Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-27

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PlaAsoE she Next Acknowledgements
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Correspondence Of the Union and Dispatch.
WImSGToE, DsIaWare, June 23.-Ths
Grand Division concluded its session lhis
evening at SIX o'clock--tWo daysin advances
Of eur expectation. The reports from thil
order generally show q gratifying condi.
ton The good work is reSisiRg, where q
has been feeble, and the prospect fol a
general. Immigration is geod TthFbaehouf
The country. The question q the place al
which the next sessior,is 10 convene sx.
cited some discussion, and create1 .sorhe-
thing Of breeze Boston, Chicago and
Nashville were put before the Division for
choice. Our friends Of the-@kab1 did
not think there was aRy. other place but
Boston. Chicago was a little too faF west,
and while its flake tunnel" presented a
powerful inducement, orr Ne& England
delegates insisted on the locality Of the
great organ and fremont Temple. They
thought Nashville was out Of the qusstida
1t was not reconstructed, Ouv great tein-
psrance apostle, BroWnlow, had said it
was disloyal, and the Plymouth rock
people couldn't stomach the contami-
nation. They said we mad threatened
to "secede" from the National Division on
the grand irrepressible, never-dying ques-
tion-the UeDdtd. eloHgGta QnaeStsO- which
promises 10 interest the mild-heaTted and
strong minded descendants of Plymouth
Rock for a thousand years to come, and
which will be the preliminary ceremony
to the blowing of GabriePs trumpet in the
eyer-luminous hub" Besides they said
that Nashville was starving; that if the
Division should meet there, provisions
enough couldn't be started to give the mem
bers a decent meal of victnals; that the
people there wore second hand clothes
the cast-of garments of the liberal dwellers
by the side Of the eastern coasts. 1t being
suggested that this picture of our wretch
edness might be a very little oyerdrlwn-
il was re-aflirmed with spirit aud posi-
tiYeness-ene or more of our Eastern breth
rem warmly declaring they had met per
sons from Tennessee humbly begging for
old clos" and had certificates from Gov.
BrOwnlow, duly authenticated by Seere.
tary Fletcher, under the "great seal of
State" They had seen this with their own
eyes-and hence there could be no mis-
take about il. The Nashville delegation
mildly replied TO all these matters, showed
their error and on the vote, yonr city was
selected by majority over both the other
places.
Al the last annual session at Montreal,
last year, the folkAing resolution was
adopted at the instance of Mr.. Hastings, Of
Boston
Resolved, That the decision of all ques-
tions involved in the connection of colored
persons with this order, be left to the Grand
Divisions respectively, in their several
Jurisdictions, subject TO the review and con-
troll OF the National Division at its annual
sessions; and that Grand Divisions are
hereby requested and enjoined to adopt the
most practical and effective plan for the
promotion of eur principles among such OF
this class of our people as are found within
the sphere of their operations"
New light afterwards dawned upon the
understanding Of brother Hastings, and he
now proposed to rescind that resolution. Ii
was shame 10 the order and disgrace to
Boston and the State of Massachusetts,,
which jointly had so much paid up-stock
in the temperance cause Hastings was
backed powerfully. Most Of the speakers
were Of that way of thinking, bat
when the voting was had, the resembling
resolution failed by an omnipOtent two
thirds That 'two-thirds7 is sn extin.
guisher, either for or against Boston, and
the representatives, Of the "hub" subsidized
into a lamb-like repose, and expressed theil
willingness TO adionrn-which was sooT
after effected SPECTATOR.