Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-09-09
From the Memphis Enquirer.
Hon. Edward Bates.

! Among the letters received from dis
tinguished strangers to attend our jubile
on yesterday is one from the Hon. Ed
ward Bates, Of Missouri We cannot re
sist the inclination we feel to give ou
readers an opportunity of reading it, an,
accordingly insert it in our issue thi
morning:
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 90, 1859.
Hon. Jre Clem0s and Othcrs- Conmittee Of Iari
tatoa, Ncmp6s Tenn.
SIRs-I Sel myself especially honored in reeeiv
ING your Kind invitation TO attend Grand Jubile,
OF the Opposition party, to be held at Memphis or
the 25th instant, in celebration Of your recent vic
tory in Tennessee.
Il is with sorrow that am constrained to deny
myself the pleasure of joining you in the ceIeba-
ton of an event 90 honorable to the gallant men Of
Tennessee, and promising of good to the coun-
try. Sickness and recent death in my family have
so disarrangcd my plans for the summer vacation
rs to force me to this seli-denial.
Il plcases me very much, gentlemen, to find that
you designate the band of patriots who have lately
done the good work in Tennessee, as The Opposi-
ton Pdrty The name implies that the party is
made of the good men Of other parties-Dcmocrnts,
Wings Americans Republicans-all who can no
longer brook the wild extravaganza and wantou
disregard Of principle in an Administration and a
party, which, embodened by former unmerited sue
cess vainly imagine that they "can afford to dsrc-
gard the censurcs Of the world and to despse the
Judgment of history.
The party in office Il will not say, in power) is,
of itself weak and helpless minority. It has no
chance Of renewed success but the hope Il trust n
vain and fallacious hope that are viii be so unwise
and Unpatriotic rs to waste our strength in petty
chickering's about old party names and subordinate
questions of policy and convenience and to split up
our iurCe= into PsttOons and sections, if for the
very purpose of enabling our inferior enemy to
beat us ALL in detail If we be so unwise as that
if we allow the adversary 10 form the plan Of our
campaign, to marshal troops to tell US when to
march, and where to camp, and how to fight of
course we win get what We earn and deserye-de-
feat. And by folly, we will add to the humil-
iation of defeat, the sting of shame, in the con-
seriousness that we had in our hand means of vico-
y and the assurance of the peace and prosperity of
the Nation but wantonly threw them away
However il may he elsewhere, am sure it will not
he so in Tennessee Her gallant sons are always
ready when brave and generous deeds are neediul
Her younger patriots, high spirited and bold against
the enemy, but mild and forbearng 10 each other
will MACH in cordial union, on 10 victory, their
warm zeal guided, and. if need be, restrained and
by the cool wisdom and prudence of the
veteran Bell.
Your recent victory and similar successes in 9th
er Southern and Western States embolden me TO
hope for the like good result all over the Union
The spirit Of conservative patriotism is aroused
throughout the Nation, by the dangerous misgnv-
ernment and hold innovations of the last few years;
and in view of the great national interests now in
peril better feeling of harmony and mutual con-
fidence, Of kind ioThearance on minor points of gen.
erous concession in favor Of peace and unity--is
visibly increasing in all the elements of the Oppo
sition- Those who foster and advance that good
feeling, and rpen it into cordial union, will be
great public beneiacOrs. Such union alone will
constitute the victory, without the necessity for
another blow; for the Democracy, as now enerva-
ted and demorsized, win be no match for the uni
led Opposition.
And such victory A victory in which all
cven>the vangushed--will have cause TO rejoice,
because it viii restore peace and harmony TO the
excited sections law and order 10 the disturbed
territories moderation and justice to the Govern
ment and prosperity aud honor to the Nation
Such at least is the earnest h0peof
Your obliged friend and fellow citizen
ED. W. BATES.