Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-29
s. NASHVILLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY, MAY 30 1869 .,

AZ which occasioned retort on the part {
10 the friends Of Gov Sneter.
General confusion having thus beef
brought about, Pearne and, Cate bOtI
81 claiming the right to preside, even /.
a temporary organization appearing no
= only improbable but absolutely impos.
sible, a motion to adjourn sine die was
made, seconded and carried, and DR..
Pearne and A. NJ. Cate, the one claiming
the right to preside by election, the other
By virtue of being chairman of the Exc
cutiye Committee, declared the convene
ton adjourned sine die '' i'" ii .lf
& 1t was supposed by the fair minded
/. men of both parties, that this would re-
suit in another convention to settle The
. claims Of the aspirants, or else by an in.
dependent race between them by the
submission of their claims directly 10 the
people. just as the crowd began 10
? move out II the hall, while Pearne and
J Cate were leaving the stand, r. r. Butler
slipped into the chsir and attempted to
call the house TO order. The Ssnter men
compromising the motive Of this mani
pulator, determined to remain and wit
ness the conduct Of the Stokes party and
the result was spectacle of confusion
and disorder.
4 For hours perfect jargon was kept
up, neither side being able to speak,
move or be heard in regard to any prOpo-
sition. During this time some one pro.
posed TO nominate Stokes, some one else
nominated Senter. At various stages Of
the confusion and excitement, motions
were made of different kinds, some ridic-
ulous, some probably not intended to be
SO, but all to no. other purpose than to in
crease and intensity the passions already
aroused on both sides. Butler at one
time announced that Stokes had been
nominated, ffty-feur counties having
voted for him. I'd. ,..-,-----
The most credulous, however, never |
dreamed, nor in the Femotest suspected
anything was being done except TO keep |
| up q confusion and annoy each other. |
Finally all parties agreed to quit the |
hall and stop the wrangle, it being freely |
circulated by the friends of both candi- |
dates, that as the e0nventiod had broken |
| up in confusion without even taking the |
first preliminary step, Senter and Stokes
would either submit their respective
claims to another convention or directly
to the people. So the delegates and
spectators retired, and yet in less than
an hour after the conclusion OF these
| scenes, to the disgrace Of the men who
would perpetrate such bold attempt to
deceive the people, hired music was par
aiding the streets Of Nashville, and men
bearing alOft their Stokes banners, on
which were inscribed the Haunting he,"
''Gen. W. B. Stokes, the nominee for
Governor OF the Republican State Con-
ventiOn." Even after ali this, none sus-
pected that the most hardened political
hack would assume to claim that the
convention was anything except signal
and unharmenious failure, yet the next
morning developed piece Of duplicity
never before equaled, so far as we are in
formed by the history Of the past
A correspondence appeared in one Of
the morning papers, between some gems
tlemen and Gen. Stokes, which to a |
stranger to the proceedings Of the two
previous days, might not be surprising,
but to the delegates who attended to take
. part in the convention, and all who are
informed IN the premises must be held !
as absolutely contemplate. II-af
The Stokes party here notified him
that he was nominated, he accepted, and
assumes to go before the people as the
temporary character was ever ehected,
as we have herein shown.
To demonstrate the bare-iaced lnIquI,
ty which is sought to be perpetrated by
the publication of humbug c0rrespOn-
dence between Stokes and a bogus COM
mittee we here quote from the MASKS
Vile Bonner, q bitter rebel~StOkes organ
which has heretofore denounced Senter
for his Radicalism and eulogzed Stokes
for his willingness TO extend the franchise
TO rebels. The Banner reporter, VINO was
present and reported ths proceedings,
says: -E ca no 500. -
"a Stokes delegate moved that the
convention adjourn sine de, the motion
was seconded by Senter delegate, the
question was put by both Pearne and
and Cate, and unanimously carried with
| tremendous applause" As We have be-
| fore explained, both the eOntending tenn
| porary chairmen bad declared the con-
| yention adjourned. The associated tele-
| graphic reporters who were present, and
disirterested parties, announce the same
thing to the world, and still we ind the
| monstrous assumption emanatl1g from
the Stokes party, that Gen. Stokes is the
nominee Of the Republican State Com
yention. Tennesseeans, has it come to
this, that midnight conclaVes shall con-
spire the ruin Of our gallant Governor, |
aud his personal enemies be permitted to |
wreak their vengeance upon him by |
| usurpation, falSehood and wrongs? Shall
these receptions and frauds, glariDg and
bold as they are, though transparent and
plain, be permitted to accomplish their
foul purpose of working the ruin OF
man who has proved as true as the rock
ribbed mountains Of cur gallant state!
We repeat, shall the great Republican
party be overthrow in order to compass
the ruin of Gov. Senter Such IS the
issue presented to the people OF Tennes-
see by the action Of Gen. Stokes and his
friends.
| No compromise, no concession, but
the contamination of pre-arranged pur-
pose to defeat the will Of a majority Of
the Republican party by pressing Gen.
Stokes upon the convention by force and
| fraud. and nothing short Of this, will
satisfy these political sharks who are
bartering away the peoples dearest
interests. f -
The treatment Gov. Senter and his
| friends have received, leaves but one line
of duty to them, and that is to accept the
situation by the Governor making the
contest before the people. His friends
have demanded his services. He has
, consented to be a candidate and we APP
peal to the Republican party to stand by
their colors, and be deceived by the
J | voice of neither misguided, bold nor bad
: men, but to harmonic upon the champion
} we have selected, and once more Vindir
cate the principles of the Chicago plat
+ form.
: The following preamble and rssolu-
!, tons, which were adopted by large
, convention Of the friends OF Gov Senter,
= explain themselves, in conjunction with
q what has already been said in regard to
g the action Of the Stokes party. axis i
!, Col. Buck, from the Committee on
IS Resolutions, submitted the following,
n which were enthusiastically adopted i
IT Whereas, The convention which as,
!, sembled here on the 10th instant, to
l. nominate a candidate for Governor,
he | ,ttorIu feiIad IN effact even A temporary