Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-20


masses whom You represent. Our party
supremacy must be maintained in Tennes-
see and all the States. This done, we may
hope for new era of prosperity in Ten
nessee. The tide Of victory is already with
US. The recent elections fOreshadOw vic
tory in November the most magnificent
victory ever achieved by any parry in len
nessee.
GENERALIZATION SPEECHES.
EX-GiOv. lstan e.. Harris was called 70
the front, and said he had never looked
into the faces of TenneSsesanS with more
pride and satisfaction than at this mement.
With SRrh platform as that adopted To-
day, especially the plank thai assigned 10
eternal oblivion tlle Civil Rights bill, aud
with such a candidate, he said they had no
reason to istlter or fear, As victory was
theirs. ali they had 10 do IS TO stand on
the Platform this day adopted.
IL tennessee would rally-as he now
knew she would 10, she might defy tine mis-
cradle trickSters who were ID lug 10 deprive
her people of their constitutional rights.
Hon. LandOn 4. Haynes, Of Shelby, r.
spOnded 10 the calls made upon him by
saying that the candidate just nominated as
her chief executive, was worthy Of TenneS-
see. He was alarmed early in the day with
regard TO the platform, bus fell reajsured
when he heard it read. If that platform
was carried out, equal and exact justice
would be rendered TO all. Ii would place
fennessee in new career Of prosperity and
checx the usurpationS Of the Federal Gov
ernmeut. The only ones who would resist
the nomination would be those who banded
the negroes together upon the Civil Rights
bill. De was proud to see the Tennessee
Democracy rally once DOre aud draw
the line between white and black, and
where was the white man who would dare
to uoss it, He would be buried so deep
that no resurrection would disturb him.
[Applausel. With Porter to lead, the
Democratic party of Tennessee can sound
the clarion of the white mans supremacy,
and move on TO a glorious victory. Zap
plause].
Gen. J. ID. q. Atkins, responding to
vociferious calls, said that he appeared only
in order that he might not appear uImind-
ful of the wishes OF his friends. He felt a
great degree Of embarrassment in following
such distinguished and eloquent speakers
as those who had preceded him,
and would only say few
words. The convention had done is
work well. The platform adopted to-day
was unexceptiOnable, and the standard
bearer placed upon il would be acceptable
to the whole State. He had known James
ID. Porter from bOyhOOd. and no man i'm
Tennessee was more entirely ineOrruptible
He predicted majority Of from 3n,uOO to
4O,OOU for the nominee, and was confident
that wheniP Porter's administration expired
for he was sure that there would
te a Porter administTatiOn-nO brea-h
of suspicion would attach to il.
The convention, in his opinion, had touched
the keynote CT the Presidential campaign
OF 1876, aud, as Tennessee had led the van
IN defeating the OdiOus Civil Rights bill, so
would the proceedings to-day be the haT-
bingeF Of a glorious victory.
THANKS TO THE CONVENTION OFFICERS.
e.. Col. L. ID. Myers, OF Maury, offered the
following resolution, which was unani-
moUsly adopted:
Resolved. That the thanks Of this con
ventiOn are due and are hereby rendered to
the Hon. Gustayus A. Henry for the able
and impartial manner in which he has pre-
sided over the deliberations Of this body,
and TO the secretaries for the faithful and
satisfactory performance Of their duties.
1t is only simple justice to say that the
work of the Convention was greatly facilita-
ted by the skill and efficiency Ofthe Secre.a-
". Mai. T. B. Kirby, Of the Chattanooga
Times, to whose prUmptness is due the fact
that the eleven ballots taken last night
We're recorded aud announced inside Of
three hours.
ADJOU UBNMENT.
\ motion to adjourn sine die having
been made and carried, Col. Henry said
that he must be permitted to remark that
he had had the honor, this day, of presiding
over the finest convention which had as
sembled in Tennessee during the last Is or
20 years. He heartily rejoiced AZ the
harmony and good feeling which bad pre-
vailed. While the delegates had been actu-
ated by laUdable ambition to advance the
interests Of their especial fav0rites, no man
in all the body had yielded himself TO an
CRY feelings, or INDUCED in harsh remarks.
He badc them farewell, and, with hehope
that they might go home to happy families.
and thence to work for the success of the
nominee, he declared the convention ad-
jOurned sine de.