Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-18
FARMERS In COUNCIL.
They Establish State Association
Live Topics Discussed Yesterday Az.
ternOOn and Last Night.


Live Topics Discussed Yesterday Az.
teKnOOn and Last Night.
Last Days Prooeedlugs.
When the Farmers Convention was call
ed to order yesterday at a. m. it was OBJ
/ served that about hair OF tnuse who we're
present as delegates the day before, were
absent, and feeling Of harmony and unity
seemed !, prevail.
Upon being called to order, the following
resolution, adop ed by the Patrons of Hus-
bandry the night before, was read and Of
dered to be spread upon the minutes of the
Convention.
WHEREAS, The objects, aims and inter-
ess OF the farmers who are now In conyen-
ton op NED and the Patrons of Husbandry
being one and the same; therefore be 1t
Resolved, BY the Patrons of Husbandry
that they will not throw any obstacle in the
way Of the aaid Farrhers' Convention; but
do anything to advance each others, In
terest and act In concert.
CONSTITUTION.
Mr.. Haynes, Of Shelby, moved that the
preamble In tie drafted constitution be
taken up. Agreed to, and the preamble
adopted.
Mr.. Caruthers, Of Trousdale, offered as q
substitute for the resolution following the |
preamble, resolution adjourning the Mass
Convention for the purpose of Immediately |
Resembling to form State organization. |
Laid upon the table.
Mr.. Fletcher, of Rutherford, moved that !
the constitution be adopted. Agreed to, |
after an additional section had been attach |
ed, by which provision was made for |
amending or altering the constitution by q !
tWo-thirds vote of the members.
Mr.. Fletcher, of Rutherford, moved the
adoption Of the bylaws as q whole. Agreed |
to and the bylaws wereIadopted.
NEW OFFICERS.
Mr.. Haynes, of Shelby, moved that COM
mittee of one delegate from each county be
selected as committee on permanent Or
ganzstion, the committee to be the same as
that selected yesterday. Agreed to. The
following names be substituted in the alb
senee of the committee men salected the
previous day to represent their respective
counties.
A recess was then taken, in order to al
| low the committee time to consult.
FREE DISCUSSION.
| During recess Mr.. Vaughn was called en-
Enthusiastically. Said bis interest was the
| farmers intereet. Saw every Interest lob
bying excepting yours railroad, banking,
| etc. He has seen this at the capitol. If
every ether interest is willing to join them,
he said that you should admit them as part
| ners in your government burdens. # they
would have $3.50, 100000 public debt cor
verted back to the purposes you design, he
vas with them. In his boyhood, be had
plowed for nine years. His father was
farmer, ne is a farmer, his relatives are all
farmers, and he felt that he has right to
talk to farmers.
II is tbs enormous protection which is |
crushing the farmer to-day. You invest
$l4S before you get 500 worth of the sup
plies that you are consuming every day.
Out West farmers have elected ju ges, {
and the time is coming when you will make 6
Governments, but whether you can in this
State Gust at this Time all those in power
who do not till the soil, Is serious ques- t
ton. Tennessee is to-day the graDdest State 7
in the list Of States, and all her resources r
should be developed.
DR.. Lee being loudly called for addressed
the farmers on the text: "HoW to make
farming pay?" He said the farmer should 2
have knowledge of the worlds markets,
know the nature and adaptations of his p
soil, go to work AMI produce what the c
worlds markets want. This was the whole Il
art of agriculture. He contrasted the States fl
OF New York, Ohio and the New England
States with the State of Tennessee, showing
the great achievements of farming in the
farmer, and the great deficiencies of the II
latter and especially urged the culture of
grasses-the perennial asSes-and the d
r, ising of stock, enlarging upon the profits b
of blooded stock and said there ere TO- sc
100000 acres of Tennessee sod that should
be sown in grasses to feed and fatten Il
stock TO be driven to the
markets of the world. He said al
the producer of grass was benefactor 10
the world. He contrasted the climatic al
adap.ians of our country with those of Eu-
rope, showing that the products Of Ameri- er
can agriculture could be sold in England as W
proftably to American farmers as the pro-
ducts of English soil to English farmers. yc
He said our greatest need was knowledge 70
and organization. !. Our. climate and nat
lral resources are SO far superior to those of sy
Europe, that we ought to attract large i'm
from that quarter. Aud the diff tri
iculties might be overcome by knowledge
Ind organization. He said as it is, more
people leave Tennessee than come to it, ba
md urged that this should be remedied, if
7ou would save the Safe. He advocated to,
rec trade with Europe-said that the peo- be
lie had need Cf a free market with the 800 stI
100000 consumers of that continent. He
cid it was as necessary as free trade with tai
Jew York. He stated that in New York tw
very 1000 scras of land, has free school
nd farmers hbrary-the result of organ of
.ation. =, Everything could be secured by up
rganizauon. vel
REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE. his
The committee on permanent organza- fol
on returned to the hall and reported the paC
lIO fIa;r Of ,f, | II
President, w. II. Jackson. els
Vice. Presidents, first district, Gen Alfred bu:
Jackson; second district, w Charlton; wa
lird district, Thos Crutchfeld; fourth dis bis
let, DIR. w Head; fifth district, DR. j w to
ayne; sixth district, Dorsey B Thomas;
vepth district, Col Jno B Hamilton; sail
ghth district, DR. W P Smallwood, ninth gra
strict, Col Jno T Douglas; tenth district, clo'
OIL A Haynes. Ian
S. cretary, DR.. Daniel Lee, of Davidson. ind
Treasurer, Tho. B johnson, of Davidson. {
Recording Secretary, E B Wade tim
The report Of the, committee was adopted. sho
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. is n
Upon taking his seat as The President If fror
E State Association, Gen. Jackson thank 1S4
the Convention for the honor done him. era:
,fering to the questions which would "I'1
me before the Association, he said he was the
ISneu 'naG tne present plantation system just
,u'd pass away, and he thought the tenant N
stem would be the one to supersede it. era.
, was clearly of the opinion that the rail- viii
Ids after the liberal grants given NJ
IN, had failed to come the
to their full duty. The railroads of this busl
tie are owned and controlled by non-re- tool
ents who are not interested in the agri- five
ture of the State, but discriminate in farm
-or of the tsrmini of said roads and T
INST local freight. We ask nothing but grow
tice at the hands of railroads and all Othe
Ter industries. We disclaim politics as feed
organization in toto, but we do feel that less
ire are questions of vital importance to any
country which will come before US for D
lsideration. 4th {
At the close of tie, Presidents address, land
the Vice-Presdents who were present
K their seats on the stand. II
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. gate
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