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Show A resolution was adopted asking Congress to order a new election in Texas, several members protesting. Turner of Georgia, offered the following: fol-lowing: Ktsolced, That we denounce the misrepresentations and mendacity of most of the agents of the Associated Associa-ted Press in the South. The majority of whom have used the positions to disseminate bmidcaat over the land a malicious aijd lying slander upon the Republicans and tun Republican party, while they have studiously endeavored to misrepresent and j conceal murders ami outrages com-; milttd by KuKlux a:d white leagues, j Senator Clayton said ho understood die associated pre?s agent here was a. Republican, and he had been instructed in-structed to emply a Democratic editor , to report this convention. This was very singular. The resolution was adopted. An executive committee ol eleven was then appointed. The chairman on tho committee of address reported I a long address reviewing the terrible condition of the Southern States, and contrasting the peace of the North during the political contests with itie chaos at the South. The pride of the former slave holder and the aspirations aspi-rations and anxiety of the negro produced pro-duced this condition of aftairs. The friends of the negro must aufler with them. Federal interference is necessary. neces-sary. State courts are inefficient, seldom indicting offenders and never convicting them. The address closes by asking the prote tion afforded American citizens in foreign landB. It was unanimously adopted. |