Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-11

conduct enanatlng from persons altogether
unknown to me, however gross and nalig- /
rant such Interpretations may be not 1
any very serious detriment |
from assaults thus made, and preferring to !
experience more or less of temporary iH-s
justice, TO entering into discussion with one
who. on inquiry, might turn cut to be some !
individual whom l should not be alto !
gether willing to recognize In any way as
an dntag0RtSt. If vary from my accus-
toned course on this occasion, my reason
for doing il is, that cannot consent that a |
noble cause with which / have the honor
to be connected. should sustain discredit by
the alleged misconduct of one of its known
supporters, however humble he may be-
The special dispatch, of last evening, to
the Louisville Courier, abounds in mis-
representations of the proceedings Of the
late Democratic Convention held in this
city, of a highly unkind and illiberal char
acter, none of. which do feel called upon
to correct on this occasion save the follow
ing:
1.-The resolution on the Presidency is
highly eulogistic Of Andrew johnson, and
explicitly declares that il his name should
go before the National Convention, it isdue
that he should receive the undivided vote
Of the Tennessee delegation.
"This resolution met with opposition from
minority, headed by Ex-Governor Foote,
who was fierce in his denunciation of john
son. He carried his noisy clamor to such
an extent, that he was more than once
hooted down, but nothing daunted, be re-
newed the attack with redoubled fierceness,
recalling the time when he used to raise
such howl in the Confederate Congress
against JEFF. Davis.
'Foote and his party were working in the
| interest of Pendleton, and knowing that
! they had no show in getting the convention
| committed to their fayorite, made desperate
efforts to have the delegates go without in
| structions for any one. The resolution,
however, was adopted by very emphatic
| vote, when q motion was subsequently
| made TO reconsider. In the evening, when
| the question was taken up, and after quite
/ an animated debate, the motion to recon-
| slider was tabled, so that Pendleton's friends
were discom6tted."
Now, it is not true that was the "hedd"
| of any opposition to President johnson in the
| convention - nor is 70 trNe that there was
| any organized opposition to him In that
Il "
| sident johnson at all in the convention
| on the occasion alluded TO, or at any other
| period of the deliberations of that body. L
was ruled out of order, land l think pro-
perly enough by the President of the con-
/ yention, when / was about to discuss the
complimentary resolution upon President
| johnson, in which decision / promptly
/ acquieseed. / made but single remark,
| at any time, in reference to this resolution,
/ which was that | was prepared to vote
most heartily for all the cOfnmenddtOry por-
| ton of il, but that | could not yield my
sanction to the adoption of a resolution,
the language Of which, though little am
| biguOu8, might be possibly construed by
/ some into an instruction to our delegates to
/ New York to concur in the nomination of
| President johnson over all others, PREFER
ing as l do, another gentleman to him, and
being of the opinion that it would be best
to have our delegates wholly untrammeled
by instructions of any kind. L will
here add, that it would be indeed strange
had made such a denunciatory speech
against President johnson as that now
charged to my account; since, on Mon
day, the first day of the present month, |
u
popular assemblage in this city, and OBJ
tanned for them a unanimous approval,
one of which was highly Mandatory Of our
President, and congratulated him in the
strongest language on his recent triumph
over his Congressional impeachers.
| deem it proper to add, that, had the
whole convention concurred in the opinion
expressed by the committee themselves
who reported to the convention the So
called instruction resolution, that IL tods not
designed IN the least degree to operate upon
| the action of our delegates to NeW
York as an instruction to them in relation to
the Presidential nomination, there would
have been no opposition presented to
its adoption. As to any discontinue of Mr..
Pendleton's friends, / confess that / have
seen no evidence, in any quarter, of the
existence of such feeling. Our delegates
/ to New York | am absolutely certain will
vote cordially with majority of the North
ern delegates to that body, upon the ques-
ton of nomination; and it is as certain
that a majority will be for Mr.. Pendleton
and his financial policy, as it liz that the
sun will rise tomorrow.
In reference to what is said in the Courier
dispatch, touching my own efforts, and
those Of others working in the interests
of Mr.. Pendleton," in order to get the Con-
vention committed to him, / assert it
to be fact, that the friends of Mr..
1 Pendleton, though fully assured that very
large majority of the convention, and an
| equally large majority of the Democratic
citizens of the State of Tennessee do, at this
time prefer that gentleman for President,
| to any other individual whatever, had not
withstanding, after due consideration, con
/ cluded that it would be best, for the sake
/ of harmony, TO decline asking, at the hands
/ of the convention, any expression of its
| preference for their favorite at all. To this
effect spoke General Bate, an ardent sup
/ porter of Mr.. Pendleton, himself one Of
| our delegates 10 New York, and unani-
mously approved for that responsible
| position, after his explicit declaration
| that Mr.. PendletOn was his first choice.
| In reference to the personal structures of
the author of the dispatch upon my par
| ticGlar style of oratory, my former alleged
| denunciation of President Davis admins
tration in Richmond. my having awakened
clamorous opposition in a portion of my
audience on last Monday, my alleged
dauntless" resistance to such stormy hos
| tility, my being absolutely " hooted down
| in the convention more than once, and
renewing the attack upon our absent Pres
ident, with redoubled fierceness," i have
not a word to say, except to suggest to the
author of this vaporous and unmanly dis
patch, though fear that he is not in quite
so penitentially teachable condition as the
ancient culprit described in Scripture:
go IN peace, and san no more"
II. S. FoOTE.
p. S. cannot doubt that the gentle
manly conductors of the Courier will do
me Justice in their columns by inserting
| this, II. S. i.