Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12
The Republican State COnvcn-
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ton.
The Republican State Convention
met at Nashville on the 9TH inst.
On motion of Hon. l.. G.. Houk,
seconded by 4. IL. Pettibone, w. II.
Young, of Davidson county, colorcd,
was elected temporary chairman, and
w. G.. Shelly, of Roane, secretary.
j. r. Dillon, Of Rutherford, was elect
cd permanent chairman, over Thomas
Reeves, of Washington, by ten ma
jority. .r.
Hon. A. A. Freeman, of Browns
vile, offered resolution inStructing
the delegates for Grant, which failed.
IL. r. Gibson, of Knox county, pre-
scented platform which was adopted.
Itrcaffirms devotion to the principles
of the Republican party. 1t holds
that the bonds of Tennessee are bind
ing i'll law and morals upon the pro-
pcrty and conscience of the State, and
that any attempt to impair the in
debtedncss, or in any other manner to
change the letter or the spirit Of the
contract without the voluntary consent
of the bondholders, previously, fairly
and Understandings obtained, is
downright reputation and an act of
high-handed dishonesty. 1t claims
that the voluntary proposition from
our creditors to take less than the face
value of their bonds by them made,
in view of our losses consequent upon
the war Of the rebellion, should be
thankfully and unhesitatingly accept
ed, and the new contract faithfully
and promptly complied with. 1t de-
nounces the refusal Of the Democratic
party to accept the 60-6 proposal as a
refusal of a liberal and voluntary re-
duction, and recognizes in said refusal
overwhelming evidence that large
majority of the Democratic party in
tends to rcpudiate the bonded debt of
the State, and thereby subject our
State to the opprobium of all people
who regard the contracts Of State
with her creditors as of sacred invio-
liability. 1t asserts that the reasons
prompting the Democratic party of
Tennessee and of other States Of the
South to repudiatc the debt of their
respective States will, when logically
applied, prompt them also to repudiate
the entire war debt of the United
States, and 1--WE hereby declare it to
be our solemn Judgment that as soon
as the repudiating element of the
Democracy has wiped out the debt
of their respective States, they will
declare in favor of repudiating the
debt incurred by the nation in pre-
serving the Union" 1t favors COM
mon schools, opposes bringing convict
labor in unnecessary competition
with free labor and deplores mob
violence.
After the report of the committee,
and adoption thereof, nominations for
Governor were declared in order and
the names of the Hon. w. 7. Gillen-
waters, of Hawkins; Judge A. NJ.
Hughes, of Maury; Judge Alvin
Hawkins, Of Carroll, and Judge Muse,
Of Madison, were presented. On the
seventh ballot Hawkins was nomi-
mated by acclamation, all the others
withdrawing. .....
The delegates TO Chicago for the
State at large are Us follows: j. NJ. |
Thornburg, L. G.. Houk, II. Ii. lIarri-
son, ID. A. Num-. Altcrnates-E. NJ. |
Henry, 6. w. Sewer, q, II. Bryson,
a. A. Freeman.
The delegates from the Second Con-
grcsSional District arc as follows: L.
j. Sanford, Of Knox, and j. NJ. Cor
dell, OF Scott. Altcrnatcs--J. G. Davis,
of jefferson, and j. NJ. Greer, of
Blount.
The following executive committee
was appointed; Il. IL. Reeves, S. p.
Rowan, ii. f. GriScom, III. l.. w.
Cheatham, j. II. Caldwell, ii. III. Har-
rison, f. A. Montague, l.. l.. Hawkins,
John Neil, j. r. Latino. 1t was or
ganizcd and II. II, Harrison was
elected chairman, and II. f. Griscom,
secretary.
Gen. George Nancy and Hon. A. "A.
Taylor were appointed elcctors-at-
large.
The convention refused, amid great
excitement, to allow the reading of a
paper protesting against tho third
term. The Grant men claim Is of "a
delegates, The opposition concedc
twelve. "
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