Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-24

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N With that Endorsement on the part @
d the people of the State, your labors
70 though arduous, will be crowned with a
e the distinction that your highest ambi
tons aspircd to accomplish.
. We hope and believe that your acts vii
" be approved by the people of the State
and that when you return to your friend
: and constituents they will meet you will
Q a smile of appreciation and say, 'Wel
done, good and faithful servants"
D In behalf Of the House of Representa-
tives, return to you our sincere thanks
for the complimentary visit, and again bid
, you welcome
Gen. John G. Brown, President of the
Convention, responded to the Speakers
welcome. In the name of the Convention
he rendered the thanks of that body to
the House for their cordial reception ex-
tended. They had, he said, just concluded
their labors in the work of amending the
Constitution. They had deemed it but
right, as a mark of respect, to visit the
Legislature. He would say that the body
which had just adjourned, had prosecuted
their labors with reference to the best
interests of the whole people, and he hoped
and believed that the result of their labors
would be sustained and ratified by the
people.
On motion, the House then took a recess,
when calls were made for Senter, Etheridge
and others.
Gov. Senter arose and briefly remarked
that he was thankful for the compliment
expressed. He was pleased to welcome the
| Convention. AS to the work of that body,
which had adjourned he had not yet found
time to examine it, but what was good in
| the new Constitution-what would contri-
butte to the welfare of the people, had his
| approval. If there was that in the instru-
| ment which was calculated to prove detri-
mental, the people would express their
condemnation of it at the ballot-box He
sincerely hoped the Constitution, as a
whole, was such that it could find general
approval.
The Governor then took a seat on the
Speakers stand, when Gen. John G. Brown
presented to him the engrossed copy of the
amended Constitution, accompanied with
few appropriate remarks
Gov. Senter received the document and
responded briefly, his remarks being in
substance what he had previously said.
Following the Governors remarks, were
calls for Etheridge, and that gentleman |
briefly responded. He felt, he said, that
he could not say one word to mar the har- |
mOny of the occasion. The day which |
has been anxiously looked for for years, has |
almost arrived, and the adoption of the |
Constitution just submitted will be the |
signal for civil and political freedom for all. |
This Constitution we shall preserve with |
sacred care. 1t will accord to us the liber- |
ties which beft the Anglo-Saxon race He /
was well satisfied that its adoption was one |
of the certainties of the future.
In response to calls, several speakers |
followed each other, making brief re
sponses as follows:
Mr.. Netherland said he felt compli-
mented in thus being called upon to speak.
In reference to the Constitution they had
just adopted, he would cordially support it
as a whole, although there were portions
of it he could not indorse. But as it |
guaranteed the liberties of the people, it
had his support. The liberties of the |
State are fully secured in this instrument,
and military domination and tyranny will |
now be thing of the past. He was quite
sanguine of the adoption of the new Con-
stitution.
Mr.. Fleming followed He cordially
I
ment of their visit to the Legislature 1t
was meet and proper that the Convention
and Legislature should harmoniza. 1t
argued well for the future liberties of the
people of Tennessee. He had never taken
such an interest in the proceedings of any
body as in the deliberations and work of
the present Convention. And he vas
glad to say that he felt proud of the Con-
vention and the Constitution Just adopted.
The consummation of their work marked
happy era in the annals of our State. We
have heard, he said, much talk about Fed
eral intervention, but from all appearances
1t was further off now than when the Con-
ventiOn assembled. The new era-the era
of liberty for all, has about arrived, and
will be fully Ushered in on the adoption of
this Constitution, a contamination he de- |
voutly wished for
Ex-Governor Neill S. Brown was the next
speaker. He felt satisfied, he said, that the
provisions of the Constitution they had
Just adopted, would meet the appreciation |
of the people of the State. As a whole, it
was the best that could be furnished under
all the circumstances. He felt proud to
have been a member of the Convention |
Just adjourned. They had met and worked
under difficulties, but he felt satisfied the
result of their labors would be hailed with
general satisfaction throughout the State,
and be ratified by the people. He briefly
reviewed the action of the Convention, es-
pecially on the suffrage question. On that
sebiect they had taken broad ground,
making the ballot universal. He had !
bright anticipations for the future of the
State under the new Constitution, which he
felt confident would be ratified.
Senator Clementson followed. lie felt
proud, he said, of the action of the
Convention, and would use his best
endeavOrs towards the ratification of the
new Constitution.
Mr. Heiskcll, of the Convention, made
the concluding remarks, expressing hope
and confidence that the new Constitution
would be ratified.
The members of the Convention then
retired and the House was called TO order
and resumed its business.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
Senate bill providing for meeting the eX-
penses of the General Assembly was taken |
up and passed first reading.
RELIEVING FROM PAINS AND PENALTIES.
House bill relieving from pains and pen
alties soldiers belonging to the Federal and
Confederate armies, for acts done during
the war, was taken up.
Mr.. White offered bill in lieu, which
provides that in all suits now pending, or
hereafter instituted, the party prosecuted,
provided he proves that the act committed
was the result of the late war, and that he
was acting under the orders of a superior
officer, and can show an honorable dis
charge orparole from either army, shall be
held as coming under the provisions of this
bill.
The bill in lieu was adopted, and then
prssed third reading
Adjourned until $50 o'clock to-morTows
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