New-York tribune., 1870-09-24
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Free Traders have nominated Charles Il
johnson for Congress the Ist District of Missouri
Judge Charles Belts is the Democratic candi-
date for Congress in the lid District Of Illinois.
MrI. c.. Parker has been nominated for Con-
gress by the Republicans of the With District OF MIS-
souri,.
The Oneida County Democratic Convention
has nominated Abram b. Weaver for Congress Thomas
d. Penneld for Sheriff. and James Bronson for County
Clerk.
A CONVENTION OF SOUTHERN UNIoNISTS.
The Hon. George w. Booker of Virginia,
and Cen A. j. Hamilton Of Texas have issued call for
meeting at Knoxville, Tenn, on the LIST OF November
next the native original Union men of tie South to
confer upon the condition of the country and consider
the rights of the Southern loyalists They say that
among the subjects which win be brought to the atton-
ton Of the meeting viii be something like the following
platform Of principles:
accept good faith the Fourteenth and Feen Amendments
to The Constitution Of the Untd States as Tie tna settlement H he
Universal smnesy every Of the civil and
g. Equs and uniformity taxation every section shall pay
its proporonabe part that no interest shall be charged with more hsn
loyal in the sG9 FOR property Lsa for i6s
Of the South fr services rendered pror TO the war
is consistent rtgr the Interests Of the peoPe and fair
G drtnbuOn OF The bsnkns capital N the south ana Wet
repeal Odiacahon of the oath OF oce as ectd b 'A'
| titled 10 all the rgnb an privileges Of citizens
DEMOCRACY IN TENNESSEE.
| The Democracy of the Hid District OF Ten
nessee held Convention at McMinnville, on the 10th
nst to nominate canddatel for Congress in place Of
! 1.-THE Hon VIVA T. Stokes, Republican The Convention
after much balottng, nominated Col A. Z. Garrett OF
Smith County who served in the Union army during the
war; but according the statement of Capt. Duffy,
Confederate officer Col Garrett has qualified himself as
a Democratic candidate by "wearing the gray in HE
heart the and Capt. d. believed Col e. was
now as good rebel as he was"
The real spirit of this Convention may be gathered
from the following elegant extracts from speech dely
cred by Col Combs, delegate who occupied an infuen
tial position in the Convention and who by his ersua
sve eloquence carried resolution requiring the arma
tive vote of twohrds of the delegates 70 make nom
nation In the course of his remarks. find them
reported in The Chattanooga Times Col Combs said:
believe that il it necessary to their end, ma
iOrty the Radical party WOuld that Jesus Christ
was never crucihed. They talk about C0nseryatlVes
am not "A Republican. am not Radical. thank Coo
for it. ana Rebel, and am proud Of IL. Applause
am not Conservatives "A Conservative rs man that
is the fence. repeat, that am no Radical no Re.
publican, am Conservatives am Rebel democrat
lAppause If body wants to make anything out OF
| where I stand. = Mr.. Combs then proceeded TO
state that any whose disabilities had been removed
could be admitted. They would ask, have you been .
Rebels II it me, would say was, and am yet
would be asked if could take tine modified oath, and
| would say, can" "Can you take the irOn-cadI T.
"No!" And say here that will not vote for any man
| that can would. That's me.