Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-09-21
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Meeting of the Republicans of Knox County.

PURSUANT to notice given, a large num-
Der of the Republicans of Knox county.
assembled ut the courthouse at o'clock
saturday after noon.
On motion of Capt. VIM. Rule, Gen. j.
A. Cooper was called to the chair and f..
w. Adkins appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting being explain
ed, committee Of five was appointed to
select delegates to the State Convention at
Nashville, the Senatorial Convention at
Loudon and the Convention at Trundle's
y Roads, and to draft resolution expressive
Of The sence Of the meeting
The chairman then appointed the follow
ing gentlemen as such committee:
Hon George Andrews Chairman, NJ.
d. Bearden, VIM. Rule DR.. L. Goetl anu
Al Kicks.
The committee then retired and during
thicr absence General Cooper was called on
who briefly addressed the meeting
The committee ON resolutions having re-
turned, reported through their chairman
the following preamble and resolutions:
The members of the Republican party Of
Knox county believing that the principles
upheld by that great party at the North,
heretofore saved our nation from disrup-
ton and dissolution, and ON which the
safety and honor of our State and nation
must depend in the future, and recogniz-
ing the necessity that exists, firmly and
vigorously TO uphold those principles
Resolved, That the American Union un-
der the Constitution of the United States
is, and shall be perpetual that no State
has the right or power at its own will to
withdraw from the Union, and to sever
the nation which it constitutes, and that
the Republican party will in the future
as in the past, firmly uphold and protect
that Union and Constitution against the
ruinOus heresies of State sovereignty and
secession, ~ acted upon by Democratic
rebels during and since the late war, and
eXpOunded by the late Democratic Con-
vention of this State.
ReSOlucd, That in the words Of the Con-
stitution of this State, "Knowledge, learn
ing and virtue being essential to the
preservation of Republican institutions,
and the diffusion Of the opportunities and
advantages of education throughout the
different portions of the State being highly
conducive to the promotion Of this end,
it shall be the duty Of the General Assem-
bly, in all future periods of this Govern
ment to cherish literature and science;N
that ii is the duty Of the State to see that
facilities for education are provided for the
children of the poor, as well "a, for the
rich, and that n we'll regulated system oF
common schools is essential to the welfare
and prosperity of the State.
RcSOioed, That the National Admins
traton, by its conscientious enforcement of
the law, and adherence to the Constitution,
by its honest and faithful collection and
Disbursement Of the public revenues by
which it has with greatly diminished tax
alton been able TO uphold the National
honor and credit, and to pay of, since the
Inauguration of General Grant, more than
Sl70O0O,O 600 of the public Indebtedness, has
merited the confidence and gratitude OF the
American people.
RcsOircd That the honor and credit of
the United States, and of the state oi Ten
nessee must and shall be faithfully upheld
in the payment of every dollar of the State
and National indebtedness, and that we
view with abhOrrencei eieVery proposition,
directly or indirectly, to Tepudiate any
portion Of the just obligations Of the State
or nation.
RcsOired, That the Hon. Horace May
nard our present Representative i'm Con-
greSs, has by his ability and faithful SER
vices rs the Representative Of this state
and District, earned the confidence and
appreciation of his constituents, and that
we earnestly recommend To all the Repub-
lcans Of this District to vote and labor for
his reelection to the place he now fills.
RcsOired That the Democratic party Of
this state by its sympathy and co-opcra-
ton during and since the late rebellion,
with those who attempted to destroy the
nation, by its reckless and proscriptiye
legislation, by its disregard of the public
faith and obligations, by its attempt,
through the destruction of our common
school system, to deprive the poor of the
facilities for education which the rich en-
ioy, by It's vindictive discrimination against
| East Tennessee in the creation and organi-
Zaton of our courts has merited the con-
demnatiOn of all lovers of our State and
eviuced its unftne-s TO control her desti-
nies.
RcsoFcd That the Republican party, to
whom we owe it that no foot of slave
presses our soil to-day; that the national
/ fife has been preserved that free ballot,
equal rights and equal protection have
been given by the law to every citizen,
without regard to race or color, will still
adhere to the principles which have
wrought these results, and will still uphold
/ the principles and measures which will in
I sure to Us union and universal liberty in
] the future.