Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-17
:. TRICKS THAI ARE VAIN .
A Fiat and Fearless Cont adictIon-A
FsIseh0Od Fairly FatbOmed-A
Radical MisrepresentR-
tiOn SqueIched.
Figures and Facts that Don't Lie-NO
SneakinG or SquErmtnR Can EX.
cuse or Apologize the Mis-.
representation They
Show Up.
Nashville Americana


The Memphis AydLGnce is 30 bitter II
its opposition TO the Democracy, is so reckless
ia statements calculated to lDjure Democratic
candidates, SO unfair in its deductions, 81
willing to contribute its influence to depre
ciate The credit of the state, that we have
long since ceased to devolo ourselves to the
correction of its Misrepresentation. AS an
evidence oi the character of the warfare II
wages against Governor Porte and the Demo
cratic State officials, we quote the followlns
from one OF its recent editorials:
"On the eighteenth day of august, 1875, the
Nashville american, the organ of the Demo.
cratic party, and the foremost advocate oi
Governor Porter as the nominee OF the party
declared that The State of Tennessee mad OF
books OF the treasurer"
twill not astoniih those familiar with the
course of the AUltdilchs TO be informed that
the foregoing is untrue.
Again the Avalanche says:
"NoW, the American is printed and edited
under the sha ow Of the cspitoii and quoted
from the books of the treasurer"
The object OF the AUIIGnche is to create the
impression that the state officials borrowed
money TO assist in the payment of coupons In
september, and that they have been guilty OF
falSehood and misrepresentation In stating
that the coupons were paid because they hRd
the money On hand in The treasury collected
from taxes.
Toe editorial in the American from which
the AUGtdnc6e pro fesSes to Qdote, was written
In reply to an article In the Knoxville Chrora-
icle, con aiming some very exaggerated ano
unwsTranJed statements about the revenue
and finances of the state. Ia that editorial
We said:
From the best inform alton we can obtain
from hurried eutimates, the account stands
nearer as follows than as given by the
Chronicle:
Received from property, IS74............ $50 200
Received from pro perty. lS75............ 173 33i
PTivile es and other sources, lS74...... $40, OU
Privileges and other sources, IS75...... 80 00O
Railroad tax, 67 OOU
Dog tax, l. 00O0
Total.................... ..........s2 s., ,I9O, ,5S4
Deduct
Current expenses from December I9,
1874, to August, 1876 s., 100 OOO
Amount paid interest on school fund 1000
Lean 7l5 900
interest on loan accoun t.................. 81 0VO
Interest on bonds held by literary and
other 5000
" This latter amount deducted from ihe
amount received leaves a dance in the
Il. asury Of ,534 This sum may De ln
81 6t Q9 2X S,is.a accounts collected from due
ate o; the amount in the treasury s5O0, COO, not
S S76,26S rs appears in the estim te of the
CtrOHic.e"
1t viii be seen that our statement was based
on "nurfied estimates" and not on figure
taken from "Jhe books OF the treasurer" g.
Lhe AUGLGnche alles eS. II will be seen tnaC We
Gld not pretend TO ex ct accuracy, but only
insisted that the account stood nearer" a,
stated by us tnan as given by the Chronicle.
and that We spoke of it as our "estimate 1T
fact well known to the AVdlQDche that the
treasurer Was absent from The city at that
t..ne Our statement of the amount of cash
on hand was Iot taken from 1.-THE books of the
treasurer" buG, as is apparent, was an es il
mate formed by deducting from amounts sup-
posed TO have been received and the amounts
su opposed To have been expended. 1t appeared
from the statemsntS OF the governor and State
onncials that we were incorrect tin our esi-
mates, and the AUalGncheS at empt to con
Wet them of deceit and Misrepresentation
must I'M ure the aceuser instead of the State
officials.