Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-07-06
THE MEETING LAST MONDAY.


Alta meeting of the legal voters Of Mont
gomery county, held at the Court House in this
city, on Monday last, for the purpose of ex-
pressing their sentiments in regard to the
Constitutional amendment George Hamp-
ton, ESD, took the stand, explained the object
of the meeting and moved that DR.. j. S.
Crouch be called to the Chair.
The motion was unanimously adopted.
On motion, Mr., w. A. Solomon was ap-
pointed Secretary.
On motion Of Judge W.. A. PETER, com.
mittee of three, Consisting of the mover,
d. w. Nye, ESQ, and J. T. Richardson,
Esq, was appointed by the Chair to draft
resolutions expressive of the sense of the
meeting. ss..a stf.r
The committee retired for short time,
and upon their return reported as follows:
WHEREAS, Orr State Legislature is called
by his Excellency, Gov. Brownlow, to meet
in extraordinary session on the 4th day OF
the present month for the purpose of eonsid-
ering the recently proposed amendment to
the National Constitution with the view of
ratifying or rejecting the same: and
| Whereas, 1t is the constitutional right Of
the people to meet and consider the propriety
of public measures in order that their views
and opinions may be known by those whose
duty it is carry out the wishes of the people,
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| Whereas. il is eminently proper when
change is proposed to be made in our fun
damental law, that the views of the people
who are 10 be affected thereby, should be
known and heard Therefore, be it resolved:
/. That in our judgment the amendme mt
Of the organic law of u great and powerful
nation, is tall times a matter of paramount
Importance, affecting the common interests
of all the people; that il should be resored
to only when the public mind is free from all
partizan excitement and when all the people
and interests are represented in the National
Councils, that calm and dispassionate
survey of the whole field may be had by all
parties interested. T.rsH
2. That the loyal States of our Union are
entitled un Ter the constitution to representa-
ton in the Congress of the United
States, without further conditions than
those imposed upon them by the funda-
mental law of the land.
| 3. That in times OF civil war, in a govern
ment like ours, it any portion of the people
OF State remain loyal and faithful TO the
federal power, that portion, however small
during the continuance of such war, if they
be organized into State government in har-
mony with the central authority, may law
fully be reoogniztd by the supreme power as
the people of that particular State, SO far as
the purposes ofthe government are concerned.
and as such, are entitled under the law to
representation in Congress without further
conditions, having a right guaranteed 10
them by the National Charter, to demand
voice in all matters acted upon in the Legis-
lature of the Nation. .-
D. That upon the conclusion Of the late
war, with the abandonment of the only
questions at issue secession and slavery
whenever the people of any State, having
ceased all armed opposition TO the govern
ment OF the United States, and surrendered
all the issues upon which they had waged
war--re- organize State Government with
their organic law so amended as to accord
with the changed condition of things, in
cooperating therein full and frank accep-
tance of the results of the war, and proms-
ing true and faithful allegiance TO the gener-
al Government for the future, such peo-
pie and State, upon this state of facts being
made satisfactorily to appear, are entitled TO
representation in Congress.
8. That where it Is desired to take the
sense OF the people OF State upon any pub
lie measure, the voice Of the whole people
should be heard otherwise II will be at most
but partial verdict.
@. That the elective franchise is privil-
eye over which the States have heretofore