. Maynard has the unblushing
impudence to say that "the next state
ment shows the debt to be $44, 100000. 4"
The "nert statement was January LIST,
1872, and does that show a debt of S44,-
OO0,O002 No. Aud Mr.. Maynard, if he
has examined the Comptroller's report,
knows TO the contrary. Ifhe has not ex-
amined it, he ought not tocharge the fact,
and say this increase was under "Mr
Browns beautiful administration.
The fact is, that the next statement"
as he calls it, shows q decrease of the
debt to the General Assembly by Comp
troller Pennebaker and by the Governor
and the reports were approved by that
body. Maynard says it was $44, 100000.
There is difference between us of but
81 ,000, 900, and whose statement will
you accept? Gentlemen, the truth of the
matter is, Mr.. Maynard knows full well,
and the intelligent men of the party know
full well that the Radical party increased
the debt, in about four years, nearly $780,
5000 while, in the same length OF time,
the Democratic party reduced 1t nearly
$50 100000. Estate to you facts which ap-
pear from the records, to which l chal-
lenge Mr.. Maynard or any one else.
They are public records, and any man in
the State has the right to inspect them.
Mr.. Maynard rehashes the stale story
of the Comptroller Office in a most in
sidious and artful manner. He says:
Comptroller is chief financial officer
of State Nobody to audit or oversee his
operations. The Legislature can, but
now it meets but seventy-fve days.
you might as well send boy ten years
old to the merchants books, as this COM
mittee of the Legislature We have gem
orally had good men for Comptroller, but
we have had scandals in that Office.
Had scandal before the war and street
fight in my town. In 1873 they had a
great struggle for Comptroller. Among
other candidates, there was one House.
They elected Hobbs Comptroller. All at
once he resigned, and Gov. Brown ap-
pointed John c. Burch, who had received
several ballots, one vote each from the
people. The people talked about it.
Hobbs went home, and it was said that
he had received, some say $4,000, some
say more When it was proved that
Hobbs admitted he had sold out, he came
back, and, like Coy. Brown, said it was
joke This is joking party.
While Mr.. Maynard has not the bold
ness to make the charge, yet he insinuates
that there was corruption involved IN this
change in the administration of Sthat Of
fee | have heretofore, in card upon
that subject, characterized that Islander
as it deserved. 1t is now rehashed for
political effect. So far as it was intended
to affect me or unofficial action, | de-
nounce the insinuation as base falsehOod.
anu SO ldT dS MT MAY IAdLuy Vi OthOAS VI
a higher or degree, by this insinuatiOn or
otherwise, charge me or my administration
with being connected with, or connlving
1T, corruption or fraud, or being connect
ed with rings" the charges emanate from
corrupt and depraved hearts, and are I'M
mitigated falsehoods. Mr.. Maynard I'M
dertakes to arraign my administration for
negligence in enforcing the law and pun
ishing criminals. This charge l conf
IDENTIFY submit to the country for verdict.
As to my conduct in the Trenton affair, l
prefer the endorsement of Senator Brown
low to either the praise or censure OF
Maynard. He exaggerates the crimes
committed in Tennessee IN the list enum-
Grated. He states that sixteen negroes
we're butchered at Trenton, when 1t was
we'll known to him and to the country
that only four of them were killed and
two wounded, and the balance were at
large He enumerates the burning OF
churches and schoolhouses that we're
never before heard of, and he manufac-
lures two crimes out of one. Why does
he wish to make matters doubly worse
than they are? Does he wish to place
Tennessee again under the rule of militia
~ law? Does he desire to brighten capt.
tai and emigration from entering our
borGH.-rs? Or is it his wish to manutac-
ture sensations on which to feed the hun
GER of Northern hate and fanatlcism?
He saws the railroad property OF Iennes-
see, under Browns administration, was
sacrificed. that three incompetent men
Judges Wright and Mckinney, and Mr..
Fogg were appointed to make the sales
He ought to know that all the railroads,
except four land they were worth but lit
tle) we're sold before | came into Office
He ought to know that these are gentle
men of the highest character and lntelll-
gence-that the best legal talent in the
State was brought into requisition--tha
bills we're filed in the Chancery Court
for the sale of these roads-proof taken
of their value, and most, if not all OF them,
exposed to the highest bidder. II he
means to attack the integrity of the Com
missioners, why does he not courageously
make it, direct and unequivocai? Re
marking that his time was up, the Gov
ernor brought his speech to close, with
a very pleasant compliment to the ladies
present, whom he thanked for their at
tendance, and the fattering attention |
they had paid his remarks which had
been upon a subject in which ladies', as a |
general thing. were not very much inter |
ested. AS he left the stand he was loud
" applauded.