Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-04-24
MEETING Of THE PEoPLE OF
aXHmesrE

Pursuant to previous notice, a large number
OF tue citizens Of Fayette, without d distinction
OF party assembled in the court house, il
Semerville, on Saturday, the Goth inst.
On motion, General L P. Williamson wa.
called to the chair, aud w. P. Farmer was sp.
pointed secretary.
On taking the chair, General Williamson
state Of the country.
On motion Of Col. Joseph r. Mosby. a com
mittee OF five was appointed TO report business
for the meeting.
The following gentlemen were appointed
Col. J. R. Mosby, General T. Rivers, W. n.
Chunn, Rev. J. W. Rogers and H. E. Degraf-
fenreid.
On motion, the chairman and Capt. Johns
were added to the committee.
The meeting then adjourned for one hour In
order to give the committee time to report.
On reassembling, the COMMITTEES reported,
unanimously, through their chairman, Col.
Mosby, the following resolutions:
Resolred, That Il is the sense Of this meet
ing, that the State Of Tennessee secede as
soon as practicable from the old Union, and
connect herself for veal or for woe, with the
destiny OF the Confederate States.
R%esoivsd, b the legislature is hereby re-
qussted TO thoroughly and fully arm the State,
to meet any and all emergencies, and that an
appropriation be made large enough for any
and all such DuI poses. =
Resolved, That we pledge -FOUR lives, our
fortunes and our sacred honorso for the COM
mon defense of the Southern States.
Res0lUei, That We lave regular county
meetings, at this place every Saturday, until
otherwise cOuntermanded.
Resolued, That a committee OF fifteen be ap-
pointed to ascertain the fun military strength
Of this county, to report at the next meeting.
On motion, the resolutions were unanimous
" adopted by the meeting, amid The utmost en-
thusiasm.
The following gentlemen were appointed on
the committee named in the fifth resolution /:
Z. S. TappaB, chairman, 1st district DR..
W. Rhodes, ID district T. B. Ragland, 3rd
district H. z. DegrafeBreid, 4th district R.
T. Broadnax, 5th district DR.. Clsxton, 9th
district; Charles Lynn, tn districs D.. E.
Warren, Sth district ; G. Rideout, 9th district;
Chas. D. Mclean, 10th district Dr. George
T. Hunter, 18th district John N. Mason, 18th
district; Hugh H. Falls, 18th district Samuel
Phillips, 14th district; Wiley B Jones, 18th
district.
On motion, The chairman, Captain Tappan,
was empowered to ill any vacancy which may
occur in The above committee.
On motion, the committee were requested TO
have their report ready for the next meeting,
on Saturday, the 9th inst.
Appropriate remarks were then made BIZ.
Gen. Glenn. Gen. Sneed and others.
On motion, the meeting proceeded to raise
two thousand dollars for the Fayette Blues.
A still larger amount conld have been.
obtained, but the above amount was all that
was desired at this time.
The utmost enthusiasm prevailed throughout
the meeting, and a firm determination mani
Tested to place the wbols resources Of Fayette,
IL necessary, at the disposal of the defenders Of
the South. Party lines were obliterated and
the utmost harmony prevailed. All cordially
agreed to bury the past, and unite in defense
Of their fresides and affairs. Speeches were
made BY Gen. John L. T.. sneed, Gen, Rivers,
Gen. Glenn, and others. All were for seees-
sion and FOR uniting the destiny Of Tennessee
with the Confederate State.
On motion Of W. N. Chunn, ESQ, the pro-
c~eedings Of the meeting were ordered to be
Pr blished in the somerville end Memphis pa
pers.
Amid the utmost enthusiasm, the meeting
then adjourned TO meet on Saturday, the 9th
instant, to hear report from committees and
transact other business.
L. P. WILLIAMSON, Ch'n.
W. P. FARMER, Sec'y.
The military committee Of fifteen, named in
the fifth resolution, will please assemble at
SomsrVille, at nine O'Clock, A. N, on Saturday,
the 9th inst, preparatory for a general report
to the public meeting of that day.