Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-25

said something About efFing breth
rem, approved the appointment o.
Gen. Longstreet, quoted little
: Scripture, and, finding fhat hi
speech not as pacific as he though
it would be, be quietly, subsidized !;
whereupon, Mr.. Taylor moved to
- amend the resolution of Grisham so
as to have it embrace within its
: provisions of exclusion 'all who
were drunk But this amendment
> was not carried, as it would most
1 likely have left the convention too
Q slim for action. At this point sew
eral motions were made, not one of
which was of sufficient merit forth
chairman to notice, as none were
lput to the convention; and, finally,
the resolution of Mr.. Grisham was
lost among the multitude of motions
| presented, and was not found again
during the day.
| 1t seemed that there were two
sets of delegates from Washington
teounty, and that Grisham was hit
ting at DIR. Smith of that county,
as being a rebel The Doctor was
advised that Grisham's remarks
were directed to him, and feeling
that ne was the better Union man
OF the two, ask Mr.. Grisham if he
meant him, and was told that he
was the man. By this time com.
mittee oferedentials was appointed,
and the Washington county dele
gates were referred to this commit
tee "Smith and Grisham got into
the jury-rOom, Gas an eyewitness
detailed it to US J, and Smith caught
Grisham by the throat, choking him
unit almost black In the face, and,
with his open hand slapped his
jaws handsomely The door oil
the Jury-room was broken open, and
the combatants separated without
blood being spilled. The eonven.
ton being in an uproar, all rushing
to the scene ofthe fray, and hun.
dred cries of"order'' failed to have
the desired effect. Mr.. Smith.
mounted the stand and attempted
to indicate his course, saying he
chad always been g Union. man,
While Grisham had voted for seces-
sion, Eand had edited q rebel pape
two years. But silence must pres
vail or the harmonious time will
be spoiled. So Judge Howard
mounted the clerks desk and stern-
ly commanded the "peaces threats
ening the arrest of every man it
they did not cease to wrangIe, and
with wave Of his hand and
proud toss of his head, gravely in
formed them that he would s'do his
duty, let come what wouldP The
belhgerent parties were each taken
in charge by their friends, and
after halfhour or more, the chair
man succeeded in restoring some
thing like order. Mr.. Upton.
thereupOn, moved the nomination
of s. ]. W. Lucky for Chancellor, T.
and called the previous question,
whsreupon, Mr.. Bowel arose in all
his majesty and said he swas op-
posed to Mr.. Lueky's name coming
before the convention, because PSI
the Judge had declared he would
not trail the judicial robes
through the cesspool of politics,
etc. He said Judge Lucky's posi-
ton and politics were as insepera-
bic as the North Pole is from the
South, " a most remarkable expires
5ionD and insisted that the Judge
should not receive the nomination
Of that convention. Steve took
the floor, and despite the numer-
Gus efforts made to get him down,
kept it until he had exhausted his
subject and himself. III ---
The delegates from Greene coun-
~ Became disguised and angry at
the way the machine was running,
and, to their credit be it said, they
withdrew from the convention
the ballot for Chancellor.
When the ballot was taken it
ave the nomination to Judge
lucky by large majority over Mr..
OWENS. The convention then ad-
burned until after dinner, not so
much to secure something to eat as
o give the blood time TO cool.
What difference a little dinner
will make in the human family.
Feed an angry lion and you can
.omb his name; feed an angry poll
tieian and his e)untenance changes
rom frowns to smiles. So it was
With the contentious delegates
hey returned to their duties as
lappy as though nothing had oc-
urfed, and proceeded to ballot for
n Attorney General, there being
lnly four candidates Petiibone,
Boyd, Hatcher and McDermott.
After the first ballot, McDermott
rev of, and several ballots were
lad before a nomination was made,
which gave Pettibone the nOmina-
ion for Attorney General and then
oettibone made little speech and Of
cit some belter-for he looked
ike he would have sold his chance
or a mess of pottage about dinner.
ime, and little before. Mr.. Tip -.
on moved to make the nomination
f Pettibone unanimous, which was
Ione. He then moved that Judge
4ucky's nomination be made unani-
nous, but the House divided and
he convention then adjourned.