Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-17

Wing ROIts-TrimbIe Nominated
Lawrence Nominated by the Boilers.
The Radical convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress met at the capitol
yesterday. When we arrived at the CAPT.
tol we found not less than a thousand
negroes assembled there, discussing in
squads the political questions of the day.
and among them all not one that we saw
was speaking a word for Trimble. The
numbers and enthusiasm seem all 10 be on
the side of John Lawrence. The crowd
waited an hour before the door of the
Representative Hall was opened, when the
great throng of black, white and blue
poured in, soon filling nall and galleries to
their utmost capacity. The Congressional
committee beforehand had decided on the
relative claims Of conflicting delegations,
and had issued tickets TO those who were
entitled TO seats.
On motion of DIR. Clife, Judge John
Hugh Smith was made temporary chair
man.
Maj. Lord was elected secretary, and D.
II. Classic assistant.
Capt. Metcalf moved that two from each
county be appointed as a committee on
organization, and two from each county on
credentials. and that where there were con-
iicting delegations, each delegation should
be entitled to representation on both COM
mittees.
:. {. Mercer, of the Press and Times,
moved TO lay the resolution on the table.
Mr.. Mason, OF the Radical Organ, thought
that the convention, and not the Congress
sional committee, should decide on the
merits Of the conflicting delegates.
Mr.. Mercer claimed that a motion to lay
on the table was not debatable, and the
chair, having conceded, put the question,
and the motion to lay the question on the
table was carried by large majority.
This was a gag law to the friends of
Lawrence, who felt that their friends had
been denied seats in the convention by
fraud and trickery, and Messrs. Mason and
Metcalf in piOls disgust, shook the Trim
bic dust from their feet, and, amid the
widest confusion and uproar ever seen in
any political assembly of this State, they
retired, the crowd shouting vociferously for
Lawrence. Such a scene a hundred pho
nOgraphie reporters could not have truly
delineated-yells, screams huzzahs rang
through the arches and echoed along the
huted columns of that grand old capitol.
The secession Of the Charleston convention
was no comparison to it, 1t was pande.
monium revived.
The various delegations selected the fol-
lowing gentlemen as committees on organi-
cation and credentials:
ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Davidson county John Ruhm, DIR.
Woes.
Cheatham-Dr. 10. Hudson, Warren
Jordan.
Wilson county-M. A. Price, w. L.
Walters.
Sumner county,. R. Ruder, w. NJ.
Winters.
Robertson county-Robt Parker, D. B.
Catif.
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
Sumner county, McKirIy, William
Homer
Wilson county-James Cason, E. NJ.
Thompson.
Williamson oounty-W. P. Campbell,
Ben. GoodlOe.
Davidson county-A. B. Shankland, J.
NJ Murphy.
Cheatham county-E. F. Miles, J. B.
Armstrong.
Robertson county-M NJ. WINTERS, J.
r. Ruder.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton reported the following as the perma-
nent officers Of the convention
Frank Hardeman, President Maj Lord
Secretary J. NJ. Murphy, Assistant Secre-
tary Aston Watson, J. R. Ruder, Osborn
Green, VIM. Homer, Thos M. Sims, John
Morril, Vice Presidents.
While this committee was ont, JUDGE
Cary was called on for a speech He re-
GREETED the disafection in the party, and
was sorry to see that the first political lesson
taught the negroes, was one Of fraud and
chicanery. They are working against
their own interest, and he hoped that after
a sober second thought they would return
and sustain the action of the convention.
Peabody, DR.. Woods, Walters, of Viii
son, and others, RECALLED the convention
with their learning and eloquence. Oh
shades of Demosthenes and Cicero.
Lawrence and Trimble both being put in
nomination, Trimble received all the votes
except perhaps half dozen, when it was
proposed that Trimble be nominated by &C.
clamation, which was done amid the shouts
and rejoicing Of the convention. After
the nomination John Hugh Smith made a
characteristic speech, clarifying John
Trimble, and at the same time denying the
eligibility Of John Lawrence, on the ground
of not being a citizen Of the State.
Judge Parker was loudly called for He
commenced by saying that he did not think
there was anything in a name. That the
name Of A. B. and c. had nothing 10 do
with what we have to accomplish. The
name of John Trimbleand John Lawrence
will sink into insignificance, while the prin-
ciples we have contended for for the last
six years will live forever Men die, but
principles live. He believes that this is
the work Of GOd-that this revolution was
brought by His decree. He had raised up
one Pharoah and one Moses but in that
infamous scoundrel (pointing to the portrait
of President JohnsQn) he made Pharaoh
and a Moses in one person. That the man
that would break up the party he would
damn him forever. The duly elected,
properly constituted convention Of the dis
trict had his most hearty approval, and he
would labor for the triumph of its nominee
There is no legal obligation, but there is
moral obligation resting upon every mem
Der Of the party, and the man that would
disregard the action of this convention he
would not trust in the halls of Congress.
He endorsed the nominee Of the conven-
ton most heartily, and pledged his I'M
firing efforts 20 secure his triumphant
election.
Mr.. :. c. Mercer offered a resolution
endorsing the action of the State Central
Committee in the selection Of Gen. Eaton,
Of Memphis, as a candidate for superin~
tendent Of public instruction.
After waiting for a short times for ihe
return of the committee who were appointed
70 inform Mr.. Trimble of his nomination,
and no committee appearing, the oonven-
ton adjourned sine die.
The Meeting Of the Lawrence Dele
gates.
When the Lawrence men withdrew from
the Representative Hall, they repaired in
a body amid great excitement and loud
shouting 10 the courthouse, where they or.
gsnized. 1t is proper to say that numeri-
cally the friends of Lawrence seemed 20
exceed those who remained and placed his
competitor in nomination.
They proceeded TO nominate Mr.. Law
renee AZ the Radical candidate for Con-
gress, and the meeting continued for some
time being addressed by that gentleman
in a speech Of acceptance and by several
others in his favor.
The convention re-efirmed the resolutions