Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-10

Resolutions nave reported, Whlch ellclteu
some discussion, whereupon Nj" Rose, Of
Tipton, withdrew the name of Mr.. Bate
from the list of delegates for the State st
large. when Mr.. MerriWeather, of Shelby,
moved to insert the name. of n. b, Forrest.
Upon this some discussion ensued, when,
on motion Of Mr. Scruggs, Of Shelby, the
report was recommihed to the committee
for amendment.
Before the question was tlken Gen.
Forrest rose, and briefly addressed the con-
yention substantially as follows
regret very much that any excitement
should raise on this occasion. / came here
to harmonic and to help organize party
to defeat the Radicals. | was not one OF
the first men 10 startout into The rebellion.
never voted for Tennessee to go out ofthe
Union but when she did go out I took up
arms and fought for four years. believed
/ was right. have made many sacrifices
and am ready to make many more for the
common good of my country. am willing
10 abide by the decision of this convention.
| will create no discord in this convention,
would sacrifice my life for the good of the
people. i do insist and contend that the
men who went out and fought are the rep
resentatiye men of large portion of this
State, and that they are the men to repre-
sent the views Of the people. i was recon-
mended by my Congressional district this
morning, bun am willing to Withdraw my
name. [Cries of No, No, in the assembly. ]
am willing to work under the saddle at
the offside or push at the wheel. l have
come here for the interest of the whole peo-
pie. have got no friends here to reward
or enemies to punish. have come here
to harmonic with the Federal soldier. /
hope this convention will terminate With
out any disturbance.
Gen. w. B. Bate stated warmly that as
the friend and kinsman of Humphrey B.
Bate, knowing his patriotism, and that he
wolld, il present, on single whisper of
objection, Withdraw his name, he would un-
hesitatingly withdraw it for him, and with
out vote of the convention. After some
exciting remarks in which Gov. Foote and
Henry WattersOn participated, the recon-
mitment was voted, and Gen. John c.
Brown, from the Committee on Resolu-
tions. presented to the convention the fol-
lowing
W RESOLUTIONS. T EE
The people Of Tennessee, irrespective Of
former party affiliations, or differences of
opinion arising out of the recent civil war,
in convention assembled for the purpose OF
appointing delegates to represent them in
the National Democratic Convention, TO
meet in the city of New York on the 4th
Of July next, are profoundly sensible OF
the troubled condition of public affairs, and
- Al, ,,,,,,o,o china, aIaotiou Of a Ehi az
Magistrate as the most important ever
held since the establishment of the govern
ment. In its result TO the nationsat large,
they conceive is involved the preservation
of the Constitution and its guarantees of
equal and exact Justice, individual liberty,
the general welfare and domestic tran
GUILTY.. To themselves, in great part la
boring under Acknowledgement and unjust
dispossesson Of the primary and essential
fights of citizens of the republic, they
esteem it to be a crisis on which depends
their personal freedom and future pros
perity as a community. Thus deeply
! impressed, they have convened in a
spirit.obhvions Of past misunderstanding,
and resolved among themselves to exclude
/ from their deliberations for the common
good, all questions decided by the war, and
to Danish from their breasts all uDkind
feeling they may have excited; and to
take counsel only how best they may re-
establish political intercourse and ascot
alton with that. portion Of their fellow
citizens of other States who coincide in
opinion with them, and desire 10 assert in
the administration Of the Federal govern
ment principles and measures which will
restore it to its integrity. In this step,
they deem it proper TO adopt the name and
designation borne by the only political or
ganization with which they can associate,
and in thus formally uniting themselves
with the Democratic party as q HOg ecists,
they herewith declare the principles they
maintain, and the measures they hold
necessary for a wise and safe administra.
| ton of the public interests:
/. Resolved, That, as in the course oil
events, the question whether a State of the
American Union could, under the compact,
secede, was submitted to a contest Of arms,
and decided in the negative; and as it is
wise that theories in government should be
abandoned when found impracticable,
| therefore, the American people, North and
South, should accept such decision as
/ final and conclusive; nevertheless, we
assert and maintain that the Constitution
created the Federal government supreme
under well-defned limitations and restric.
tions, leaving to the States large mass OF
residuary rights and powers over their
domestic concerns, and making the States
coequal in respect Of such rights; and that
the result of the war has not, aud should
not in any manner be construed, to impair
these rights, or aggrandize the power of the
general government to the enlargement
Of public liberty.
2. Resolved, That we recognize the sys-
TEN Of African slavery formerly existing in a
portion of this country as extinguished by
the result Of the war, and that fact is rati-
fed by binding constitutional amend
ment but that we regard the measures oil
the Federal Congress bestowing the elective
franchise on the black race in ten States,
and Withholding it from large numbers Of
the white race--the owners of the soil and
payers of the government taxes-as a gross
usurpation Of power, and that such subjec
ton Of these States to the political and
social control Of negroes, is policy unjust,
unwise and oppressive, and tending TO eK-
cite a war of races and that any measure
which seeks to deprive the white men of
America of their rightful position of
superiority and supremacy in the admins
tration ofithe governments, both Federal
and State, or 10 divide or impair it, is
fraught with great danger to the perpetuity
of free republican institutions. III
8. Resolved, That notwithstanding the
enormous frauds in the creation of the public
debt, and the corrupt and ruinous extrava-
gance by which il is being increased, the
faith of the nation is pledged to its pay
ment, principal and interest, in the terms
Of the acts of Congress issuing the bonds
which represent il, but not otherwise; and
We are opposed to extending the time of
payment and the consequent increase Of the
amount Of gold interest to more than the
principal and also 10 the view that the
principal of a large potion of these bonds
is payable in gold and, that while we hold
gold and silver to be the true constitutional
currency, we declare that the fve-tWenty
bonds should be paid in the same currency
received by the government for their issue,
aud that By the withdrawal Of the money
granted 10 the national banks, We hold
this result can be accomplished without an
undue increase Of paper money, now the
only circulating medium; and that by this
meana, the people can soonest be relieved
Of the burden of public debt eorrIIpting
and easlaving in its character; and that in
this there is no infraetiOn Of the public
n I'll Il.