Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-09-28

ton Of which such Herculean effort
were put forth, as We shall hereafte
see by the recorded acts aud doiDgs o
these very gentlemen sTff
THE DEBT PLATFORM.
A meeting OF State credit Demo
Gratis, representing every section O
the State, was held at the Maxwell
House on Thursday aud yesterday
The following gentlemen among otherl
participated 10 the proceedings:
Hon. r. h. Byrd. Hon. J.W. Clapp
Colon,l N. I. Polk, Colonel J. ii.
Lewis. I. D. Craighead. General Alex
Campbell, james S. Frazer, Il. r
Driver, w. B. Gordon, Franc NJ. Paul,
Hon. John @. Brown, Hon. K. 1. Col
lardy, Hon. j. NJ Fleming, Hon. Il.
A. james. John w. Childress, Sam ].
Kirkpatrick, DIR. Tompkins. Colonel
f. p. Cahill, Capt. Charles Nj. Ewing,
Gen. b. \. Cheatham, Hon. W. p. Morris,
Major j. d. Wade, DR.. VIM. Morrow
James L. Rice, NJ. M. Brien, jr., Tully
Brown, Major Lucien Brown, General
X. p. Nicely, j. NJ. Dickinson. Hon.
Henry Cooper, Hon. Neill S. Brown.
Dempsey Weaver, General w. H.
Jackson. Campbell Brown, w. j.
Sykes, Thomas Boyers, Hon. 4. IL.
Ewing, u. W. Ewing G. w. Cunning.
ham, DR.. w. A. West and Jesse
Sparks.
The meeting was organized by the
election of Hon. Henry Cooper, of
Maury, as Chairman, and Franc M.
Paul, of Knoxville, and Tully Brown,
of Nashville, Secretaries.
Considerable discussion was had as
to the best means of bringing about a
satisfactory adjustment OF the State
debt.
Hon. Il. A. james, of CHATTANOOGA.
offered the following resolution, which,
after amendment by Hon. Edwin
Ewing, was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we will await the
fioal action Of the Legislature on the
State debt; and in the event the Leg
.islature passes a bill for the adjust.
ment thereof, which our creditors
will accept-deeming such acceptance
necessary TO any adjustment-we
our earnest efforts to have the
same ratified by the people; but if
no final action be taken by the Leg.
islature, or such action as will not
settle the question, then we will favor
a convention of State credit Demo-
Gratis, which convention when so as
sembled to take such action as il may
think necessary in the premises.
Governor John G. Brown offered
the following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That when we adjourn
to. day it be to the 4th day Of April,
1879, to consider what further action
may be taken to effect a final and
honorable adjustment of the debt Of
the State of Tennessee, either in
securing the ratification Of such legis-
of the present session of the
General Assembly, as may be adopted,
if satisfactory, or, if no such legisla.
ton results from the deliberations of
the present session, then for the pur-
pose of otherwise aiding in effectins
IN adjustment with our creditors.
Letters indorsing the object of the
meeting were read from the following
gentlemen:
Hon. James D. Porter, Of Henry;
John R. Bond, Esq, of Haywood; r.
FriersOn, Esq, of Bedford; d. N.
Esq, and Hon. Charles G..
of Montgomery; Hon. J. D.
Tillman, of Lincoln; Colonel H. 7.
Johnson and Hon. w: j.. Mcfarland,
Of Gibson. i'll
On motion, Hon. Neill S. Brown,
William j. Sykes and James l..
ESQ., together with the Chair.
and Secretaries, were appointed a
committee to invite all State credit
Democrats who can do so, to meet for
the purpose of consultation in this
at II am, on the day mentioned
in the above resolution.
The meeting then adjourned to the
time fixed for its reassembling.