The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-05-03
DEMOCRATJo MEETING

Pursuant to previous notice portion
of the Democratic voters OF HANDLER
county assembled in the Chancery Cour
room at the Courthouse in Morristowr
Monday, May 1, 1876. The meeting wa
called to order by the selection of DIR
G.. T. Magee as President and l.. p
Speck as Secretary The President ex
on motion appointed a committee con
sisting of o. G. King, Esq, w. L. Dick
son, Esq, Maj. Geo. w. Folsom, s. w
Ivy, J. w. Riggs and Harvey Loop tt
report resolutions for the action of the
meeting and to suggest the names of del
egates to the State Conventions.
After retiring for short time the
committee returned and reported as fol
! lows:
We, the Democrats of Hamblen coun,
ty, in convention assembled, do declare
| and resolve
l. That we are uncOmprOmisingly OPP
posed to the party which has cursed our
| country with Grantism for years past,
and, by its corruption, made the Ameri-
can name reproach and a bye-word
among nations.
9 We commit ourselves fairly and
earnestly to strive to place in power in
our National Government the Demo
cratic party, which has discovered and
exposed the frauds and corruption of
President Grants administration, and is
endeavoring to bring him and his guilty
agents to punishment.
g. We favor an honest and faithful adj
ministration of the affairs of State and
National Government.
f. We believe it is right, under exist
ing circumstances, for the Government
to furnish its citizens with safe and
staple currency, commensurate with
their wants and necessities, and that will
not be subject to rapid and forced tluc-
tuations, and which will be equivalent
to specie in Misunderstanding as we do,
that American coin is, and should be,
the only standard of money values.
3. We favor resumption of specie
payments so soon as il will be safe to do
so; but we think, and so declare, that it
is the duty of the Government to foster
and encourage all the industrial and pro-
ducing interests of it's people, and that
in determining the time of specie re-
sumption, such interests should be care
fully consulted and guarded.
q. We heartily endorse the course of
the Democratic and Conservative party
in the present Congress, and we do es-
pecially endorse and approve the course
of our present worthy Representative,
the Hon. VIM. Mcfarland, and we de-
clare him to be our choice for Repre-
sentative in the 45th Congress, and
should it be deemed necessary for a
Convention to be held, we instruct our
delegates to cast the votes of Hamblen
county for him.
z. We endorse and approve the course
of our present Governor, the Hon. JAS
ID. Porter, and We instruct the delegates
of our county to the Gubernatorial Con-
vention to cast the votes of Hamblen
county for him.
s. We do appoint the following gen.
tlemen whose names have been present |
ed by the committee on delegates, viz:
John Z. Helms; o. G.. King; J. NJ Bew- |
ley; Gen. w. @. Kyle; Samuel Smith; |
Riggs; DIR. G.. E. Fuller; Robert Nc |
Ghee; L. f. Leeper; G. III. Witt; VIM.
II. Buchanan; John Lawrence; VIM.
A. Howell; s. w Ivey; DR.. G. s. Har-
ris; SaEl Shields; Lepe Long, as dele
gates from this county to the State Con-
Vention to he held at Nashville, on 31st
inst, to select and appoint delegates to
the National Democratic Convention, to
be held at st. Louis, on the 9th day of
June, and authorize them to act in said
State Convention in accordance with
heir own discretion and judgement
We do appoint the same gentlemen as
Jur delegates 10 the OGdCe convention,
% be held at Nashville, on the 9th day
IF August, to nominate candidate for
Governor, and instruct them to cast
he votes of this county as heretofore
denoted.
Should it be necessary to hold a DIS
riot Convention to nominate candi-
late for Congress from this, the LIST
District. we do appoint
he same gentlemen to represent this
ounty IN such Convention, and instruct
hem to cast the votes of HambIen coun-
Y in such Convention, as hereinbefore
8. We believe that our present repre-
entative in Congress, the Hon. VIM
is the choice of the Demo
ratio and Conservative party of this
District for Congress, and we suggest
hat the various county Conventions so
eclare, and that he be given the race
Y joint and common consent, without
aving such District Convention.
10. That the proceedings Of this meet
lg, signed by the President and Secre-
lry, be published in the MoRRIsTowN
IAzETrE. G. t. MAGGIE,
President.
L. p. SPEeK, Secretary. 4