Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1856-04-25

W Nhtu we groom which entonls Toe ~
lure al tlis distracted country, md carries
dilmsy 20 the hearts of tie BEST ana nes, san.
gnine patriots, ray Of hope sometimes breaks
upon the mental vision and calls forth the ex.
clsna'on-all Is not YET lost There, is no,
man. in whose breas, beats an honest Amer
lean heart, who utterly despairs The Republic
IN The hour of bis deepest dependency, his
own ardent love Of country and unself-h De.
voion to IT, free institutions continually inspire
faith that The people will, ere it be too late,
discover The fatal lendency of licencious party
discipline aud, throwing q it's shackles, come
to their cour'ry's rescue.
When we look around us, and see men Of
intelligence--men, whose hopes and interests
should all be bound up in the safety and pros
pority ofthe Republic -men whose department
ia the social circle and IN the transactions o.
every day life, betroys no marked moral or
mental obliqnily--when see such men actively
adjusting the machinery Of party, with no
higher aim than The possession of the spois
our boast of a free government seems like idle
vaporiHg.. But when we look from these selfish
and reckless leaders 20 the people themselves.
and reflect that they are honest, however delu-
ded, we can bot indulge the hope that their eyes
will yet be opened THAT they will yet gee the
character OF those in whom they blhdly and
them off as enemies OF their country. Could
the masses peep behind the curtain, and see
aud hear all that transpires in the secret con-
claves Of their ar,Iul 'lendeTs--hesr politics
spoken Of as game of chance, the winner, at
which. must be a cheat--hear honor in politics
derided as foolish superstition hear this
selfish consideration, and that deeply rooted
prejudice discussed, as The sure means of ma
king ready and active tool of this man and
that-could the masses hear these things, and
appreciate the contempt with which they are
viewed by those whose slaves they are, they
would turn, with loohng and disgust, from
their party associations, to stndy the interests
oF their country, and their own duties as free
men. And that some are beginning so to think
and act, is apparent from the following reso-
intions udopedby meeting of the people, at
Dirien, Geurgia, irrespective Of party. THIS,
though the first, will not we trust, be the las;
movement Of the kind, Indicating, as ittpes,
a determination, on the part of The people, to
assert their independence AMI exercise their
own unbiased Judgements in administering
their own governments:
Whereas Willard fillmore hqs been brauqhi
forward as n canidate lor the Presidency of tiie
Unitad States
ReSd,ped, That this meeting recognize Mr..
Fillmore as patriotic and national man, aud
as a suitable and competent person to admin
lister the government.
As the name of Andrew Jackson Donclson
has been brought forward for the Vice Presi-
Gency In connection with that Of Mr. Fl llmore
for the Presidency,
! e,olped, That we approve of said nomina.
ton.
Oh. motion of Mr. Biley, it was
Re'oped. That we support these gentlemen
as men and patriots, and lot as members OF
any particular party.
IheTs Is u pam CohIhoh ethseI pu9i"oS7
Blr about these resolutions, which stamp them
the work of sound heads and honest hearts the
footprints of tine demagogue are no where Wis
ible upon them. They speak the sentiments
of devotion, to country, which the people would
everywhere feel and utter, were they out OF
the clutches of the filthy political hurpies wh0
either DESTROY or de6le everything they touch.