The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-24
Letter from parson BrOwnlow
LOUISVILLE, March 10, 1868
Elitor Of lie NasluiRs Uaion:

The Convention re-assembled this
morning at 0 o'clock, and 1.-THE frat bust
ness in order,'' was to close the door and
appoint door-keeper, allowing none but
the delegates to enter. This "order in
Council' induced us outsiders to retire.
The tone Of the Louisville papers of
this morning is against the treatment the
Hon. J. a. CRAvENs, of Indiana, received
on yesterday, and as the COpperhead or
gans of the North viii likely howl over
bis case, and misrepresent the facts, I
will give them in brief, for | was stand
ing in the rear of him, and heard oil that
was said. Mr.. CRAvENs may be loyal
aud patriotic man, and those who know
him say he is clever gentleman, but he
was introduced TO the audience by Ex-
Gov. WIcKLIFFE, who made motion to
the effect that be be invited to take a scat
upon the stand with the President, and
said that he endorsed Mr.. CRAvENs in the
fullest sense of the term. The Ccnven-
ton was made up Of men, two thirds of
whom claimed TO be unconditional Union
men, and these regarded Mr.. WIu1FFE as
being in sympathy with JEFF. DAVIS and
his allies This introduction and en-
dorsement then, gave Mr.. CRAvENs no
Union capital TO stavre upon. But he
had not been speaking five minutes, until
he announced himself to be a Democrat,
gloried in having belonged to that or
ganization, and having always acted
with it. lie then distinctly announced
that the rebellion would not be put down
by Mr.. lincoln, and if this country was
ever saved, it would have TO be saved by
the Democracy He then let in upon all
those who had branded the Democrats
as rebels secessionists, butternuts, and
copperheads; when cries arose from all
parts of the hall, that this was Union
Convention, not Democratic meeting-
that they wanted no Democratic
speeches here, and that the gem
tleman was at liberty to recross
the river into Indiana, where his
services would DO more acceptable. A
scene of much confusion arose, and
denunciations were hurled at eopperheads
and sympathisers with the rebellion from
all parts of the hall. Col. WHITAKER, of
the 9th Kentucky, declared that such
men had no business in the Convention,
and be was seconded by others, whilst a
call was made for a Sergeant at Arms to
be appointed, who should eject all but
ternuts from tbs hall
Mr.. DUNHAM, of Indiana, arose and
spoke in behalf of his friend Mr.. CRA-
VEINS, and hoped he would be heard.
Hon. Mr.. WOMAN, of KY, said he had
served with Mr.. CRAvENs 10 Congress, that
he was patriot and a sound Union man,
and hoped they would hear him Mr..
CRAvENs briefly explained He said that
he had been unfortunate in the choice of
his language; be had not intended to
use the name of Democrat in an offensive
or partizan sense. He hoped the action
of the Convention would be harmonious.
Thanking the Convention for permitting
the explanation, he took his seat.
These are the facts in the whole case,
briefly but fairly stated. Ny opinions may
not be worth anything upon subjects of
this nature, but shall express them very
freely, taking care to charge nothing for
their utterance. Against Mr.. CRAvENs
as a gentleman and patriot, have no
complaints to make, but his speech in the
convention was certainly in very badtaste
He was speaking TO a Convention of Union
men, who knew that this wicked rebel
lion had been inaugurated by the South
ern Democracy and that Democracy
had fired on Fort Sumpter, and they had
not assembled to hear a eulogy upon such
party, nor to be told that they were the
only party in the nation that could save
the country The members of this Con-
vention had assembled TO select sound
Union men to I'll tho Offices of the State,
irrespective Of old parties, and to aid in
restoring the Union, and they did not
want to be told what this or that party
was They felt that our great house was
on fire, and that our business was to ex-
tinguish the flames first, and then turn
about and arrange the furniture in the
house
In addition to the counties previously
reported as represented in this truly large
Convention, the counties of johnson, Es-
till, Floyd, Hickman, Laurel, Pulaski.
Wayne, Harlan, Webster and Lawrence
reported delegates this morning, making
one hundred and one counties represented
out Of one hundred aud ten, the number
in the whole State. All hands agree
that larger convention never convened in
the Stale, and certainly no one ever did,
composed Of ADLER and better men.
After getting rid of the Copperheads,
the Convention was quiet and dignifed,
and harmonious in action. Nine gentle
men were put in nomination for Cover.
nor by the Partially of their friends,
and out Of l,022 votes cast, joshua L.
BELL, of Boyle county, on the fret bal
lot, received 627, and on motion his