Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-07-27
CL A r. X s WILLIE.
Friday, July 81, 1860.

RAJ We referad briefly, last week, to the fool
ishly false statement made in the Yancey Conven-
ton, here, that the Alabama State Union Conven-
ton had declared for Breckenridge and Lane, and
resume the subject now because the falsehood is
still industriously propagated North and South.
Every politician ought to know that the Constitu-
tional Union Convention of Alabama met at Selma,
on the 9th of June last. It was a large and en-
thusiasc body embracing the best intellect of the
State, and was presided over by Col. VIM s. Phil
lips, assisted by six Vice Presidents. Nearly every
county in the State was represented, and the pro-
ceedings were of the most earnest and harmonious
character. The following the Electors appoint
ed, and the order in which their names given
indicate the Districts numerically For the State
at large, Hon. Joseph W. Taylor, and Hon. VIM. b.
Wood. For the Districts Washington NJ. Smith,
George @. Freeman, ]. II. Canton, Jas. d. Webb,
L. Ripley Davis, Joseph r. Morris, and B. W. Grace
After the unanimous adoption of a series of Union
resolutions and pedgng its earnest support to Bell
and Everett the Convention adjourned and with
out any illusions whatever to Douglas or Breckin-
ridge except such as were made by the various
speakers who denounced both as sectional nomi-
nees.
The proceedings ofthis Convention were publish
ed extensively, in full, and we have them now be-
fore u.s. yet in the face of this fact democratic lead
ers are inscriptions enough to declare that the
Convention resolved to support Breckenridge and
Lane, and the declaration received here in the
Yancey Convention, with shouts of applause and
was dwelt upon as significant of the success of the
disunion ticket. The story is taken up by Repub-
lican papers, and is used for the purpose of injurng
Douglas in the free States, and, to that extent to
strengthen Lincoln. We expect no correction of
the fasehood by those who have propagated it, but
as far as we can effect it. the people shall know the
facts And to suppress no fact and do no injustice
to any one, we farther state that Convention was
held at Montgomery, on the I'd of July, which may,
or may not have been called an Opposition conven-
ton. Il was called by Hooper, of the Montgomery
Maii who had recently gone over to the disunon-
lists and was meagerly represented by seven, out of
fly two countes-there being as we learn from
the Richmond Wing between twenty and thirty
delegates in attendance, and after the Convention,
thus gotten up and constituted, declared for Breck-
inrdge, about one third seeded and declared for
Bell and Everett. lfthis is the Convention upon
which the false statement is predicated, due re-
gar for truth demanded that the fact should be so
set forth. But truth was not regarded, and the
original irabicators of the falschood sent it afoat
knowing well its character. That Hooper called
this Convention for the purpose of committng some
of the Opposition to the Yancey ticket, we will not
deny, but it had more to do with the Union State
Convention of Alabama than the District Yancey
convention held in this place, some two weeks
since and il II asserted that this last
ton was State Convention and had declared for
Bell and Everett no more violence would be done
to truth than is done by the statement we have here
coutroverted, and which, we hope no man will
again repeat--and no one will who has any regard
for truth and justice.