The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-03
Letter frOm Bedford = The People
Moving.
of the Nashville Union
WARrRAcR. Jan. 81. 1865.
"a e NqskriNe Tnion

renting of Government lands, (or rath-
D er, of abandoned farms, by the Gov
! ernment). We made the acquaintance
of Mr. Hotchkiss, the Special Agent of
, the Treasury Department. whom we
found to be an affable and intelligent
gentleman and when the expected adj
vices and instructions from Washington
are received, he and our old friend Jo-
seph Ramsey, as his assistant, win dis
patch the business of leasing the abaR-
doned property of our county with
satisfaction to our people and justice 70
the Government
We found large number of persons
in Shelbyyille, it having been previous
ly made known, as far as practicable,
that public meeting of citizens from
Bedford, Rutherford and Marshall
would be held to take action upon the
measures adopted by the Union Con-
vention of delegates assembled in your
city on the 9th inst, and also to cons
slider of the nominations there made of
candidates to the Legislature from the
three counties mentioned. Col. Lewis
Tillman, of Bedford, was made chair
man of the meeting, and in brief and
pertinent manner made known the OBJ
ject Of the public meeting. 10 Fl.
Thompson, our most efficient County
Court Clerk, was, on motion, appointed
secretary of the meeting, and will doubt
less furnish the Nashville papers with
a copy of the proceedings. The delib-
erations and action of the meeting were
characterized by lively interest and
general earnestness manifested by the
large crowd assembled in the open air,
in front of eounsel-row buildings.
The nomination at Nashville of VIM
H. Wisener for the Senate, Hon. Ed
mund Cooper for Bedford, and Col. Jas
Mullins for Bedford and Rutherford, |
was warmly received and unanimously
ratified by the meeting, as they will be
by the voters of our county.
A committee was appointed to nct'fy |
Messrs. Cooper, Wisener and Mullins of
the action of the meeting in ratifying
their respective nominations.
During the absence of the committee
the meeting was addressed at length |
by our old friend Ramsey, and also in a
few remarks by the Chairman.
The committee having waited upon
Mr. Wisener, who was at home engaged
in his Office, reported that, at the re-
quest Of the committee, he would. re-
spond in person and address the meet
ing relative to its action. Soon after,
Mr. Wisener made his appearance and
addressed the people, accepting the |
nomination and thanking the audience
for the cordial ratification by them Of
his own nomination, and that of his
worthy associates, Cooper and Mullins.
For nearly an hour he interested the
audience in clear snd forcible expires
sion of his views upon some of the
questions of the day. The announce
ment by this honorable gentleman and
tried patriot that he accepted the posi-
ton as candidate for theState Senate
was especially received with much graf
ification by the meeting and his rec
marks were listened to throughout
with marked attention. AS usual with
Mr.. Wisener, he made close and con-
nected points, presented in an able and
argumentative style His explanation
of what had been done at the Nashville
Convention, and what is proposed for
the action of the people on, the 22d
inst, and the 4th of March, was partic-
ularly instructive. With such expla-
nations, and the presentation of such
views before the people, q correct and
healthy public opinion upon the vari-
GUS exciting topics of the day would
soon form, and the interests of our
people promoted and advanced by an
early and efectual revival of our State
government and the consequent re-
turn of law and order in our midst
Messrs. Cooper and Mullins being
both absent, the committee could not
report responses from them, but it is
believed that they will both accept the
positions assigned them, in accordance
with the well known wishes Of their
constituents.
The citizens of Bedford, Marshall,
and Rutherford will look forward with
pride and pleasure when they shsll
again be represented in the State Leg
islature, and that by three such worthy
and tried men as those designated.
After Mr.. Wisener closed, the Chair
man was again called out, and for some
time addressed the meetingin his usual
earnest and impressive manner.
Hon. Thomas H. Coldwell was also
called out, and for a short while adj
dressed the meeting in an able manner,
his remarks being interesting and In
structiye. II
Judging from the manifestations of
at our county-seat, we think
the loyal people of other portions of the
State may expect good report from
old Bedford on the I'D of February
and the 4th of March. II
If mail Facilities were greater, and .
Information through the press could {
be disseminated throughout the ooun-
try, as well as along the thoroughiares,
much more general turning out Of
the Unionism of the country might be
looked for.
''BEDFORD."
REBgIs-A few days since, during a