Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-06-22


Ren The Journal Of Commerce, Democratic, sug-
gests that the Baltimore Convention nominate Bell
and Everett and thus ensure the defeat Of the Re-
pnblicans lie calls ii a national and conservative
ticket and says that il would be checrfully sustained
by the entire conservative strength of both sections
This is all true, and if the Democratic party really
preferred the welfare Of the whole country their
own selfish ends they would not hesitate to take
this step which would crush, now and forever, that
uupatrotic and reckless sectional party which seeks
to pervert the ends for which this government was
organized and endangers the whole fabric by claim
ing to be governed By higher law than the Con-
stituton, and justified, in its moral treason, by
something outside of the institutions under which
we live. But the Democratic party knows no inn
pulse pure and patriotic enough to impell 1t to so
wise course Its morals have been debased by the
continual indulgence of corrupt practices, and its
patriotism has so long been the synonymc of party
that it has conscience to goad into devotion
the Country or rcbuke IL for the wrongs it has done
in its reckless career Of partizan warfare upon all
the elements Of good government
What do Democrats care for the defeat of the Re-
pubcans unless it I've done in their name1 What
by their mad pocy2 What care they for the safety
Of the Union if they cannot monopolize its offices
and rule its destnes2 To-day, they would rather
see the Republicans succeed than owe their defeat
to the Union party aud they would sooner shiver
the Confederacy to atoms than yield up their party
supremacy in consideraJ IN Of the safety of the Re-
public. We speak of the leaders-the masses of the
party would honestly do right if their masters would
lead the way in that direction, but they have no
opinions of their own, and have been taught to be-
Hcve that to do the bidding of their leaders is
ligious duty. They act under ORDERS and to reach
them By appeals TO their patriotism is vain hope
90 long they remain enslayed by the corrupt
demagogues who rule them with a rod of iron
The Democrats have it in their power, as the
paper have quoted, says, to aunihilate the Re-
publican party and sthe the rank treason it is propa
eating; but will they do it2 The leaders will not
but there are enough of sensible and moderate men
belonging to that party to do it, if they muster
the courage to assert their independence and
else their rights as ircemen. Such men az these
must see that the party with which they have SO
long acted, so far from imparting strength to the
Union, aud increasing the harmony of its sections
have constantly weakened the and distracted the
other until after years of absolute rule, the Union
IL on the verge Of dissolution and consequent civil
war. Such men as these must see that the broken
fragments Of Democracy are poweress to defeat the
fanatic horde5 Of the North united by n common
hostility to the Institutions Of the South, and they
must clearly see that their cooperation with the
Union party IS the only chance for the overthrow of
the Republican party. The Union party cannot 60
over to Democracy, because We look upon it as the
author Of all che evils which aic the body polite
and in its policy, heretofore carried out, the
promise of no single result different from those
aimed at by the Republicans, who owe their birth,
nurture and strength to that very policy But we
offer 10 the whole people a national ticket--men
who have honored themselves by rejecting honor
upon the country-mcn Of ability, experience, con-
servatve and national sentiments, aud characters
above the reach Of the puny slanderers who attempt
10 s7ss them. To support this ticket, is to uphold
the Cnion the Constitution, and the laws to rel ect
it, is to strengthen the Republicans and TO court dis
union. lie, sensible Democrats think well before
rh.y act for upon them rests heavy responsibility