Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-22
The Radical Meeting Yesterday.
LOYALLsns d ~ eoUNoIL.
DELEGATES APPOINTED TO THE
PHELADELPHIA RADICAL
CONVENTION.

Pursuant to a call which has appeared
with great flourish Of trumpets for several
days past, the Radical members Of the Le-
gislature, together with a very few Others
say from forty to ity-met 1t tie Capitol
yesterday afternoon, for the purpose Of ap-
pointing delegates 10 the Radical Conven-
ton, which is 10 meet at Philadelphia some
time this fall.
The meeting was ca.lsa to order by Cen
MnRoY.
Gen. EATON, editor of the Memphis Post
nominated the following officers who were
elected:
President Mr.. Frierson, Speaker Of the
Senate; Vice Presidents, General r. H.
Milroy, Hon. John Trimble, General WI.
Smith, n. Derby, Colonel D. S. Thornburg,
Hon. Dewitt c. Senter, Colonel Joseph Pow
eli, Hon. John Norman, Hon. II. H. Har-
rison and Colonel W. X. Hall; Secretaries,
S. c. Mercer and J. J. Noah.
Mr.. PATTON then moved that a committee
of five be appointed to draft resolutions
to be presented to the meeting for its con-
sideration.
Messrs. Mullins and ArnelI, of the House
Of Representatives; Mr.. Cate, of the Sen
ote; General Eaton, of the Memphis Post;
and Secretary Fletcher were appointed.
Daring the absence of the committee brief
speeches We're made by Senator SENTER,
Gen. MILRoY and Mr.. FUREY, of the Gin
cinnati Gazette, at the conclusion of which
Mr.. MULLINS, as chairman of the Commit
tee on Resolutions, submitted the following,
which were read by Mr.. ARNELL:
WHEREAS A call has been made for a
! Convention, to be held at Philadelphia on
! September3d, 1866, to be composed Of South
ern Unionists who agree upon the principles
Of impartial justice, as enunciated by the
majority Of the present Congress; and
WHEREAS, We have this day met in pur-
suance of a call from loyal, unconditional
Union members of the Legislature, and cit-
zens of the STATE, for the purpose Of appoint
ing delegates to said Convention; therefore,
| be it
Resolred, That we heartily approve of the
| objects of this call, and, in obedience there
| to, do designate the following as delegates
FIRST The Governor and STAFF Secretary
of State, Comptroller, and the loyal and I'M
conditional Union members Of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and their Of
icers.
SECOND. Four delegates from the State at
large, with alternates.
THIRD. Four delegates from each Con-
gressional District, with alternates.
FOURTH. All unconditional Union lOyel- |
lists, citizens of Tennessee, who can make it |
convenient to be present. upon handing their |
names in TO the Tennessee delegation.
Resolued, That the unconditional Union |
lists of Tennessee are part and parcel of the |
great Natiopal Union party-ready and will |
ling to demonstrate by every act and deed |
their unwaveriEg fidelity to the cause of the |
Union-tO unite in opposing all measures |
and fabricks that tend to disrupt and destroy |
the Union Of the States-tO be true TO lib
erty and Justice TO the patriot dead and sur |
viving soldiers Of the nation, and to the |
memory of liberty's martyr, ABRAHAM LIN
coin.
ResolUed, That the loyal, unconditional |
Unionists Of Tennessee do not recognize the |
approaching August Convention at Phila-
delphia in any other light than as an at
tempted fraud upon the true loyalty of the |
cOuntry-that said Convention presuppOses
bv the character of its delegates deception, /
treachery and rebellion.
Resolved, That our thanks are due and are
hereby offered to the Congress of the United |
States, for their stern and unyielding resist
ance to the usurpatiOns of the President in
his attempts to surrender the UniOnists of
the South to the malevolent and unrepent-
ant spirit Of rebellion and secession.
ResOiged, That we recognize anew the
spirit Of rebellion as demonstrated in Ten
nessee, in the resistance to wholesome laws,
in the efforts to prevent constitutional leg
islation, by cotumacious members, and in the
vicious interference with parliamentary
privileges by a partisan iudges-all Of these
revolutionary manifestations evidently fos-
tered and sustained by faithless National |
Executive.
Resolved, That we recognize a faithful |
Press "a the bulwark Of liberty, and that |
the thanks of the unconditional Unionists |
of Tennesseeare due and are hereby tendred |
to the Memphis Post, the Nashville Press |
and Times, Stats Xeitunq, the Knoxville |
Wing, and the Jonesboro' Flag, and that the /
thanks of the Union men of this State are
due and are most cordially rendered TO |
the Cincinnati Gazette for placing before the |
great loyal people of the North the true po- |
sition of Tennessee Unionists.
That portion of the resolution referring to |
Judge FRAZIER was objected to by Elk
Mayor JOHN HUGH SMITH, who said that
he deemed the Judge to be an honest and
conscientious man, and he would have to
vote against the resolution.
Secretary FLETCHER said that he knew
Judge FRAZIER very well, and that it was
= a. l., ha ft,Nuoupa IF i
disloyal men, The decision of the Judge |
he pronounced without a parallel.
Capt. ALLEN said that he was for the Lee
gislature in the haJeas corpus case, but that
he deemed Judge FRAZIER an honest man
and not controlled by any ones opinion.
Mr.. FLETCHER replied by saying that the
decision of Judge FRAZIER was a crime,
and that he ought to be impeached for it
that he had no opinion Of his own-was
controlled by outside influence and ought to
be removed from office. He then askedthat
the previous question be adopted as a whole,
which was agreed to.
After "Hail Columbia" by the band ofthe
10th Regulars, the following dispatch was
received from Mrs. MAYNARD:
KNoxvLLE, July 2l.-"Mr. MAYNARD
left for Washington this morning"
Governor BRowNLow was called for, but
only made a remark or two, being unwell.
Secretary FLETCHER made the concluding
speech, in which he took particular pains to
abuse the associate editor Of our neighbor,
the Dispatch. His language was character
istic of the man. His attack on President
JOHNSON was in accordance with the Radi-
cal school. After a vote of thanks to the |
band and Captain HEYDT, the Convention
adjourned to the third of September.
DEATH OF AN ESTEEMED CTTIzEN.-We |
are panied to record the death of ALExAN-
DER FALL, Esq, which took place last eve
ming at his residence in this city. Mr..
FAIL had been seriously i'll for several |