Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-25
Our Nashville Letter.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 81, 1879.

| OS al OPpOItuH tlLhe IOI Ae 10 Sd
81 told you so y In my last letter,
reference was made to the effect
which prayers that members Of
the Legislature may be filled with
the spirit of honesty and of honor,
and that their public acts may re-
suit in great good to the people,
and meet the approval of God, have
upon these worthless. That such
references make a certain large
element of them vince, can be
easily seen by any careful observer ;
and the violent onslaught which the
House made upon Rev. Mr.. Hoyt,
for the expression of just such a
wish, since the writing of that letter,
furnishes the best of proof that all
| said was true. Now, to illustrate
how easy it is for the advocates of
both sides of question to act the
fool, | have only to state that the
american, in a recent editorial, Ia
bored hard to prove that the reso-
luton in the nature of
a censure was unlawful. The
american deserves much praise
for having taken an honest
and bold position in this matter. 1t
said,mos truly, that Rev. Mr.. Hoyt
had been censured for stating
plain fact. But when it tried to
prove that the House did an unlaw>
full act in passing the resolution it
made a goose of itself. Had it
said that the House did an extreme
ly undignified and assinine thing it
would have stated the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the
truth. Hay it down as a PROPOSE
ton, which can not be successfully
that a large majority
of the members of the Legislature
are so ignorant of the cardinal
principles of public economy that
they are unfit for their places, or
else that they are deliberately act
ing the parts of rascals about the
State debt. am glad that one
preacher has had the courage to |
admonish them of the error of their
ways.
The resolution to purchase new
flag for the Capitol was taken up
Wednesday, and very promptly |
killed.
Members are now getting up
subscription to purchase a flag. |
And so, over the unpaid for Capitol |
of the great State Of Tennessee
will float a donated banner; do~
mated because her representatives
are too mean to purchase one with |
the ill-gotten funds which lie USE
less in her treasury. 1t is fitting
enough. They can pay $4,000
daily for the sake of being dishon-
est, for the sake of trying to steal
some millions from her own and
other citizens, but they can not af-
ford to buy an inexpensive flag for
her Capitol. Boosted chiyalry
1t takes the fairest State ever com
mitted to the keeping of men, and
prostitutes her; writes " Fraud"
upon her forehead, wraps her in the
'hroud of infamy and consigns her
20 eternal ruin. The donated flag
will float over a chief executive who
AN openly SANDER the dead and
nislead the living who, being
rusted, and looked up to for his
can teach to the young and
he old the doctrines of trickery
md unblushing bad faith.
Let Tennessee Democracy go on
owing the wind 1t will, at no
Iistant day, reap the storm; and,
s sure as there is an honest God, it
fill find its ruin in fierce and pitt
ess public indignation.
The Nashville Banner now, no
oubt, feels better. The resolution
f censure passed upon it a few
-eeks ago, because of its publica
ion concerning Mr.. Butler, has :
cen rescinded. This little organ
+ the noble fraternity of public
hleVes, called repudiationists, for !
'ollteness sake, doubtless feels wins :
Heated. =
A bill has been introduced in the
House, which really looks like an t
Onest attempt at retrenchment. It {
"a bill to consolidate the Chancery
nd Circuit Courts. If ever there =
ras an expensive institution, a j
egular leech, sucking the life-b blood
f the people, that institution is the ;,
hancery system in Tennessee. If :
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