The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-11
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WEDNEspAY. oCTnRER 81 -
Public Meeting at CIarksviIIe.


A public meeting was held at Clarksvills
on the SOih ult. Hon. Cave johnson Presi-
dent; E. L. Williams and Geo H. wsr6eld
elected as Vice Presidents; R. W. Thomas
and C. 0. FaxoD, IS Secretaries.
The meeting was addressed BY Hon. Cave
johnson, James E. Bailey, John F. House,
VIM. A. Quarles, G. A. Henry, W. A. Peger,
Col. Smith, and Wm. Wines. The following
resolution, reported BY committee com
posed Of J. E. Bailey, J. F. House, ". A.
ousrles, D. y. Kennedy, W. t. Drane, A.
L. johnson, and D. D. Wright were adop-
ted.
WHEREAs, There still exists mutual
distrust and suspicion with which the sec
tions Of the country lately at war regard
each Othsrs. and which is, ia our opinion,
most prejudic ai 70 the present and future
pEo'perity OF the reunited country; and as
We firmly believe this mistrust 70 be founded
upon misconcepti0n and misrepresentation
Of the feelings and Purposes of Southern
men;
Therefore we, the citizens Of Montgomery
county, Tenn, in public meeting as embed,
desire to give such expression to our senti-
ments, IS to remove misconeeption and re-
pei misrepresentation.
Resolred, therefore, Isl, That we accept
frankly and hOnorably tbs new position Of
things established by the termination of ths
wsr. Those among us who could devise no
adjustment Of controversies then existing
but by the arbitrament Of war, have now
accepted its decisions, and not the less
tnlly and unreservedly that it has declared
against the position occupied by them: nor
have any Of US an object so ferventlv de-
sired as the establishment Of lssting peace
and mutual good understanding between
the sect 0ns lately st war with each other.
2nd. ReS0iUed, therefore, That We owe and
viii bear true allegiaUes 70 the Government
Of the United States, and the State Of Ten
nessee, holding 10 20 be our duty as honora-
bic men, to give our allegiance 10 that gov
ernment unuer whose laws aud institutions
we live
Sd. Resolped, That we Will discourage and
discounenanee the discussion Of any andall
questions calculated 10 keep alive feelings
Of animosity and ill:will, and do all in our
power to promote amicable and harmonious
relations among the people.
4th, That we look upon the abolition Of
slavery as an accomplished fact, and have
no belief that any body Of prac ical men
look TO its re-establishment as a question to |
be seriously entertained. At the same time |
we look forward with serious ankle Y 10 the !
difficulties which must attehd the recon- |
struetion Of our industrial system on its new |
basis. Aud, as We alcne have a practical |
acquaintance with the negro, as We are most |
largely and directly interested IN the success |
Of the new system, and as we shall have to |
sustain the burdens Of paupsrism and un-
employed capital which must attend its fall /
ure, we respectfully suggest that by US one |
can the new system be hopefully inaugura- |
ted and carried out, and that the less We are |
subjected to interference from without, the |
more promising will be our undertaking.
5th, That the prese0t position OF the ne
gro in the South is the result Of no action of |
his own, and that for whatever evils NAV be /
consequent thereupOn he is not responsible. /
We, therefore, deem It the duty of every
good citizen TO exercise all the Offices Of a |
kindly sympathy in ameliorating his eondi- |
ton.
6h, That President johnson in his efforts |
to reunite the people under the constitution !
OF the United States, leaving 70 the States |
their sacred and inesiimable rights, deserves
and should receive the appreciation Of the |
whole country, regsrdlsss Of past political |
differences, and we hold tito be the duty Of al
Southern men 10 uphold and encourage bis |
eff rts by every manifestation Of approva
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10 offer.
ia, That in view Of the misrepresenta-
tiOn and injustice 10 which the Southern
people have been subjected since the close
Of the war by portion Of the public press,
We hail with pleasure the Presidents recent
declaration that he is willing to trust the
people Of the S0uih, and m 81 heartily re-
ciprocate his generous confidence.
sth, That we repel WITH contempt and in
digDatiou the position that those who ha c
been faithful 60 the pledges which they
made to one another at the commencement
Of the war, are, On that account, not % be
trusted when they pledge themselves 10
obedience and acquieseence in the present
political status, claiming that stesdiast
faithfulness to a failing cause is q better
ground for confidence in their present en-
gagemsnts, thsn would ESve been afforded
BY 3 vacilating and double faced subssfvi-
ency, prompted by the hope Of emoiument
and lear Of loss.