Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-03-04
The Kentucky Convention.


Theoconventiou Of delegates to organize
an "Opposition, party in Kentucky, as
sembled on the 22d inst, in Louisville.
An addressand resolutions were adopted.
The following is summary Of the objec.
ftions to the democratic party stated in the
address hIa luai4a ia oo,-l71sl
i. Il is essentially disunion party.
2. 1t is disorganiEing destructive party.
g. Itis doubled faced party, having
one aspect for the North and another for
the South.
A. 1t IS party with no common policy
or ixed principles. 'i Goo 30" "'-i's'5
5. 1t is aseetional party. gs,,7qz9
n 6. 1t is, a corrupt party. 7.i oy zor5l
z. 1t is an extravagant, wasteful, party.
The following is the conclusion of the
address
This summary of only part ofthe mis-
rule shows the necessity of a combined
effort of all opponents Of the corrupt Dem.
ocraey to rescue the Government from its
evil grasp The defeat of that party is a
great national necessity, the indispensable
prerequisite to any reform. That is the
only mode by which power can be placed
in the hands of honest men, who will
l. Prevent disunion and check disunion
tendencies
2. Give peace to the nation on the sla.
very question.
2. Give an honest economical administra-
tion of the government and stop spoliations
of the treasury and national domain.
f. Not give injurions control to the Fede-
raj government over State banks and rail-
roads, by means of a bankrupt law, as re-
commended by our Democratic President
and Secretary of the Treasury.
5. Not permit the substitution of direct
taxation in lieu of duties on imports, to
raise revenue for enormous national ex-
penses, as recommended by Democratic
committee.
G. Not permit the transfer Of the war
making power to President, nor allow
him to make treaties without the supervis-
ing control of the Senate, nor trust him
with an enormous secret service corrup-
tion fund, to be used either abroad or at
home. .'' ''
z. Not drag us, directly or indirectly,
into protracted war for the mere acquisi-
tion Of Cuban or any other foreign terri.
tory. sl..... .aa
s. Not permit the importation of foreign
felous or paupers.
g.. Not squander the national domain in
donations to unnaturalized foreigners and
pet corporations, but keep it as sacred
trust for all the States to whom it belongs
In conclusion, deemng, as we do, the
defeat Of the democratic party, great
public necessity, for the reasons already
stated, and many more, we would rejoice
to see patriotic citizens throughout the
Union abandoning those improbable dis
putes which have been the main instrument
of perpetuating power in the hands of the
unscfupulous Democracy combined togeth-
er for its overthrow. But co operation, or
union, by the Opposition of Kentucky, is,
now and forever, utterly undesirable and
impossible with any party or persons who
seek by the action of the Federal Govern
ment, through any of its departments, to
interfere with the institution of slavery,
and we declare that we can have no afilia-
tion whatever with disunionists. s.-All 9th
ers are invited to cordial afiliation on
terms of perfect equality. m 5'H.
OF the character of the convention the
Louisville Journal says: 7'E"s '.
The convention, in the first place, was
immense in numbers, and complete in re-
presentation, consisting of not less than
two thousand delegates, in fair proportion
from every section Of the State. 1t was a
perfect andsgrand embodiment Of the idea
\ of convention.
In the second place, the convention was
unequaled in point of character and of in
tellect. In this respect we confess il sur
passed any popular body of equal size that
we ever beheld. 1t was supurlative. No
other State in the Union, no other part of
the world, not Kentucky herself could
!, possibly exceed it, ltwas striotlya con-
vention Of statesmen. A capat lie observer
! could easily have selected from the assem-
blage council Of three hundred or six
hundred men it in all respects to govern
an empire. In ability and in dignity the
convention was not only an honor to Ken
tucky but an ornament to the Republic,
The Jonrnal says of nominees "The
entire ticket is a strong and splendid one.
There is nothing weak or dim about IT,
So say we, JosuUA F. BELL, the nomi-
nee for Governor, is without superior on
the stump. His eloquence is Of that pecu-
liar kind that goes to the heart and stirs
the blood. 1t arouses men to action and
:, inspires them with hope and energy. The
"0ld Guard'at Waterloo led by Marshall
Ney did not make a more gallant charge
,han the "Old Guard" of Kentucky will
make in August, with Joshua Bell at their
, head. There will be one point of differ.
ence in the two cases -Ney was defeated
Bell will be victorious. Bell is the sort Of
man that cannot be beaten. He.goes into
, n eontest with his whole soul IL ia i'm,