Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-04-26
{ LA r X s WILLIE,
Friday, April 90. 1881.


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nes- The unsniiuity with which all parties in the
North have rallied 70 the support Of the Admins
tation and the bitterness Of feeling manifested ought
TO teach tho important lesson that 6rmness, prompt
ness, and unannty are essential to our safety no
less than the vindcation OF our honor az people
The trsachery OF the Administration, In the of
Sumpter, warns us TO repose no faith in tsroth and
justice; its demand upon Tennessee for troops to
subjugate the Confederate States after her protest
against and her pledge 10 resist coercion is gross
insult 10 the honor aud manhood Of Tennessee, and
The conduc, Of the whole people of the North, pend
lag the call for Border State Conference, for the
ayowed purpose of further negoiation--all combine
70 prove that settlement was never contemplated
and tina, the intention from the beginning was to
subject the slave States to the win of a sectional
party-to crush out the rights and equality of the
South either by means of its cowardly submission,
OF the force of arms, The Border States are COM
mitted 10 resistance in Of attempted coercion.
The attempt has been made, and though il signally
failed, every effort that zeal aud hate suggest is
being made for its renewal. What else will Ten
wait for Will it defer everything like pre-
paration until the enemy is actually upon its soil
There those who will tell US there is necessi
ty for haste, aud that skilfnl diplomacy may yet
avert the impending danger and bring MS under the
sheltering agis of Black Republican domination
But Tennessee has reached that point in the work OF
compromise aud Cancellation when her honor de-
mands that she shall make no more propositions
Negotiation is the work of two or more parties the
Border States have been the only parties so far
whilst the dominant party, at the North have lis
tened only to object, acted only to defeat. We
feel now, thai Tennessee has further propositions
to Offer and that there are none she can accept I'M
less they are such will reconstruct the Union as
it was. After all that has trnspred--of insult and
aggrctsion--the Border slave States can never live
"A peace and safety with the fanatics OF the North
and It is more than doubtful whether the entire
South, with all the guarantees that have been pro-
.,osed, could now be secure of either, under a re-
constructed Union.
We have struggled long and to the best Of our
ability, to the Union and avert civil war; our
labors in that direction at an end. We can see
40 prospect OF safety, ultimate peace except in
fnal separation from people whose religion is to
hate the STAKEHOLDER, and who under the pretence
of humanity to the slave, would trample under foot
the rights OF the white man and drench the soil
with his blood What man, in the North, now dares
uphold the rights of the South Who, of all the
thousands that once advocated Southern equality in
the Union and under the Constitution, now dares
whisper Of peace and consultation Not one All
have sucoumbed to the power of fanatical and Sec
tional spirit OIL the fear of mob violence There is
but voice heard in all the North and that is for
war and the su6ugation Of the Southern traitors.-
Shall Tennessee remain listless and inactive2 I'M
armed and defenceless 2 The timid aud credulously
hopeful may advise such course and deem it wis
dom, but the notes OF preparation at the North, and
the voice from Fort Sumpter give different counsel
sdmonish us that the time for argument has passed,
and that true wisdom lies in acton--prompt, decis-
i've action. We want arms aud munitions of war ;
we wart united South against united North; an
alliance with friends, not hollow peace with enc
mics, aud the holding Of our rights by safer ten
ure than the will OF fanatica majority. The Black
Republicans will neither concede our rights and
equality in the Union, suffer us quietly to seek
them out Of it; and only two alternatives are left
us-ignominious submission or civil war. Give us
the latter rather than the former and we have mis-
taken the character of Tennessseeaus if they will
not take all the hazards of the conflict sooner than
iarnish their honor by submitting to the despotic
will OF an arrogant sectional party.
Let us then, be us one man-move as one body.
Lot the sound of preparation be heard in every
quarter Neutralty-if practicable--would be
disgrace, and if general war can be averted, it
must be by the North, and nothing can prevent II
but proposal in good faith far peaceable separa-
ton OF the slave from the free States-which pro-
pOsas must come from the North The Border
slave States have demanded such separation for the
Gulf States, provided reconstruction could not be
effected and the demand has been answered b.
Fort Sumpters cannon. That answer ought &c
make the South unit and nerve every arm Il
strike for its independence and its rights. Tennes
will accept the answer as decisive of her futur,
position, aud we trust that no divided councils vii
paralyze her energies and weaken the force of her
example,