Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-02

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stucilon Of the State Of Tennessee, by
placing the same again under military rule,
to the end that On tie people Of the State
may alike be protected in the enjoyment Of
all their rights as citizens, regardless Of
race, color or party affiliations and we
humbly beg leave TO request our Senators
and Representative in Congress 10 use all
their power to secure the final and speedy
passage OF said resolution, as aforesaid
Resolved further, That we do not com
mand the language sufficiently appropriate
to express orr grateful and deep heartfelt
thanks 10 our kind, generous and christian
friends Of the North, for theirvery welcome
and appropriate aid and assistance to us in
the organization and maintenance of our
free common schools for the education ana
enlightenment of our children. and we
hope they Will continue to extend TO us all
the assistance conveniently in their power,
whereby we expect to accomplish much to-
wards the education and general mental
and moral instruction Of the present and
future generations of our people
Resolved further, That James H. Sum
ner and James @. Napier be constituted a
committee to wait upon and present n copy
of these resolutions to our Seantors and
Representatives.
Resolved further, That we return thanks
TO the House Of Representatives for the use
Of their hall
George Garter offered the following res
olutions in addition to the above:
Resolved That the memory Of the Day
of Emancipation in the State of Tennes-
see, by proclamation of Moses the Second.
be buried with the fame of It's author. and
that we welcome the lst of January to our
people throughout the whole country.
North, South, East and West, as the day
OF our deliverance, and should be OBJ
served as such
Resolved, That while we regret, in COM
mon with all the loyal people of the coun-
try, the sad loss Of one who was honored
more than any man of his day, Abraham
Lincoln; yet we believe that we have men
whose culture and craftsmanship will prove
equal to the occasion, and viii act accord
ingly.
Resolved, That we will ever remember
those old patriots of the North-those old
watchmen upon the walls of liberty; that
we regard them nov, as we have in the
past, the friends of the poor, the projectors
Of freedom, and the burning lights of re-
publican government, and that We will
watch their every act with jealousy, that we
may emulate those great principles so es-
| sential to the prosperity Of a people AMI
the maintenance of good government.
Resolved, That we know of but two po-
litical parties in this county, one Republi-
can and the other Democratic; and we re-
cognize in the Republican party all of those
elements essential to good government,
| and if we would be trre to ourselves we
would be trU5 to the party that gave pre-.
cedence to our people, while the pEghted
| faith Of the Democratic party is that col,
| Ored man has no rights, nor should he have
| any that white man is bound to respect.
| Resolved That we look upon the present
| Legislature as hostile to the interest OF the
| colored people, in proof of which it is only
necessary TO cite a few facts: First. theil
refusal to adopt he fifteenth amendment
knowing as they lid that ii only regulated
| the question of suffrage in regard to the
| cOlored man North as well rs South
second, the repeal of the common carrier.
| act; third, the upsetting of our common
| school system; fourth, the passage Of Law
| compelling men to vote in their districts
they knowing at the same time that the
colored voter was without protection. anJ
| would be entirely at l. ercy of the Rebe
element; fifth, conn the tenant t.
| settle with the land before he could
move his crop, know the same time
the tenant would hay ., bring his cror
into the market before be could raise tie
means to pay with, thus placing the ten
ant years work at the mercy Of the lane
| owner These and other acts compel us {,
say that We have no confidence IN them.
Resolved, That We regard the remarks
made by the Speaker of the Houso
Of Representatives Of this State il
putting the bill on Its final passage
| compelling men 10 vote In their districts
| as II-tnIed, unwarranted and in very Ia,
taste; hat when it is borne in NINA tina
| this class Of peOple-meaning the coIorat
| people assembled in the cities and town
on election days and drank bad whisky
thus endangering the public peace, hence
| the necessity Of immediate action on thu
| bill. We regard these remarks as uncalleJ
| for and unwWranted toy our acts. but to the
| contrary.
Resolved, That wo have implicit conf
| donCc in the Congress of the United States
| and believe the course pursued with Geor
! ga is one step in the right direction, an,
| has given much announcement totho Iowa
| people of This State both white and cd
| ored.
Both resolutions were almost unanimous
! Iy adopted
After some music from the band. tn,
meeting was dispersed, and the socictie!
! again formed IN procession and marched
to Broad street, where they were dis
| banded.