Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-18

corner Of the State House and held a short
confab, the said Murphy was chosen Vice
President.
Ruhm was then put in for Secretary by
motion Of Col. Henry Stone.
A committee on credentials, with Col.
Chadbourne as Chairman, and consisting
of the following persons, was appointed:
Thomas Connor, Col. j. A. Smith, j. B.
Hoffman. A. Shelby, A. Menifee, A. G.
Ryman, J. s. Mullen, Rev. w. w. Nal
lory.
A noisy and ignorant negro named
Cockrell. with corded wool ard head like
California squash, harangued the con-
vention, while the committee on credentials
we're hob-nobbing in a side-room. He
wanted to drop what he called few bro
king remarks within the hearing of his
hearers. The Myers men were galvanized
Radicals. who loafed about here during the
war, and any man who would go in
| for them ought to be fed on rattlesnakes
and s-a~w- dust This convention was here
to nominate Mayor for the Capitalize OF
Tennessee. A galvanized Ratical was wuss
nor flying serpent The whites and
blacks were bone of one bone and flesh OF
one flesh, and that was the doctrine he
wanted to see carried out.
When Cockrell got through, the COM
mittee on credentials reported delegates
from all wards except the second, which
they afterwards filled up by volunteers
from the crowd.
A shoulder-strapped militiaman In all
the glory of blue cloth and brass but
tons, moved that the front seats be forth
with vacated by all save delegates, and
rather wilted upon learning that there was
no second to, and no necessity for, such
motion.
Col. Chadbourne made motion, short
time after, to hustle out the loafers inside
the bar to make room for the delegates,
but withdrew it on request of the chair
man.
Dan. Casey then nominated A. E. Alden
| for Mayor
Alfred Clark nominated Abe Myers.
A motion was made for the withdrawal
of the name of Myers, but the chairman
| did not putt.
A vote was then taken, Alden receiving
eighty-four votes, and Myers none.
The announcement was received by
housekeeping and shaping of hands,
| while the chairman announced that the
| Myers convention had busted" and that
| Its sore-head and Observation-Disclosures had
retired in disgust, rounding his last period
| with little Interesting horse-taik which
| started the noisy crew on a second shout.
On motion, a committee to be composed
| of two from each ward, for the purpose of
conducting the municipal election" was
appointed.
| Col. Chadbourne offered a resolution,
which was adopted, to strike from the
Radical ticket the names of all persons
| whose names should appear on the ticket
nominated at the markethouse, or who
should attend the Myers convention.
Nelson Walker, col, was Ousted from
| the central committee, and ii was deter
mined that ward meetings should be held
/ to clear the Alden ticket of Myers Rad
icals and to substitute the faithful.
Several harapgues then followed, and
the convention adjourned.
THE MYERS CONVENTION.
The native Radicals, who are opposed TO
those who are mere birds of passage, met
at the courthouse yesterday evening. A
| large crowd of negroes were present, and
many of the whites of that party, who have
| been long identified with the city. The
cause of the division in the party was that
the Alden party were disposed to ignore
the claims of ali native Union men, and to
give Office to none except those lately inn
/ ported from the North.
The meeting was called to order by Maj.
Thurnick. Abe Smith was elected Presi-
dent and Mai. ThurnicS appointed Secre>
| tary.
The Secretary proposed to appoint a
committee of five to draft resolutions; and
| the Chair appointed the following as the
committee:
Jacob Walker, VIM. Woods, DR.. Con-
nelly, Rufus Henry, ] w. Dolbear, aud
on motion James Davis was added.
Then commenced such a yelling for
speech as was never heard this side of
| Pandemonium.
Mai. Thurnick, who once belonged to the
Governors Guards, arose, and in his almost
unintelligible English, said that the caucus
| which met a few nights ago 10 appoint deli
egates to a convention to nominate Mayor
on the part the "Grand Army of the Re
| public" and not fiue Of them ever were
| in the war, and none of them ever smelt
gunpowder. They went into the army for
| the spoils, and they are sill hunting
around for the spoils of Office. They have
no property here, and are not identified
! with the interests of the city. They could
not tell you where any of the streets are, or
their names. They might be able to find
their way from the postofhce to the court
house, but nothing more. They can pick
up their baggage and leave the city in
/ few minutes If such men are elected we
had better give mp our property and leave
the city.
After the most yociferous calls for several
dozen speakers, Nelson Walker, colored,
said there were not one hundred men in
Nashville who ever heard Of Maj. Alden
tin he was appointed Registration Com
missioner. Il is but the part OF decency
that these new corners should take back
seats for awhile, and remain quiet till the
! old citizens call them out and propose to
give them Office Who are on that ticket?
Some from Alabama, some from Georgia,
and some from other States. ] intend to
expose this corruption every day till the
election. They have endeavored to gag our
mouths. but | am free man, and intend to
sneak nv sentiments. Maj. Alden may be
good man, but he is a stranger and we
know nothing Of him. We know this much
Of him; that while he was at Murfressboro,
the news of Mr.. Lincoln's emancipation
reached him and that he tore of his shout
der.straps and said he would not fght any
more in this abolition war. Is 1t possible
that we must telegraph TO Massachusetts,
for a man to come and preside over our
citv Government. Such little tricksters as
Derby and Sparkling may endeavor to pur-
suade us but we are not going t. give up
our own true Southern people for men who
are strangers and have no interest III us,
except to get control OF the otnees- II
the conservatives do not come forward and
help us they are not worthy Of being eiti-
Gems Of the city Of Nashville.
AT the close Of his speech Nelson Walker
nom mated Abe Myers for the Mayoralty
which was carried by unanimous vote.
The committee at last returned without
any resolutions except one requesting thai