The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-09-23
Total railroad bonds Since The war..............

Now Capt who il write you or Gains &
Brown. you mist il according TO Gains &
Browns statement about Nine or ten mill
ions of Dollars, Now Capt in view of this
big mistake made by you in your state
ment, & III view of the fact that You were
a member of the legislature in 1869 & 20
when that infamous act, / have referred
to heretofore was passed. and you voted for
it, Who's ''cheeks aught to burn?' Who il
deceiver? l will leave it to the candid
judgement of our people to say. To make
it plain fellow citizens the above statement
is tho No of bonds issued, & each bond is-
sued in the above statement were issued for
the sum of One thousand Dollars & they
were all issued under the BrownlOw & Sen
ter administration, & the larger portion
were issued by BrOwnlow. Now fellow
citizens one word more about that villain
GUS act of 1869 & 20 have heretofore spok-
en- of: 1t WAS an amendment to an act
passed by (BrOwnlows) legislature Fsbruay
18th 1869. and one among the last acts of
that molly crew, & hell-deserving set. that
aught now to be branded in the forehead
with the name of member of Tennessee
legislature for 1868 4 9 That voted for
section chapter A.. Page 81 Acts of 1853
& 20. February 25ih 1862 by the Brownlow
legislature allowed the Rail Road to pay
back to the state in distinguishing the lien
the State held for the bond holder any OF
the bonds that had been issued to the Roads
by the state. Well that act was of no Use,
for the Rail Road had the independent
right under the 3rd section of the internal
improvements act of 1851 & 50 to do the
same act, that the act of February 1869 al
lowed. Now that WAS az far as the Brown
low legislature had the cheek to go. but
When Senter's beautiful gang of 1869 & 20
got there. They had the lmpudcnce to even
amend this act of the Brownlow legislature
which was conceived in Iquity 4 born in
sin. and then came the villainOus Amended
act of 1869 & 20 for which Capt Rosson
voted for, allowing The Rail Roads to retire
there Indebtedness TO the state in any series
of bonds. Instead of our Hon. Representa-
;ivc wipeing out that hssteredly and vilin-
nus statute, of Feburv, 1869. he assisted u
lot of sOcalled Gentlemen to Amend it. on
behalf Of the Rail Roads. which act Mt once
let the Rail ROAds sweep from the people
the right to r, fuse TO pay the fourteen mil
lion three hundred Il ninety three thousand
dollars, issued to the Rail Roads since the
war ON account of it being fraudulently is
sued x put IN circulation & Capt ROason
voted Tor the acts of 1868 & 20 Anendatory
to the act of 1869 & now wakes about in
day light and takes about other peoples
checks burning with shame. Mice boy he
is). Now fellow citizens Capt Rosson
says again Shat the Rail Roads have had
but few friends in the legislature within the
last few years." This deny & call fer the
proof. 1t Is weil known to Capt Rossen &
the people of this country that there has not
a legislature assembled in Nashville since
the war except Possibly the legislature of
1875 & a but what majority of each &
every one of them have been under the in
fusnee of the Rail Roads.
a. NJ. LAMBETH, Jr.
(CoEeIudeS 1ezt tOeek)