Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-04-23
ssy- The persistcncy and bitterness with


I6- The persistcncy and bitterness with
which the locofocos heap abuse upon the
half dozen Americans who voted against
the reception of the Lecompton constitu-
ton, makes it Legitimate and proper to
retaliate by showing the mcanness of the
villifers of their be'ters. A correspondent
Of the South Cdrolinian makes this distinct
charge against four southern locofocos, and
as the charge has not been denied, though
repeatedly made, the inference is that it is
true:
at Is said that Calhoun WINS urge1 IN ths strong
est no sible mapner, 10 make Tho decision he has
made, by three prominent political chnracters from
Georgia. and one from Mississippi. | will not
mention their vdoubiIess Il will come out
as part Of The historyNUf the times
This is the charge, and ifnot true, there
has not been wanting pretext for its de-
NAL for the Montgomery, Ala. MqH thus
brings it home to the suspected parties
"Are Messrs. Cobb. Toombs and Stevens of
Ceorgil, and Secretary Thompson of Mississippi.
the appointment political characters above alluded
tot We suspect So"
Now, it is well known that three of these
men are frc-eaters of the hottest kind,
whilst Cobb is nothing in particular, but
a locofoco and Cobb man and if
the admission of Kansas, under the Lee
compton constitution is Essential to the
salvation of the Union and an act of justice
to the South, why did these locofocos urge
Calhoun to give the State to the freesoil-
ers? There is but one answer.-They pre-
fer the success of party and their own
possible advancement as partizans to the
preservation of the Union and the vindi.
cation of southern rights. They hoped
that, by giving the State Offices to the
freesoilers, with the iawloss amendment O.
Green, the Lecompton constitution would
be accepted, the President sustained, ant
the party held together, at the cost o
justice and the best interests Of the South
This is the plain solution of the iniquitou
conduct of these "prominent politica
characters" from the South. And no
only does such conduct amount to mora
treason, but it gives higher elevation t.
the acts of those Americans who set tn
seal of their condemnation upon the mon
strous fraud concocted for the sole benefi
of the locofoco party and to the sole in ur
ofthe South in its most vital point. We
might Bishop, Buchanan democrat, sa
that the admission of Kansas under tn
Lecompton constitution, "gave the she
to the South, and the oyster to the NORTH
And if the South is satisfied with the She
/ don't see why the North should com
plain"
With such evidences, as these, before u
may We not ask-if the six Americans al
Black Republicans, what are the souther
locofocos, and the twenty-five norther
ones who voted with those Americans2 TIL
latter are freesoilers. as are all the nortl
ern locofocos the former are somethin
far worse, but we leave the reader to fix I'll
grade of their guilt, and invent term b
which to designate it. They want IL
acceptance of the Lecompton constitute
as hobby to ride, in 1860, and a trio
with which to delude the South and the
want the surrender of Kansas to the BlaC
Republicans as hobby for the North
and each flatters himself that his advice
Calhoun may secure him place on Il
next presidential ticket