Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-03

First pays proceedings.
The American Dental Association met in
tenth annual session in the Hall of the
House of Representatives, at 10 o'clock
Yesterday morning. DR. Homer Judd, of
st. Louis, presided over the deliberations.
The session was opened by solemn and
fervent prayer, offered by Rev. DR.. Sum-
mers, when DIR. W II Morgan said
arise to bid yoUa sincere welcome to the
capital of Tennessee and to the hospitali-
ties of Its citizens. We are proud that
Nashville was selected as the first place of
meeting in the South since your OTganiza-
ton, and we shall strive by our courtesles
and inequalities to prove that the selection
was judicious one.
Gratitude should fill our hearts that so
many of us, under the superintendent Of
kind Providence, should be permitted to
meet again. Only one of our members has
fallen during the past year. Let us drop a
tear of sympathy over his ashes, and per-
NIT his absence on this occasion to impress
anew on all our hearts the lesson of our
mortality. Let US prepare when our Ia
bors are accomplished to follow him to the
beautiful beyond. When l look around
me, Sir, upon the earnest, honest faces
present, and reflect that they have come
from their far-distant homes, not in search
of honors or emolument, 1 am proud of
you-love you for your unselfsh devotion
to science and truth. 1 Will venture the
assertion, Mr.. President, we are to-day,
taken as a class, the Invest set of men on
the face of the earth.
That we have a larger proportion of
earnest investigators, earnest seekers after
truth, men who love science abstractly
than can be found elsewhere among our
race.
Look sir, at those around you, who would
not be impressed by such body of men.
distinguished statesman of Massachu-
sets, when addressing this association,
once said: 1 am not only impressed by the
general appearance of this body but l am
also impressed by their individuality.
The favorable circumstances under which
we meet are very suggestive to many of US
of this city. We are taken back to the days
when there was no such thing as profess
ional intercourse among the dentists either
of this city or country, the progress
we have made in the last 20 years is brought
wildly to our minds with the pleasant
reflection of the many and inestimable
benefits We are prepared to confer on suf-
fering humanity. Then again, alittle while
agowe could not have so metin this magniti-
cent hall; all was confusion and dread anxiey.
Inthese halls and along these corridors was
heard the clank of the dragons sabre and
the rattle of the captive's chains. The
hills around trembled beneath the tread of
more than hundred thousand armed men
as they rushed from their tents to deadly
conflict, and this quiet valley of the Cum
berland reverberated with the sound of hos
tile cannon; men stood aghast as they
heard it die away among the hooks and
crannieS of the distant hills like the wall of
some expiring demon. Thank God, sir
these scenes are all past. The storm-cloud
of war has been driven from our horizon
and the angel of peace again hovers above
us, giving assurance Of quiet and security.
We meet as brethren from every section of
this broad land for the purpose of pro-
noting the interest of our calling, the in
terest of suffering humanity. Let us not
permit any side issue to occupy our time,
but let US devote the short time allotted us
together to the elimination of truth and
the spread Of scientific knowledge. We
need not care for localities or sections.
What should it matter to Inc, sir, whether
Won were born among the granite
hills of the far-distant North, or
that you first looked out upon the Light of
day on the plains of the far West, or heard
the first soft lullaby of mother amid the
magnolias and orange groves of the far sun
nv South. Are you lover of science? are
YOU devoted to dentistry, then you are my
brother: with you, as such, l am prepared
to make the balance of LIES short journey.
But will not occupy your time further,
as there are others more gifted than myself
to follow. Permit me, again, in the name
of the dentists of Nashville and the citizens
of Tennessee to welcome you TO her
capitol
lie was followed by Dr. G. X. Winston,
who delivered the address of welcome on
the part of the physicians. His remarks
were eloquent, full of feeling, and delivered
with characteristic ability. He congratu-
lated the association on the perfection to
which they had brought their professional
art and that, instead of being isolated as
mere mechanical brotherhood, they had,
with their vast attainment ranged them
selves alongside with those who occupied
the front ranks in the regular profession.
He was proud TO claim full
kinship with them as professional
brethren. He extended to them a cordial
welcome 70 Nashville and threw wide open
their public buildings and halls and the
doors of their houses and residences to
their hospitality.
DR. Baird, on behalf of the State
Association, next addressed the cor
vention. His address was conceived
and delivered in the most felcitOUs style.
Astounding in elegant expressions and apt
illustrations The influences of the profess
sion were compared to those of the Gull
Stream in a very felicitous manner He
hoped that when tEey closed the labOrs OF
the sessio1.Athey would all feel better from
having been convened together.
On motion, it was agreed that all ply
sicians and surgeons of the city, and those
who may be present from other points, be
invited to take seats in the Convention
On calling the roll the following mem
bers responded to their names: James )
Knapp. w II Goddard. J A Arlington, Il
Russell, S II Mccall. G Taft, W II Morgan,
W II Shadowen. A Salmon, w NJ Taft,
G S Field, EIomer Judd, w A
Kulp, l. n Lawrence, l. Augspath,
S Il Palmer, Il Freeman, Z HonsingeT, } Il
Walker, j D Sheppard, J Fedams, O
Holmes, b Is Alfred, A c Ford, Thos 1
Moore, \ Cram, w c Dyer, II McCol-
lUps, MIR Cobb, A c Cook, Z Goywell, "
II Daheare, j G II Brown, Isaiah Forbes,
w Keely, Fouche, w A Smith, Cory
don Palmer, p 5 Dckeman, j b Coolidge,
G P Baird, S o Cutler, c c Carroll, S
Chisholm, y c Ross, II G PEBBLES, II G
Pore, W Il Burr, w II Apord, NJ Corcoran
z Floyd, j S Newholm S n Dennis, w l
Morrill,, G A Mills, W Jones, L r I
Carpenter, E A Herman, j Mcclellan, ant
Us Ii Baird.
The reading Of the minutes of the las
annual session was called for 10y the Presi
dent, and on motion Of Dr. Boguo was dis
pensed with.