Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-05
DEMOCRATIC.
The sTass-Meeting Of Yesterday al the
GreenIaw Opera Building.
List OF Candidates Chosen 30 the Demo
cratic State Convention Of
the Ninth Instant.
Full Report of the PrOeeedtnSs-The
Greeley and Brown Nomination
How IL was Received.

A mass-meeting of the Democracy OF
/ Shelby county was held in the Greenlaw
opera building at half-past three o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The meeting was
called to order at that hour by w. w.
! Mcdowell, County Attorney. 5. p.
/ Green nominated Colonel NJ. ID. L..
/ Stewart for President, which motion
being duly seconded was carried without
a dissenting voice.
On motion of General Wallace, Mr..
J. Mulroy of the APPEAL and Mr.. F. T..
Brennan Of the Ledger were made Secre-
/ taries.
COLONEL STEWARDS SPEECH.
Colonel Stewart said that it would do
his feelings injustice were he to refrain
! from giving expression to his gratifica-
ton in being thus Unexpectedly called
upon to preside over the delibera-
tions of this convention. 1t was
always a pleasure to him to be
called to a position of honor by the
worthy citizens among whom he had
lived and toiled from his youth. He said
that they were on the eve of great
events. There was great political revO-
luton imminent, in which they could
not help feeling a deep interest. 1t is
true, he continued, vein Tennessee have
enjoyed a local immunity for some time
past from the grinding oppression to
which other parts of the country had
been subjected; but he felt that all Ten
nesseeans would rejoice in the prospect
of truly national deliverance. In view
of this blessed prospect it was the part Of
wisdom to be cautious and to go slow,
as our way was not quite assured just
-oN Il ,fr-u in ha laT Iagrn
of Schurz: " This meeting means busi-
ness" Mr.. Mcdowell has already ex-
planned the object of the meeting, which
is to select delegates to attend the guber-
material convention to meet on the 9th
instant at Nashville.
A voice-HOw many delegates are to
be appointed?
The Chairman said that would be for
the convention to decide.
Mr.. Mcdowell moved that commit
tee of five be appointed to select the
names of delegates. and also to report
upon the number. The motion was car
ried, and Mr.. Mcdowell said as it was
the custom to appoint the mover as
chairman of any committee raised by
his motion, he wished to be excused from
serving on this one.
COMMITTEE OF FIVE.
The Chair then announced as the COM
mittee, the following named gentlemen:
J. NJ. Harris, P. NJ. Winters, +. d. Stock
ton, J. A. Murray, and A. B. Haynes.
The committee having retired, w. w.
Mcdowell offered the following resOlu-
ton:
"Resoyued, That the delegates here ap-
pointed to represent Shelby county in
vile on the ninth instant, be instructed
to oppOs the election of a Democratic
electoral ticket by that convention"
In explanation of the resolution, and
in support of it, Mr.. Mcdowell said that
il would be inexpedient and impolitic to
urge the selection of an electoral ticket
for a party that may not be in the field
at all. The men who went to Cincin-
natl, and were instrumental in getting
up ticket that may be supported by
Tennessee, ought to have the selection
of an electoral ticket, and be allowed to
manage the business in their own way.
He considered that it would be very i'm
proper in the State Convention to have
anything to do with the movement
whatever.
Colonel NJ Magevney said that the
resolution did not meet his entire APP
provaI. 1t looked like repudiating the
Democratic party. He would recon-
mend a perfectly passive policy, so as to
be ready for any contingency. 1t was a
dogs fight anyhow.
Chairman-We are betting on the
fight little. Laughter.
Colonel Magevney-Let the Demo- /
Gratis of Tennessee support Greeley |
and it win help to kill him. |
Tne Democratic party Is now down, /
but it will be up again. The day
win come when the party will be 1
able to stand up and speak its mind in .
truth and honesty. We have nothing
to do with the Cincinnati affair. When
1t comes to voting we viii act according
to our best Judgment.
The Chair-I think you misapprehend
the purpOrt of the resolution offered by
Mr.. Mcdowell.
Colonel Mageveney-I hope you will
send men to Nashville who viii under
stand this thing fully if it should come
up. That isa GubernatOFialC Convention,
and if the electoral ticket business
should be projected on the convention
hope there will be men i'm it who will
know how to treat it. We do not want
to 'half-hateh the egg here and let the
incubation De perfected IN NaSnNllle 10
bring out a bird of discOrd.
Colonel Leon Trousdale was opposed
to the resolution, inasmueh as it would
commit the convention to Greeley vir-
tually, and he moved to lay the resOlu-
ton on the table. The motion was
seconded by a dozen voices at once.
Mr.. Mcdowell said he would prefer to
withdraw his resolution to having it dis
posed of in that way. He understood
that the convention would meet, not so
much to nominate candidate for the
as to make up an electO-
raj ticket.
Mr.. Harris hoped the gentleman
would not withdraw his resolution. He
wanted to see the motion to lay on the
table voted down.
The vote was then taken UiUd UOce,
which was declared unsatisfactory anda
standing vote bein g taken, the resolu-
ton was tabled by majority of two
votes.
Mr.. Stockton, the Chairman of the
Committee of Five, then reported that
the Committee had decided that Shelby
county should send sixty delegates to
the convention. rs follows: sr.