Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-19


authorities would leave the peoples
money in their pockets, the State debt
could easily be managed principal and
interest both.
After some skirmishing and filibus-
tering nomination of candidates was
declared in order.
Judge 10. G. Guild took the floor
and nominated Gen. VIM. b. Bate for
first choice as eleetor abiding in a
spirited speech to his distinguished
services both in the political affairs of
the State and as tried and approved
soldier in two wars.
After considerable discussion, the
Convention adjourned without pro-
ceeding to election till 8 p. m. The
motion for adjournment was carried
by vote of COG to 384.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
When we entered the hall little
after 8 D. m. We found very crowded
house listening to an animated address
from Col. G. A. Sheafe.
A short discussion then ensued as to
whether two electors should be elected
at once or one at a time; the motion
for severing the two elections was car
ried by a narrow majority, 500 to
5O54.
Still one more incident interviewed
before the election now intensely exeit-
ingthe convention was proceeded with.
A letter was read by the chairman
from Mrs. Napoleon Cromwell request
ing permission to address the coaven-
ton on the subject of Female Suffrage.
A motion was carried unanimously to
invite the lady to speak for ten min
utes and on the motion of Gen. VIM.
A. Quarles of Montgomery, DIR. ID.
F. Wright of Montgomery and the
Hon. Tomlinson Fort to escort the
lady to the stand. Mr.. Fort moved a
reconsideration of that clause which
limited the lady to ten minutes, saying
that he could never be induced to pro-
pose to lady that she should speak
under such limitation. This motion
was carried. Mrs. Cromwell was then
conducted to the stand and introduced
to the stand by DIR. Wright amid voci-
ferrous applause and some little sniek
ering from those who did not under
stand the gravity of the occasion. The
lady then delivered with considerable
power of elocution the customary ar
guments in favor of female suffrage,
and was reconducted to her friends
amid loud applause.
After motion of thanks to all the
parties concerned for the intellectual
treat afforded the convention, Col.
Sheafe offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, that the roll of counties
be called for nominations for candi-
dates for Elector for the State at large,
that the delegate making the nomina-
! ton and his second be each allowed
FIVE minutes in which to present claims
of the nominee.
Mr.. Ledgerwood of Knox, nomina
ted Mr.. j. III. Crozier, and DIR. r. L.
G. White seconded the nomination.
Mr.. Thos. Gregory nominated Col.
John NJ. Fleming, who declined the
nomination.
Mr.. Luke E. Wright of Memphis,
nominated Ex-Governor. Isnam G,
Harris as one whose name carried
with it more force than the most elab-
rate rhetoric.
Judge Jesse g. Wallace seconded
the nomination.
The Convention then proceeded to
vote and it soon became manifest that
Gen. Bate would obtain the majority
This occasioned many votes one after
another to be changed in his favor,
and finally his election was made unan-
imous. Loud calls were now made
for the General and he was conducted
to the stand.
The speech of Gen. Bate was brief;
but it was stirring appeal in favor of
Tilden and Hendricks. He said that
Reform, question lodged by the Gin
cinnati convention was laid down as
the great issue of this question by the
st. Louis Convention, and would car
ry those gentlemen with power with a
resistless torrents; and that when es-
tablished in the White House, Mr.. L.
would WELD a scourge of Scorpions to
expel the peculators from the positions
which they had disgraced with fraud
and corruption.
! GOVERNOR HARRIS.
Was then loudly called for; he made
his speech under intense excitement.
The substance of it was dictated by an
intimation which had reached his ears
that the course which be had pursued
in secession times was distssteful to
the Eastern counties and likely to i'm
pair his usefulness if elected.
Two conflicting emotions evidently
possessed him; a generous ambition to
carry the banner of his State through
the stirringcontestnow inaugurated and
a dread lest his previous record might
be bar to success in doing so. 1t has
not occurred to us more than twice or
thrice in long life to witness such an
effusion; 1t was the eloquence not of
art but of nature yelling up from the
profoundest emotions of which the
human soul is capable-we dwell upon
this speech because the report of it
which we give taken from the Nash
vile American gives a most inadequate
conception of its character-we have
supplied from our own memory an OBJ
vious typographical omission, but still
our report gives no more adequate i'm
preston of the speech to one who has
not heard it, than painted storm
scene can offer of the sheeted light
ming.
The audience vociferously refused to
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