The colored Tennessean., 1865-08-12

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some slight ameniaerfs the report was adop-
! ted. The Cemmith Mas discharged
] a nunber q 4asa~xere elected homo
, rary members "S
The Committe on Credentials then pre-
sented the following report:
10 the COnrentln In compliance with the
instructions giverus BY your honorable body,
that the Committea on Credentials should i'm
partially considef the claims of all announc
ing themselves as0elegates, your Committee
have the honor 70 report that they have en-,
tered upon the discharge of their duties with
the determination act upon the best Judge
ment, 9 with maliee toward none, but charity
toward all /" Being thus actuated, your Com
mittee is of the opinion that, for the sake of
harmony and to prevent any unnecessary
discussion, that il will be your duty to admit
all delegates who had presented credentials,
and oil other delegates who claim to have been
properly elected @ao had no credentials, but
can bring prope3 evidence that they were
elected by a constituency.
In recommending this course your Com
mittee know that ley are departing from Gus
tOmary rules in like cases, but at the same time
that they do not believe that the departure
of all things considered, would prove detrimen
tai to the cause in which we are engaged.
We all have one common aim and one com
mon object to accomplish This being true.
then, we respectfully ask if it is not likely
that more harm would result from the reiec-
ton of gentlemen, said to have been fairly
elected, than would result from admitting all.
ThereRre gentlemen claiming seats which
are contested. But as you deal with one, you
Aould deal with al Therefore, for the good of
we respectful A. that you exclude none.
W~do nor propose that the gentleman from
the Thirteenth District be entitled to vote. or
eligible to%nold Office IN this Convention.
The following name Of delegates was then
presented and the names called:
A discussion ensued which resulted in the
rejection of the contestants from the Thir
teenth District.
The Rev. Jas. Lynch, of Baltimore, spoke
earnestly and ably in support of suffrage.
The Convention then adjourned till 3 p. NJ.
SECOND DAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention was called to order, Presi
dent in the chair, and after prayer, the Dele
gates names were called, and the Convention
declared fully organized. The following is a
full list of members:
ROLL OF, DELEGATES
Maury County ty-Jsmes Rspier, Thomas J.
White, Jno. Lockridge Jackson Thompson,
Rutherford County. James, N. B
Frierson.
Cannon County. Washington Fugitt.
Montgomery COuny.-Charles Beaumont.
Bradley COunty.-Anthony Carter.
Shelby COunty.-H. N. Rankin, Anthony
Motley, J. w. Jones, Warner Madison, Isaac
Minter, r. Alexander.
WASHINGTON COunty.-Ferdinand MAXWELL. |
W3iliamsOn County ALLEN n C. Williams.
Smith COunty.-Richard Letchford, A. L.
Gordon, j. M. Marchbanks, James Caruth- |
ers.
Daridson County Watkins, Sr
Frank Parrish Nelson Walker, Richard Har- !
4
ard Howard, James Caffery, Edward Woods, !
William Miller, Alfred Menefee, William Sum-
ner, Robt. L. Knowles, Jordan Bransford, |
jerry Stothard, Daniel l. LapsIey, Daniel B, |
Harris. II
BdfteTg a. 2d LagAt,Artftery q. s. G.. T.
e. j Maxwell, J. l.. Brown, Henry Quay,
John Powell.
Fifteenth q. s. C. T--G. w. Reynolds, J.
Pillow, Owen Grundy, Taylor Turner, c. FL.
Barnett, John Jackson.
Fourteenth Regiment u. S. G.. T.--G. A.
Griffith, Henry Thompson, S. Hardison,
Thomas Ellison.
Giles County IT. A.Thornton, Neil Brown,
lewis Brown, L. J. Johnson, Danger Rhodes,
Thomas Alternately, Henry Webb Orange
Jones, Willis Bramlet.
Lincoln County. Willis Myers, Charles
Russell.
Bedford County,. ]. McErOy, G. w. Till
nan. George Eakin. h
Wilson Coumty.-Osborne Greene, Nathan
)oaks, Lewis Waters, Joseph Smith, Silas
smith, Quiler Turner.
Hamilton County.--J. G. Strickland, George :
II. FL. Houston, G, P. Letcher.
Sumner County Edmund Jones, Columbus
ohnson, H. w. Kee, Il. Bowers. :
Kno1 County-M. J. R. Gentle Abram '
ord, H. Alexander, James Mason, E. D. =
livingston.
Haa0kins County-Alfred Mckinney.
Franklin County-R. H. Singleton, Levi :
'rimble. {
McMinn Coanty-L. Il, Mazeek, Charles :
ling, Henry Hoyle, Henry Rowley. :
Meigs County-Fower Phillips =
BI0unt County-Chsrles C. Cobb, A. :,
fcLeer. .
ONORARY DELEGATES IN THE CONvEE- 3
TION. n
Rev. Charles Burch, Ed Samuel Lowery, Il
.ev. Nelson McG cGavock, Abram Smith, Arthur
oung, of Maury, and David Cockrill, a