Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-18
Opposition Meeting I'm Troy. ODion
County.

Opposition Meeting I'm Troy, ODion
County.
On Monday, the 9Th. being County Court
day, large number of the citizans-friends
of the Union-met in the Court House for the
purpose OF appointing delegates to attend the
State meeting to be held in Nashville on the
22d inst.
On motion, Col. E. R. Osborne was called
to the Chair, and W. L. MeCutchen appoint
ed Secretary.
On taking the Chair, Col. Osborne remark
ed that be did so, not as politician, but as
citizen, a duty which he felt bound to dis
charge whenever called on by his fcliow-eiti-
zens, at any time, or on any occasion.
He then went on to remark, that he believ-
ed the present very important and citieal
period in the history of our government; that
cries for bursting the bands made fast by our
Revolutionary fathers, were ruDg in our ears
by wild and unbridled fanatics from all quar-
tiers, cries which he thought ought to arouse
the attention of every citizen That the man
tie of our fathers had fallen upon our should
ers. and that we were bound by every consid-
GRAFTON of patriotism to cast it unsullied and
unrent upon the shoulders of the next gene
ration.
That the tbreatning aspect in our political
horizon called upon every lover of his cOun-
try to forget his party ties, and rally to the
standard of the Union. That they had come
together as citizens of one common country.
having but one common interest and one
common destiny, for if the country fell. all
would be buried beneath its ruins. By ouI
party spirit We might undermine the pillar
of this republic, but like Sampson of old, We
would be crushed beneath its pOnderOu
weight. No wbig, no democrat could surviv'
its fall.
That it was his conviction, the parties anf
politicians of the present day could not OF
would not save the country from the threat
ming danger, and that new and honest class
of men must come forth, warm from the bosom
of the people, and seize the helm, or the shiI
would never reach the haven of safety, fOI
she had been tosstd upon the pillows of par
~ strife until she was driven from her an
Gent moorings, and was now far from shore.
and threatened to be wrecked upon the shoals
of abolition on the one hand or the quick
sands OF RECT sion on the other.
That we should forget party ties and rally
to the deliverance of the good old ship which
had made so many prosperous voyages fOI
us. That we should again rekindle the bea-
con lights of patriotism, and lift our warning
voices, crying to our countrymen. Stand of
from the shoals and quick-sands which SO fear
fully threaten TO engulf all that is dear ro
US as people"
And in conclusion, said the masses of all
parties were honest and patriotic, and only
needed to know their cOuntry's interest, in
order to serve it, and that he took it fol-
granted the present assembly had met to do
what in their judgment they thought to b,
right.
1t was then moved committee be appoint
en- to prepare and introduce preamble and
resolutions suitable to the occasion.
Whereupon G. III. Cary, j. l.. Palmer, and
". L. McCutchen were appointed, and after
returning, presented the following, which
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS. a crisis has arrived in the gov
ernmcnt of these States in which her destruc-
ton is threatened by wild and unbridled am
bition. The Union, once glorious and sacred,
is now dishonored and desecrated, it becomes
every patriot to stand by the Union of the
States, or fall in the last ditch in her de
tense. Therefore,
Resolutd, Isl We are satisfied neither of
the two great parties can now save this
Union, either from want of ability or DISPOSE
ton.
End. That the inevitable tendency of the
two parties is now TO a great geographical
division of these States, which would result
in Northern and Southern COnfederacy.
Sd. That nothing would more rapidly
celerate this fearful catastrophe, than union
of all parties in the South as pro-slavery
Southern men, such union naturally tend
ing TO throw all conservative Northern men
into the Republican ranks.
4th. That we believe and are fully salts
fled there are conservative and uniOn-loviUg
men enough North and South, if united, to
save the country from the impending evil.
5th. That we as friends to our whole
country, know no North, no South, no East.
no West, and are willing to unite with all
conservative union-loving men to save our
common country from the ruin which now
threatens it.
On motion, the following gentlemen were
appointed as delegates to attend the COnve
ton at Nashville on the 22nd inst, viz:
From the LIST District, JAS THOMAS.