Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-09-14

that the hour for the calling OF the Con
vention having arrived, he suggested tha
the Convention would be opened wit
prayer by the Rev. A. A. D. Bryant, o
Hardemsn county, who came forward an
offered up a prayer to the Throne o
Grace in behalf of the good, peace an
prosperity of this great nation He prsye
that this body should be one in sentiment
and that in their deliberations they nigh
be imbued with wisdom, and that grea
and permanent good might result from thei
lahors.
Judge T. W. Brown, of Memphis, pro
posed that Gen. Gordon, of Hickman, b
made temporary President of the COnven
| ton. The motion was put by Gen. Stub
blefeld and unanimously carried, whel
Gen. Gordon was conducted to the chai
and addressed the Convention in substance
as follows:
REMARKS OF GEN. GORDON.
Gentlemen of the Convention: can dt
no better than to thank you for this mani
festation of your kind regards, in calling
me to this important position. 1t neces
sarily follows that l must labor undel
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same time l feel it my duty to endeavOl
to discharge the duties imposed upon me-
The object of our assemblage here to day,
as representatives of the people of the
State of Tennessee, is for the purpose Ot
selecting suitable candidate for the Office
of Governor of Tennessee, who shall
be our standal d-bearer in the great contest
in which we are about to engage. / feel
confident that this assembly will deliber-
ate with care, and make such a selection
as he who is called upon to occupy that
position may carry with him the entire
support of the whole people. l hope and
trust that our people will shape such a
course, in public point of view, as will
do nothing to impair the past reputation,
and that everything will be done to re-
dound to the happiness and prosperity of
our State. thank you, gentlemen, for
the honor conferred.
Judge Brown, of Memphis, proposed
the name of David NJ. Philip, of the
Memphis AUdtdnche, as temporary Sec
retary, which motion was carried.
The following resolution was offered by
Col Jones, of Giles county, and adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of three
delegates from each of the Grand Divi.
sions of the State be appointed by the
chairman, who shall report as soon as
practicable permanent officers ard rules
for the government of the Convention.
The chair appointed as said committee
the following:
COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION.
For East Tennessee-John Craigmiles,
! Samuel Frazier, ]. B. Cooke.
For Middle Tennessee-Thos. NJ Cook,
W. B. Bate, John F. House.
For West Tennessee-Joseph r. Mos
by, D. NJ Wisdom, w. T. Avery.
1t was here suggested by Mr.. Wade, of
Davidson, that Gen. Bate was not dele
gate, who moved that the name of Gen.
w. H. Jackson be placed on the commit
tee instead of Gen. Bate. The motion
was carried.
On motion, Neill S. Brown, Jr., was
requested to act as Assistant Secretary.
CALL OF DELEGATES.
Col. Cardwell, of Weakley county,
moved that the delegates from each
county be requested to furnish the Secre-
tary with a list of the delegates from each
county. The motion was amended by
Gen. Gibbs, requiring the Secretary to
call list of the counties, when the dele
gates could respond. The motion, as
amended, was adopted, when the Secre-
tary proceeded to call the roll, and it was
found that all the counties were repre-
sented in person or by proxy. We have
heretofore published from time to time
the list of delegates, and we therefore
omit the names as recorded.
After the reading of the list of dele
gates, Col. Jones, of Giles, chairman of
the Committee on Organization and Rules,
entered the room and reported as follows:
PERMANENT OFFICERS.
For President-GeD. W. A. Quarles, of
Montgomery county.
This nomination was received with un-
bounded applause.
For Vice Presidents-John A. McKin-
ney, of Hawkins, Thos. O'Conner, of
Knox, John c. Vaughn, of Monroe, for
East Tennessee. J. ]. Turner, of Sum-
ner, W. s. McLemore. of Williamson,
George G. Dibrell, of White, for Middle
Tennessee, and r. F. Looney, of Shelby,
B. J. Lea, of Haywood, Charles Gibbs,
of Obion county, for West Tennessee.
For Secretary-M D. L. Stewart, and
all Democratic editors of the State who
are present.
For Sergeant-at, ,Arms-L G. Stewart,
of Sumner county.
Doorkeeper-Joha L. Finnegan.
The committee also reported the rules
of the present General Assembly, so far
as the same are applicable
On motion the report was received and
adopted, and the chair appointed T. NJ.
Jones, of Middle Tennessee; W. Cooke,
of East Tennessee, and Col. d. NJ Wis
dom, of West Tennessee, a committee to
conduct Gen. Quarles to the chair.
The committee then brought forward
Gen. Quarles, who, upon taking the
chair, was received with applause. He
then addressed the Convention substan-
TALLY as follows:
REMARKS OF THE PERMANENT PRESIDENT.
Gentlemen of the Convention: For the
first time for many long months the en-
franch1sed people of the State of Tennes-
see meet to-day in the capitol of their
State. They have met to point with
free hand to the citizen
upon whose brow they propose to place
the wreath of their appreciation, to pro-
claim with free voice the cardinal princi-
pies of the political faith by which their
principles are to be retained, and their
principles achieved. They have met,
gentlemen of the Convention, to agree,
not to wrangle; to forget all past party
differences and cast out all fossil elements;
to announce, and to announce boldly, the
living, vital principles, of living, vital
organization; principles which look to the
present and of the future, and wisely ig-
noring the past; principles that spring
from the constitution, and are co-extensive
with the wants of the people. Gentlemen
of the Convention, thank you for the
honor you have conferred upon me, and
invoke a spirit of harmony and order.
now announce that this Convention Is
ready to proceed to business.
LOOKING TO PLATFORM.
Gen. Gibbs, a delegate from Obion,
| offered the following resolution.