Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-25
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.


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THURSDAY, Jan. p, I666.-The Senate
met pursuant TO adjournment Mr.. Speaker
Frierson in the char.
On a call Of the roll, seventeen members p.
answered to their Dames.
On leave granted, Mr. Trimble moved 1
that Senators Keith, Senter and Hall be |
added 30 the committee IN relation 10 the !
death Of Senator Case. Adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Hall, Senator Cypert
was added to the same committee.
On motion Of Mr. Nelson, the reading Of
Yesterdays journal was dispensed with.
a message was received from the House,
announcing that they had adopted House
Joint Resolution No. 800, and asked the
concurrence Of the Senate in the same.
Also that they concur IN Senate Joint Res
olution No. 10.
Mr.. Trimbie, from the Committee on
Elections, made report recapituIating the
| facts Of the case in the contest for a seat in
| the Senate from the nth senatorial dis
| trict. and concluding, from the data fur
nished in the proofs and statements Of both
| contestants, made personally 10 the COM
mittee, n j. Robinson is entitled to the
seat made vacant by the resignation Of Sen
| ator Frazier
On motion Of Mr.. Trimble, the matter
was made the special order for 10 o'clock
| tomorrow.
Mr.. johnson, from the select committee
on the subject, presented the following
report and resolutions:
Mn SPEAKER: The committee appointed
in pursuance Of the will of the Senate, TO
draft and report resolutions expressive of
the high appreciation Of this body for the
character and services Of the late Hon. Al
mon Case and regret at his untimely and
unnatural death, and its sympathy with his
bereaved family, have the honor TO report,
as the result of their deliberations, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, The Senate Of Tennessee have
heard, with profound sorrow, of the sudden
and violent death, by the hand Of an assas-
sin. of the Hon Almon Case, late a men,
Der of this body, from the 22d Senatorial
district, and also of the constitutional con-
yention Of 1865; therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State
of Tennessee, convened in General Assem-
bly,, That in tbs death of Senator Case, his
friends mourn the taking away gentle
F man Of refinement and culture; his fellow
citizens grieve at the loss Of a kind anC
liberal neighbor, honored for his exalted
worth and beloved for his unobtrusiv'
charity and his many noble traits Of char
acter his district is deprived of thu
services of an able, vigilant Senator; thi
body laments a wise, prudent, just and up
right legislator; the State deplores one o
: the noblest and truest Of her law-givers
stricken down in the midst of his useful
, ness; the country loses high-minded anC
firm patriot, whom neither persuasion coul'
seduce nor danger swerve from the path o
duty; the friends Of education, of progres
3 and Of equal rights, mourn the privatiOn @
{ an enlightened counsellor and all admi
rers Of public and private virtue, are be
reit Of the high example of a man Of pei
sonal uprightness and official integrity
{ | who had sealed his devotion 10 principl
with his life.
Be it further resolved, That in the Gil
B cumstances attending his death, we ar
! moved TO express anew our deep indigna
= ton at their spirit Of 'hatred, malice an
all ncharitableness"-the legitimate fruit
D Of treason-which prompted the coward
act by which Senator Case was remove
from among US.
81 Be it further resolved, That we tender
the bereaved widow and family of our de
parted brother, our sincere sympathy i
j. their unspeakble affiiction.
, Belt further resolved, That in TESTIMONY
Of our sorrow, we wear the usual badge q
mourning for thirty days.
D Be it further resolved That copy c
g these resolutions be transmitted to the fami
| " of the deceased.
Speeches in reference to the decease
were made by Messrs. Bosom, Keitl
{ | Thompson, Senter, Hall, Smith and Cyper
E when the resolutions were unanimousl
adopted.
? Mr.. johnson offered the following join
v | resolution:
, Resolved by the Senate, the House col
curing, That the Governor be requested
offer q reward Of two thousand dollars 70
g he apprehension Of the murderer of Sent
, | tor Almon Case.
= The rule was Suspended and the resoll
! tien unanimously adopted.
p Mr.. Senter asked leave Of absence for Nj
d Mcfarland, to commence on Monday mex
7 which was granted.
On motion of Mr.. Thompson the Senat
e | adjourned IN ten o'clock To. morrow