The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-06-17
Great Radical Pow.wow.

OF the party who claim to possess 'all, the
decency.".. We owe It to the reader, at the
same time, to apologize for transferring the
very chastc language used on this momentous
oecasion-wcre we to leave it out, the picture
would be but half drawn, for, like Hosarth's
lesson in perspective, its beauty lies in its de-
formity. We have had like gatherings in
Virginia, but the Nashville frog pond goes
considerably ahead of ours, 1t may be well
to state that the Convention was called to-
gether for the purpose of. nominating can.
didate for Governor of Tennessee, the two
prominent aspirants being Senter,,. the pres
eut incumbent and Stokes. At the opening
the contest began between the friends Of the
parties, and was kept up warmly, as the fol-
lowing extracts from the proceedings, as re-
ported in 'strooly IoiP' Journals will show: r..
aHcll Burns amt the man; his names
Pearnne." Delegate from Ddpiidson. ~ -.
aLet us act like men, mol like a pack Of
dogs."-B. r Cook. -. N 's.st.,.
SHurrah for Senter p'- Prince John. ,.,ia
J"sct down, you damned old fool dlg p, -
voice. a,..g nc, * .s,.e,,..as L, ,fss5e.Ia-s
"shoot, if If you want to."-.a neyro IN re-
PLY to DR.. Kaaefe., ,'aof ra,fs5, al.
Il move every man be allowed to hollow an
hour by the watch. 'r-.Jatdge Laurence. 80
Take seats ard act like white men in q
civilized country Chairman. ms s1;.e.,,
Capt. Allen is on the stand - voice. =,
There let him stand. '-Another' voice. s.,
L &. of
Colored Delegate. - :" : 80 J.,,evz &
I'VE didn't begin this thing right; if we
had got down on OUT. knees when we opened
and prayed to God, all would have gone
right Colored Delegate. !]t7
go, and come back at 2 o'clock. and don't
bring 50 much whiskey with you. p Gen.
Clipper, - L.. -. FL.
Il think before we do anything we ought
to engage in prayer colored Delegate. -. -
I must, for the present, object to it.'-lee0.
Pearne. .l,,..,..l-.. ~
We are pursuing course which will damn
us to eternal infamy in the eyes OF the peo-
ple.'- Tre,chtt from Hanailto,. = - ~ (.
II do not want Office DR.. Pea,ne. IF.
4 hate to see such Cd Id divisions ;
there's no use in all this Cd id slang 7
.Hathaoay.; ..li.... 4.
by the eternal God, we did not come here
to be gagged Prince John. 49,. .. ..i
I want to- do what is right. - ouk, -
TThis caused increased vigilance on the part
Of the police. E.,4i.T,
Say what you id please, Ho lux. '- 4
Nelson. IS.
by G-d.if you are lovers Of your GO un
try, stop this id nonsense. There is nc
use in this Cd id stuff. Hathasqqy
The hell you do,'-Ddue Nelson. .,.s
THE sable delegation from Memphis shall
understand they don't run this machine =
A whHe sneak. e.J
Cd d-n. Order Don't make DID
dogs Of yourselves. !, No use in this CD
ID stuff. If you want to fight, pick out
your men. IF you don't stop I'll nominate
Gen. n. B. Forrest for Governor and vote
or him in spite of, he'll Hatbway.., A. 49,
Get down from there What in the hell
are you talking about ?'-4NcKinley. !. 81.
I'VE will never submit to be ruled by such
men--never, by Cd !'-Dave Nelson, ,s8;a
Bah bah, bahy-. Everybody. ii ,.s,is s,
I'm for Major Stokes-who wears the
blue. '-Alarket Heuse, croacd ,,5, .,E,os'l
Cant control this niger Colored mem:
Jy. .t l., 49,, az. r. ts5 oi5,.i-lf
sInever attempted to make speech in my
life, but by Cd! lam going to be heard.
7athalcay..,y Is.,l aods gas .rs..5 9,o..e3 roe.
These are some of the gems of eloquence
that adorned the first days proceedings =
On the second day there were again two chair
men, DR.. Pearne and Senator Cate, both .hay-
ing chairs to sit on and gravela in their pock-
cts. The scene that ensued almost beggars
descriptions. ~ llG-ia s'.. s'tes --l4 aeai 91'
Gentlemen Of the convention said Dr.
Pearnc, and at the same time said Senator
Cate, Gentlemen of the convention
Here followed a scene Of confusion, and
loud shouting by the respective factions
After things had subsidized a little. dele
gate from the Stokes side Of the house moved
that the convention adjourn sine, de. 81
Both the chairmeni arose apd put the ques-
ton, and both declared that the motion pre-
vailed 4 .T5aer, 5isessetf 5ed5 gT.sa,s..,..lg7os
Dr. Pearne instantly vacated his seat, and
Hon. r. Butler, who was standing imme-
diately behind, jumped into the chair and
snatehing the gravel from the stand, said ::
Friends OF Gen. Stokes :Yl ii5g .iaAcg -, III.
Here ensued perfect uproar.. The Stokes
men cheered wildly, and from the other side
Of the house three. cheers were proposed for
Coy. Senter.v Again three cheers were given
for Gen. Stokes. mig J,r;s go 4fl s..4
This confusion continued for some length
of time with alternate cheers for Senter and
Stokes, q 81 Ia .iiia .4aal4Y 939iA ASSOC
sVoices-HG-ds DIN him, take him out of
that chair l,9d1 w9..5 ls9rs otla sahiid3z-
Somebody proposed three cheers for the
gentleman from Smith, Mr. w illiams) who
was on the stand .,aia
u. 2. Brownlow-Three groans for Mr..
Williams. .Jsigs a n.tiGt n4s blsi.l.t .l3s q.
Mr.. Thornberg, of Jefferson, who was on
the stand called for the delegates to come
forward and deposit their votes. Nobody
seemed to pay any attention to the suggestion.
DIR. Mynat--This thing has been brewing
for long time; they are caught in their
own tricks, and dying hard. This was said
in a private way to number Of delegates
that surrounded him. ~ e4es
loud calls were made for Nelson. 6f
Henry Deutch, of Chattanooga be-
comes of Father Pearne? olt 4
1. N. Phillips-G--d d--n it, this is dis
grace to the Republican party. ~
A delegate-Let's take vote. sa
A voicc--Ycs, you will take anything you