Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-05
WILSON COUNTY CONVERSION.

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LEBANON, TENN, Oct, 8. 1ST2,-In
your paper Of the I'd inst. appears a COM
munication from Lebanon, signed "A," on
the subject of the Democratic County
Convention, held in this city on the Sd III
tiIno, which, while in the main correct, IS
in one particular so disingenuous and unfair
that my ssnse of what is due to the people
of Wilson county will not permit me to
pass it by unanswered. The portion spf
the communication to which, particularly
refer is that contained in the following SEN
fences: "No expression of preference was
made III the Congressional race.
But fen seemed particularly anxious
to espOuse the cause of either one Of the
Congressional dspiroIlts. The delegates
are wholly uninstructed." With the excep
ton Of the sentence which have italicized,
the foregoing quotation is literally true;
but the impression which it is intended to
make is totally and radically untrue. It is
so VIGOROUSLY untrue that, were its pabli-
cation limited to Wilson county, where the
facts are known, it would be unnecessary
to contradict it, but as it is patiently intend
ed for effect in other portions of the dis
trict, must trespsss on your space sutfici-
entity to give the true version, promising
that / state nothing which do not know to
be true, and for which am not RESPONSE
bic.
The County Convention which met here
on Monday was composed of delegates elect
ed at primary election held in the varicns
districts on the preceding Saturday. Among
other questions submitted TO the voters,
they were requested to express their prefer
ence for Congressman-and while some OF
the districts held no election, In not one
district in which an election was had was
there solitary vote cast against Hon. Ed
ward l. Golladay. On the contrary, with @
unanimity unparalleled as it was gratifying,
every voter who expressed preference in the
| Congressional race gave his suffrage for that
gentleman. In many ofthe districts the Vot-
ers were so unanimous and their confidence
| in the action Of the convention was SO COM
plete that they did not go through the form
| of giving expression to the preference
which they entertain. Of the thirty three
delegates composing the convention, l as
sert that at least thirty were and are sup
porters of Col. Golladay. In this civil dis
trict, for instance, which had six delegates
in the county convention, every man OF
them was for Golladay, aud was elected as
a Golladay man. If your correspondent,
who thinks shut few seemed particularly
anxious to espouse the cause of either one
Of the Congressional aspirants," was pres
ent during the session of the convention.
he must have persistently kept both his
eyes and ears closely shut.
"The delegates are wholly uninstructed.h
That is true, so far as it means that no
formal instructions were given them by the
| County Convention-but the people them
selves have already instructed their repre-
| sentatives in a manner too clear to be mis-
taken, and l imagine that but few of them
| will attempt to disregard or override their
sovereign will. II your anonymous cor
respondent had desired to tell the whole
| truth, he should have stated how it hap
| pened that the Convention failed to in
struct the delegates. He should have stat
| ed that majority of the members, weary
| of waiting for the return Of the committee
| on the selection Of delegates, and uD-
suspecting of any attempt to defeat the
known will of the people, had left, taking
| it for granted that their presence was not
necessary to insure the passage Of 2 reso-
luton which, as everybody knew, nine
| tenths of the voters of the county desired
PASSED. He should have stated that the
opponents of Col. Golladay, delegates and
not delegates, persistently and unanimous
| lyremained; that if a resolution endorsing
| Col. GolIaday and instructing our delegates
| to Gallatin to vote for him had been intro
duced in the Convention while all were
present it would have carried By an
Overwhelming majority; that, while such q
resolution was preparing, motion to ad-
iourn was made and carried By the
| affirmative votes of two or three anti
GolladaY men, while the friends Of Col
Golladay, who had remained, were busted
with the contemplated resolution, taking
them entirely unawares, and Jumping the
question ia the unfairest manner; and tina
The subsequent expressions Of indignation
at such trickery were so many and so stron.
as both to indicate Col GolAday's popular
ity with his fallow-citizens aud 10 augur IL
for the future advancement of the few Wit
are endeavoring so strenuously to defea
the known and expressed will of the PEG
pie. This would have been the who'll
truth. l was delegate to the convention
instructed by my constituents to vote 70
Golladay, was present during the who'll
session, saw all the maneuvres, an
know exactly what am writing.
Z. L. c. WHITE.
We were present during the session @
the Convention, as delegates, and are &C
quainted with the sentiment of the peOpl
of our respective districts and of the count
generally. We fully concur in the abov'
knowing all the facts therein stated to b
, true.
r. CANTRELL,
, III. II. BOND,
j. B. F. GRIGG,
J. MATT WooLLARD,
]. G. SANDERS,
p. O'BRIEN,
WILLIAM GARRETT.