The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-23


House Joint resolution No. IS: That l
the two Houses adjourn on the 2qtb /
INST and % meet again on the first /
Monoay IN Octaber. Laid on the table. /
House bill No. 50: To amend the
laws concerning the penitentiary and |
for other purposes. Passed FIRST read /
ing and referred to the committee on
that institution. hN
On motion Of Mr.. Mckinney House
joint RESOLUTION No A: That no new
bills be introduced in this Assembly
after the ODD inst, except bills from
Finance Committee, was taken up and
again laid upon the table
The Senate then adjourned 70 2
o clock this evening
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. Senter offered Senate Joint Reso-
luton No y; To authorize the Seere
iary Of State 10 take charge Of the
senate Chamber and House Of Repre-
! sentstives. On motion the rules were
suspended and the resolution was
House bin 10 Sc: To incorporate the
] Rsulston Coal, Iron, Salt and Oil Com
pany. Passed third reading.
Senate bill, No IS: TO establish the
| loyal integrity Of the State Of Tennes-
see as amended, passed It's second read
ing
Mr. Bowen, from Committee on Lu
ustic Asylum, reported upon that In
st.tutiOn, which the said Committee
found in good condition, books correct,
and asked an appropriation Of 10000
for the current year
Senate bill No 5: To charter the
Memphis Savings Bank. Passed third
reading. -
Senate bill No. II: To incorporate
the Nashville BARRIERS association.
! Mr. Rodgers did not know why this
association wanted a charter, or what
IL could co
Mr Trimble did not know what harm
it could do; that they had been meet
ing in the city for the last eighteen
months; that they had presented their
constitution and byslaws TO the city
council, and the same sqUeamishness
as is shown here was at first shown
there, but after due consideration they
at last got permission to meet; that il
was an association Of respectable men
OF color, and they were received a. such,
/ that the object of the incorporation was
70 raise and keep q fund that it was
for a charitable purpose 70 care for the
sick and to bury the dead He did
not see. why they should be excluded
from this privilege that he was opposed
TO corporations, but it was as well to 10.
corporate this association as any other
( That he would ike to hear those who
were opposed TO the bill and the
reasons why they did SO That if they
wished to vote it down they could DC
so r
Mr. Spence said that he did not see
why they could not allow black men tC
meet and to have fund that coulC
take care Of those who were in distress
That there was no law prohibiting sucl
| Incorporation.
M Hood asked what did that corpo
ration propose TO dor 1t was simply t
: grant 10 class of respectable citizens
of color an incorporation which wa:
/ like all other corporations That h
was not afraid 10 vote for it and N
! gentleman had pointed out to him any
Z wrong IN il, That it was class of mel
t. I who proposed to take care of the sicl
= | and bury the dead, and he did not sed
q why any one should be afraid to vot'
I for H.
4 Mr. Bowen had heard the questio,
. asked as if it could not be answered
q What good can this dor If there
J. was anything in the question it wa
/. Just as pertinent in regard to literary
Z 4. n
mining or oil corporations. He sup
, posed that every individual could COM
o and bore as deep well for Oil as the
wished. and the only benefit thst cor
o poration gives was the convenience o.
!. union, which enabled q number Of per
sons TO do by concert what a single IL
a diyidual could not do. Another objec
= ton is that the object Is to intrOduc
negro equality. He had never seel
, TIE possibility Of such things existing
( If anybody was below him he could no
see how they could be equal, morally
or Intellectually. If q man acted dis
! gracefully how could that effect an,
! make HIM equal to him? If he liiteI
3 Eimselfup into su Intellectual exist
> arce how could that hurt him. If
h took that man by Inc hands and assist
Il ed him to come Up, how could that II
jure him? Christ condescended I
come down TO tho lowest walks Of hu
n msnitv to lift man up and was Goo
like &c he could vote for an oil cor
"a poration, an AgDomen Club, a Ii,erar
- Association at Memphis he could vot
. for tins blu.
p The bill then passed its third reac
e ing.
: Ssnate bin No. Sc: To incorporat
= the Tennessee Mountain Petroleum
e and Mining Company. Passed thir
p reading.
r senate bill No. 20: To charter th
Memphis, Arkansas and Mound Cit
/. Steam Packet Company Passed thir
u reading,
;. Senate bill No. 20: To incorporat
Il the Manchester, Barren Fork Mimi
IS and Manufacturing Company. Passe
, third reading
Il Senate bill No. 50 To incorporat
u the East Tennessee Petroleum Compa
= nv. Passed third reading
Senate bill No Sc: To incoTporat
4 the Tennessee Manufacturing and In
/, pruvement Company. Passed thir
IA reading.
The Senate then adjourned till t.
7 morrow morning at the usual hour.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY, May %, 1865
! The House was called to order at
o'clock. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Hunting
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