Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-21
No Nomination for GOTernOr-District
Electors Left to the People.
Electors for the State at Large.
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seven persons present, including visitors
strangers, and the curious.
Ex-Gov. FOote said: / think it best
for us TO come to order now; and 1 am
very sorry to find Judge East is not present
/ therefore would nominate Gen. Thruston
TO preside on this occasion.
NO pop.
Gen. Thruston-I presided at the last
meeting and wonld suggest the name of
Mr.. De Moss. Carried.
THE IMPRESSED SECRETARIES.
J. III. Hewitt move that Mr.. Ruhm act
as Secretary.
Mr.. Ruhm-I beg leave to decline. l have
urgent business which viii prevent me dis
charging that duty. 1 cannot remain. l
beg leave to nominate Mr.. Chamberlain.
Mr. Chamberlain beg leave to decline.
Mr.. Foote-I do not think that all our
friends ought to be INDUCED in this way.
The motion was pressed and carried that
MeSsrs. Ruhm, Chamberlain and Hewitt act
as Secretaries, assisted by the corps of the
Banner.
INQUIRY.
j. III. Hewitt have a resolution to
offer, but [ would first like to hear the OBJ
iects defined for which this meeting has
been called.
THE ABSENCE OF MIR. EAST ACCOUNTED
FOR.
The Chair-Said MIR. East was unavoid-
ably absent.
Mr.. Foote-His father is lying at the
point OF death.
The call for the meeting was read.
AN on TO.
Gov. FOote-I don't propose to occupy
the attention ef this convention on this Oc-
- Il : e -
some suitable suggestion be made for the
practical action of this convention. there
fore would offer for the present considera-
ton of the body
Mr.. Hewitt would call the attention
of the gentleman to the fact that stated
that had a resolution TO offer
Mr.. Foote-''Oh, certainly ~ yielding.
FIRST RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Hewitt then introduced the follow
ing:
RESOLVED, l. That the completion Of the
Liberal Republican ticket requires that we
should put in nomination, with our candi-
dates, suitable electors for the State of Ten
nessee and that electors for the same ticket
by any other party would be inexpedient, and
fraught with evil consequences to the Libe-
raj Republican party. .. That the Liberal
Republican party Of Tennessee should
make no other nominations than for
electors.
ANOTHER.
Gov. Foote-I offer as an amendment
(reading):
RESOLVED, That it is expedient that an
electoral ticket should be framed BY the Ex-
ecutive Committee for the State at large
unqualifedly pledged to Greeley and Brown;
that this ticket should be called "The Peo-
pies Ticket that the unconditional friends
of Greeley and Brown, in the various con-
gressiOnal districts Of the State. be reques-
ted, each Of them, to place suit bic electO-
raj candidate in the field as soon as con-
venient, and they be further requested to
select such persons as electoral candidates
as viii be likelytO prove salts factory to the
friends of Greeley and Brown generally and
secure to them the largest possible vote Of
the State.
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
J. f. Warder, of Bedford move the
appointment of committee of three on
resolutions.
Mr.. Purviance was opposed to the ap-
pointment Of the committee for reasons
which he gave.
Mr.. Albert Roberts, of the Banner, in
troduced long series of whereas-es and
on the resolutions subsequently reported
by the committee on resolutions, and
TmOng the resolutions so reported were
q lsO some of his.
Gov. Foote-I suppose it would save
time to appoint this committee and prevent
ANYTHING like excited discussion or the APP
pearance of controversy.
Col. ThOs. Claiborne don't think there
is any great necessity for huTying. We
ought to do this thing deliberately.
Remarks were also made by Judge John
a. Campbell, after which the chair, on mo-
ton, appointed the following committee on
resolutions: John 9. Gaut, of East, Ed
mund Cooper, of Middle, and John n.
Hewitl, of West Tennessee. Also on mo
ton, 81 resolutions were to be referred to
this committee without debate.
IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS sAIoTHERED.
By 7. Claiborne:
Resolved, we favor the Inauguration of a
thorough system of public education for
the use of all our citizens, rich and poor.
Resolved, that we invite to our State emil
grants from all points of the civilized world
and that we extend to them the hand of
welcome and of protection, Referred.
AFTER RECESS-THE RESOLUTIONS.
A recess was then taken for thirty min
utes, after which the Chairman of the
/. Committee on Resolutions, Mr.. Z. Cooper,
exported the following as the report of the
committee:
Whereas, The representatives of this
State in the Liberal Republican National
Convention at Cincinnati, having, in ac-
cordance with the line of duty prescribed
by that body TO all the State delegations,
proceeded to arrange for the legitimate and
4. ,c sAe
President and Vice-President, in this State;
and,
Whereas, The success of those candi-
dates and ofthe cause they led, greatly de-
pend upon the harmonious but non pGrti-
san action of the people, especially in the
late Rebel States of the South in support Of
g.; and,
Whereas, It was, in its conception and
original purpose, and now is, and ought 10
be, for obvious reasons, emphatically a
peoples movement for reunion and good
government; therefore,
Resolved, /. That we approve of the
platform Of principles adopted by the Lib
eral Republican Convention at Cincinnati
on May 1, 1872, and pledge our uncondi-
tional support to the nominees, Horace
Greeley and B. GUatZ Brown, and that we
remit to the people of the Congressional
districts the appointment of electors who in
good faith desire the election of Greeley
and Brown for President and Vice-Presi- |
dent, and request them to meet at the ear
lest practicable moment for the selection
of such electors.
Resolved, 2, That the unconditional
friends of Greeley and Brown in this con-
veuticn assembled will make no other NOM
nations for political offices in this State
other than Electors for the State at large,
aud that we do now name such Electors.
Resolved, That ii, after the 10Th day of
july. 1872, no such Electors are appointed
in the several districts, or either Of them,
then, and in that event the appointing mt