Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-04
IATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
CONGRESS.
aVV4s'UlHDL1AcJAS'
,eting in the Exposition Building.

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Meeting in the Exposition Building
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Representatives I'm Attendance from
Various Parts of the COuntry-Tem
POrary Organization EHected-Pre'
pairing for Work.
The National Agricultural Congress as.
: sem0led in the Exposition Building yester.
day morning, between fifty and sixty dele
gates being present. -l=a -' @vt
TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION.
At II O'Clock Mai. Golf, of Nashville,
called the meeting to order, and moved that
Gen. John s.. Marmaduke, of ST. Louis, act
as Chairman.
4 SPEECH OF GEN. MARMADUKE.
Gen. Marmaduke having taken the chair,
Gentlemen-I am appreciative of the
honor you have conferred on me, and
thank YOU for it. The undertaking that is
before us is, in my estimation, and,
" take it, is in yours, very
great one, and very good
one; and for one, my heart and my head
move squarely to it-fiIlly with it. | am
likewise of the opinion that it is going to
require of us great labor if we make any
thing out of it, but with great labor | be-
ieve that we can make of it everything that
We ought, and trust that each man, all of
us that are here to-day (and l regret that
there are so few of us) and all who may
4 hereafter join with US, will join shoulder to
shoulder and push this thing forward. The
subject of agriculture by ourselves and the
country at large has been too much neglect
ed. believe the day has now come when
it will become the most prominent as it is
the most stable feature of our country.
beg TO call upon Gen. jackson, the chair
man of the committee, who has put this ball
in motion, to explain to you more fully than
| can do, the mission and purpose of this
meeting.
SPEECH OF GEN. JACKSON.
General VIM. ii. jackson said: Gentle
men of the Convention, as a representative
of the Tennessee Agricultural and Meehani-
cal Association appear before you to eX-
tend our hearty greeting and welcome on
this occasion. The association which |
represent, approaching the importance of an
extensive organization and of more conf
plete one, have taken the initiative in sug
| costing this national conyocatiOu in the in
terests of agriculture and mechanical indus
try and prosperity. They have considered
! the move more important for the reason
that we see in all other important cOnvoca-
ton of industries the advantages to be de-
rived from compact organization, in order
| to promote and sustain their interest; while
! agriculture, the most ancient, the most hon
orabie, the most important and the most
! yirtuous of all human employmentS has
strangely neglected this organized cO-Opera-
| ton as the important agency in building up
this great interest which constitutes the basis
/ Of IL and fupni ghau
| employment of three-fourthS Of the nations
brain and muscle. The advantages to be
| derived from such an association will readi-
! ly suggest themselves to the minds of all;
and among the most important advantages,
l viii state that the one that is proposed by
| Commodore Marry, and which | hope will
be brought before this meeting, is system
| of forecasting of weather and crops, by
which the farmer will be posted not only
respecting the weather from day TO day, but
! also the crops from seed time To market,
| thereby giving hiIm an intelligent opinion
| upon which he can base the price of his
! produce and not incur that loss which has
! been incurred by the farmers ever since
| they have been farmers, by that system of
over-estinating crops and the consequent
| deduction in price of their
| products: Among other advantages
will state, i'll this association will be the
I diffusion OF practical intelligence and agri-
| cultural literature, as also the breaking
J down of sectional prejudices and subSti-
| tuting therefor fraternal feeling, based upon
| free communion of men engaged in com
mon pursuit and identified in its interests.
| These. gentlemen, are among the most I'M
pOItant general subjects that ought to be
considered. This country wants cheap,
uniform and regular transportation through
out the entire land. 1t would greatly assist
tie already greatly oppressed and over
whelmed farmers. We meet together here
as agriculturists. am delighted TO see this
representation Of delegates. Ny sOlicitude
is that there will be sufficient number of
delegates from all the States, or at least,
from a majority of the States to give
us national character and set us on
foot. | think it win work out those grand
results which we all 50 much need and
which We are 50 much interested i'll. / will
not detain the convention, but will again
tender you our most hearty welcome, and
express the hope that our meeting will be
an agreeable and profitable one for this
great interest which we are here to repre-
sent. l thank you, gentlemen.
SECRETARIES.
III lliC eApStlSC Vi d oINLNbdl NiC lNpJlN-
eTs of the press were requested to act as
secretaries of the meeting.
COMMITTEE On CREDENTIALS.
The following committee on credentials,
consisting of one delegate from each State
represented at the convention was ap-
pointed:
T. III. French, Tennessee; Chas. NJ.
Gibles, representing a Kentucky Associa-
ton; Edward w, West, Illinois; o. II.
Jones, Georgia; p. \. Hester, Alabama; II.
c. johnson, Indiana; Col. Sterling II. Cock
riIl, Arkansas, and Louis Green, Missis-
sippi.
The Committee reported the following del
egates present:
TENNEssEE-State at large-NOne. Ten
neSSee Association-Gen. W. H. jackson,
Z. Tanning, VI. Campbell, \. +. Gotf, f. II.
French, g. ". Gordon, VI. ). CockriD, DIR.
X. c. Foster. Tennessee Central Fair
AssOciatiOn--A. Cox, William g. 5. An
derson, Jas. F. Smith, William F. Balen- !
tinc, W. B. Flournoy. MalTy County
Farmers Club-Col. Ben. Harlan, Col.
ID. T. Wade. McMinn County
f. McCarlock, j. NJ. Charles. Bedford |
County Farmers Club-ThOmaS LPScOmb,
NJ D. Warren Count Agricultural
and Mechanical AssociatiOn-J. II. French, |
Asa Faulkner, d. f. Wallace, Joseph Ii.
Hughes. Lincoln County Farmers Club |
j. l.. L. Stone, +. q. Buchanan. Montgom-
cry County Agricultural and Mechanical As
sociation-Finas Ewing, J. b. killebrew.
Memphis Agricultural and Mechanical Socie- !
ty-Hon. Jacob Thompson, \. b. Haynes,
Enoch Ensey. Hickman County Agricul- |
tural AssOcation-W. NJ. johnson. Mcken- !
zie Farmers CluI-Mai. B. G.. EzZell. West !
Tennessee Agricultural and Mechanical /
northumberland jackson, VI. D., |
Charles W. Green. Marion County Agricul- I
tural Socicty-William NJ. Allison. Jasper /
Post-ofiice Wilson County Agricultural 1
Society-JOhp Ward, Lebanon. Beech !
Grove Farmers and Mechanics Club. Coffee !
eoOunty-A. B. Robinson, Manchester.
MIssoURI-State at Large-GeneralJ John |
;. Marmaduke. ST. Louis.
KENTUCKY.-Central Agricultural and |
Mechanical Association of South west Ken |
lucky and West Tennessee-C. y. Gibbs, !
Union City, Tennessee.
MIssIssIPPI.-S State a. Large - Lewis |
Greene. Columbus, Mississippi.
GEORGIA.-State at Large. j. ToOn, |
Atlanta, Ga. From the Atlanta Agicul |
tural and Industrial AssociatiOn-O. H. |
Jones. j. w. Avery, S. II. Stout, NJ. d.