Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-07
THE JUDICIAL CONVENTION.
Coffee county.

Coffee County.
! On Monday, July 4, the people of Col
fee county met in convention at Ii
Courthouse in Manchester, to appoin
delegates to the Convention to be held j
Nashville on the 11th inst. John o \
Farrar, Esq, was called TO the chair, an
James q Aydelott requested to act a
Secretary. -
Capt 5 E Carnes reported the folloWin,
preamble and resolution:
whereas, A convention of the peonl,
OF Tennessee has been suggested to NEE
al Nashville on the 11th of July, for th,
purpose of consultation and mutual In,
terchange of views to the end of harlno,
NOUS and united action in the approach.
ing election for Judges of the Supreme
Court of Tennessee; and, whereas. the
people OF Coffee county approve of said
convention and desire representation
therein, therefore. =
Resolved, That the chairman of this
meeting Do appoint ten delegates to rep
resent Coffee county in said convention,
and that all of the delegates and SO many
OF the same as shall attend are hereby
authorized to cast the vote of Coffee
county. ''-' - 77 :
Resolved, That we recognize in Col
Peter TuRney and In Hon A o p Nichol-
SOD, men of broad and comprehensive'in-
tellect, Jurists of pre-eminent learning
and ability, courteous gentlemen of in
coTupable integrity, and citizens whose
past lives furnish the fullest guarantee
that they would shed Iustre on the Judi
choice for the nominations from Middle
Tennessee. .rrzG1 --1f5 ia
Resolved, That we viii unite with the
people of the State in support of sgch
other men of known patriotism, learning,
and integrity as may be agreed upon by
said convention. --..,.-.,.t
The preamble and resolutions were
adopted, and, on molten, the Chairman
and Secretary were added to the list of
delegates, and the UNION AND AMERICAN
and Banner were requested to publish
these proceedings. 81
Delegates J. G. Stone, Capt. s.
E. Carnes, P. G. Isbell, Willis Blanton,
r. w. Casey, L. r. Whileman, ]. T.
Ewell, ii. W. Carroll, John E. Bennett,
w. A Harris, ]. Q. a. Farrar and James
g. Aydelott. l 10 s- ssa-.-1 H.
7oC-q ,JoHN @. A. FARRAR, Chairman.
JAMES G. AYDKLorT, Secretary.
MANCHESTER, Tenn, July 4, 1870.
Haywood County.
At meeting of the citizens of Hay
wood county in Brownsville, Tenn, July
4, for the purpose of selecting delegates
to represent them in the Judicial Conyen-
ton to be held at Nashville on the 11th
inst, the following proceedings were had
G. c. Porter, ESQ.,, was called 10 the
chair and explained the object of the
meeting in a brief and well-timed ad-
dress. r-. r-.
A motion was then made, and carried
by unanimous vote, empowering the
chairman to appoint the delegates.
The chairman appointed the following
gentlemen from each civil district: DR..
Seymour, District No. 1; Oliver Alexan-
der 2; Maj. L. Thomas 8; ]. NJ Shaw 4;
L. A. Lovelace 5; Jas. Whitehead s. w.
W. Waugh, R. s. Thomas, r. G. Thomas,
c. p. Taliaferro, Col. j. p. Wood 7. A.
w. Fleming 8; ]. N. Neblett 9; Mr.. San
ders 10; H. G. Winburn II; DR.. Whita-
ker II; Isaac M. johnson 13; Henry
Buck ID; L. P. Hart Is. -
In addition to the aforementioned
delegates from District No. 7, the bar en-
nldsse, containing the following mem
bers, were appointed:
B. ]. Lea, II. ]. Livingston, Henry w.
Bond, Alex. Duckworth, L. Houk, D. p.
Boyd, Alf. Freeman, VIM. N. WhIteland,
r. w. Haywood, Maj. Willo Haywood,
]. III. Freeman, Fl. B. Felix; Hon. d. A.
Num-, s. L. Turner, Capt. Lewis Bond,
]. q. Thompson, A. d. Bright, Judge E.
]. Read, J. G. Reed, w. f. Talley, Maj.
w. B. Grove, W. w. Rutlege, and w.
A. Allen. r..
Upon motion, the chair was added to
the list of delegates ...
Ii. j. Livingston submitted the follow
ing resolutions which were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, We have implicit confidence
in the honor, integrity and legal attain
ments of our fellow-countyman, Col
Thomas ]. Freeman, and believe him to
be eminently fitted to I'LL the position on
the bench of our highest judicial tribu-
nal.
Resolved, Therefore that it is the sense
of this meeting that he is our choice for
one of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of Tennessee.
Resolved, That the delegates from
Haywood county to the Judiciary Con-
vention, to held at Nashville on the 11th
inst, be instructed to present the name of
Col T. ]. Freeman to that body as one
of the candidates from the Western Di-
vision of the State. -.-. "a
Upon motion, the Brownsville, Mem
phis and Nashville papers were requested
to publish the proceedings of this meet
ing. u t
The meeting then adjourned.
r G. G. PORTER, Chm.
w. 3. MALONE, Sec. ...--.