Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-07-24
THE JEFFBRsoNIAN's EXTRA


of our last issue were arranged before we
saw the Jefersoniaa of the 18th !;
nor would we notice it now, but to place
ourselves right on single point The
'itor says our statement, that his slip had
wide circulation is untrue. Let the facts
decide. IS
On Monday, the 9th, we were much in
the crowd, and everywhere heard of the slip
from the Jeffersonian Office, and often dur
ing the day, We we're asked to explain its
meaning. Every body seemed to be advi-
sed Of the fact that such a document had
been put forth, and if generally known, it
was generally circulated, whether one or a
thousand copies had been issued. 1t is
not necessary to the circulation Of state
ment, that printed copy shall be placed
in every ones hands, and many a false
hood is widely diffused without ever hav-
ing been in print at all. The editor
further says that Mr.. Davie assured him
that he had not circulated the copy furnish
ed him; and that he knows neither of the
democratic candidates circulated the copies
placed in their hands. Now we happen
TO know that Mr.. Haywood handed his
copy to Mr. Nancy, whilst the latter was
speaking, with request that he would read
that portion which was designed to show
that there is no alien suffrage in the Min
nesota bill. Mr.. Nancy did read it to
crowded house, and yet the editor denies
our statement, chat il was widely circula-
ted Nor is he relieved from the charge
of Misrepresentation, by the immaterial
fact, that we used the term, "slip" instead
of saying its contents discrimination
which no one would make except caviler
But the weakness of the editors defence
is made more apparent by the additional
fact, that, only two days later, this slip
was published in the Je6ersonian, thus
giving il circulation commensurate with
that of the paper itself, and that, too, after
Col Stark had explained on the stand,
the error, or the trick, as the case may be,
This state of facts fully authorised our
statement, and will vindicate our vcracity,
with all honest men.
The editor says the object was not, as
we charge, intended "to show that alien
suffrage was not incorporated upon the
Minnesota bill; the object was to show
that alien suffrage had been incorporated
upon all the territorial bills" To see
what his object was, let us look at what he
said. In his introduction to the extracts
from the territorial bills, he uses the fol
? lowing language:
"Sinee the decision Of the Supreme
, Court, sustaining the eonstitutionality Of
, the main features and leading principles
of the Kansas Nebraska bill, the Know
Nothings have turned their weapons Of
warfare upon what they call the alien suf
frage feature of the MINNESOTA land grant
) To relieve their anxious fears and dispe
the visions of this hydra-headed monster
from the minds of our Know Nothing
friends, we publish below, extracts from
the various territorial laws, as far as they
relate to the right of suffrage, from which
it will be seen that the provisions of the
r several acts in this respect, are substanti
, ally tho same"
Is there anything here indicating the
remotest intention "to show that alier
} suffrage had been incorporated upon al
5 the territorial biils?" On the contrary
; he says, in substance, that she know Moth
. ings are afraid that there is alien suffrag,
f in the Minnesota, bill, and proposes "tc
= remove their anxious fears" that there il
any thing of sort, and how? Why, b,
Y proving that the "hydra- headed monster
is there. Did any one else ever conceiv,
= the idea of removing ones fear of danger
D by showing that there is danger2 TIL
5 idea is preposterous. And how does h
c prove that the alton suffrage, which tn
= Know Nothings fear, is, or is not, in tn
"Minncsota land grant?' Why, by quot
e ing from different bill, which was passec
h some eight years ago, instead of quoting
from the bill of last Feburary-the on
e upon which the Americans wage war
But he blunders again, when he says tina
the minnesota land grant" contains pro
visions, substantially the same will
. those of the various territorial bills. Nov
these bills--the Minnesota Territorial
bill-among the rcst-contains the fol
, lowing provision;
every free ,ohite male inhabitant abov'