Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-02-12
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k8- We are pleased 10 see tnat the a
mericans of Connecticut are zealously en-
gagged in the work of organization, on
national basis, and feel confident that so
patriotic movement will be seconded by
the circumjacent States. The declaration,
we are we'll aware, win be charged to par
,izan feeling, but that will not deter us
from saying that the last hope of the Re-
public lies in the success pc American
party. AL its aims are. natidhhl and all
its measures, conservative. Can the same
be said Of the other professionalism
democracy is an organization, with slavery
for its platform, and the Northern wing,
Of the same party, is Numerically opposed
to the Southern, on this one absorbing
question, The Black Republican, is
party with onsidea--opposition TO slavery
and exclusively sectional in its charac-
ter. But the American party leaves sla-
very to the States in which it exists, and
demands non intervention with the subject
in States and Territories-not that nom
intervention called squatter sovereignty and
alien suffrage, but that which finds its
sanction, in the Constitution and the broad
principles of justice. For this national
stand, on this vexed question, the Ameri-
can party incurred the bitter hatred of
Iocofocoism, which lives on corruption and
slavery agitation. And to break down
this patriotic party, locofocoism not only
lied and slandered to degree never be-
fore witnessed in any age or country, but
openly courted the alliance ofthe paupers
and criminals of foreign lands to crush
the right of the natives to govern their
own country grade Of moral treason
that ought to damn, here and hereafter,
every one concerned in the criminal trans
action.
The American party, alone, can save
the country, because it, alone, is national
and conservative. The democrats and
Black Republicans know no issue but
slavery and every step they take serves
to swell the tide Of discomfort between the
North and South, and to weaken the bonds
of Union. Neither Of these parties will
dare to go before the country on any
other issue than that ofslavery, and Meth
err spends one thought upon the great in
terest fthe country. Agriculture may
languish for the want of a home market ;
Manufactures may languish for want Of
proper protection the currency may be
deranged, and commerce suffer in conse-
quence but what care they for all these
things-eyen for the honor Of the nation
and the integrity of the Union-so they
can plumber the Treasury. This is their
only object, and believing that they can
accomplish itonly through the slavery agi-
tation, they keep itup, as reckless of con
sequences as they are dead to every emo
ton that should animate the heart of the
patriot-statcsman.
The American party, alone, can save
the country, because it, alone, would put
at rest the slavery question, the only sub
ject that endangers the safety ofthe Union
This done, the people would turn their
attention to the leading interests of the
country and they, being common to both
sections, would soon bring about that har-
mony which naturally flows from com
munity of interest, win the democrats
do this2 For thirty years, the opposite
has been their policy, and will continue tc
be, until the people shall have sense
enough to crush the party aud its policy
at one blow, Look at the party and itt
Kansas difficulty! Is not the scene, now
onacting in Congress, degrading ant
dangerous enough to open the eyes of the
people to their own folly and the basenes,
of their Representatives? See you, in the
present aspect of affairs, any promise o
amendment, any hopo of safety for tn,
Unionp On the contrary, every indication
warrants the belief that the troubles of tn,
country are, daily, assuming more seri
Gus aspect, and that the locofoco leader
have not the remotest idea of abandonin.
acourse, base as it is, that has enable,
them to chain the people to the car ofparty
whilst they ride in triumph, fattening upOt
the spoils and rising in Importance, il
ratio with national degradation.