Year: 1874

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn Oct. IA, 1874.
In q despatch sent from this place Monday
stated that the Southern Republican Convention
would be nothing more than the merest bubble,
which would burst at the slightest provocation.
1t needed no gift OF prophecy to forete that the
body OF disappointed carpet-baggers though bent
on mischief would fail In accomplishing their most
ardent desires In the way OF unveiling the unia-
vorable into favorable opinions held by the North
ern people against them. The Committee on
ADDRESS met last night, and there was general
discussion as to the matter that would be most
polite to be set forth. one plan was suggested
and generally agreed upon, though 1t was thought
impolitic for the republicans to advance any such
idea. The remedy for the disturbances which
had prevailed, they were OF opinion, lay
IN the equal division OF the negro vote the
same as that of every other class OF citizens. But
they rejected THIS plan as entirely inadmssble,
because their strength lay In the negro vote
thrown into the balance on their side, and to
counsel anything that would divide that vote was
to inaugurate absolute defeat ior themselves.
Some other plan must be hit upon that would
prevent their waning light from being utterly
extingulshed Though the most reasonable mode
OF bringing about more perfect harmony among
all classes and though 1t the key to the settle.
ment OF the Southern difficulties, yet they were
unwilling 70 sacrifice party for the good that
might ensue. They were not ready to let
the negro 60 and thereby rob themselves or that
political power which could be achieved by them
in no other way. Their only hope Of prelerment
and OF maintaining political power was through
the negro, and this has been chung to with great
tenacty since the emancipation OF the colored
population. To this TACT alone is attributable the
ascendency OF the carpet-baggers, VINO have never
allowed any opportunity to slip that would have q
tendency to perpeiuate the influence they might
have over the credulous colored bre threu.


PARTISAN TRIcKERY.


This discussion only tended to very forcibly illus.
trate the TACT That 1t was not so much the peace,
prosperity anu happiness Of the people they most
desired. but the iulnlment OF their own selfish,
ambitious hopes. Several OF the committeeman
claimed that their downfall had been attributable
to Congressional action in leaning toward and
dealing with the South In too generous manner.
1t should have maintained tighter rein over the
South, and thereby porpetuated republican rule.
II had failed 20 very large extent to come to
their aid, and had allowed the power gradually
to slip out OF their hands. They did
not think the Northern press had done the right
thing by them. " had listened too much to the
seductive stories OF Southern men, and had yielded
to the idea that the latter had been plundered
and badly treated. The Northern press had
treated the republicans in the South with great
severity and had been over-creduous. As long
as the Northern press should continue to copy
extracts from Southern papers prejudicial TO the
Southern republicans 50 long would they incul-
cate in the Northern mind the idea that 1t was
the Southern man that had been wronged, ana
not the incomer or those acting with him.


Congress, too, had made their cause more des-
pera,e by the IN roductlon OF the civil Rights bin
which had played particular thunder with the repub-
can pa, Ina 10 1e bs y was ns xed sonool
ing about an astounding change despite anything
that might be said 70 To- the contrary Congress had
ern press had weakened, the Northern people had
weakened ana given ear to the stories that hal
in toe South had been gradually waning under
these combined influences. Their lease would
and and their political asoendancy be ''ais az
an end. There was tinge, OF bitterness con-
Journals and people had and were giving them the
cold shoulder. Their misortunes had had ten
North but It was to 20 back on them I Il were ere
useless to DO anything, having Its promotion In
Ba Sey ~ as an aaas ss
without making making one would be to subject them.
but what remedy for existing evils would they sug-
gests There was the rub. They must follow out
certain circumlocution, put in some things, and


After much debate the drafting OF the paper was
effort i was finally wrought out as the expression
0i the southern repuDlicans and adopted tonight.





tion tlat had thought or what the address should
consist and how his wrongs should be r1ghted.
heard delega es make the singular admission that
In order to perpetuafe the power or Southern
puollcans the present form OF state government
should be changed. remanded to Terri
would seem desperate resource, ending in
the establishment Of military despotIsm all over
vention were badly Dungled IRON beginning to
end In the first place the objects OF the Conven.
ton were OF purely sectional character, and did





the people OF the nation The men engaged In 1t
dentidea with the prosperity but Father the the ruin
OF the reconstructed States. They were, in iact
political vultures, feeding or attempting to feed
on the body polite, 1t was certainly more desti.
tnte OF results than any which has been held In
tnis portion Of the country ior many day.


AN UNEvENTFUL SESSION


Was held this morning. The shrewGest thing,
however, yet presented ov any member OF the
ored), OF Georgia. to the effect that each deega-
tion appoint two more additional members to act
his manner OF delivering himself was somewhat
peculiar, the Convention burst out into a roar OF
@ ne ss he Of
what what Pm la aaT.ving, at,' The body lad en-.
OBJECT Se had in view view, but Sas suGseaueny sas
comprehendng the situation voted unanimously
capital by suggesting tie very iamentablc TACT
that for fear every member on the committee
might be suddenly taken OF by concatenation
OF circumstances two more. in addition should
be placed upon 1t TO ''colect the outrages.n A
few at least might possibly survive the terrible
nightmare to tell the story. 1t may be admitted
tnat many outrages have been committed In the
south, but not altogether by Southern men,
There were good many barbarians
In the present Convention whose careers have
been written in blood. TWO representatives OF
the "Tar Heel Staten came-n to-day. But they
were regarded as small potatoes. Kennedy was
wnte and Price coored. But Kennedy made him-
Unknown tonight by the very startling statement
that not an outrage had been committed IN Nortn
carolina during tue twelve months past. They
way from North Carolina 10 make such al an
nouncement, which no one was prepared to be-
neve. They had not come here TO make such lille
reports, but to collect all the outragesr that
might be found within the ten reconstructed
states. bis statement was entirely out OF place.