Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-02-03
.sre CLARKSYILLE, TENNsg FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1861

slavery questions will soon be at an end VIII
: then You have still much to perform. We hal
! great country, mighty country, and, as Yet .
, undeveloped country We have not only reape
and enjoyed the fruits of its surface, its mountain
mines Of gold, mines Of iron, and (which are v,
more valuable) her mines Of coaleAchiects of ne,
/, cessity and commerce with all the world. w6ul
1t not be more worthy Of your statesmen--I wi
not say politicians-woFthy of you rs Pennsylvs
mans TO develop her wealth for the benefit of your
selves and your country? There Is Something i
Il that which might swell the heart Of a Pennsylva
Z. nan, and swell the heart of her citizens [grea
7 cheers lin that protection to American industr
ana commerce. [Gfeat and lond continued cheer
I ing. Now you stand quarreling about a suppose
free labor and white labor and you ask more pro
tectioh to white labor. You have TO DIG out ofth
bowels of the earth its great wealth All th
powers OF these you have overlooked. If.you hav
not overlooked them you have sacrificed them Il
whims and speculations in politics. How mucl
have you gained by it You have made member
/ Of Congress- you have made Presidents, | wisl
( You JOY But has the wealth of Pennsylvania, hai
the poor man got any benefit from It? Has th,
poor man been able to feed and coihe his wife anc
children anybetter for these political strifes? And
are your own domestic interests the interest of the
mDorers the interests of the capitalist, and the in
'erests of all improved by them2 GCheers.7 Look
at all this Yet II viii require time and endeaYol
to rectfy all these little matters Yoh are sending
the money from your country. An average of more
lhan thirty millions is going out Of your country
yearly. California cannot supply your extravagane
What must be the result of ali ths2 You are buy
ing more abroad than sou have money to pay for
The mines of California furnish you with little
more than half of what you have exported this
very year for eign goods. But gentlemen, we
have to look NOT merely for political ctisis--we
are to look for pecuniary crisis again very short
" in the country if this thing is allowed. But the
labor, gentlemen, the industry of our country We
nave nave population full of vgor we have popula-
ton tfii5itions for the fruits of our country You
are to strengthen their hands and strengthen their
nearts. | want to see bur labor encouraged and our
poor man set to work. He is the cause of comfort
society owes it to him; the rich owe it to him
the rich owe it to him; the rich owe It to them
selves. We can do it, [Cheers.1 We are passing
from the condition of poor and small nation TO
the condition of mighty and q rich nation. We
are now on the point of danger to mechanical labor
ana home industry. If we can safely pass that
point think we shall get past all the dangers to
the Union--we shall get past all these vacillating
politics, all these Unsettled systems which now per-
PICK the country-we shall arrive at steady posi-
uon with the increase of our population. Our
policy must of necessity, assume greater degree
OF steadfastness. Our foreign policy must improve.
we are marching on with giant step. We are to
Nortbern on% ry Sa no.',, ui,u oTu'n no. merely
greater nortior ornoto. NU' sil & Slele 10
South i,rheya s' s'oa'G. pi"n e,'iieI Nol'h OF
TCheers1 And Tho l,.as, esHlf mestein poiuoh.-
demand MOTT, ,ia, ;I VI tii9 COUNT
tbo Mil pr ~ GO. 'e NO ye",osJ, eItneI WIN
New Yorl, ord 70 ','', uenitiils oo'h
notl,ots far ab,aan.', pm ""u we" oiieans ~ ~
npr,nit ne 70 aarr" 80 piUuuGei pai'y trat VIII
To condnct opr ,r,do lei an anu
tors or te W;ss;s;,,, ,I ~" :le Woiu ne Ws-
trade Wo sboll bpro &c., ;,,, WIN oS NV "l'h
fore vo,r ,o,,,'ons, aL;IJ 'i,ios vi prop'e oe-
If we rnn only yoo,,amo ., n. ,t, o.I
Union toaeiber ';ii ill., ~ ~. "i1ns "'iu heep ihls
hearts ony aro,iscat;on - M - ~ enes your
it-amusc Soureelwas in ,,a, ~ ''1 r. uion uo
there is power Il at viii nnt N.Y., ,h 10 pT Suie
an W. pn !" az az WI, nov ''iioW the ohloh 10
Therefore Won are to nrotact !, rJ,,d ah0on;
God knows Tboro oot go, 49,. -. noIo
Union bors to-ri,,ht o,,5 A. -; "" aus W ''ie
that the people are Nh robt in ,boir - mS neaa,
,bo io.,,ipa.,,:'. ' ,sp, ii te.i near1s ana