Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-08


/ This was a gentle hint to Providence [
: call off the dogs Of Conservatism VIII
, are trying to bark the Radical Southern
, ers out Of their convictions Then Nj
; Newman called the Lords attention I
the President in this wise: Hear us, W
beseech thee, for our nation at larg,
Deliver us from the rule Of bad men
[cries of Amen, and especially for hir
, who, through satanic agencies, has beei
praised to authority over us yelIs Q
Amenl aud who, abusing that authority
is endeavoring not only to take the lif
ofthe Republic, but our personal liberty
[Shonts Of Amen Great God, inter
fere. Amens, till il would seem tha
the root would fall Oh, make bare thin
arm, ami save US from his ruinous poll
ey lAmens, and cries ofyes, Lord, from
the bad councils Of the bad men VIII,
surround him. A delegate in an audi
bic voice, Yes. Lord Seward and Weed
aud all them h0ands ] We beseecl
Thee TO discover to the American people
the base hypocrisy of thar party thai
snStainS him Amen, londer thar
ever, lRel1diRg one from Ben
I Made, who Was GA the platform Oh,
send q spirit trom Thy throne to arouse
the American people IN this tremendous
hour Amehs from all parts of the
ball 80 arouse the Clergy, the men
who are Thy representatives, who are to
declare the eternal principles Of religion
and political justice, that they, in turn
may arouse their ioeks to the danger
which threatens them. Save them, oh
Lord. from the ravenOus wolves that
would destroy them So pour out Thy
spirit that the women aud children in
the land shall be aroused to sense of
sympathy in this grand struggle
Amea Now, hear US aud answer us
Preserve fhy servants before Thee;
have In Thy kind care and keeping
Their beloved families. far away, and
gvsns that in sll cur deliberations we
NAV De guided 10 right conclusions, TO
saeh eonelasi0ns as shall overthrow the
pa,seE Of car enemies; such conclusions
s. shall sGvsaes religion and civiliza-
tsaa, sZch eoaelasieRs as shall rebound
70 Thy s1asy And to the Father, Son
sz6 hsly Ge0st, We aScribe everlasting
praise. uovl3 without end, Amen.
Having said this. DE-. Newman took his
sat, and disposition to applaud was
naaltest throughout the audience.
The 6rsr, and, in fact, the only busi-
ness in orler, was the report of the
committee on resolutions and address
appointed yesterday. Bat it was known
thzt no report could be agreed upon, at
least for an hour or two after the meeting
Of the convention, and an attempt was
made to hegulle the interim with the
reading Of letters from delegates who
were elected but could not come.
The material for this soon exhausted
itself, however, and there was great APP
prehension that a firebraud would be
thrown in, in the shape of resolution,
far or against negro suffrage Several
documents of this character were soon
but the movers contented them
selves with the reading and reference,
without debate, till W. Moss, of Missouri,
offered a resolution declaring, hat-footed,
in favor Of negro suffrage, and said that
he offered it for the purpose of testing
the sense Of the Convention. He made
a lengthy and quite eloquent speech in
behalf of the doctrine asserted in his
and frequently drew rounds
of applause from his audience. While
he spoke, the West Virginia, Maryland
and Kentucky delegations sat biting
their lips in anger, and betraying in the
most unmistakable manner an inward
feeling that they had got more than they
for, and that they would like
to be out OF the scrape.
Governor Foreman, of West Virginia,
who had, so far, taken the floor SO often
and kept it so long as to justify the belief
that his name was given to him on pur-
pose, got up in a terrible state of excite
ment at the close of Moss speech, and
moved first that the resolutions be tabled,
but afterwards that it be referred to the
committee on resolutions. A general
sense of relief was felt in many parts of
The hall when his motion was decided in
The affirmative, which was not until half |
a dozen points of order had been made |
in one thing, and this with threat from
Mr. Bolts, who was in the chair, to sus-
pend further proceedings unless better
spirit or behavior was manifested.
The resolution to appoint committee
% 60 in the wake of the President and |
ak to the people, drew ont some lusiy
cheers, and went through with hurrah |
It is understood that the party will start |
Immediately after the adjournment of the |
Convention, beginning with the City of |
and making the circuit |
AIKEN by the Presidents party, and ar
will be made TO give them
hearty welcomes every place they go
After the Offering OF about fifty reao- |
utions for no other purpose than ban
,omb, the Convention adjourned TO meet |
tomorrow to hear the report of the com
nittee on resolutions and the committee |
IN address IL is believed that neither
committee will be ready to report to-
A perfect food Of oratory may be
ooked Tor from the delegates when the
'eport is received The understanding
s that there is to be no limit to discus
ion on the resolutions, and as there is |
delegate who has not views to /
ubmit, it is hard to tell when the labors |
# the Convention may be expected to
erminate.
There is fight now going on in the
committee on resolutions on the ques
ion Of suffrage, with a prospect of It's
enewal in the Convention tomorrow
The address is being prepared by Sena-
or Cresswell, and will be reported by
hat gentleman, without any direct refer
nee TO the suffrage question. 1t is
bought the resolutions viii be the sub
ect OF big quarrel in the convention
After the adjournment to-day loud
'alls were made for Ben. Butler and
Governor Brownlow, but neither of these
gentlemen appearing, the audience de
handed Miss Anna Dickinson, who
lad been occupying a seat in close prox-
nifty to Ben. Wade on the platform all
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