Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-02-01
IIVuI NHt VtII~s rVIIIs
Public Meeting

Pursuant to call made upon the people some
days since for meeting to be held at Clarksville
for the purpose Of nominating candidates for the ep
preaching State Convention in this Representative,
Floatoral and Senatorial district large number Of
people assembled at the Court House on Monday the
2sth ult., al II A..
On motion of r. W. King Hon. IT. s. Kimble
was called to the Chair aud c. O. Faxou was APP
pointed Secretary
The Chairman, before taking his seat, explained
the object Of the meeting, accompanied with short
speech upon the present condition Of public affairs,
and thereupon 7. W. King offered the following res
olution
ResolUed, That the various delegatesrcport them
selves to the Secretary as from civil districts and
that in all esseswhere there are no delegates from
district any voter may enroll himself ms such del
legate. That our voting shall he by districts and
majority of each civil district TO control its unit vote
as to resolutions, nominations, or recommendations
which was carried.
! 1t however soon became apparent that this form
Of obtaining expression would be difficult and un-
wieldy and after several motions to adjourn amend,
reconsider, &c. they were finally reconsdered and
lost.
A motion was then made and carried, to the eff
feet that the Convention vote m ndsss for the mem
Der from Montgomery requesting only them to
vote who were entitled to vote, and that during
the plan of conventional representation, commit
tee of three from each county in this Senatorial
district be appointed by the Chair to suggest suit
able candidate 60 represent tie Senatorial district in
Convention.
The Chair appointed from, Cheatham, Nessrs Ray.
Martin and Batson; from Stewart Messrs. Martin,
Rice and Rose; and from Montgomery, Messrs.
Shackelford, Hampton and McCauey.
During their retirement, J. +. Bailey, ESQ.,, was
put in nomination for County Representative by T.
w. Beaumont Maj G. A. Henry was also nomi-
rated by Maj. Marshall. Much anxiety being ex-
pressed as to the position of these two gentlemen
committee was sent to wait upon them and ask
them to favor the meeting with their views upon the
existing questions j. E. Bailey, ESQ., first respon-
ded to the call, making sensible, manly and pa
triotic speech and defining his position with exact
ness. Upon his concluding, the committee came in
and announced that they proposed the Hon. Gave
johnson as a candidate for the Senatorial district
The nomination was received with shouts of ap-
plause, and ratified unanimously, with Il request
that Robertson county (which was unrepresentedl
would ratify action In this connection it il
proper TO state that the Stewart county delegation
refused to act in this Convention, except upon the
resolutions adopted by Stewart county, at the time
Of their being accredited here as delegates After
hearing the resolutions read, this Convention adop-
ted them without dissent, but as they were with
drawn from the papers OF the Secretary, by the
: said delegation, we cannot produce them. After
the nomination of Hon. Cave Johnson Mai. Henry
came to the stand and addressed the meeting for
some time-npon the conclusion of which. ]. T..
Bailey, Esq, was nominated for county Representa-
tive by reclamation.
Hon. John +. House also recommended unau-
imousy for candidate from this Floating district to
the Convention being held on that day at Spring
field, and the following gentlemen elected delegates
to said Convention Messrs. F. S. Beaumont G.
w. Hampton, J. f. Rice H. H. Irwin, G. G. Smith,
H. II. Poston R. w. HUMPHREYS, j. o. Shackelford,
r. W. Bringhurst and r. w. johnson.
A resolution was offered by j. o. Shsckelford,
Esq, and carried unanimously
Reso'red, That we would not submit to any
change in our Federal Relations being made by the
State Convention unless said change was submitted
to the people, and ample time given to vote upon it
John T. House then addressed the meeting in a
torcibe and patriotic manner, after which the Con-
vention adjourned.