Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-09
THETENyEssEE PLATFORM.

The Democracy of Tennessee assembled IN IN
General Convention, in pursuance OF inc cai ~, 20
the Democratic Executive ConmltCee loL .uo
State for the purpose of nominating canul5
date for Governor for the term next ensuing, anu
of taking such other action as the interests o. Iue
party and the public welfare nay seem 10 re-
4 Inasmuch as the administration of Gov;
John G, Brown by its prudence, moderation anu
wisdom, by the fidelity displayed In tne uls-
charge of every trust imposed by the Gon Ts.s
tiOn or by legislative enactment upon the Exec
utive and by the Vigilant care with winch Ihe
rights and interests of the people have 1een
guarded and protected, has fully yindlcateu tho
wisdom of the people Of the state IN ealIlLg ~
10 the Gubernatorial chair and, believing tnat
such honesty, fidelity and capacity IN Puplc
trust deserve, in these times, to be speeiaiy r.
cognized and that the welfare of the state de-
nIands the retention of Gov. Brownn the EAe Exc
utiye office for another term; we do, therefore,
unanimously present the name OF Gov oohh ~
Brown to the people of Tennessee as our callui
date for reelection to the of1ce OF governor, anu
in so doing, pledge to him our uillieu anu ni0'
2. That for the purpose of maintaining our or
ganization and the better promoting the genera
Interests of the party, the President OF this Con
yentiOn is hereby authorized and requested, az
as early an hour as practicable, to appoint ana
make known an Executive State CommlGtee, 10
consist of eleven members-hve from Mloule,
three from East and three from West Tennessee
any six of whom shall constitute quorum u
do business under the call Of the Chairman.
g. That we recognize, among other thlngS, as
cardinal points in our political faith the 1olloW
fine preservation of our,local State Govern
ments against Federal encroaehmentj ana cen
tralization of power. .,i.-,--..
equal participation of all citizens in the rights
and benefits OF government.
The inviolability Of the right OF hapeas COZ
The notification Of the corrupt civil service Of
the government.
A Tigid economy in the expenditures Of the
government, and faithful compliance VIII us
ne preservation of the national honor at home
The union of the States, and all the guaran-
tees of the Constitution respected.
And, for the purpose of securing the Tec9g ins
tiOn and faithful application of these principles
in the administration of our national government
we are ready and willing to cooperate WIN al
good citizens in the pending PRESIDENTIAL , cor
fest without regard to other and minor ulner-
ences OF creed or policy, or past political names
or associations. J;,
A. That inasmuch as the Convention OF Liberal
Republicans, held at Cincinnati, IN the nrsI anu
succeeding days of the present month, mas pre-
scented to the country the names of Horace Greeey,
of New York and Benjamin Gratz Brown, OF Mis-
souri as candidates for President and vice fresl-
dent Of the United States, pledged 10 the
eiated and have invited the cooperation OF an
patriotic citizens in their support we deem II pHt
the mart of patriotic duty to declare, tnat, III inc
contest now well nigh upon us, the SAID nominees
deserve the support of every patriot IN the iand'
as against a ticket representing the prmciples'
policy and practices of the present Fecerai al
Ininistration. And while Te-athrmlng our pur-
pose and desire TO preserve the integrity OF tne
democratic party, we do nevertheless declare, IN
our behalf and, as we are well satshed, IN De
half of the people we here represent, that IN our
opinion with the lights before us, the presenI d
ton of candidates for the Presidency anu VICE
Presidency, in the approaching conteSt, Dy IN. tne
| Democratic party of the nation would be unWlse,
unnecessary and exceedingly dangerous TO the
| welfare of the people at large. r.
<. Inasmuch as a National Democratic Con-
yention has been called by the National Execu-
| tive Committee to meet at Baltimore on the yin
day OF July 1872; and inasmuch as 1t Is desirable
| that the Democracy of Tennessee, as wei as OF
all the States, shall be fully represented IN sau
Convention, we do hereby appoint ana auIhorlLe
| twenty-two delegates to said National Demo-
cratic Convention, four from the State at large
and two from each Congressman DIS
| trict: the delegates from the Congres-
sioual Districts to be selected by the rep
resentatiyes to this convention from the respec-
| tive Congressional districts, and the delegates
| from the State at large, to be selected by com
mittee of two from each Congressional district tC
| he appointed uy the chair said delegates 10 AZ"
pear and act in behalf Of the Democratic party
| of Tennessee, in said National Convention VIII
specal instructions TO carry out the spirit OF tht
| foregoing declarations, believing as we 90 Una
the election of the ticket presented by the LlDSI
| al Republicans, by the cooperation OF the North
| ern and Southern people, would go lar to"aru
| healing of the nation.