Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-11-11
MEETi va OF THE DEMOCRATIC
ExECUrlvE COMMITTEES OF TEN
NEssEE. Hrt

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NEssEE.
Thegentlemen composing the Dem
ocratl0 Executive Committee of tn
State met Ia response TO the call o
their Chairman, Hon. Dorsey b
Thomas, at the Battle House IN TIL
city, on yesterday, 10 devise mean
looking to the nt're perfect and per
maneit organization Of the party.
I Entire good feeling and unity q
sentiment characterized their DELHI
r. &. Dunnington was unanimous
" chosen by the committee as tlei
permanent Secretary. m 81
Col. 8. p. WINS, OF East Tennessee
having rendered his resignation as
imember Of the State Executive Con,
mittee, son motion. Gen. VIM. A
QuarIes, the President Of the las
Democratic State Convention, wa,
requested to appoint his successor.
Horace III. Lurt0n, Esq, of Mont
lgomery, prepared and reported, by
request, the following resolutions
looking to a more thorough and effec
tive organization of the party in thi,
State, Which were unanimously adj
opted; Hs W -
Whereas, this Committee has here.
\ l0fOre called upon the Congressional
Committees to perfect the organiza.
ton OF Executive COMMITTEES In tleil
respective counties composing theiI
d stricts; and whereas, the Congress.
,ional Committees have failed to act,
and large majority Of the counties
ere without any Official organization
Therefore, be Il, 'Ai "a 7Ht.- s93ai
i. Resolved, that this Committee
recognize Ill County * COMMITTEES
whose organization has been hereto.
fore perfected, whether their organic.
alton rests upon the authority or the
various Congressional Committees Of
upon the authority Of County Con.
ventions. lia T4a ~ Co. a
2. That where no County Commit.
tees now exist, this C0mmittee dc
proceed to nominate. and appoint a
! committees composed Of five mem.
tbers In each county In the State, and
such committee shall be the Execu-
| tive Committee for such county,.
3. That the Secretary Of this Com.
mittee, after the appointment OF
such COMMITTEES, shalt open D c0rves
pOndence with the chairman Of each
County Committee, requiring each
chairman to organize their respecti We
committees, and to perfect the county
organizations by causing the organ
ization Of subcommittee In each
civil district, and to forward the
names Of the cnuntyconmittee-men
and civil district c0mmittee-men to
the Secretary Of this Committee.
= Tbot the Gecrets1yof TIM Com
Mite shall open d. Sofrespondence
with the N atl0nal Denl0cratlc Com
mlttee, informing them Of or organ.
ixatlon, and fti1nishilIf aid Commit.
tee with the names aid post once OF
each member of this Com rnlttee,
aud the name and address az the
Chairman and Secretary Of each Con.
tgre1otonal Committee and that the
Secretary of this Committee open q
correspondenoe Withfhe CongreisioB-
81 ComWittee and OF the Comfy
ECbu1miftoes.
5.That the Secretary a. this Com
mittee shall keep well hound book,
the name amt address, of each State,
Congressional, County, and Civil Dis
trict COmmitteelmen.P eIt0GhlaQfV
Gen. Alex. Campbell, OF Madison.
introduced the following additional
resolutions. There being number
of prominent Democrats from differ
ent portions OF the State present BY
Invitation, ageneral Interchange Of
sentiments was called for. Eloquent
aud effective speeches were made by
Gov. John. G. Brown. ext Gov. /. G..
Harris, Gen. VIM. ID. Bate, Hon. Jas.
NJ. Quarles, Col. Jn0. M. Fleming
and Col. Jno. G. Burch, upon the Inn
rOrtance Of unity I'm the party and
expression Of their cordial approval
of the sentiments embodied In the
resolutions Of Gen. Campbell, which,
after mature consideration by the
committee, were unanimously adopt.
ed 3. s'' ~
The Democratic State Committee
of Tennessee, having assent led in
obedience to the Gull 0fits Chairman,
and having disposed of such business
as related to Its organization and
readiness for future work, do IA nv
Resolve, 1. That the test or time
and the experience Of the members
of this committee establish that with
out organlsetlnh there can sba no sue.
cess. ,rg' II
.. Without debating to our friends
In the North, whose faith and hope
are IN the preservat ionof self govern
ment and constitutional principles,
we declare that whatever contingent
cles may arise, without the union Of
the Democracy NJ the Union there Is
but little hope Of the future.
8. We declare for united Democ-
racy first, last, and all the time, tn
the end that success may crown our
efforts In the next Presidential can
vass, In failure thereof, that the ad-
mistrati0n OF the local State govern
ments may be preserved tn the Dem
ocracy as the last abiding hope Of con-
stitutionai liberty ON the American
continent. lfi 81 .l5f
There being some unfinished bust
ness before the COmmittes they al
journed % meet again Mt 0 O'Clock
this mOrning. ~ FEap1T
ID. Ii. THOMAS, Chairman.
af +. u. .DUINNINGTON, Secretary.
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