Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-10-22
0ILA@1ES 1E.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER %, 1858.

Ohio, Indiana and Iowa set the seal of
northern condemnation upon the admins
tration of james Buchanan. Whatever
may be the ultimate result, it is crafty |
ing to know that patriotism has vitality
enough to make a successful struggle
against the tyranny of a President who
has boldly attempted to set up his will as
paramount to any and every consideration
connected with the liberty of the citizen,
and the welfare of the government That
power is constantly gliding from the hands
of the many into the grasp of one man,
has been alarmirgly manifested in the
rapid Capitalization consequent upon de-
mocratic policy, and the immense patron
age corruptly welded by the President
has almost made his will omnipotent in
this Republic; and whether the sentence
of condemnation, just passed by the States
above enumerated, is mere spasmodic
effort, or return of healthful political
vigor, remains to be seen.
A nation of Office seekers must ever be
corrupt and if the chief Executive be
the dispenser of Offices, the power he
yields is dangerous to public liberty. We
see this truth excmplifed in every State
of the Union, and every day in the year.
For Office, we see men of talents abandon
ing to-day, the principles of yesterday,
and sacrificing everything that constitutes
the enlightened freeman and patriot, to
become the mercenary slave of a central
power. We see men, who have been faith
fully discharging the duties Of Office, sud
denly removed, because they had the I'M
blushing impudence to express an opinion
adverse to that of the tyrant who is striv-
ing to crush out every sentiment of manly
Independence, and to make abject sub
mission to his will the exclusive test of
fitness for Office. This exercise of despotic
power, and for the purpose of overturning
fundamental principle of free govern
ment, has aroused the indignation of all
good and rejecting men, and well will it
be for the future well being of the country
if this sudden awakening from dangerous
apathy prove the beginning of wise and
constant vigilance over the future ad-
mnistraton Of the government.
But we have little hope that the work,
so well begun, will be productive of the
good it promises. The democratic party,
ever in the minority, has held sway over
the government, for years, by means of its
own corrupt management and the divisions
which have distracted and weakened the
opposition. Will the same causes continue
to produce the same effects? Mammon
is the god of this country, and as his
worshippcrs are always ready to be knock
ed off to the highest bidder, the U. S,
Treasury is the dangerous rival of love of
country and, for years past, has proven
too much for the patriotism of a mercenary
people. This powerful agent is in the
hands of democracy, and though the
Treasury has been emptied by the purchase
of past successes, the credit of the gov
nment is still good, and we may look for
increased expenditures to uphold the party
that has no other hold upon the country
But many fatter themselves that the
divisions in the democratic ranks are past
healing, and that the appliances hitherto
used, will fail now. This is a slender
hope. What if Douglass is conquering
the Administration in the North, and what
if the South is donouncing the Little
Giant for his treachcry-real or supposed
1t amounts only to this-that he is the
only man with whom they can hope to
succeed, in 1860, and the South, after all its
clustering, will quietly submit to his
nomination, and then republish all the
eulogics so lavishly heaped upon him here
tofore-swallowing, without a wry face
his squatter sovereignty, together with his
present rebellion against his party. This
is to be the result of the present demon.
STATIONS in the North, and is rendered
certain by the fact, that Douglass anti.
slavery opinions must be relied upon 10
bring back into the fold the freesoil demo
Gratis who have been alicnated by the Kan
sas swindle. AS soon as it is seen tina
Buchanan is hopelessly abandoned by tn,
North, his adherents in the South will lie
go his coat,tail and, leaving him to hi
fate, cling to the skirts Of Douglass as tn,
sole hope of safety
1eiy- We see that some of the Tennessee,
Americans are complaining that some o