Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-04-16

sion. and pre- eminent sK mpIa il fire govern.
ment, built upon entirs freedom IN matters of
religious conceTnmsnt and no respect Of person IN
regard to rank or place Of birth 40 party can Justly
be deemed national constitutoaa, or in accordsnte
with American principles, which bases 1t exclusive
organization upon religious opinions and occidental
biFih-Raees And hence a political crusade in the
nine een;h century, and Ia tee United States Of
America, against Catholic and foreign born, is
neither J1stlheo by tie past history or the future
prospee g et the country, nor ia unison with the
spirit 81 liberation aud enlarged freed IN which Pc
tuiaryd stogu s1es the American system Of pop
lar government.
8 That We regard the election Of Buchanan and
Breckenridge o the Presidency and Vice Presi
dancy as suspicious Of ths continutn;e of our
Union and the psrmaneney Of or institutions;
that therein snd thereby we feel that peace and
q1iet has been secured 70 our rights and our pro.
psrty. A result accomplished BY the united etrug.
! gies of the national d5mocrsc7 and Union loving
/ wings AID which has alike overwhelmed sectional.
ism aud the proscrptiVe, Ii republican principles
! Of know nothlnsim M aud that We hsve the fullest
/ conhd nee that Dir Buchanan will administer the
! government up0n the ancient principles OF the
| d-moc arc party, as laid do Rn aud ezpouuded By
! GU republican fathers; and that in the ability ps-
! tHotsn aud wisdom Of those whom be has ca l.
/ around him as his Constitutional advisers, he has
! given additional gUUantee of bis determination TO
be just to all sections Of he Union, and to follow
| the c1ustitu ion as his chart
g. That 1t IS a matter OF just pride and con-
! gratu ation that the position and principles Of
the Democratic party up1n the sectional issues
| have been tTiumphautly sustained by the PEOPLE
| in the Presidential election OF 1876 endorsed By
| President Buchanan, and affirmed by the recent
De is.On of ih3 Supreme Court of the United
! S ates
! 10. Tat in view Of the Importance of the
ac.i5n OF tie next Leg stature, DO in State
aud 1uo0al point OF view, we u'ga upon our
| Iirnas tho nece sity Of harm)nious and vigorous
sc jpn in the approaching Campaign.
n Inst FIR tie eminent utility and SUCCESS
/ with which Aadrew Johnson has m'naged the
FGu5eTnatOrsl ,fice OF Tennessee he Is entitled to
the thaLks OF the people Of the State, and that for
| the go!ous and able caDvEsses he has made il
| our Stste he deserves the gratitude OF the Demo
crst'C party.
II Y. That we regard the Administration Of
| franklin PIe'cs as emlnently national and deserV
ing Of the cordial approval Of every true lover Of
the Constitution and Unou.
On motion Of Mr.. Whitthorna, the Chair sp-
pointed the 10 lJwng committee to notify the
Hon. G Harris of his nomination, w: Hon
". q. Polk, D N. Key, aud Hiram TIImau.
Ga motion, the Caair was instructed to appoint
a C mmittee Of three from esoh grand division o.
the State to constitute a State Central Committee.
The following named gentlemen were appointed to
consi ute said committee:
Middle tennessee. Gen. G P Smith, T. c. Dun.
niog,on sud Sylvester Faley.
East 7snaesssss --Dr. J. G. N. Ramsey, George
R Powell AID H. H. Stephens
W.s! Tennessee. j. Kaox Walker, P. B. Glenn
and Hirsm E. Cummings.
VI. A. Qlsrles, Esq, Of Montgomery intrOdu-
ced the following resolution, which was adOp ed
by general sccsmauon:
Res0lUsd, That as an additional evidence Of our
high appreciation Of the political services and per
soual character Of our late PresideGt, Franklin
Pierce, we earnestly and cordially invite him to
vlsi. our State aud pr,ske OF It's hospitahties
and that s COMMITTEES be appointed to correspond
with Gen. Ii relation TO tlis proposed visit, and
make sutsOie arrangements for his reception.
The Char thegeupOn appointed the following
named gentlemen:
VA Q lsrles, Donelson, A o P Nicholson
Tlomaa McN-i!lY, n W Garner, g swan
Isaac L,ui=, Samuel Megau, Wm Houston, [
b lTCa, Hon Williams, John a Gardner, Fbom
as Carroll, Hon A 0 " TJttsn, Gen VIM Conner
G=u G .dson J Pillow
o. motion OF L G Wsgg oner,
RssolUs9, That the thauks of this Convention
are due aud are hereby teLdered the Hon ame
Il TaOma5 for the GoIe, impartial and digulhet
msnner IN which he has presICed over the delber
alious Of this convention, and also to the VIC
PIesldents and Secretaries
On motion Of J Williams
RsS0lueG, That the proceedings of this Couven
ton b. puOilshed IL each OF the Democratic news
papers Of THIS State.
Ga motiou OF a R Crozisr, the Convention cd
jJlrnsd sine de
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