Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-18

the Board of Mayor and Aldermen Of Muir
freesboro, on the 9th inst, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, this Board has heard with
pleasure that the annual meeting of the
Tennessee Press Association is to convene
in this place the 18th inst, be it, therefore
Resolved, by the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of the town of MurfreesborO,
that the hopitalities of the town are hereby
cordially extended its members while in
our midst, and that we, as body, viii ex-
ert ourselves in making their stay amongst
us pleasant and agreeable.
Be it further resolved, that the Mayor
appoint a committee Of this Board to re-
eeiye them and tender them formally the
Inequalities Of our town, and present them
with a copy of these resolutions.
The following is a list Of the editors who
had arrived up to the date Of this report:
Archie Thomas, Springfield Record.
r. L. G. White and Lillard Thompson,
Lebanon Herald.
T. B. Malone, Laurence Journal.
T. w. Neal, Dyersburg state Gazette.
Jos. Barbiere, Memphis Eclectic.
Il. N. Polk, BOliCdr Bulletin.
X. NJ. Dickinson, Paris IntelligeRceT.
w. Y. Taylor, BellUille Enterprise.
I. II. Baker, Dresden Democrat.
Alfred S. Horsely, Columbia Herald and
Nail.
Gen. Marcus J. Wright, Columbia
journal.
W. J. Slater, Winchester Home Jour
nal.
W. A. Wade, Milan Exchange.
L. II. Myers, Humboldt Herald.
J. H. Morton, Union City ReUeiHe.
- Smoot, Huntingdon Times.
W. 1. WestbroOk and Mr.. TrOtman,
Brownsville Bee.
w. z. COIh, Nashville Bulletin.
Arthur Dulin and Mr.. Hughes, BrOlsns-
UilIe States.
Ira p. Jones, NASHVILLE UNION AND
AMERICAN.
Charles Hodges, Nashville Banner
Thos. Boyers and Robert BOyers, Gala
tin Examiner.
J. r. Osborne and Capt. J. w. Chill
dress, MufreeSbOrO NelrS.
At IL O'Clock, or shortly thereafter, the
members of the Association met in the
Circuit Court room, at the courthouse,
and were called TO order by Capt j. w.
Childress, who said that as a member Of
LLlC 4DNdA D4Goo VI 44lAAAECSuOAOs AE A4oA
taken the liberty of calling them together,
and then introduced DR.. J. b. Murfree,
Mayor of MurfreesbOrO, who extended the
hospitality Of the city in the following neat
speech:
Gentlemen Of the Tennessee Press AssO-
citation: As Mayor of our town, l am
charged with the agreeable duty Of vel
coming you TO our midst, and it affords me
pleasure in the name of the corporate
authorities to extend to each and every one
Of you the Inequalities and cOurtesies Of
our little city. present you some resOlu-
tiODs which have been unanimously adopted
by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen as
expressive of their feelings.
Gentlemen, you belong TO a noble pro-
fessiOn, a profession distinguished alike
for its scientific and literary attachments,
as well as for its bold and fea- less advocacy
of the truth. The press is q mighty power
in the land, and in a great measure, shapes
and controls public opinion upo. almost
every subject, be it political, religious or
social.
They are the qua ms Of our liberties,
the Watchmen upon ,ue walls Of our pOliti-
cal citadel, the founders Of our opinions,
and, in great degree, the directors Of our
affections and prejUdices, in regard to every
material thing that affects our being and
welfare.
TonO class Of our fsllOw-citizens, do we
look with greater interest and more earn
estness, for guidance in thought and action,
for sympathy in our distress or for censure
in our evil dOings than to those who con-
troll our newspapers.
The press is a grand enginery for veal,
or for woe, and it affords me no little graft
ficatiOn to be able to say, that in our State,
it has ever been devoted 10 the true inter
est and welfare Of our people.
You have gathered together to-day from
every part Sf our beautiful and glorious
State; from the western slope bathed by
the great father Of waters to the towering
mountains which skirt our eastern border.
You are come not for mercenaTy motives
nor for purposes of self ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
not to crafty an unworthy ambition. You
are come N the behalf Of no party, sect or
faction, to SOW the seed of envy and dis
cord. But you are come as the representa-
lives Of the sentiments Of different lOcali-
ties of our State. You come as a society
organized for mutual benefit, to promote
the welfare and advance the interest Of the
people, and also 10 cultivate kind feelings
for each other. You have met to-day to
garner into one receptacle the experience
and acquisitions of another year. "TO
kneel side by side at a common altar and
drink living water as il flows from a com
mon fountain" You have come to assert
and yindicate the well earned fame of the
press, and to elevate the standard of a pro-
fession, TO which you have cOnsecrated your
70 Oh,
You are all too familiar with the tOpO-
graphy Of Tennessee for me to attempt to
point out its beauty aud attractions. We
claim that our State is the Italy of Amer
lea, and l verify believe that right here is
the garden spot Of our Italy.
regret that You are come among US IN
der such unfavOrable circumstances, at a
time when We cannot well exhibit the
beauty Of our town or fully manifest the
hospitality of our citizens. The wild fire
fiend has laid waste and ruined some of the
best Of our buildings, and their mOulder-
ing heaps greatly mar the appearance of
our town. A general monetary depression
prevails in our midst, and we cannot regale
you with such elaborate entertainments as
we would desire. But, though misfoTtunes
have befallen us and We are prevented from
making such a display as we fain would
do, yet l can assure you that you will re-
ceive hearty welcome.
Our citizeIs are intelligent, enteIprising
and industrious.
Our ladies are the prettiest, the loyeliest
and best women in the world. They are
as pure as they are beautiful, and as in
telligent as they are lovely.
In the name Of the Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen | bid you welcome.
In behalf Of our citizens bid you well
cUme.
We feel proud to have you among us,
and viii spare no pains to make YOUR visit
pleasant To use hOmely phrase you are
more than welcome.
7. w. Neal, of the DyerS51Tg state Ga