Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-21

stir up prejudice against the hold
ers of Tennessee bonds and
strengthen the cause Of repudia-
ton. |: is expected that such pa
pers viii communicate facts, looking
to practical results, and that when
called upon tie Governor making
them will willingly furnish the evil
dencc upon which charges are made,
IN order that the guilty may be
punished and legislation may be
had to prevent a recurrence Of sim
liar frauds. Taking this view Of
the matter Judge Hawkins, Of Car
roll county, offered the following
joint resolution:
Whereas, It is asserted by the Gov
ernOr in his uessage read before the
Senate ana House of Representatives
OF the FoTty-firet General Assembly
of the state of Tennessee, on the 18th
day .. January. 1879, That The facts
with regard IL the Issuance OF bonds
to Insoiveut ROAD subsequently Off
cIal!Y deVejr pei ia connection win
the )UTHaie of h- t~O hous. = ehuW
that appropriations were rtfurtd uIi-
ie=s tie memceT5 weIe paid tu make
them. Il appears that bonds were
sold AT large oil count tn raise money
to gay members TO vote further apprO-
pT1., il.ii~. Ii appears that with the
p!' tts.'- -.f bonds so sold, q minister
Of RE iIo~PeI Wss employed 10 manIp-
ulAte misiu nsrs Il the l. gislature, etc !,
and,
Where's, - grave = charge eInanat-
ing from =" ui2n source as the Gov
eTBCr OF Ghe @'al- dsrIauhs oar a.ten-
tiO: and,
WHeIsaS, IL rs %, sett attitude il
casts u Ci;,isu over lhe reputation If all
the mem bers o! the GeI.e:a al assembly
TetrrTsst a.; aTsi.
NEeIe..s, IuIs General A>-t 10 bly, Is
neitherllc,ined IL scre-n The guilty
nor TO eGe ,b.s guy Cas-, uIOa tie innU-
cent and
Where's, The exposure of bribery
and CnTIupiIoL - ever C.rniiI. en- ,!tOie /;
thpTeIore, tie il
RcsOlCcd by the General Asse nbly
Of the State Of Tennessee, 4 hat the
Governor be and is hereby requested
to lay before the Senzte and House of
Representatives Of the Forty-hrst
General Assembly OF the safe of
tennessee ali the papers and docu-
ments ia bis i,Ors Ssinn establishing
said charge, if not Inconsistent with
the public welfare.
Be 1T flrtHeg. resolved, ThHt the Gov.
ern0r be and is hereby further request
Ell 10 communicate 10 this General As
semb!y 8ny and all evidences OF bri-
berry and corruption NOS documentary
ia MS possession, which may assist
the General Assembly in Investigating
the regularity and iTreg ulariiy OF the
issuaEce Of tie bonds referred to.
Mr.. Wiltse, of Hamilton county,
moved to suspend the rules, in order
that it might be acted upon at once.
The motion prevailed when he moved
the adoption of the resolution. One
of Gov. Marks friends moved
in lieu that the resolutions
be referred to the committee to
investigate the State debt. A mo-
ton was made to lay the motion to
refer on the table, which was lost by
a vote of % to 40, evcsy man
voting noe being a political friend
of Gov. Marks. The motion to re-
fer was then carried, by vote of 90
to 10 almost strictly party vote.
The resolution calling for evidence
to sustain the Governors charges
was referred to the above named
special committee, and the opinion
Of those best informed is, that it will
never be heard of again. The ma
jority of the Legislature stands
ready to do the Governors bidding.
How lonS are the honest, intelli-
gent people of Tennessee going to
submit to the domination Of such
bitter partisans as these? Will
they endorse such undignifed
"buncombo" in high places Is
it not about time for Tennessee to
remand to back seats men who will
resort to such means to promote
their pet schemes? What is all
this done for =? 1t is for the pur-
pose of creating prejudice and de-
bauching the public mind
so as to prepare the way for repu-
dating the public debt. The fact
can be no longer concealed, that we
have fallen into the hands of the
Philistines. Against Gov. Marks,
personally, we have not a word to
say, but his first message does him
no honor and inficts a wrong, an
injury, aye a disgrace upon the
State, from the effects of which we
will not recover in a quarter of a
century. Instead of appealing to
reason he appeals to prejudice and
nassion. Instead of enconraoin