The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-06-08
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY:
Democracy In the True A~ceeptatiOn
Ofthe Word.
A Noble Stand for Nationality, JUS
tiCe, Law and Order.

From the Nashville Banner, June lst.l
In the following proceedings Of the
Democrats of the Twenty-hrSt Civil Dis
trict, in this, the Banner county Of Con-
servatism in all the State, an example IS
presented to the Democrats, not only Of
Tennessee, but throughout the Southern
and border States, SO worthy Of emula-
ton, SO eminently practical and hopeful,
and so just to tie Southern Democrats
themselves, and to their aliios at the
North, that we look for it to be received,
Endorsed and adopted with an enthusi-
astic earnestncss everywhere, We COM
mend to the attentive perusal Of Il
readers every sentence and sentiment,
down to the last name in the list OF
signers, which embraces some of tho
most influential and best citizens OF the
State. The following are the proceed
ings:
Inasmuch az the present Constitution
of the State of Tennessee gives to the
colored men every civil and political
right enjoyed by the white mon, it fol-
lows that the validity of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments to the Con-
stitutiOn of the United States forms no
substantial issue before the people Of
Tennessee; and, therefore, in our opin-
ion, no person or paper who shall wan
tonly continue the agitation ofthat ques-
ton is entitled to the confidence or sup
port Of this State; and,
WHEREAS, the recent act Of Congress
known rs the Ku.Klux bill looks, in our
opinion, solely to the pcrpetuation Of the
succession OF the Radical party by yio-
lence based on false pretences, a conten-
plated destruction Of the Government,
which can ouly be prevented by a better
organization Of the Democratic and Con
sentative party Of the South, therefore
be il
Resolved, BY the Democratic and Con-
sentative party Of the Twenty.frst Civil
District Of Davidson County That we
do hereby organize ourselves into u
Democratic Club, OF which the following
shall be the rules
l, No secret meeting Of this club shall
ever be held.
2. There shall be no obligation on the
members to attend any meeting OF this
club, except a meeting to DO called by
the Chairman previous to every County
Convention, for the purpose Of nomina-
ting u suitable delegate from this dis
trict. But any member may vote atsuch
preliminary meeting 10y his proxy named
in writin%.
8. The members Of this club shall be-
come such by their names siguedt TO these
resolutions.
4. The members Of this club, indiyidu-
ally and collectively, hereby recognize
themselves a part of tho posse comitOi0s;
as such, always ready, at the call of Ell
ther Marshal Of the United States 81 the
Sheriff Of the county, to arrest and bring
to justice any person violating the pro-
visions of the Ku-Klux Act Of the State
Of Tennessee. Without being SO called
on by either the Marshal or tho Sheriff,
we bind ourselves to pursue with hue
and cry any such offender in this civil
district to the confines of the district,
and this club hereby offers q standing
reward of one hundred dollars, to be as
sessed on the members in proportion to
their tux lists respectively, for the arrest
and conviction Of every such offender in
this civil distlict.
We earnestly request the Democrats
and Conservatives Of every other civil
district of this county, and Of all the
other counties Of this State, to organize
themselves into similar clubs under these
resolutions.
We request - to act as chairman
Of this club until his successor shall be
appointed at the first called meeting pre-
liminary to q county convention.
VIM. 3. Ewing, II, t. Saunders, Jno.
G. Thompson, II. c. Mathews, n, Bax-
: ter, Jr., Jerry Mathews, Thos. I. Soun-
ders, J, J. Harding, Geo. W. Anderson,
S. II. Williams, Henry S. Foote, San
Casey, j. w. Menees, John Vaughan, j.
H. Mathews, A. L. P. Green, L. R. Hud-
son, John D. Vaughan, H, H. Wilkinson.
C. W. Norman, W. W. T. Crockett, W
A. Vaughan, Il. n. kirkpatrick, P,
Q Fletcher, Jas. NJ. Cole, e. A.. Herman
B. NJ. Price, t. A. Harris, W. A. Hard.
inS.
The Democratic and Conservative pa.
: pors in Tennessee, DAILY and Weekly,
/, are respectfully and earnestly requested
to copy the above proceedings, and the
S Democratic press beyond The limits o
the State are requested also to publish
: them in full, or make editorial notice
thereof.
We have assurances from a number O.
the signers 10 this preamble and resolu
e tions, that they will certainly be signed
as they are nov unanimously Endorsed
! BY evory Democrats and Conservative
: citizen und voter ofthe Twenty-frst Dis
trict.
G Meeting of Democratic Editors.