Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-03-16
stewart County.

Stewart County.
At meeting of the Democracy 7f Stow rt in
Dover on jh- 7ih inst at which Noah MetlTegcr
! presided, and A. B Ross ed 81 secretary, The
! folio wing T lu'ions adopted
WHEREAs The NIfi nal d -In cratic rarity is i6e
only p, lttical organization in which there booe
for the country. and upon he maintainlnce Of that
organization III its integrity, purity aud honesty Of
pu,po e, rests the tquainy of the States, sud the
| pre- ervali5n Of the Union aud the Constitution;
! therefore,
county assembled, silirm he principles AID doc
grimes CT the democratic party "a lail down in the
platforms adopted in cur natiOu al COnvtn ions, aod
| particularly those features which declare:
| Isl That the Federal Government is enc Of lin
| tied powers, and thar its Constitution should be
strictly construed by all tee departments and agents
! thereof
I'D That the Constitution does not confer upon
| the General Government the power 10 CONNIE, ee aud
carry on works of internal improvement, and il in
| any way recoucileable with the powers graz ed
therein, it would be unwise and inexpedient as un
avoidably leading TO Wasteful extravsganco and
| corruption.
! 81 That justice and sound, policy forbid tbs Fed
! erel Government 10 foster branch of industry
to the de rment Of another By means Of protective
tariff or or otherwise. That N re revenue ought
to be raised than is necessary for an economical ad
minisration of the government. snd that IN aJu,t-
ing the standard Of duties the burden should be i'm
POSED upon Injuries rather than necessaries; on
| such articles as would throw the tax according o
the ability TO pay; on properly rather than person
4;h That it is the duty of every branch of tbs
Government both State and Federal, TO practice
rigid economy, aud in times Of commercial Disaster,
and q consequen depletion of the Treasury, TO post
pone all new enterprises not absolutely necessary
until jIstifed by healthier condition Of the pub
lie finances.
Resolved, Thatin the main we cordially endorse
| Al. -, -. L., prnho
Rsso'ped That, in relation to State policy we
declare
lst That all legislation securing TO the few rights
and priyieges not enjoyed in common by the many,
is dangerous, and in most instances peraicous aud
that all therefore, look upon the existence Of priv
ate corporations as great evil, and if tolera ed at
all, the power to change abolish, should in sll
cases be reserved by the State, and in all cases. the
stockholders be made individually liable for all the
debts contracted by such corporations.
ID That in view of cur present heavy indebted
ness would be uhwss and expedient TO further tax
the credit Of the State for banking Internal In
provements but that every practical step should be
aiken TO secure its final liquidation.
Sd. That we regard the present paper money sys.
TEN as a suIenduous evil and abuse, paraly Eing
the trade and Industry Of the country, leading to
extravaganza and corruption, intiicting loss upon
that class of the people least responsible and least
able to belrit, and therefore unworthy the support
and liberation of free people. Therefore
Rss0lgsd, That we approve the action Of the last
Legislature in taking tie fret step in reform OF this
abuse which it is the duty Of IN ure Legislatures to
carry forward in such 3 maDne~ as experience may
demons rate to be practicable until the last vestge
of the evil shall have been removed and sound and
uniform currency restored.
RssolDcd, That We approve Of the holding Of
State convention at Nashville en the l7th lost, and
that the chairman Of tits cFctiDg appoint two dele>
gates from each civil district il this county TO repre-
sent in that convention and that they be gu her
lied 70 meet with the other delegates Of the counties
composing the Eighth Congressional dis i~iet a d
the - Senatorial district, and nominate Con-
grtssioaa and Senatorial candidates, provided it
meets with the approval Of the other coun les Of
said districts
Resolred, That the ability honesty and fidelity,
with which our present Chief Executive lsham q.
Harris, has discharged the dulles Of the Executive
office, eRineDtly emile him to esiesm and con-
fjence and that as an endorsement. We declare our
preference for him as the next Democratic candid
ale for Governor, and so instruct our delegates TO
cast the vote Of this county.
The following named persons we're appointed dele
gates TO the Sste convention, dCoDgressiOnal az
Senatorial eonven ions, io~wit:
Sam1 Dunbar, Dr. W. A. West, G. W. Lewis, Jas.
II. Oven, john A. Lisenby, II, Parker, DR.. T. H.
Riggs, J C. Primer, Jas NJ Lew s, Henry EiWGrds,
", C. Lewis, Jao. S. Wesks, J Nj. Scarborough,
Dr.. R. McCampbeil, ). b Bates, F. W. MaTberry,
Thos. H Stewart, H L7ckhsrt J. W. Wexford,
a j. Uray, Ut. ". Il EtlS, D. L. Outhh5 IEhlu
Bradley, Thos. B Summers and D. o. Askew.
RcsoLred That the Chairman of this Convention
appoint five delegates from each district 10 meet ut
Dover the first Monday in May to Doni-
Date o candidate to represent US in the lover
branch Of the next legislature, and thai said delee
gtes shall hold district meetings on the second Sat-
urday in April for the purpose OF ascsraiuip ha
choi;e Of the people, SO that they may be able 10
act in said Convention by instructions. Whereupon
he chairman appointed the following delegates, to-
wit: DR. w West, Fl C Darr, Noah McGregor,
Elijah Han, Sanuel Dunbar, johnson, Wiilisn
ThomI soa, Hogan, Rails. Atkins, ST.
les Marlborough, W } Bogarj, Jas NJ Fraser, Samuel
Kennedy, Jas Dunn, 5 Stalls, J Primer DR. 4 II
Riggs, Evans Wallace Kjngins, jas NJ Lewis,
Ed wards, Pollard, Jno BatemaD, Judge Lock |
hart JEo Smith, Jr, r Traylor, Jos Gray, |
Weaks. G Lewis, DR. J McCamp5e Exum Par |
ker, Cook, Geo Dougherty, Bird, Wm II !
McGee, Jol Boyd j Shaw, G SHAW, Bass, !
4 II Knight, b Houston, Jr., L Stalls, E. WOd0rd, |
II Scarborough L Herndou, W Dawson, L |
Dawson, Fr W E E lis, Jas Wexford, Woford, |
John McClish, Z Outlaw. Irwin Bradley, W |
Wynus, John II Rainwater, L Wypns G Roberts, /
E D Sargent, B Summers, Jos Aisup, and Andrew
Erwin.
R,scired, That Dr. Smith, J II scarborough,
and A r Ross, be appointed The Democratic
resTol1Ing committee Tor his county
ReSOlVet, That should none our delegates be in
attendance at the State Convention, that l. East
man, DuUni1g'on, ami e Poindexter be
hcrzed aud requested to cast the vote Of this coun-
y in the State Convention for Ishsm Harris.