Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-23
RADICAL GArnEsISG.
Meeting at the Capitol Last Night
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Meeting Rt the Capitol Last Night
Division of Time.
According to the announcement Stokes
meeting was held at the Capitol last night
10 hear the discussion bstween various
candidates for the General Assembly.
The S, kes faction extended a polite invi- |
ta,ion to the candidates of the other party |
to address the meeting. The beating of
the drum collected quite a crowd of
persons of both colors. The greater por-
ton If the white people attended the
meeting to hear the Senter and Democratic
candidates.
w. L. Stone made the opening speech
upon the suffrage question. He took the
| grounds that this community were under
no obligations to Mr.. Senter or Stokes for
| its extension that the public mind was
made ND TO it, and the will Of the people
ia the sovereign power, and it was bound
70 come; wa, an advocate Of an immedii
a q convention of the people to remove all
disabilities. He advocated the fifteenth
amendment upon the ground the bone OF
contention had been the colored people,
and its adoption would settle this question
of their ciuz enship, which was bound to
eventually come, whether adopted by the
Tennessee Legislature or not; advocated the
repeal of the two per cent merchants tax;
advocated the repeal of the excessive tan
upon wholesale and retail liquor dealers; OF
3 posed the militia; wanted an account rem
, dered of the $962,000 worth of bonds
issued to the Nashville and Northwestern
: railroad; wanted settlement of the receiv
5 ers of railroads; claimed he was the peo-
!, pies advocate; an advocate of the laborel
and mechanic, and was, in short, an advo
cate of the sovereign power of the people
J ruling this State.
Is VIM. G. Brien next addressed the meet
ing, and was received with loud applaus
by his friends. He told the colored peopl
that as they had heretofore declined tn
:, offer made them b. the Democratic party
" they now had another chance to unite witt
= them. Many candidates were announce
70 for the Legislature, but none of them conf
n determine how this government was to b
=, administered. The funds of the State Wer
If stolen by the men who claim to 3
~ genuine Republicans. They were ID
- paris who had imposed the onerous tax!
ton upon the people. If there had bee
another dollar in the public Golfers OF th
OF Treasury this split in the Republican part
of would never have occurred and the
would be tapping around it like kittel
around plate of milk. Both sides Of Il
~ Republican party say that each other a
on corrupt. He told the Colored poop
that ne would not bow down on b
he knees to get them 10 60 with him; III
:, he had enough votes to elect him any wa
'in He was opposed to the fifteenth amen
ast ment, for the reason that it would bril-
perhaps fifty million Chinese or men
a other nations here, and they in a fe
years would rule the State. He was +
'Oo exact justice to all and exclusive privileg
IT. to none. He was for the repeating of q
franchise law and the law estsblishil
county commissioners and metropolis
u" police commissioners.
a Mr. T A KerchiVal, candidate for Z
ly. Lower House of the Legislature, said th
his the only way to produce peace and ha
mony and good feeling throughout I
Jas country was to repeal the law in relati
to to the great subject of franchise. He h
.di- introduced bill in the House of RepI
tho sentatives three years ago looking to th
=, effect. He wanted the question settled 81
ui' riyeted SO that it would never be broug
~ | 10 llb0I gam. 41c WAS Al lafOl vi AUO ~
yed amendment, but would rather see it ss
mr.. amendment to the constitution of tie ST.
than of the United States.
n0e Jim Sumner, negro, was the ne
ex- speaker, and hsrangued tie crowd
in | some time.
bis James Davis then announced himself
a candidate for the House of Represen
aAt tives. He was neither Stokes or Sen
stal man, but an American citizen; stood up
uld the Republican platform, had been
+ Union man during the war, was in favor
universal suffrage and promised, if elect
lcn - vote for all measures that would int
RE- est the State and people.
all A young man named Galbraith, was
next candidate who spoke. He was
ia" universal suffrage, and was opposed
ger the tyrannical law giving all the St
OF printing to a certain paper; was for eco
ody omy in public expenditures, and was
a. resisting all the frauds that had been p
petrated in the State.
has Next in order was Nelson Walk
ow- colored, a universal suffrage candids
God attempted TO address the meeting Whei
crowd of bOisterous negroes commend
yelling and hoOting, crying take b
down, take him down, ETC Nelson c.
tinued speaking however 10 the few "
desired TO listen to him, despite the no
son of the negroes.
nee The meeting was then again adore sed
her Mr.. Stone in few remark, after wiz
the pow-wdT broke up.