Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-15
Special 70 the Appeal.l

| Special to the Appeal
NASHVILLE, March ID The governor has
| appointed Minor msriwether receiver and
| back-tax collector of the Taxing. District.
SeHate.-The mouse bill TO prevent the sale
| OF pistols, making 1t a InIsdemeanOr t. bring
| iato the State any belt or pocket pistol, othtr
| than navy or army pistols, under penalty OF
| fine or Imprisonment at the discretion Of the
| court, passed third reading.
| 4 large crowd assembled in the senate
| chamber to hear a continuation of the discus
sion on the State debt.
| Mr.. Roberts offered an amendment to the
| finance committees bill before them two
! additional sections touching the rights Of de-
| posltors il the Bark Of Tennessee, which he
insisted, should not be ignored IN any settle
usnt Of the States liabilities that they might
make.
Mr.. BIB was opposed to the bondholders
proposition even vi, h the coupon feature lett
! out. He was opposed to paying the four
wears Of war interest. He favored q settle
| u Vt at the market value OF the bonds, or
| ; stty-three and one-thrd cents TO the dol
{ar. He thought that ANY settlement pro-
| posed should be submitted to the people, and
| he would support the finance committee s
! bill with some amendments.
| Mr.. Z wing said that every bill before the
committee, with one exception, that of the
senator from Benton (jlr Morris, was the
/ jJlIty of the investigating committee, and he
bought the best means of testing these bills
| "a 70 their merits was to lock at them through
! the mai ,rity report and examine that. II
they accepted the bills, they must accept the
majority report upon which it WIS founded,
and that report presents the unseemly aspect
fan unuatural child seeking to blast tle name
and re pu;atioD Of its own parents. He re-
viewed the mel GRITTY report a. some length,
dissenting from It's conclusions ana u
refutation Of its legal propopcsitioas, and
! character zed 1t as Stigma upon the mem
| cries Of the past governors of the State, and
| devoted some OF the space 10 the memory Of
! the late Andrew Johnson. He was unwilling
| that the majority report should 70 ont to the
] country urchailen9ed. The committee was
understood to be raised to Inve tIgate the
validity of the bonds Of the State, but instead
| p GOOD portion Of it seemed to be but an attack
! mon private Individuals. Indeed, it seemed
| to be understood that the investigating COM
miLtee had been used as a means OF wreak-
! ing the vengeance Of men who had various
| old sores to settle, and that, too, under cover
OF closed doors. If this were permitted, whose
character would he safe from defamation or
Iuj2ry
very large latitude in debate, but the gentle
| man has made a distinct charge, and now l
| demand proof.
Mr.. EWING said that the committee
! Brought before the world dead mems bones.
| Il 1 mistake not, It proved that Thomas Cal
| loway is dead and w. g. Brownlow is dead.
Mr.. Wilson-Iha gentleman said that the
majority used It's power and its methods for
! the purpose of wreaking private VENGEANCE.
! want him to distinctly prove that language
| or retract 1t.
Mr.. Ewing-I say this, that that commit
! tee was the means. l told the gentleman IN
! the outset that did not attribute 1t to them.
] I n
| their vengeance.
! Mr. Tolley-It occurs TO zoe that it IS
| very serious charge OF Itself. Does the SEN
! ator aim t, say that the committee was the
! willful means OF aifording these men an OPP
/ portunity to do this?
J Mir. Ewing-No, sir; I distinctly state to
I the gentleman (Wison); | ask him 70 put
his fuger upon proof, or show the cIrcUnl-
/ staaces where that committee allowed itself
/ to be made ase Of for wreaklng private VEN
/ geance.
! Mr. Savage-I rise to q point OF order.
/ certainly think that the language uttered
/ by the gentleman from Giles was uuparlia-
uleatary, strictly speaking, and ought to be
! taken down, bat with the qualification he
/ puts upon it am willing TO let it pass. l
/ think the words were stronger than perhaps
/ the senator himself thought ha was using.
! MIR. Wison-One word. The gentleman
! has made charge against the committee of
! which nave the honor 20 be Chairman, and
! said tat least as | understood him) that that
| committee had used its powers to wreak prl-
( y.te vengeance. He qualities that by saying
! that that committee had allowed itself TO be
used. Now | do Eot desire to make = DIS
/ tinction, but wish the gentleman to Furnish
/ proof, in order that i can re6ut or character
/ lie the charge as it deserves,
! MIR. Clapp-I don I funk there Is any sen
/ at0r on this floor who tlIaGg more or pre-
! priety and OF courtesy IN debate than myself,
aud did not understand the senator from
! &, ,as to throw out any charges IL all which
would i,npugn the honor OF the committee.
| I understood Inn to say that the course OF
! procedure which they had adopted had been
! made the vehicle ~ certain persons to assall
private character.
| Mr. Wilson-Just let the gentleman from
/ Giles write down his language on that point
/ SO there may be no mistake about 1t, and
then l want him TO produce proof OF his
/ assertions, or that | may characterize It IL
/ such language as | think 1t deserves.
| The Chairman Undressing the senator
! from Giles)-I hope the gentlemen will be
/ courteous.
Mr.. EwIng-I do insist with all earnest
! ness that am capable OF that. | have not
! in any way reflected upon gentlemen. |
| have not impugned them Ia any way. l
! have not said or meant TO say that they did
! anything wron2-no.hIng OF the sort. do
! not think there Is any gentleman on this
| floor who is more incapable OF doing that sort
! of thing, or who would forget what IS re
| quired IN parliamentary usage, than |; but,
| gentlemen, the most innocent and best OF
men are sometimes used as a means OF doing
I wrong.
Sir. Wilson-The gentleman means tia!
| while the committee Is personally hon
! orable and their motives all right, they al
lowed themselves to be used.
Mr. Ewing-No, SIR | never said they
| allowed themselves to be used.
Mr.. WIison--Ihat they vera used to
| wreak private vengeance, Now / want the
| gentleman t) put his hand On tnat part so
! can answer.
| Nr. Ewing-Now let me say to the gentle
| man aud TO the senate that in almost every
| DAY of our lives things happen that We ART
| lust as sure Of as we are that the sun shines,
| bat YOU cannot put your finger on 1t, although
| you are satisfied OF the fact. | was told III
| Knoxville that some witnesses wac were ex-
| amined took occasion TO Wreak their nzeance
upon those against wlon they desired to be
avenged.
Mr. Wisoa-Give names.
Mr. Ewlng-The senator has no right tc
demand that l give names. | wall submit
that IL the senate. Now, Mr.. Chairman
this committee IN the nineteenth century sal
with closed doors, illustrative o. the S.al
Chamber or the Spanish iHqusitiOa-a re-
turn to the dark and bloody DAYS of the st
| tenth century-to tae dark age. | tell you
when in this land Of ours that q C um.ttec sat
% examine lGto the State OF Ieuues see " I'll
clossd doors the times must be peril
qua ind Ted.
Mr.. Tolley-Will the senator from Gle;
allow me To ash a question? Il appears thai
We Rave two reports from that Committee |,
there single protest from coy {! the mem