Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-25
THE FOURTH DISTRICT.

Al voice From TrousdaIe for a Central
Place Of Meeting for the Congres
sfonaI Convention.
| To the Union and American.
HARrsv1LLE, Nov. %, 1S74.-I see in
the UNION AND AMERICAN Of the list
inst. to the great dissatisfaction and in.
convenience 10 the major portion of the
district, that the chairman of the Con-
eressional Committee, Independent of said
Committee, has called a convention TO meet
at Lebanon, Dec. IL, for the purpose OF
nominating a Congressman to represent
the Fourth District. Is not this proceed
ing rather extraordinary. What has the
chairman been doing since GOV. Brown is
sued his proclamation, ordering an election,
that he has not convened the committee?
Has not ample time already expired to have
done so? We of this pan of the district
think there has, and that there is time yet
TO correct an error that may lead to fatal
results. | have reference TO the
inconvenient, and Out-ofthe-way point of
holding the convention, and know that it
meets not only the hearty disapprobation
OF a majority Of the committeeman, but
especially Of the delegates away up in the
mountain counties of Fentress, Putnam,
Overton, Clay and Jackson, who are COM
PEELED, in obedience to the hasty action Of
the chairman of the Congressional Com
mittee, to travel almost TO the very out
skirts Of the district-fffy or sixty miles
out of the way-Or go unrepresented.
Now, while ] would not impugn the
motives of the chairman of the committee,
for whom possess the warmest friendship
and the highest personal regard, do think
it would have been more polite, and the
call would have breathed with purer De-
mocracy, and greater satisfaction, had he,
when his convictions led him to the con-
clhsion that there was no time to convene
the committee, to have let his assumed
authority, converting the convention,
spread at least beyond the boundary
lines Of Wilson county to some point
nearer the geographical center of the dis
trict, where all the counties could be repre-
sented with full delegations. Because of
the recent victories of the Democratic party,
over which we all rejoiced, it cannot afford
to be aggressive in its measures or unjust
and mgenerous in its policy. know
something of this district, the disposition
TO ignore conventions when they are not
true opponents of the people, and would
suggest to the Chairman and Congressional
Committee, if they, as the representatives
of the people, desire them to be fairly, hon.
estly and fully represented-a harmonious
and satisfactory convention and not an
other 'burst upn rs it was in 1S72-that
they convene the committee at once. Let
the day named for the assembling of the
convention remain as it is-the 17th-and
select some point nearer the centre of
the district and more accessible
for its assembling, or even defer
Off necessary to the Path, and that would
give ample timefor every man in the dis
trict to learn the nominee" knowing the
election is the 31st. By this means every
civil district in every county would be rep
resented, and the news of the nomination
would soon spread over the district. As it
is now, not one-half of them will be. An
candidate will doubtless be in
the field, and if the convention be not
one, the people, not being |
generally in favor of convention, will not |
feel pledged to abide its action. Under |
these circumstances, then, for / realize |
the movement under which write, if some |
action is not taken for the full representa- |
ton Of the district, and which cannot be |
expected without revOking the action of |
he chairman and converting the convention /
It more central point, you may look for |
and breakers ahead. An |
error can be easily corrected in its incipi- |
ency. We have the time. Prompt action
IS what is needed. Let a word in time and |
% the wise be sufficient. j. A. d.