Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-21
LAGRANGE.
The Great Democratic Mass
Meeting and Barbecue.
All Fayette Turn Out En- Masse

presented most lovely ana gaia ap-
pesrsnce yesterday. It's streets from an
early hour in the day were filled with
vehicles of all descriptions and chsrac-
tiers. loaded down with people and eat
ables and pedestrians Of every age, color
and sex. About twenty-five hundred
persons were assembled from the neigh
boring country, and from the towns and
stations on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, to attend the great barbecue
and mass meeting which had been sd-
vertised to take place yesterday.
The grounds where the preparations
for the barbecue and speaking had been
made, were about q quarter of mile
from the station on the north of the rail-
road, the premises of the Female
Academy. Seats had been prepared for
about seven hundred persons under the
trees to the right of the house, where q
stand was also ereoted.
The meeting was called to order by j.
P. Pryor, Esq, about half-past ten
O'Clock, who, in behalf Of the Seymour
and Blair Club of LAGRANGE and the cit
izens OF the Thirteenth Civil District,
nominated DR.. Henry Blggs, of Fayette,
as permanent chairman. DR.. Biggs was
called to preside almost unanimously.
The following gentlemen were nomi-
mated as Vice-Presidents Maj. Chas.
Niche, Capt. Jno. w. Jones, Capt. w.
A. Leech, Chas. McNsmee, Esq, Maj.
]. Mercer Wright, Calvin Chesirs, Jas.
Osborne, Geo. P. Shelton, +. L. Pledge,
Msj. Ed. Winfield, Thos. w. Rivss, l.
H. Milliken, RObt. Shepherd, James
Rosser, c. B. Jones, Esq, DR.. w. E.
franklin, Maj. Ed Winston and Louis
GronRuer.
The following gentlemen were also
appointed Secretaries: J. P. Pryor, T.
J. Shelton, VIM. Frank, VIM. F. Nc
Namara, T. B. Yancey and D. Schloss.
The President and Vice Presidents
we're called to the stand, where seats
were prepared for them and the orators
of the day-Gen. ]. l.. Il. Sneed, Gen.
w. G. Reeves (Attorney General for 18th
Judicial Circuit, an appointee of Brown
low, and who has recently deserted the
Radical cause and come over to the DEM
ocraticlsside), Col. KinIoch Falconer,
Lieut.-Gov. OF Mississippi elect, the
Hon. John w. Leftwich, Gen. Albert
Pike, OrviIle Yerger, Esq, Col. F. A.
Tvler and John +. Harris.
Col. John P. Pryor then read the fol-
loving set of resolutions, which were put
to the vote and carried unanimously:
Rssolved, That we, the citizens of
Fsvette county, Tennessee, and of civil
district No. ID, together with 2 great host
~ invited guests from other parts of the
country, ia mass meeting sembled, 81
the town OF Lagrange, do hereby most
heartily indorse the action of the Ma
tional Democratic Convention at New
York. on the 4th day OF July, 1868, and
hail its suspicious results IS the dawn Of
a better DAY for the republic-a fCrerun-
ner of the speedy redemption of the
south from military despotism and Rad
ical oppression.
PesoIued, That in the "plstform OF
principles proclaimed by that conyen-
lion. we welcome a New Declaration
OF Independence, no whit less important,
in view of the desolation brought upon
US bv Radical tyranny, than that which
our forefathers proclaimed at Philsdel-
pbia on the 4th day Of July, 1919.
ResOlusd, That the high and stainless
characters Of the Democratic candidates
for President and Vice President, Hera-
ito Seymour and Francis Preston Blair,
az patriots and statesmen, give US every
assurance that our second Declaration of
Independence will be as faithfully main
tanned and carried out by them as the
first was by George Washington snd his
illustrious Revolutionary compatriots
and successors.
Resolued, That our brethren, the great
masses of the North, are IS deeply inter-
ested as We are in the overthrow OF the
Infamous Radical tyranny which, while
it oppreSses US, threatens them, and
which will also just as surely subjugate
them for five years, II not forever, SIS
they shall permit the election OF the
Radical candidates in November.
Resolved, That we descry, with emo
tions of unspeaksble joy and satlsfsc-
ton, innnmerable and unerring signs OF
a mighty waking up Of the people, both
North and South, black az well as white,
to the threatened dangers OF the hour
and we hail these signs as the sure pre-
cursors OF Democratic victory-victory
for Seymour and Blair-victory for the
Union, the Constitution, and the enforce
ment Of the laws.
Resolved, That the recent movement
by both the Republican and Conservative
masses of Middle Tennessee, to extenc
the elective franchise to all white cltl
zens of the State, (which, however, a
might have been expected, was 81
promptly opposed and defeated by tn:
Lower House Of the Legislature and 0y
the Radical State ConventiOnl, meet
with our hearty approval and, In ou
Judgment, is the best, surest, and only
practical mode of restoring peace, pros
perity and perfect tranquility to thu
State.
Resolved, That the Hon. John NJ. Lea
of Nashville, who insugursted tina
movement, deserves well OF his country
and we hereby tender to him our heart
felt thanks.
Resolved, That we cordially iDdors
and ratifv the action Of the recent Dem
ocratic Congressional Convention, a
| Brownsville, both in its nominations ant
| resolutions-the nomination Of the Hon
John w. Leftwich, for Congress, an
Col. w. w. Vaughn, for eleosOr; snd II
an especial manner do we indOrse tn
following resolution offered by Colone
NJ. G. Galloway, of the Avalanche, an,
unanimously adopted:
ReeoIved, That IL the freedmen OF thi
State unite with the Democracy, aud b.
their votes secure the enfranchisemen
| of the white men that are now disfran
chised, that common justice and com
mon gratitude demand that we sboul
not disturb them in any of the right
they may now possess.
ResoIged, That we pledge ourselves t
the foregoing resolution in good faith
and denounce rs an infamous calumn,
every assertion and declaration Of on
political opponents to the contrary
They well know that we could not If W
would, and would not il we could, re
mand the colored man to slavery; bu
truth and Justice have never formed an.
part OF their policy or practice, any NOR
than has an observance of their solemn
osths to support the Constitution of tn
United States on the part Of their leader
in Congress.
Resolved, That the Radical party
constantly working, both directly an
indirectly, openly and insidiously, nc
alone to enslave the white people OF th
South, but also to re-enslave the race 8
recently emaneipated by the chances
war: for, both races will be bOun
to live under the same laws, an
although the colored race ma
be in the ascendant now, the whites car
not be disfranchised forever, and, whe
their enfranenisement does come, the
will ct once be in msjority In ever
State In the Union, save one or tw'
Look at the subject in any light the
may, the freedmen must see that II
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