Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-11

G. W. Morgan. the Hon. F. E. Griffith, VIM. Brown
and Samuel &. Haynes, Esqr's, were requested to
act as secretaries. On motion of Hon. E. T. Griffith
the chair appointed the Hon. A. J. Vaughan VIM.
n. Stakely, g. W. Morgan, J. A. Rowan and Col.
Robert Russell committee to draft resolutions
pressive of the sense Of the meeting. Upon the
committee retiring Col. Britt, addressed the meet
ing in a dienifed pungent and forcibe manner.
Capt ]. G. Vaughan, who was delegate to the Bal
timOre Convention, gave full statement of the pro
ceedngs of that body. showing conclusively, that
honor Dictated and political honesty and consistency
sanctioned the withdrawal of the Tennessee Delega
ton from that body. The Hon a. j. Vaughan, as
chairman Of the committee upon resolutions, stated
that the committee with great unsnimity had in.
structed him to offer the following preamble and
resolutions: ~
WHEREAs. the National Democratic party at the
city of Baltimore in convention assembled have pre-
scented platform of political principles to the peo
pie of the United States and have placed upon be-
fore the country the Hon. John @. Breckenridge of
Kentucky, and Hon. Joseph Lane of Oregon, as can
didates for the highest offices within the gift of the
American people therefore be it
Resolced, By the Democracy of the county Of Mon
roe, with entire unanimity IN meeting assembled
that it is the moral and political duty OF all bodies Of
men associated together for the advancement OF
any cardinal principles of governmental policy to
announce to their country in platform OF polltlca
PRINCIPLES che doctrines with which they seek to
| govern free people-feariessly and explicitly TO
declare the tenefs of political faith with winch they
ness and liberties together with the equal rights of
the whole people, and fully to satisfy the minds Of
| the masses upon what grounds they claim their
suffrages in any political canvass and further
Res0Ued, That the time has arrived when the COM
paets of the Federal Constitution are ruthlessly
assaied the altar of equal rights desecrated, the
| decisions of the Federal Judiciary defantly
tramped undertook and the rights ofproperty openly
ignored and spit upon herefore 1t more particularly
Is necessary those seeking TO administer the affairs
of this Government 10 state the rights that exist to
all freemep under our Federal Constitution. That
the National Democracy have done this boldly, with
out equiyOcatlOn or reserve the least credulous
cannot doubt That the report of a majority of the
sovereign States in convention at Charleston, and
now the Democratic PLATFORM is evidently just fair
and proper and that nothing less would satisfy that
patriotic feeling that knows the right dares maintain
it and which seeks not to deceive-and It does not
contain principle to which any constitutional pa
triOt can take list exception which he ought not
to defendant that in that platform the American
Democracy have shown to the world that their or
ganization is founded upon a declaration of honest
principlesthat the tenets of their political creed
rifted in the rock of equality to ALL and exclusive
privileges TO none, and not upon political tricks or
pretermitting eyasions nor upon the senseless avail
ability of men, That the Democratic platform is
founded ard conceived in the spirit of patriotism
Justice and fidelity to the Constitution OF our country
to the equal rights of all the States and to the dec
sions of the highest Judicial tribunal known to the
American people That upon this platform, hearth
ly endorsing every sentiment therein contained,
ear ssly enter the coming political contest with ap
proving consciences and firm reliance upon the
truth and justice Of our cause, and without doubt
as to the final approving judgment of the American
people. And be it further
Resoued, That 1t is with consciences untainted
that hereby raufy and endorse fully, freely and
with swelling hearts the nomination OF the talented
and chivalrous the gallant and gifted Breckenridge
and Lane, whose services in the battlefield and in
the halls of legislation brilliant their lives
have been pure and their characters and political
course blameless. That unfurl our banner to
the breeze baZOned with our States right platform
Of political principles. and with the gallant
uphold standard it cannot fail to receive the fl
nal endorsement of the American people. These men
have been offceseekers by staining their pOiti-
ca. record In them the people have implicit con-
dence and wait but to prove 1t; and relying upon
our platform the justice of our cause, together with
| our standard-bearers Ihe Democracy of Monroe
send greeting to their brother Democrats every
| where, with an mistaken assurance that Monroe at
the tides of November will join in the exultant
shout that will sweep the Southern and Pacific
States with Pennsylvania andrew Jersey, leaving the
faction heated by Bell and Everett in utter confu-
sion and as in 1856, rebukng the Northern fanatics
| now led on by Lincoln and Hamlin. And lastly,
ReSOlred, That in the success of the National De-
mocracy, headed by Breckenridge and Lane, depends
| the progress and welfare of our common country
the integrity and nviOlabty of the constitution OF
fathers, the political equality and independence
| of the American peOple-that the Black Republican
to strike down the rights guaranteed to the
States by the Federal Constitution to interfere with
the rights of property and overthrow the Federal Ju
dciary-that the called Constitutional Union parry
| is party of no principle, and is seeking TO elevate
| itself to power and place wholly ignoring any poll
teal creed or tenet and showing evidently that
morbid thirst for power is their only ruling passion
| and that said faction in 1856, has no hold
| upon the approving judgment or affections of the
American people-that the principles of the organ
| cation led on by the ambitious and designing the
intriguing and vain politician of Illinois, Ito wit,
Mr.. Douglas) short cut to all the ends and aims
| of Black Republicanism and are worse treason to
the South, coming from professed friend than the
| doctrines advocated by our open enemies, and the
effort of designing politicians and disappointed Office
seekers to get up Electoral ticket fer that party
in Tennessee is evident diversion in favor of Mr..
Bell and end in nothing but distracting the regu
lar Democratic party, and that we hereby expressly
declare that we hold the leaders of this movement
| who assembled in convention at Nashville, as out
| side of the regular Democratic party, and assure
| them, if they persist in their reckless course gov
erned by their misguided zeal, like John Bell, in
1886, they will forsake their parry and tmehonored
principles, ard end the ranks of those battling
against Democracy. That the UNION AND AMERICAN
and Cleveland Banner are respectfully requested to
| publish the proceedings of this meeting.
| Mr.. Vaughn sustained the resolutions in a short
Speech characterized by his usually clear view of
the political issues of the day. dwelling principally
slavery in the States and Territories under the Fed
era Constitution the result of the election of Mr.
| LincOn--stating that the Democratic party had
made the issue he had always desired-that he was
| proud to day to belong to the Democratic party,
| that it had purged itself of Mr.. Douglas and his
Squatter adherents. and stood clothed in constitu
| tiOnal purty-that it was a party of principle and
not Of men-that 1t ignored availability, and to-day
occupied prOuder, higher, Bober position, than
ever betOre-thatit now standing a bulwark
to guard Southern equality under the Constitution
| and lurl back the Goths and Vandals who were
| lowering around the ark of our country;s safety
and attempting to pull down the altar of American
! Liberty.
Upon motion of Hon. E. E. Griffith the resolutions
were unanimously adopted.
On motion of J. A. Rowan the meeting adjourned
sine die NJ f. JOHNSON. Chairman.
E. E. GRIFFITH, ]
VIM NJ. Brown : Secretaries