Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-10-23
THE STATE RAr1FlCATION CONvEN-
TFON


1t will be remembered that the Central
Committee called Mass Convention Of the
people Of this State to ratify the proceedings
of the Philadelphia National Union Con-
vention, to meet in this city on the 18th ult,
Owing to the visitation of cholera it was
postponed 70 the ID inst; but the disease not
then having abated, further postPonement
until the 9th inst, was made That day
falls on next Saturday, being the last Of the
month.
The cholera having entirely disappeared
more than week ago, and the city being
unusually healthy, the people from all parts
of the State are requested and urged to be in
attendance. It is more important now than
at any time heretofore that the conservative
masses Of Tennessee should meet together,
and pledge their good faith and firm resolve
TO each other, and to the national admins
tration, to adhere to the Constitution and the
principles of republican government on
which it rests.
In ordinary times and for merely partisan
objects the necessity of a general assemblage
Of this kind would not be imperative. But
now It is Of the utmost importance. The
developments in the last two months, Of the
real designs of the enemies of constitutional
novernmert in America, have been of the
most startling character. Since the adjourn
ment Of the Philadelphia National Union
Convention in August, there has assembled
conclave of Jacobins at the same place,
whose Vaccinations against the government
assumed the most alarming tone. A band
Of incendiaries were appointed to traverse
the North to make public speeches, which
were most calculated to infame the minds
of the people of that section against forty
nine ffieths of the people of the South,
to prevent a return Of friendship, to
disparage the President and TO pre-
pare the way for the greatest crimes
against the National Government, all
in the name of liberty. Schemes for the
Impeachment Of the President have been
canvassed, and partially, if not wholly ma
tured, and there are those who are prepared
to bring forward and urge upon Congress his
removal, simply for holding opinions and
expressing them, and for a stern discharge
Of his duty under the Constitution. In this
State it is proclaimed that the negro is to be
invested with immediate suffrage, enrolled
in the militia, and armed as against three
fourths Of the white population of the State.
Northern Governors, in violation of their
obligations and duties under the Constitu-
ton, have furnished, or agreed to furnish,
arms and ammunition to BRowNLow, who
declared before hand that the uses to which
they were to beput, were the determination
Of large masses of the population of this
State, male and female. old and young.
No people ever had reason for greater ap-
prehension than those of Tennessee now
have, and none ever had greater reason to
meet together in mass convention, and to
declare their solemn protest against the
measures proposed by the Radicals, which
# carried out, will inevitably wreck the Re
public, and destroy all hopes of free govern
ment. The duty is the highest one of a
peaceful nature they can possibly be called
upon to perform. Every county should
send one or more representatives to express
their sense on these vital questions-to
speak for the unity and peace of the country
to uphold and sustain the President in
his efforts to keep and preserve the ark of
the covenant, containing the Constitution,
from the violent grasp Of unholy enemies.
They should come together and take eoun-
sci upon these weighty affairs, which, if
insecure, the land and its products are Of
little worth, and life itself may become
burden