The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-04
Immense Union Meeting in Lynch
burg to Sustain the Administrative
Policy of the President.


Policy of the President.
Probably the largest political meet
| ing which ever assembled in Lynch
| burg was convened at Dudley Hall, OF
the evening of the 22d Of February
called together for the purpose of ex
pressing their views of the reconstruc
ton policy of President johnson.
On motion, Major james Garland
was elected Chairman and Colonel r
E. Withers, Secretary.
The Chairman, in animated and pa,
triotic terms, explained the object Of
the meeting.
On motion, the following Committee
was appointed to report resoluti tions to
the meeting.
R. E Withers, John 0. L. Goggin,
A N. Tribe, j. R. Mcdaniel, r. II.
Glass, Colonel ]. NJ. Langhorne, C. w.
Button, Dr. T. L. Walker, Henry D.
Flood, J. A. Stigler, John H. Bailey and
Alfred Taylor.
The Committee retired, and, through
their Chairman, reported the following
preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS. Persistent and mendacious
efforts have been made to convict the
people Of Virginia of disloyalty and an
unWillingness to submit to the results
of the late bloody contest; and
WHEREAS, The people of the city of
Lynchburg feel the injustice of the re-
presentations as applied to them; and
WHEREAS, The recent exhibition by
President johnson of fearless and
patriotic determination to carry out in
coed faith the principles of reconstruc-
ton so often enunciated by him, has
especially commended him to their
consideration; therefore,
l. ResolUsd, That the citizens of
Lynchburg cordially approx the gen.
eral policy pursued by An rev John
son, President of the Unite States, in
the re-establishment of the Union, and
believe that his efforts to preserve the
authority of the Constitution of the
United States, and secure'to the peo-
pie of the several States their Just
representation in Congress, entitle him
to the moral and political support of all
patriotic citizens, and they pledge
themselves TO cooperate with and sus-
tain him in all such endeavovs.
2. ResolUs3, That We accept the result
Of the late contest, and have no desire
TO renew the struggle which has been
so eonclusively determined; nor to yio-
late sny of the obligations TO the Gov
ernment under which we have recently
placed ourselves.
3. ResolUcd That it is one of the mis-
fortunes of our present political condi-
ton, that we have amongst US persons
whose interests are temporarily promo
ted by false representations as to our
loyalty; but we earnestly protest against
such slanderous utteTances, as malicious
and unfounded in every particular
4. RGS0lUed, That slavery having, by
the result of the late contest, ceased to
exist, we are unwilling to countensnee
any effort looking to its Te-establish-
ment; that we believe she negroes
should be treated with justice, humani-
ty and good faith; and that every means
should be adopted, both by the Legis-
lature and the people, to promote their
intelligence and usefulness
). Resolved, That whatever necessity
may have aEisen during the continu-
ance of hostilities for the enforcement
of the test oath law, such necessity no
longer exists; and that said law should
be repealed, as a violation of the Con-
stitution, and arbitrary and unjust in
its operations.
6. ResOlUed, That the recent message
of President johnson, vetoing the
Freedmen's Bureau bill, entities him
to the gratitude of all lovers of the
Constitution and the Union; and that
we regard the arguments and conclu-
sions OF that document as a triumphant
vindicatiOn of the policy which has
guided his administration,
Messrs. R. Z. Withers, A. NJ Tribe,
Major Brockenborough and Major JAS
Garland addressed the meeting in sup
port of the resolutions, which were sub
sequently adopted by unanimous
vote.
On motion, it was ordered that the
proceedings of this meeting be pub
lished in all the city papers, and that
the newspapers the State be request
ed to copy them.
On motion, it was ordered that a copy
of the proceedings be forwarded by
the Secretary, to his Excellency, Andrew
Johnson, President of the United
States.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
sine dc.
JAMES GARLAND, Chairman.
L. y. WITHERs, Secretary.