The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-02
KENTUCKY DEMOCRACY.
Repentant and Unrepentant Rebels in
Council in Louisville.
pIscoaoANT ELEMENTS AMONG THEM.
They Demand the Abolition Of tho Freed.
mems Barean and wlthAravsI Of
United states Troops.
10, &C., 90.


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LoursvuGR, May I, 1893
The selfstyled democracy OF old Kentucky composed
OF ropontant rebels robels non-repont,nt rebels who
Fought Tor Jen Davis. and rebels who didn't men in
favor OF the old Union and against H. mon In favor
Of Andy johnson and men Of no particular political
stripe assembled bore in convention at eleven O'Clock th
morning, In the east OF the court house. The
attendance was very full, but great noise and confusion
prevailed spectators and delegates mixing together In.
Discriminatory, talking In loud voice going on con-
nuay, and wearing Of hats quite tho order Of the day
Ex-Governor wickhne, Postmaster General under
Jackson, apparently octogenArsn was chosen tenn
porary chairman, and j. W. Tate and II. w. Grettie
were appointed secretaries Governor wcklne made
no speech and tho committees permanent organ IN.
ton and resolutions Immediately selected
aud retired to discharge their duties. The
counties were then called and out OF hundred and
thirteen thoee thirty unrepresented
Mr. j. PITCHER offered tho following resolution under
stood TO be the production Of Governor wicklne:-
Resolved That committee Of IRON each tongres.
siona district be appointed 20 report TO the Convention
an appropriate address TO the President OF tho United
States upon the true conditions and relations Of The FREQ
negroes the white citizens and inhabitants OF this State
sl.o requesting that the Freedmen's Bureau, Illegally
established IN this State he abolished. and the military
OF tbe United States Withdrawn from Kentucky.
This produced symptoms Of discord. Captain Graves
OF Lebanon, moved to postpone IT'S consideration
until after the organization General W. s. Jack
son, who served In the rebel army all through
the war, said the resolution indiscreci, I'M
necessary aud nrebrand, and moved TO lay II
on Tho table. Gres, i,enent followed, and the
consideration of tho resolution postponed until the
afternoon The Convention then adjourned at half past
twelve O'Clock until half past two After adjournment
General Jackson was heard TO cxclam, "Groat God
Pitcher why did you introduce such dia,raetng resp
luton :"
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention rcsssemblcd hslrpast two O'clock
the following permanent officers PIesden ExGoyer
nor David Mcrrwetber; Vice Presidents Judge Flour
Governor hEEnwrruIs, on taking the chair,
graduated the Convention on being able 10 meet with
out being dIsaersed by military grant He
They should not sleep rest until they
were thoroughly Organized, and should 90 the polls
prepared necessary, to make sacrifice In the cause u
The conyen,ion then prceesdea . .pu. candl:
Appeals Among those named for the honor were A v
DlYsil, co'onc, D. Howard sr n formerly OF the Con
federste army; s. W. Stone, W Il Bush, Captain NJ @
Goodwin, formerly Of the Confederate army, and W "
ireland. All the Confederate officers named declined
tho honor in speeches Innde before the Convention
ON the nrstballoi Judge Alvin Duysl wa nominated
Tor Clerk o, tho Court Of Appeals by large majority
General WHITAKER formerly OF the United army
asked me chairman the following question lis this
Andy johnson or a democratic meetingf
The cmAmsAs-fhis Is n democratic meeting.
General WnrnAKx-Then ] wish 10 Withdraw. II
Ia not johnson meeting II has not my sympathy
The Cm,pxAs-You have a right 10 withdraw
Cries Of "Put him OUT here arose vheresi General
Great excitement followed, but General wh,sker sub
sequsnty wiihdfe~ quietly.
The COMMITTEES Resolutions pett reported snbstsu.
tally az follows
They fass strong ground in fasc$ u the vniop a.
bascf % The constitution declare that the cs~css OF
pow@rs BY the federal govenmens ANY it, depart.
menh not expressly delegated Is usGrps',ep '~, sne
deprivation Of any state Of ~ representation IA Con-
sress rld,caly wrong; that tho radical majority in
Congress Tecreant 10 the constitution, and us their
eeisssJs lending 70 dsgls1s oIe se1u o. The country,
vaaR fhg Sat-. hat he.
rsht TO try civilians by military commissions drum.
head court martiss; that the quesion Of suf
that the placing OF nssroes on an equality
with the white man, and giving them the privi.
s,i,uoa thai the army should be reduced AZ near as
possible TO peace footing and iha, oqusi and Just taxa
ton should DO enforced.
The ninth aud sxiecnth resolutions rad thus;--ws
declare that although We do not believe that the
federal government had any constitutional rights
Of our STATE, and while we protest asslns,
ther seton upon this subject, yet Tor Cd
recognize the abolition Of slavery o. an sccomp,.led
act; but vo most earnestly sssor that Kentucky has
thu right TO regulate tho political statue Of the negro
within her territory and caDor compels 20 pro-
Claim that While shall protect their rights poson
and property. wo deem both nstpedien, and unwise
70 permit 'hem 70 ersreise the rights ofsihers 1rymAn
voter and should regard any A,eInp, the psr,
q Congress 10 interfere with rights In this respsc;
az not only ATTRACTION Of ths Constitution but also
gross and pspsbe Invasion 81 the reserved rights N the
State. We declare that President Andrew Johnson n
entitled 10 tho thanks OF s COuntymsn for the veto ~
those nlqueh sad Unconstitutional bills known Tie
Freedmen, Bureau bill and the Civil Rights bll l.
and that In refusing accept o. the aud al
most unlimited powers which the acs conferred upon
him he displayed gngcinslncSs not often exhibited BY
those in power and has Inspired every paro' In the
land with hope aud confidence. We Ns fully aware
that he Into tho prcslieusi once surrounded by
hundred fold dficglties that bese, encOm-
passed any OF his pfedeo~esors and the democrae o.
Kentucky pledge Linn generous aud hearty support w
his C0ns 10 restore uo eCasiu'l0n and union of the
Bia.es
The resolutions unanimously adopted. One dele
gas attempted 70 have resolution PASSED endorsing the
farnOus Kentucky resolutions o. i1vs but ~r voted
dovn Speeches subsequently, made BY Judge
Dnva and eK Govcrnor Jobn Hflm, after which lbs
Convention adjourned until sovcf O'Clock IN the ebing
Ia concigbiOn Ihave oay 70 add ,tst the chief sIris
u the Convention nestned 20 b. ErJgovcrnors Nrrf-
wethcr AMI Wlcklifr, Mr. W, ~ Had man. o. the
Courier CAPTAIN Edmund Graves u Lebanon General
Jacksoa u StonsNai rriasionshp, and judge Dsyail
Though ! teiegraphcd you that The ConDp.
lion vas largely composed Of yrrrors Of rsbs-
anleceanis still u n right 10 add that nearly all Of them
accept tho esu, Of the conclusive ~ the
son dOelrne. and scom wiling 70 submit quIsy Ia
future 20 the federal supremacy Each q the cscou.
fcdcrats ocem who spoke srpressed this view. Esssy
ailaslon 10 Confederate soldiers WA cbsersl
| Mechanical Ttnkering Csnsss Avr~ss
The decou position q the teeth. Ng,hus will % this b