Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-09-14
AS 1T WAS PLANNED, so WAS
1T EXECUTED.

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difficult than that undertaken blythe YAscEy Blec-
tors, viz To prove Chat the leaders of the party
are not Disunionists, and that the Democratic par
! ~ was not disrupted by YAScEY Co, for the pur-
pose of fartherng their design to dissolve the I'm
ion. Proof has been piled mountain high to show
that there Is a party, ia tho South, lending all its
energiea towards the one reasonable object
ion; that the Charleston and Baltimore Conventions
were split, and the BRrcSNmDaE ticket gotten up
for the contamination Of that fell purpose Ifany
man still doubts the truth of these charges let him
read tie following programme laid down by YAM
cEy, before the Alabama Democratic State Conven-
ton, on the lith of January last, and doubt no
longer:
ITO obtain the aid Of the Democracy in this con-
tef il il necessary TO make contest 10 its Charles
ton Convention. In that body Douglas adherents
will press his doctrine toa decision. If the State
Rights men keep out of that convention, that de-
cision must inevitably be against the South and
that either in direct fver Of the Douglas doctrine
OF by the endorsement of the Cincinnati platform,
under which Douglas claims shelter for his princi-
Piles. The State Rights men should present in that
convention their demand for a decision, and they
will obtain an endorsement of their demands or a
greater hope of triumph within the Union If de-
MED, in my opinion the State Rights wing should
secede from the Convention and appeal 10 The aohoie
people Of The South, without distinction of parties,
and organize another convention upon the basis OF
their principles, and go into the election with n can
didate nominated by IT, as a grand Constitutional
party But IN tie Prudential contest a Bldck Re
publican may be elected. II this dire eUent should
happen in my opinion he only hope Of sgfety for The
South is in lcithdro,eol from the Union before he
shdH be iRduguTdted; before the sword and the
treasury Of the government shall be placed in the
keeping of that party. ! WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE
SEVERAL STATE LEGIsLATuREs SHOULD, By LAW, RE-
ouIRE THE governor WHEN 1T SHALL BE MADE MANI
FEST THAT THE BLACK REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATE FOR
THE Proficiency SHALL EEoEIvE THE ELECrosALvoTE,
TO CALL CONVENTION OF THE PEOPLE OF TUE STATE
TO ASSEMBLE IN TINE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR SAFETY
BEFORE THE 4TH OF March, 1861. IT. however, a
Black Republican should not be elected, then, in
pursuance of the policy of making the contest
within the Union, we should initiate measures in
Congress which should load to a repeal of all the
unconstitutional acts against slavery five should
fail to obtain so just system of legislation, then
the South should seek her independence out of the
Union"
Now mark the sequel, and observe how exactly
everything was done in accordance with the drec-
tons of this master spirit of the disunion move
mentl The "contest" was made in the HCharles-
ton Conventions" the demand of the State Rights
men was made then and there; that demand was
refused, and they did "secede from, The Convention
and appeal TO the ehOls people Of the South" Was
there ever plan more deliberately laid and more
faithfully executed YANcEY knew that SO long as
the Democracy continued to be national it would
be a stumblng-bock in his path, and that disanion
would be impractcable. To remove this obstacle,
Democracy must be tonalized-disrupted and
to effect this object the. State Rights men should
present in that Convention their demand for de-
cision upon the docrtine promulgated by DouG-
LAS YANCEY knew that the Northern delegates
would never endorse slave code plank in the plat
form, and months before the meeting of the Con-
vention, he drilled his cohorts to make the fight
upon this point. The battle was fought. and the
victory won. So far the programme has been
faithfully carried out and what yet remains to be
done2
1t is folly to assert that YANcEY split the Demo-
cratic party without an object; then what is that
object? Disunion And how is that object to be
consummated through the disruption of the Demo-
cratic party? By running two Democratic tickets,
North and South, and so dividing the conservative
strength of the country to the election of
Black Republican. And what then2 Let Mr..
YANcEY answer: II this dire event should happen,
in my opinion, the only hope of safety for the South
is in a withdrawal from the Union before he shall
be inaugurated." We ask the reader to mark how
deliberately YANCEY chalked out his course before
the meeting of the Charleston Convention, and with
what accuracy of detail the plan has been carried
out up to this time. Shall he be permitted to play
his game out successfully Will Union-lovng
people help him to make BRECKINRIDoE the instru-
ment of LINcoLN's election when he has expressly
declared that upon the happening of that event,
the South ought to Withdraw from the Union2 Nc
man who reads can plead ignorance of YANEEY's
designs and all whoact with him subject themselves
to the charge of being willing co-operators in hi;
scheme 70 dissolve the Union. II is grave charge
sustained by hcts--and all who would avoid il
must get from under"
n.y. The Breckenridge Elector, in his speech
h re, last week, if we understood him, in attempt.
J ing to exonerate the Democratic party from the
charge Of keeping up the slavery agitation, said
that after the conventions of both parties had ac
copied the Compromise of 1850 as a,dnal settlement
the Black Republicans repudiated it, and re-opened
the question. If this is correct, the speaker is Al
fault both in his history aud his facts. The con.
test which followed the Compromise, was between
Scott and Pierce, aud during the whole campaign
the Democratslabored hard to prove that Gen Scot
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