Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-28
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Wing has card in his paper in which,
addressing himself to "certain gentlemen
at Memphis" he says: tgl .g- y
l challenge these gentlemen to point TO
l the time when Democratic State Con
vention has been called in Tennessee since
the war. You can't do it, and you
know it. 10 d -.ll-
If the files of the Wing for May, 1868,
were carefully examined, we presume
the following call would be found pub
lished therein:
DEMOCRATIC STATE CoHVRNTIoN-A CALL
ISSUED FOR THE NINTH OF JUNE.
By direction of the Democratic Central
Committee, a State Convention is called
to assemble at the city of Nashville on
the 9th day of June, 1868, for the pur-
pose of appointing delegates to attend the
National Democratic Convention, which
will meet in the city of New York on the
4th day of July next. The people of the
different counties throughout the State are
requested to hold County Conventions and
appoint delegates to represent them in
said State Convention.
All persons opposed to the policy of the
Radical party are cordially invited to par
ticipate.
Democratic and Conservative newspa-
pers are requested to publish this call.
By order of the Committee
THOMAS r. JENNINGS, Chairman.
l. d. WALKER, Secretary.
If the files of the Wing for June,
1868, were examined, we presume that
the platform adopted by the State Con-
vention, which assembled in pursuance of
the above call, would also be found pub
lished therein. That platform, reported
by Gen. John c. Brown, begins as fol-
lows:
Whereas, The people of Tennessee If
respective of former party affiliations, or
differences of opinion arising out of the
recent civil war, in q convention assembled
for tie purpose Of appointing delegates to
represent them in THE NATIONAL DEMO
CRATIC CONVENTION to meet in the city of
New York on the 4th of July next, etc.
Further along in this preamble the Con-
Vention declare:
They deem it proper to adopt the name
and designation borne By the only political
organization Nth 3cIich ttey can associate,
and pthols formally uniting themselves NTH
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY as ii non exists,
they herewith declare the principles they
maintain, " etc.
1t is true that in the State canvass last
year the supporters of Gov. Senter we're
generally called Conservatives. But we
had no national elections then; horace for
President or for Congress We were then
an enfranchising Radical for
Governor. 1t was not necessary in that
race to make the National Platform
prominent, first, because we had no
national elections; secondly, because our
candidate could not have stood upon it. |
Now we have an election for Congress in |
this State as In most other States. The
members of Congress, the Governor and
of the Legislature elected in
November will be in Office at the next |
Presidential election. The elections this |
fan will have an important bearing upon
he next Presidential contest The defeat
,r prolongation Of Radical rule, not in
Tennessee, but in the Government of the
United States will be determined by the
all elections. Hence, the vastness of the
Importance of our taking position unmis-
akably with the National Democracy,
nd silencing those who urge the policy
# non committal to any national party
n the next national contest.