Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18
The Resolutions Carefully Cooked for
the Democratic Mass-Meeting Held
Yesterday-TwO Distinguished
Delegates Kick.

p. r. Athy, sheriff of Shelby county, E. L.
| MCGOWAN, county trustee; c. w. Frazer, J.
NJ. Fleming, J. w. Clapp, sr, W. A. Collier,
| George Dixon, Eli Raynor, Harrison Irby,
| T. w. Brown, ii. L. Priddy, B. J. Kim
brough, Thomas Sheppard, W. +. Hammer,
| w. T. Bond, B. G. Bledsoe, Thomas Holman,
Casey Young L. II. Estes, J. p. Houston, w
| H. Carroll, q. G. Dent, Holmes Cummins,
| Ad II. Douglass, ID. Pante, L. Z. Pope, j. F.
Grown, L. E. Wright, A. ]. Knapp, r. ].
Morgan, G. w. Macrae, Napoleon Hill,
John w. Gould, Charles Carroll, G. w.
Heiskell, E Lehman, J. G. Phelan, John
Powell, Thomas Avent, colored, G. P. NJ.
Turner, J. NJ Harris, P. J. Quigley, P. Win
ters, J. w. Levi, sr, W. G. Folkes. Vic Gal
lima, I. B Micou, w. l. Clapp, George NAL
Tory, C. w. Metcalf, John Oyerton, Z. l..
| B=lcher, N. G. Galloway, A. G. Treadwell, K.
NJ. Looney.
The above are only the few who occupied
positions near the stage, the light being so
! bad as to prevent the reporter from recog-
nizing those further away. After the business
Of the meeting had got fairly under way
they were recognized by their voices, too
| late to be included in the list above, but
| some find place below.
CALLED TO ORDER.
At the appointed hour the Hon. j. NJ.
| Coleman, chairman of the High-tsx County
! Executive Committee, called the meeting 10
| order, in obedience to the joint call
call OF the two Democratic Executive Com
| mittees, for the purpose of taking action on
| all matters of interest to the party, and OF
selecting a new Executive Committee 10 serve
the next two years. Colonel Luke w. Fin
| ley nominated
THE HON. CASEY YOUNG
az chairman of the meeting, which met with
| unanimous consent.
Colonel Young was escorted TO the chair
| and addressed the convention as follows:
Called upon with such fiatteriDg unanlm
| ity, and such gratifying evidences OF friendly
| regard, to preside over an assembly 80 large
| ly composed OF the intelligence, character
| and worth of the Democracy of 81 elby
| county, il would imply an indifference: 20 the
| good opinion of my friends and felow-cti-
| zens, which ! do not feel, if did not, IN the
| very outset Of the battle, | deem it proper for
me to say, press my grateful appreciation
| of the high honor they have conferred upon
me, and tender, in such fitting terms as can
| employ, my sincere and earnest thanks Tor
its bestowal. Aud / should affect belief
| which L do not entertain, in my ability to
discharge the duties which the position you
have given me necessarily imposes, II l did
not frankly confess to painful apprehension
that | shall not be able, amid the difficulties
that may and doubtless will beset me, to meet
your most indulgent demands and smallest
expectations In manner satisfactory
to you and in the least degree creditable TO
me. But l shall throughout the session OF
the convention, eudesvor to fulfill the re-
quirements of the occasion with a courtesy
and fairness that will do much to compensate
for many faults of judgment, mistakes or in
advertance, and that will, | sincerely trust,
Aiaarn1 Gil nnfrIaDdly criticism and
give me the support and commenda-
ton of those who have chosen me
to preside over their deliberations.
The Democrats here to-day in this hall
have met together in one OF the most impor-
tant conventions of their party that has ever
assembled in Shelby county, and they are
confronted with political conditions more
delicate and difficult of management, more
threatening to party unity and success, than
any that have existed in a long period OF
years. Hence it is you are called upon IN
the emergency thus created to meet du-
ties and obligations TO the public and your
party which if faithfully, tearlessly and
honestly discharged will exalt you IN the
good opinion of sll men, and commend you
to the affection not only of your political
brethren here at home in Tennessee, but in
every State OF The Union. You have been
called together for the purposes indicated In
the call by the legally constituted party
authority, vested by you two years ago IN
gentlemen who have served You with zeal |
and devotion which commend them most |
strongly to your grateful confidence and es- |
TEEN. These agents and servants OF your |
selection are before you to-day to carry out |
one of the objects of your being brought to- |
gether, by returning to you the official power |
which you gave them, in order that you may |
place the executive machinery and control |
of the Shelby county Democracy in other
hands if it is your will to do SO. You are |
also here with your delegates recently |
chosen to represent you in the gubernatorial |
convention soon to assemble in the capital
of your State, to make known to them
your wishes and opinions in respect TO the
important questions which will come before |
that body, TO clothe them in the authority to
speak in your name, and TO declare the un-
alterable purpose of the Democrats OF Shelby |
county TO preserve the unity and harmony OF
the Democratic party by presenting plat
form of principles SO broad and comprehen-
sive, so fair and Just, that none but the fac
tious or reasonable can refuse it their hearty
support and Endorsement. You will send
your representatives to Nashville charged
with such messages OF kindness, concession
and compromise as will unite in harmonious
cooperation your friends and brethren In
every part of your great Stste-from the
mountains of the east to the great rivers side
save such as are nibbling to take shelter and
service in the camp of the enemy. Tennes-
see Democrats have differed IN the past in
respect to grave question OF domestic
policy, growing out OF the bonded deot OF |
the State, and though ruinous and dlsas-
trous it doubtless sprung in a great measure |
from the sturdy and independent man
hood of character and that love OF
freedom in thought, speech and action which |
are cherished and fostered in Democratic |
cresds, and is perhaps the natural outgroWth |
of Democratic teachings and CONVICTIONS |
But while they have differed, and widely |
too, upon this important question, II mas |
been a manly and honest difference. Each
has conceded to the other equal sincerity OF
conviction and equal purity OF purpose:
Though divided in this they have been and
are to-day united in a common desire to heal
their differences by honorable concessions to |
restore the unity and secure the success oil
their party, and by united and harmonious
effort TO preserve the good name OF their
state. The public credit, the honor and
good faith of Tennessee, can be safely In
trusted 10 her 10000 Democratic majority
without fear that they will ever be furnished
or stained by a single act OF Democratic
legislation. The preservation and protec-
ton of these priceless jewels descended as a
sacred trust to the Democracy OF Tennessee
from long line of illustrious soldiers,
nstriots and statesmen, whose lame and
teachings link the men who followed
Jackson and Carroll and Coffee with the
generation of to-day; whose integrity,
patriotism and intelligence must do credit
10 their ancestry by wrestling theh
State government from the control OF those
who will blight its prosperity and tarnish Its
GOOD name We have seen and deplored the
folly of division; We have seen the govern
ment and legislative control OF our State
nlaced in the hands OF minority opposl-
ton mum bering little over one-halt the Dem
ocratic party. But this disaster will teach US
a lesson that will guide US surely and safely
in the future. Its sdmonition has already
reached the rank and file of the great army
of Tennessee Democracy, whose scattered
factions have already turned toward a COM
mon center whose dreaded legions will soon
be Joined together in compact and solid
phaianx, whose onset will be the signal OF
victory. Again thanking you for the honor
you have done me, 1 declare the meeting or.
eanized and ready for the consideration of
such business as may be brought before it.
COMMITTEE ON PLATFORM.
General G. w. Gordon moved that a COM
mit.ee of fifteen be appointed to draft and
present a preamble and resolutions for the
action of this convention.
The motion was seconded, but there was a
considerable demonstration IN opposition.
The motion was put to the house and the
chairman was ABOUT 10 ueclue the result,
when division was called for, resulting in
It's adoption.
The chairman in obedience to the motion
appointed the following gentlemen on that
committee: General G. w. Gordon, chair
man; and Messrs. J. Harvey Mathes, r. J.
Morgan, H. J. Lynn, L. W. Finlay, John 1.
Hillsman, P NJ. Winters, Napoleon Hill, J.
r Goodwin, w. B. Gibson, ]. Nc. Brooks, b.
Bledsoe, John Linkhauer, j.. J. DuBose, T.
1 w end w Heiskell
RECESS.
Pending the retirement of the committee
| for consultation, recess of fifteen minutes
was taken TO afford the delegates from the
various wards and districts to agree upon a
representation from each on the County Ex-
| ecutive Committee. At the expiration OF
the recess the following reports were handed
up from the wards and districts, suggesting