Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-17

LdLlE1 tL alLN " LlLltsseEs AlE " LlDLu NOu ltt-
sire subpenas issued or subppnas duces
tecum, We viii at once issue and have
them served. We await You and your
answer at Nashville.
WM. a. QUARLEs,
Chairman Senate Committee.
}. L. MCGLOTHLN
Chairman House Committee.
Without being hypercritical, we may OBJ
serve that the above displays rather more
Of what the aucielts called TrosR, and we
call '-cheek,' than any small e5Jft recently
brought under oar notice. Be so good as
to remember, gentlemen, that You are on
trial, not the Times. "WilnesSas for whom
you may desire subprus-,' That is to say,
the suspected parties, or their agents, con-
stitu-c themselves court, jury and prose-
cutting attorney, and ask a witness 10
plead guilty OF not guilty,
Abstrscily speaking, nothing could give
rs greater pleasure than 70 investigate the
Tennessee legislators, but 10 DO so in The
manner suggested by ALr. QgaIles and III.
ACGlo-EliE, would sUbjeC. rs TO an inC5U-
yenieuce out Of all proportion 10 the GUty
we owe cur esteemed sister State.
Nor can we permit those gentlemen to
put us ia the attitude of defend MS in this
controversy. We published, as an item Of
news, paragIap 8, which Pc believed then,
as we 90 nOw, 20 be al least not Uufounded.
/ contained no charges whatever. bat
may very wen have suggested the pro
priety Of charges % those who were more
deeply inteTes ed than We
PerCeiving in the Tennessee legislature
evidences Of au Indignation which we re-
rHa srE land
them all the assistance I'm our power.
whisl was considerable, if they would pro
ceed with a bona fde. Investigation.
Whereup0n they all with one accord pro-
coed 10 throw themselves into attitudes in
a very furious and funny manner and
scream, "Come on, McDui."
This won't DO, gentlemen. 1t sounds
more like buGcombe than ever. We pro-
pose to keep our PROMISE, but we do not
propose to frame charges with the parLicC-
IariJy Of an indictment aud then proceed
with the role Of prosecuting attorney before
a stocked jury. We urged the committee
10 90 to Memphis, the only place where
the case can be properly Investigated, In
stead Of that, they sit down in Nashville
and request US 20 bring Memphis % them
quick, too, because they want TO 20 home.
We p -esume Tennessee is reCOnCiled to
Q heir going home as soon as possible, and
in order not TO delay so desirable ac0usum-
nation, we hasten to give them some sug-
geStions which, if acted upon, viii greatly
facilitate their labOrs.
First, they might examine the Nashville
bank, and the books Of the Union and
the First OF German National Bank Of
Memphis, for transactions connected with
the expenses OF the late election. The
banks may tell the Committee that private
tgnsac.iOIs, Though their officers. are none
Of the Committees business, which viii be
correct from the bank standpoint; but il IS
the duty Of The Committee to find them cut
iflhey can. To this end they might call up
on LT. Tyler, NJ. R4e2, ana the city editor
Of the Ledger, and get their Information
concerning the facts thai tTaHspired during
the canvass bearing upon the question
Of 'iufueGca." The names Of the
Messrs. LOOIey are suggested as competent
witnesses, and possibly Mr.. Green, a cot
ton broker, AlessEs. Lo-wOCd and Hill, At
tOueys, tX-SheLn Wright and a gentle
man named DOYLE, could furnish some
thing in the way Of inte esting testimony.
They should be questioned in regard TO
what they know about the "cigaT box
pledge" and whether or Hut that was what
elected the Shelby nine. H. IS proper 10
state that we use the names Of The above
gentlemen without their suggestion, but on
information that they are III posses ion Of
important knowledge in the premises. The
nature Of the written pledge Of The Shelby
delegation, referred to in the paragraph,
was that if JOhnsOG's friends would secure
their nomination, which was equivalent to
an election, they would vote for him solid
ly for United States Senator, as they after
ward did. The committee should examine
the gentlemen who We're the officers Of the
convention at the Exposition
Building, and get direct replies from them
as to the pledge obtained from the Shelby
delegation by gentlemen who were then
lab0rng for Mr. johnson. Before the eX-
animation Of these gentlemen is finished,
the Times expects TO be able 20 forward
other names to the committee Of persons
whose evidence should be obtained.
We have not charged that ar. Johnson
and the Shelby delegation were guilty Of
cor-uDtion: though we have been told
so with such c0rrDbOafiug CirCumsl laHcaS
as tofuduCa us Go put CEadeDce in tie state
ment We did not pay much attention to
the matter at first, because 10 did not dI-
rectIv interest us, but since The legislature
has takeu il up, We desire 20 see them go
through the business honestly and thor
oughlv. l. IS their affair, not ours; we
have enough Iascali,y al home TO attend 70.
Ifihe committee invests iCate fully and fairly,
and then fird that our information is not
correct, we shall be glad TO publish the re-
suit. Their proceedings thus far do not
like adcsiIe tOinvestigate. Of one
thing they may rest assured, now tha5 our
interest is TO some extent sTJUsad, tO-wit, I
that we will not allow them 10 kick up a
dust aud run OF in the obScU-ity of the
same, without making their action right
known
We have no feeling in the matter. We
know uuthiuc personally Of the Shelby dele
cation. OF Mr.. johnson we know more
Imam we admire. though we endorse many
of the principles 'e aavOrate5 with ability
ans effect. Bu- as Ge gaes 40 Washington
with a flourish of rUmpeJs, and as the
ayeurer Of corruption and the high priest Of
the constitution, he ought, in all conscience,
fo GO there with skirts freeT from disTepUta-
Ne practices than We are able 10 believe
his TO be,