Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-18
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
Full Report of Proceedings.

State Convention held at Nashville on tn
10Th. From delegates who have returned
we learn the convention was large one
made up of the best men of our party anC
in every respect satisfactory. Nearly every
county in the State was represented. W.
give below such portions of the proceed
ings as were not reported in our specia
dispatch given Thursday morning:
The convention was called to order al
twenty minutes to one o'clock by H. H
Harrison, Chairman of the State Central
| Committee.
Prayer was offered by Rev. r. f. Pat
| ton, of Robertson.
Colonel Thomas Waters, of Davidson and
DR.. A. w. Hawkins, of Carroll, were APP
pointed temporary secretaries.
The following committees were appoint
! ed by the chair:
On Credentials-H + Hudson, of Shell
by; r A Kercheval, of Davidson Will
| liam Rule, of Knox A H PettibOne, OF
| Greene.
On Permanent OrganizatiOn-First Dis
| trict JnO K Miller Second District, John
B Brownlow Third District, w NJ Will
hottie Fourth District, Lewis Tillman
Fifth District, G w Emery Sixth Dis
trict, G w Blackburn Seventh District,
DIR a w Hawkins Eighth District John
X Poston; Ninth District, Barbour
| Lewis.
The convention, at five minutes to one
| o'clock, took a recess of thirty minutes, af-
ter which Colonel John B Brownlow,
| Chairman of the Committee on Permanent
ORGANIZATION, made the following report,
which was unanimously adopted:
PreSident-Joshua FriersOn, of Maury.
TIce President-1st Dristrict-R K But
tier I'd District-Geo Andrews Sd Dis
trict- samuel Bard 4th District-Wm
Bosom 5th District-H II Harrison 9Th
District M Dickinson 9TH District-T
A Smith Sth District-P H Mitchell; 9th
District-Benj Paine.
Secretaries A w Hawkins, of Car
roll, w A Gavett, of Davidson, and T l.
Cate, of Bradley.
The President returned thanks briefly
for the honor conferred upon him by the
convention, and read the call under which
the convention had assembled.
The Committee on Resolutions, consist
ing of one delegate from each COngressiOn-
al District, was appointed, as follows:
First District, r r Butler; Second, Horace
MAYNARD Third, r S Kendrick Fourth,
Jas Mullens Fifth, John Temple; Sixth,
G w Blackburn Seventh, w w Murray;
Eighth, D G Lacy; Ninth, r f Patter-
son.
Hon. Horace Maynard declined to serve
on the committee, and Judge Geo An
drews, of Knox, was appointed in his
stead.
The following committee was appointed
to select delegates othe Philadelphia Con-
ventiOn, and four electors for the State at
large: First District, n Hacker Second,
VIM Rule; Third, GO Cate; Fourth, w
Y Elliott Fifth. II H Hacker; Sixth, J
NJ Dickinson Seventh, S G. Wheeler :;
Eighth, w L PostOn; Ninth, L E Dyer.
Governor Brownlow's letter was here
read. We printed it in our Geographic re-
port Thursday.
G w Emery moved that the letter be in
corpOrated with the proceedings of the
convention, and that copy be furnished
to each Republican paper in the State.
Hon r r Butler, from the committee on
resolutions, made the following report,
which was unanimously adopted.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The Republicans of Tennessee, in con-
ventiOn assembled, appeal to the records
of the country i'll eNemplification of their
principles, viz:
l. The American Union and the sup
preston of armed rebellion; and the aboli-
ton of slavery to maintain it.
>. Civil right and political privileges for
all, with protection to persons and prop
erty, and the elective franchise, not only
from vindictive action of the Government,
but against organizations which seek
their ends by violence and other unlaw-
full methods.
3. For those who suffered in our several
IL
les, pensions and the payment of just
tlaims for property taken or destroyed by
the national army.
4. The public credit maintained against
all attempts to impair it by reducing, and
as far as possible, repeating all taxes which
fall upon industry, by impartially collect
ing and honestly applying such as re-
main: by curtailiug expenditures and
abolishing unnecessary offices, thus rapid
Iy diminishing the public debt, while the
burdens of the people are constantly
Iightened, and the business Of the country
undisturbed.
). The rigid accountability of all Off
ciaIs. furnishing swiftly and sternly the
dishonest. removing the incompetent, and
making efficiency and fidelity tests of fit
ness in preference to political opinions,
partisan service, race, color or nationality.
). The national honor inviolate, either
by unwarranted demands upon other
powers, or by unworthy concessions to
them, by menaces to the weak, or by dis
courtesy from the proud.
Z. The interests of labor by free schools,
free homes and an industrial policy, which
has doubled the rate of wages and increas-
ed the annual production of the country
fourfold.
s. Emigrants from all other lands invit-
ed and cordially welcomed to the enjoy
ment of equal rights and privileges with
the native born, themselves descended
from parents who arrived as emigrants to
our shores.
They recognize President Grant as the
best living representative of these princl-
pies which his administration has reduced
from theory to practice, and as entitled to
their confidence, respect and continued
support. Their delegates to the conven-
ton in Philadelphia on the 9TH of June
next, are therefore instructed to urge and
vote for his nomination as candidate for
reelection to the same office.