Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-10


present month, to nominate candidate tC
represent the counties of Henry, Weak.
ley, Obion and Lake in the next general
Assembly.
Resolved, That we form a part of and
will act in perfect accord with the Ma
tional Democratic party, and fully adopt
the principles set forth in the platform OF
that party.
The same were unanimously carried.
1t was moved and seconded that any
five of the executive committee shall con-
stitute quorum for business. The same
being put to the house was unanimously
carried.
I 1t was moved and seconded that the
Secretary of this meeting send copy of
these proceedings to the Nashville UNION
AND AMERICAN and to the Nashville Ban
neT, newspapers published in Nashville,
with the request that the same be pub
lished.
The motion was put and carried.
On motion that the convention adjourn,
the same was done. This the 9Th of
September, 1870.
W. S. SOOTT, Chairman.
B. D. IRVINE, Secretary.
Lawrence County.
The County Convention was called to
order by B. W. West, ESQ.,, who briefly
stated the object of the Convention in
few well chosen words. W. T. Nixon
was requested TO act as secretary. On
motion of Jno. L. Brandon q committee
of three was appointed to draft resolutions
expressive of the sense of the
Convention on the various issues be-
fore the people of the country" Pending
the report of the committee the following
resolution was offered and adopted:
Resolved, That in Gen. Jno. G. Brown,
of Giles county, we recognize the true
the State of Tennessee.
Resolved further, That our preference
is hereby expressed for Gen. W. G.
Whitthorne, of Maury country, for our
next Representative in the Congress of the
United States
The committee to draft resolutions ex-
pressive of the sense of the convention
reported the following, which were unan-
imously adopted:
all good and true men should take their
stand and connect themselves with the
great National Democratic party that is
rapidly forming throughout the entire
South in opposition to the wild, extrava.
giant, fanatical proscriptive and oppres-
sive measures which the Radical party
has inaugurated and for the past five years
forced upon the country in violation and
subversive of the constitution and laws of
the land and the sacred rights of freemen;
and whereas, The national issues that
once divided the people into two great
parties-Whig and Democratic-are no
longer rendered as the principles and
policy for the administration of the State
and Federal governments, and there being
only one great national party with whom
we can connect ourselves and affiliate in
harmonious action in the maintenance
and perpetustion of the principles of
civil and religious liberty, and in the
guidance of the ship of State from the
schools and breakers upon which the
Radical party has permitted her to drift,
and that in the organization of this party
it is necessary to have one common name
and policy,
And, whereas, We most heartily con-
denim the proscriptive and oppressive
measures of the Radical party, and the
incompetency and corruption that has
characterized its administration of the
affairs of the government, and believing
that a thorough and effective organizs-
ton Is demanded by the exigencies of the
times, therefore, be it
Resolved, First, That we are Demo-
Gratis in the true and literal meaning of
the word, and that we belong to that po-
litical organization.
2. That we advocate retrenchment and re-
form in every department of the govern
meut, and that the collections of the pub
lie revenue should be uniform and equal,
and no exception unjus ly and dishonesty
made in favor of the bondholder, and that
he should be paid in the currency of the
government and not in specie; that the
act of Congress creating the national
banking system should be repealed; that
the bonds should be paid in United States
legal tender; that the donation of the
public lands of the government is PERM
cious legislative policy, which builds up
huge monopOlies, to the injury of the
many and benefit of the few.
8. ''Fhe prompt restoration OF the States
and their citizens to all their rights, under
the Federal Constitution, and that "they
are, and of right, ought to be free, " to
manage and control their own internal
amnesty for all past
political differences.
8. ''The reform of all abuses, the abo-
lition of all unnecessary and useless of
fees, and the adoption of a tariff for
revenue purposes only"
After short and pithy speeches from
various members of the convention, these
resolutions, as stated above, were unani-
mously adopted.
Jno L. Brandon, T. H. Paine, G. T.
Hughes, A. NJ. Harrison, W. T. Nixon,
10. NJ. Sowell ard W. p II. Turner were
appointed delegates to Nashville, any one
of whom can cast the vote of the county.
The same delegates were also appointed
to attend the convention which meets in
GAINESVILLE to nominate members of Con-
gress.
The convention adjourned sine die.
B. W. WEST, Chairman.
w. T. Nixon, Secretary.