Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-15
CHATTANOOGA.
The Mongrels Finish their Work

Ii VIII Report to Congress Every
Three Months.
The Civil Rights Bill DOdged to
Adoid a Row.
Texas Davis Wants the SOtIth
demanded to a Territorial
Condition for Twenty
Years.
The Associated Press Denounced.
AnIusins incidents sIunciiing Pea
nuts at the Races-Cirious Testimo-
ny OF n Negro sheriff from Missts-
siEPi-NOrth Carolina I'm Disgrace.
Special to the Union and American.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct 1.-THE COnven-
yention was in session less than two hours
to-,lay, adiOurning at a quarter 10 twelve
until 7:3O this evening. There was
strong desire on the part of majority Ofthe
white members to remain in ses-
sion during the day, but the col
oreq brethren we're determined to
90 out to the races and MUNICH peanuts, in
the afternoon, and they succeeded in car
ryins their pbiut through the srnattering
knowledge one of their number had OF par
liaiientary usage, he demanding vote by
States. alter a ihoti5il u sdlornu over until
night had been voted down by the whites.
The morning session was occupied prin-
cipally with the reading, by the chairman
of tbs Cgrumittee on Correspondents, Of
the ret10rt of that committee, supplemented
bv iattets front front ey-t'og, Davis, Of
Texas. and one BteEeiel vic rims
the school system Of Louisiana.
The former reciled terrible
array Of "outrages' in the State Of
which le has recently been Governor and
Of which il seeirs lie vas ''rio Governor TO
hurt. unless We difbciiayt hi7 6Gii a'i;e-
menl of the condition of affairs in the Lone
Star State. The chairman, having some
difficulty in deciphering his writing, was
unable Ia throw into the reading OF thai
precious document the amount Of vim aud
! emphasis which Davis desired, and he
therefore slebi,ed forward and read Il him
self and declared 1T tie close; that ile was
personally responsible ior Tic sia;eIienis
| therein contained, which announcement
was enthusiastically apf1auded.
Have You Heard the News:
/ was the query on the streets AMI about the
! hotels here yesterday soon after the al
| iunrrlirE of the convention; end the news
! in Question was the information which had
been received by telegraph TO the effect that
| Ohio had gone overwhelmingly Demo
| cratic. This was not at all gratifying to
| the members Of the convention. and gloomy
| faces were to be- met on every hand in con-
sequence. Little knots OF Radical blood
sIchets gaTfered he'e 9l.d th-re 70 discuss
| tn Situation. ana console each Otner over
thu DO pct While thus engaged, Sena-
tor DoIser. Of Arkansas, grew emphatic,
! aud remarked to a mixed group OF
half a dozen fellow-delegates: Il
| tel SUg, As sure as whites
! Wi.i.s. and 5lac.,'s. biacS, VI &c 20. 20 have
| soldiers down S0rdh, or the first thing We
| know. we'll have a Democratic President,
backed by a Democratic Congress.
| And so we will, and among the cause:
| combining 10 hiring, abhgit This result none
6ili Ue mOre powerful than this attemp; o.
| selfish. designing, Southern office-hOlderS
| of Northern birth. TO manufacture public
| opinion with regard TO affairs at the SOutl
| this base attempt TO mislead the people o
our great nation as to the feeling o
| SOutherners with reference to the results
Of the e-sr. "Trutl Il mighty anC
must prevail finally, and wheI
that day comes IA thr
connection, such howl If indignation a
the infamous conduct Of the men compos
ing this assemb'aSe will 60 up from TN
brave, iustice-loving people Of the North
as will causr this scum Of creation 10 Seei
places Of safety IN order 20 escape vel
mtrited iuhiShnient.
The other Side.
Among the colored delegates 5 NJ. How
ard. the Sheriff OF Jefferson county, Missis
! sipni, who has evidently come here under
misapprehension aStO the objects of tn
| convention, Deluded darkeyl He Ger
tainlv thought the convention had the goo,
of the South at heart, for he brought witt
him a document setting forth III de
tail the condition of affairs in hi
section, and this statement differs widel
from that made By Messrs. Brooks, PaI
| sons Davis < Co. This representative
full-blooded negro, with kinky hair,
/ member of that race for whose welfare an
safety, Brooks, Davis, and the rest, are 5
2 severely exercised, says:
l. That as Sheriff of his county, he find
I | 40 difficulty whatever In serving and Ell
, forcing The processes OF the courts, from I'll
3 lowest to the highest, but that the masSC
r of the people Of all classes, colors and col
2 ditions. Weld cheerful compliance to la7
, recognizing the fact that general disOb'
, ! dience thereto would bc anarchy, which
| eyef TO be deprecated ,lud avoided.
? >. Their political status IS a majority
; some twelve or fifteen hundred Republican
= ! and that this majority has never been ust
; 10 promote the interests If one race Ia q
I | detriment Of the other; that their Bolnl 4
Supervisors mas been chosen without regal
: ia nartv utilization, "bcieVing that ii was Il
: | r,Ip interest oftLe peuple TO have wise az
p judicious system Of finance, founded upO
equity and right, and a strict regard To IL
\ interests Of all. and we have no reason
2 regret. but every reason to believe, that oJ
action i'm This respect has been for u
I best.
b. >. That their Sta'e ana county tax con
bined is S3l.jO ON the thousand dollars
! valuati ion. and that the tax would not ha'
= been more than So had the State afiai
= been properly and economically admins
b. tered.
q That whatever reason the people Of Je
; f.rSon county may have had in the pa
n s'fGr believing that the advocates Of col
= line party, contemplated the overthrow
/ law and war Of races, il has now been
e moved by their late declarations that thu
: mean only lawful opposition
IA Republicanism, and that Il
r considerable number Of whit
e of the country are prepared to sacrifice the
s present character as law-abiding citizens,
: the "ost of rev 0lution," and that 1.-The re
# pie of the country are at peace and que
a and are, as a mass, as truStfGl of one a
r. other as formerly, and as a whole, are an
: ious to support the dignity and supreHa'
?, of the law"
d ). That the educational interests Of Il
/, masses are As amply provided for as the
e sources of the people will permit, and tn
/ their board Of supervisors elected fro
both parliCS) have had ''the wisdom al
+ niagnanimity, 50 far, TO supply any dehG
i H. the State Teachers fund, by making
IS county levy. and the cOlOred people
uasing GOOD progress in education.
i That 'jhe Domestic relations of the c,
It ord people hase certainly improved in {