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

shall be assessed and collected from Al
investments in bonds.
| NATIONAL BANKS.
| Resolved, That we are opposed To tn,
| system of National Banks, and urge IN,
immediate repeal of the law creatin,
them; and that in place of the notes O
such banks, the treasury notes of tn
| United States shall be substituted.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.
| 10. Resolved, That the Democrac,
here assembled sympathize with th,
efforts of all people struggling for self
government; and we denounce the policy
Of the party in power to reduce whole
States in our Union to a condition o.
Vassalage to the General Government
GENERALIZATION.
IL. Resolved, That the present admins
tration of the Federal Government, has
been persistently subversive of the rights
OF the States, invasive of the Federal
Constitution, necessarily tending to cen
tralizaiion and the annihilation of local
elf-government, and unless repudiated by
the country viii inevitably result in the
destruction of republican liberty.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY.
II. Resolved, sThat this Convention
tenders its thanks to the National Delnoc-
rscy of the North who have so nobly
vindicated the great principles herein an
nOunced, and that the people of Ten
nessee, will cordially unite with this party
in the maintenance of free government.
JNo. f. HOUSE, Chairman.
NOMINATION BY AnCLAMATIoN.
Nominations being in order, Mr.. T. NJ
Jones said that he had been instructed by
the delegation from the county of Giles
10 place in nomination the name of JnO.
c. Brown, and after making few ap-
prOpriate remarks, moved that the nOmi-
nation be made unanimous, which mo-
tior prevailed, amidst loud cheering.
A committee was appointed to wait
upon Gen. Brown and inform him of his
nomination.
During the absence of this committee,
Gen. VIM. B. Bate was loudly called for,
and addressed the Convention in eloquent
and flowing language. His speech was
listened to with profound attention.
He was followed by Gen. Brown, who
spoke as IOllOWS:
GEN. BROWNS REMARKS.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Convention: This is the first political
convention assembled in the State of Ten
nessee since our noble and patriotic fel-
low citizens have been disfranchised from
slavery. 1 recognize in the voice of this
convention the voice of the people of
Tennessee; and his aspirations are difficult
of satisfaction who would not be proud,
who would not be gratified, on such an Oc-
casiOn as this. / am informed that, by
acclamstiOn, l have been asked to bear
your standard in the great fight against
Rsdicalism. We are now entering upon
a new era. We have emerged from a
throe of desp0tism which no people ever
saw. We have borne everything. We
have borne taxation without representa-
tiOn. We have seen the writ of
habeas corpus denied to the citizen. We
have seen, under the very shades of the
capital of the nation, men and women
tried and condemned without mercy or
feeling. But this is passed. Let it all,
with the bloody memories of the past, be
buried. Let US live for the present-for
the glorious future. l accept, with pride
ard satisfaction, the nomination at your
hands, and with your assistance, l prom
Use to bear that banner, from the blue
mountains in the east to the inland sea in
the west to triumph and victory.
SPEECH FROM GEN. QUARLEs.
Gen. Brown was followed by Gen. W.
A. Quarles, who spoke substantially as
foil
l am perfectly satisfied, gentlemen
of the Convention, that your judgment
has been exhibited and proven to-day in
selecting one to take the lead in this great
political contest. / am satisfied with what
has been done, and lido not believe there is
a Democrat here, q mean those men who
are indeed against Radicalism) who is not
of the same opinion. do not mean to
claim that the party organized before the
war through which we have passed, is
the party which we represent to-day. i
do not wish any old line Wing to 60
away from this Convention feeling that he
has been to the funeral of his old
party. Gentlemen, can we ask mOre2 Is
there a platform of principles inthe world
which is sounder or better2 or is there a
candidate whom we can feel prouder of
Gentlemen of the Convention, is there
any more to dO2 Is not our work COM
pleted so far as the Convention is con-
cerned? conceive that it is. We have
a platform of principles which every man
can be proud of, and we have a can
didate whom nobody can speak
word against and tell the truth.
1t seems that this is all we have to do.
This is not 50. Remember THAI when you
go home, if your counties are not organ
lied, organize them Immediately, for, in
discipline there is strength, and
without it there is no strength. Do not
believe that in your imagined security, your
enemies are not organizing against you.
They are watchful and vigiant. We must
be also watchful and vigilant. Remem-
Der, gentlemen, that there is wisdom in
but one word in party organizations, and
that is harmony. Let us have harmony
of astiOn here and everywhere. Let
US determine that the same har-
mony we have had here to-day
will be practiced throughout the State.
Let no man tread upon the toes of the
other. But, fellow citizens, feel as if l
was trespassing upon your time. Go
home and determine to make this Orgsni-
zation perfect, aud you will see, in a
short time, a government in Tennessee
which will be open and frank. You will
find 10 more corruption: you will find
no more Legislative Committees reporting
frauds and thefts from your State. You
will find that new era has dawned upon
the land, without which your standard
bearer cannot administer your govern
ment. The battle is not yet won.
We have gained, it is true, a successful
but you know that a rally may
be made and your victory taken from
your hands. We are marching on in this
fight; marching on, it is true, with John
Brown at our head. John Browns soul
is marching on. The soul of the one
at the head of his columns with
the torch of the incendiary destroying
everything in his reach. The John
Brown who marches at the head of our
marches with the whole soul of
a gentleman. We are following after the
modern John Brown. After thanking
the Convention, the Speaker closed amid
loud and prolonged applause.
ANOTHER FAMILIAR VOICE FROM MONT
GOMERY.
Hon. John F. House being loudly called
for, responded in a few brief but well