The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-28
STATE CONVENTION.
Address of the Democratic Executive
Committed.

Saturday. 1t has the ring of the true
metal.
I NASHVILLE. May q, 1S74.-The
Democratic Executive Committee as
sembled in pursuance of the call of
the Chairman of the Committee.
There were present John C. Burch,
Chairman, of Davidson; John Blev-
ms, of Hawkins; W. d. VanDyke,
of Hamilton; j. w. Newman, of
Warren; +. c. Huntington, of Maury,
and Luke f.. Wright, Of Shelby.
Letters were read from Messrs.
Brooks, of Knox, Henry, of Mont
gomery, and Wall, of Henry, absent
members Of the committee, expressing
their fell sympathy in the objects of
the meeting. Manyother letters we're
read from prominent gentlemen in diff
fercnt portions of the State, discussing
| the political situation.
( \ time for the holding of the State
convention being suggested, the ques-
ton Was thoroughly discussed. On
motion, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
( Resolved, that the next Democratic
State Convention be held in the city
j. of Nashville Wednesday, the 18th day
Of next August.
The Committee then adjourned
until next morning.
!. May 22.-The Committee met pur-
suant to adjournment. 1t was re-
solved that the Chairman prepare
brief address to accompany the call
for the convention, soliciting the
cooperation of all the opponents Of
radicaRsIn
1t was further resolved that the
/ Congressional Committees be revised
by the Chairman.
( The Committee then adjourned until
! 5p. m.
. Upon reassembling, the Chairman
read the following address, which was
adopted:
The Executive Committee appointed
by the Democratic State Convention
held May 8, 1872, has, by aresolutiOn
unanimously adopted, called con-
vention to assemble in this city We'd
nesday, the 18th of August next, for
the purpose ofnominating candidate
for Governor, and to take such action
relating to the next State election as
to that convention may be deemed
most advisable. The committee
earnestly urges upon the Democracy
of every county of the State the im-
portanco Of at once beginning the
work of organization. 1t with pleas
ure extends a cordial invitation to all
Conservatives, to all who oppose Rad
icaliSm, to unite with the Democracy in
this work of organization, that thereby
a united, harmonious and weIl-discip-
Incl front may be presented, and
thus IN emphatic victory in the ap-
preaching election made certain.
The result of the recent State elections
in New Hampshire, Connecticut and
Ohio, and Of municipal elections in
some Of The other States Of the North
and West, is full Of encouragement
to the friends Of Constitutional Re
pubiicanism throughout the Union.
and appeals with peculiar force st this
time to Tennessee, if they would es-
cape the despotism which rules and
the desolation which prevades our
sister Southern States, South Carolina,
Louisiana, and Arkansas, to array
themselves in unmistakable opposition
to the National administration which
has established that despoti>m and en-
couraged that desolation.
The gratifying fact that the great
agricultural States of the South and
the West are recognizing, more
and more clearly, the unity of
their interests, and that there 10
in the States of the North and
the East noble band who favor a
perfect guarantee and the full allow
ance Of impartial rights to the Cypress
ell and plundered Of the South, that
there is in each and every State an
increasing number who spurn monop-
oily, whether banking or a railway,
who hate class legislation, whether
it appear as discrimination tariff or
in other guise, and who demand with
potential voice a reform of the official
corruptions which riot in every de-
partment of the General Government,
not as simply charged by partisan ma
lice, but fully established to the suits
faction of all men-each and all of
these bid us not to despair of the Re
public, but to strive for victory, "likc
men who know their rights, and know
ing dare maintain" Though the re-
cent past may be dreary and Olsen
couraging, the future is full of hope.
The fruition Of our efforts, after repeat
ed defeats in national struggles and
in many of the State elections, is
about to be realized in the restoration
to power of the party Of Constitutional
principles.
The State Committee urges the neces-
sity Of organization by civil districts,
by wards, and by counties. The Con-
gressional Committees should look |
to the thorough organization of their
respective Congressional districts. |
Each committee should see, as far as
the power in it lies, that defeat shall |
not occur, by multiplicity of candi- |
dates or discussions in our ranks. 1t |
is the duty Of every citizen !
to feel an interest and take an |
active part in our political struggles. |
The good men of the State should |
see that only the best men ere brought |
forward for office, whether it be of low |
or high degree.
1t is in the highest degree import !
ant that various county and Congress
ional Conventions, and more partic-
ularly the State Convention, shall be !
fully attended by delegates fairly Sc
lected from the body of the people,
that these conventions may be in fact
as well as in name representative
bodies.