Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-10-19


evil The corruptisa they have infused into The
administration Of sLs Government and thsi- need
iessnnd ceaselsss agitation Of the slavery question
has built up shsrd party with one idea, and that
idea the very capital upon which democracy has
specialized in politics. until IL has not only dis
ruped the party, but rsised upa rival in the trade
that has nionopolized the sensation market. It is
needless row to speculate about the causes which
defeated Hendricks in Indiana, and Foster 10 Penn
sylyania. They are both democrats, and had all
the advantages offs single-handed contest with the
Republicans, and whether eitherswing of democracy
played oully with the other and into the hands Of
the Linconites there can be no doubt that a SINH
lar result would follow similar contest in Kovem-
Der, were Il narrowed down to the same parties.
The bitter feud in the democratic family renders
useless any attempt concentrate It's entire strength
upon candidate of either faction, and fusion Of
both with the Union party Is the only chance for
the defeat Of Lincoln, and this they do without
the sacrafcc of a single principle
In view of the danger impending over the Union,
and in view of their inability to elect their candi-
dates, magnauimous patriotism demands of south
ern democrats the withdrawal Of both their tickets
accompanied with the declaration that in doing SO,
they have resolved to make one united effort to
restore harmony, preserve the Union, and maintain
the nationality of the Government. Andshould such
an appeal, this, to the justice and patriotism of
the North.-an appeal in behalf Of the Union, and
Of the ofliberty throughout the world, be fol-
/ lowed by the election of Lincoln, with how much
more justice and how much greater assurance of the
sympathy of mankind, could tue South then resort
to the means of redress contemplated in dissou-
ton Of the Union Such course this cannot
fail to produce the happiest results 1t would slim
ulate every honest man in the North to emulate so
noble an example, and even the most rabid Repub-
can would hesitate TO the responsibility of
the mad experiment he is now making upon the
strength of the bonds by which the Union is held
together. Nor would there be any humiliation
any Submission in such step. On the contrary, It
would exalt the wisdom and patriotism of the South
to degree that would command the admiration of
the civilized world, and clothe any action it might
thereafter be forced to take, with all the attributes
ofjustice and manly independence, and fix upon the
North all the responsibility that might attach 20
such action. The errors the South has committed,
in its heated zeal for party, would be amply atoned
for by such generous effort at reparation, and with
a clear conscience and righteous cause, it could
proudly await the issue which the North might force
: upon it-strong in a united Sentiment and COM
mon purpose-justiied by every consideration that
, can uphold the right against the wrong.
But let us rest this appeal upon still another
ground. The democrats of the South, in moment:
of cool reflection, must admit that to their policy
the Republicans owe their birth and rapid growth
That policy has continually fostered the antisaver
. sentiment of the North. 1t has expended millions
for internal improvements in the free States Wills
the South has been denied such advantages it ha.
lavished the common domain upon the States
and the Territories to attach them to the democratic
party, and still further to destroy the balance o
power between the sections it has made citizens
: unnaturalizcd foreigners it has at one time, en-
dorscd the Wilmot proviso thus declaring that Con
gress has the power to exclude slavery from thu
Territories and advocated, for years, squatter sove
reignty which confdes the rights of the South, il
de Territories, to the keeping of native and aei
= squatters whom poverty r'crime may have driver
y to the very confines of civilization. Such has beer
= the policy of southern democrats-such the wrong
. they have inflicted upon their own rights and nsti
:. tutious and now we ask them, as honest men,
they have the right TO take advantage oftheir owl
:, wrongs to do a still greater wrongif it is honor
y able and just TO subject to all the hazards Of dsunio
that powerful minority, in the South, who hav
struggled increasingly to counteract the polio
which has brought upon the whole country crisi
-. Of such fearful import. The Tyranny of corrur
NJ, majority may-perhaps will-perpertate the for
~, and inhuman wrong, but no honorable man ca
Of sanction it. and every consideration that infr
no ence the upright and wise patriot demands ths
= they, who have so fatally erred, should make on
Of effort at least TO repair the evil they have done
,v The democrats of the South have it in their pow
"a or not only to save the Union, but to crush II
nd monster to which they have given being, aud r.
m, store harmony to distracted country In dou
m So they viii forfeit nothing of principle homo
ba but will do much TO retrieve the character of the
A. party and re-estabsh its claims to public confden
.,, by such evidence Of their devotion to Unic
,on they bave endangered, Government they have
,ho long administered and institutions they claim
:, have founded. OF the corrupt politicians wi
IA would dissolve the Union as pecunary speculate,
so OF a stepping-stone to their own preierment
md ask and expect nothing but TO the masses wi
Of have everything to loose and nothing to gain
vu revolution and civil war-who are prosperous al
- free in the Union, and know and care little abo
~, the mschievous distractions which have given ri
bs TO all this sectional discord appeal for cooper
,o ton in one common effort in behalf of our countr
an The democrats Of the South, owe it to themselv
,do honorable men, to make this effort TO repair
go mischief they have done and il they fail to do
tho upon them will rest the responsibility of all the
. % that may follow their criminal career.
A., nss~ We have not yet ssen Yanceyi;e W
49,, manfess the slightest concern at the result of
49,. election in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania ana