Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-12-09

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pasr We afe pleased to see that Tue 'iIarpefls
Ferry Resolutions, introduced into tho Lcgislaturc
by Nit. Baylss, have at last been disposed of. The
discussion Of shem costthe State about four thous
and dollars and are ma worth The paper they are
printed on. They are made up Of miserable twad-
die strung together with the hope of making ~
little political capital for democracy, and some Of
the Opposition, unable TO pass the resolutions which
expressed their true sentiments, voted for those Of
Bayless- fearing 70 take the responsibility Of voting
fatty against them. Had the democratic majority
resolved that the democratic party has done in
finite mischief by a senseless agitation of the slave
ry question, and that they will, in view of its
TIarpers Ferry fruits, cease that agitation and
forever, they would have acted like patriots and
honest men. But instead Of this manly and honor
able course, they have gotten up preamble and
resolutions the drift of which is 10 show that Viii
son, Wade, Seward and others of the ultra Republic
can school are alone responsible for the blood re-
Gently shed at 1Tarpers Ferry-hoping by this I'M
worthy dodge to exculpae the really guilty parties
the leaders Of the democratic party.
But to make the matter worse, all this nonsense
has been concocted and pcrpetrated at time when
the pecnniary necessities of the people, and the
mercantile interests of the whole State demand
prompt action upon the currency question. Bank
or no Bank is the vital issue and every day of
action more and more unsetles our monetary affairs
and increases the necessity for steps towards per-
manent relief. The subject of the currency was
almost the sole Issue in the late canvass, and the
people justly indignant that this vital question
should have been postponed for more than two
months, and made to give place to such contempt.
{ BILE twaddlc as the Hapers Ferry resolutions
, And whilst we can not help sharing the popular
Indignation, our sympathy for the people and the
suffering interests is greatly diminished by the rcco
lection that it is their fault that jack-leg poti
clans have been entrusted with the adjustment of
: question UNNECESSARILY above their comprehension
We told the people, pending the election, that the.
p were being wheedled by demagogues who knew
S but little about the wants of commerce and tn
Il regulation of the currency and who care even les
Is than know, provided democracy could succeed
And to prove this cite the significant facts tina
!, more than two months have passed, and nothing
done, and that the locofocos divided in opinio
1t as to what ought to be done-whch difference G
e opinion could not have manifested itself in the hall
ii of the Legislature if the people had rebuked it
Is the ballot-box by electing representatives with
e view to a settlement of the Bank question instea
is of with a view to locofoco triumph. The peopl
|. ought to have sense enough to know what is be-
n for them, and the best qualified to serve then
but if they really know neither they had bettt
% change their form of governmental is safer to
20 well governed subjects than foolish sovrcgns su
g. ierng from their own ignorance There are me
1t in the Legislature who if they had the power con-
&c settle the currency question wisely, in two hour
d. hut they are held in check by Others who know
IL little about it rs they do about the first principle
c. of republican government, and who, to keep TIN
at ignorance "dark" as long as possible had rath
re pirate about Harpers Ferry than grapple with Il
er leading question of the session. We do not like
a speak in such terms of n portion Of our legislator
MT but truth requires it,