Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-21

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the President upon the beautiful address
that he made when he first took the chair,
but he said he was afraid that il was too
sad. He knew that we of the South had
much to make Is sad, but we must cease
70 look down-we must look upward and
Forward. Virginia, the grand old mother
OF States-she who by much suffering had
earned the right to advise, babe them look
forward TO a bright future, and to go TO
work 10 recuperate. You, said he, who
are on the great isotheymal line. where
there is no ice nor freezing winds in win
ter, no p~estilential breezes in the summer
you, whose land is rich in mines of coal
and of iron, whose terrain is burthened
with vast primeval forests. whose soil
brings forth its fruits and grains al
most spontaneously-you, Of Tennessee,
upon whom Nature has with Law
ish hands bestowed so much. must
make Yourselves worthy Of these great
gifts, and you must not be jealous Of old
Virginia.
The speaker ceased amid n storm Of APP
plause, loud and long, amid which a bo-
quet was thrown to him from a lady in
the gallery, which he packed up and
bowling his acknowledgements, spoke as
follows:
1 accept this floral offering-the first n
TO direct trade. Some philosopher said
the world was governed by three boxes
the ballot box, the cartridge Dol and the
band box. fCheers and laughter. They
are all powerful, but most powerful is
the bana box. (Renewed cheering and
laughter.) It is a great consolation
to a rebel like me to know
ballot-bOx and the cartridge-bOx, they
allow me to indulge to my hearts content
in the handbook. daughter and cheers,
long continued, amid which he sat down.
Mr.. Cole, from Georgia, followed Col.
Lamb, in n powerful address on the other
side of the question, and argued the points
made by him with great skill. He OPP
posed the naming of one seaport in pref
erence TO another, and said that that port
would do the trade that carried the cotton
one cent a pound cheaper from
the producer TO the market. He
gave the harbOr Of Savannah a
splendid eulOgy, which, we regret,
space fOrbids Our reproducing. He finally
said he opposed the majority report, be-
cause he thought it was unjust, and IN
generous. He was frequently loudly
applauded, and sat down amid tumultu-
Gus cheers from the friends of the minOn-
ty report.
TheSeeretarv announced to the members
of the Finance Committee, that Senator
Sprague would meet them in their COM
mittee room, and was awaiting them
ll1EGCs 4AACN ALADAEAbANF ANNAACo
Col. r. J. Morgan. of Tennessee,
ed the discussion of the report of the
Direct Trade Committee, and sup
ported the majority report which,
he said, was simply An endorsement
of our own bantling, created at the
Conventions of Norfolk and Bristol.
He was followed BY II. BUST from South
Carolina, who declared that the majority
report Disseminated in favor of Norfolk,
and by implication againstthe Othercities.
He moved to lay the whole discussion on
the table.
At the request of Gen. Lawton, of GeOr-
gia. the motion to table was withdrawn.
This gentleman said that the delegates
from Georgia came here to discuss certain
things which were made known 10 the
world. They did not know until he came
here and was told by the gentleman from
Tennessee, (Mr. MOrgan) that this was an
adjourned meeting of two Conventions
held at the termini of We roads, and they
were expected simply TO come here and
register their edicts. Had they have
known that they would have hesitated a
long time before they came here. After
commencing to speak, at the request of
several members, who said they could not
hear him from where he stood. the gen
tIeman took the stand mi again COM
menced his remarks. He had not Inten-
ded to take up the time of this
Convention, but the representatives,
of the mountain region of Georgia
had challenged the representatives of Sa-
vannah, of which he had the honor of be-
ing one, to stand forth and defend Sayan-
nah's claims. He therefore took up the
challenge, and stood there to speak for her.
He then went on and sch forth the claims
of Savannah. The gentleman from Nor
folk said that no harbor south of Norfolk
that had, year arOSnd, the depth of water
necessary to the wants of ommerce. Last
winter there were, in the harbor of Savan-
nah, the flags of every nation on earth,
with anv commerce. There was IS1z feet
of water at the wharyes of Savan-
nah always. He referred to the harbOrs of
Port ROYAL, Brunswick, Newbern, and
others, all of which were sufficient TO all
the demands of Ommerce.
The General made some other telling
hits being frequently applauded again
and again.
At the close of his remarks it was n
nottnced that the hour set for adjourn
ment had arrived, and unless the house
recOnsidereded its action or suspended the
rule, the Convention would take a recess
till 8 o'clock.
An effort was made the friends of the
majority to suspend the rule. but il failed,
and the house adjourned until the usual
hour