Weekly national intelligencer., 1864-03-17
POLITICIANS OF ONE IDEA.

From tho NaShptHe Tenn UNION .- rt
The following quotations from the Cmcinnat Gazstte,
which embodied in of its editorials since New
Year, contains truth worth pondering: i .1f m Il,
"a politician may have mouthed aud ranted of Demo
cratic principles all his life; or he may have delivered
ponderousy and proractedy the slavery question:
he may have been champion OF freedom, and great on
great utterances for liberty he may be able 70 rush IN
of hand to set up essyworking popular government
based voter in ten and he the switest swearer
his speeches may be broadcast over the land 40 the
great spec of Mr. So-nnd So the state Of the country
and yet he may not have sufficient statesmanship TO
equitably lay to create means Of revenue; to
general burden without special oppression or spe
ca injury to Industry and trade The acs that between
slavery party which the beginning and ending
of politics. and antsavery in the other, which was the
the real business of has yet to be learned
in this country" e,
Reader when you feel inclined to follow blindy your
political leader take the extract and read thoughtfuy
and do this whether your favorte politician is called
radical" or conservative" Learn to think for your
self for free government only be maintained by
fecting people, How painfully true 10 it that between
tlavery in party which the beginning and ending
Of politics, and ansavery in the other, which was the
same the real business of yet to be arned
If you pride yourself conservatism, and regard the
Gazette radical paper that fact cannot weaken the
force Of wespoken truth. If the word radical your
keynote Of political music we know you will not pro-
uounce the Gazette "copperhead"
BY needless anxiety for the perpetuAon AMI extension
Of slavery the people Of this proud happy State have
brought upon themselves Dcalculable evils. While
should have though for ourselves upon all the mighty
srests of growing country hakened to frothy dema
gogues who narrowed their teachngs by convergng lines
t. the ever present everrritstng negro Some body in
Maine Massachusetts, Ohio said the negro ought To be
free that human bundage morally wrong and no man
had right to another man. His language excited
Us; the demagogue cav it, and said within himself,
THAT'S the available question: Within few days there
were made for Congress- for the Governor
ship for the State Legislature On the side
of ability aud integrity was nominated-a useful citizen
whom his peighb0s coud c0n6de. But perhaps he had
said capddy on occasion that Tennessee would be
happier and weather without slaves perhaps be had
Congress the Legislature before and had
vote which construed into abolition vote The
drnagogue managed to have himself nominated by the op
pOsite party; and you remember how suffered him to
defeat the good by repeating sereotyped speech
about the horrible abotloniss Even those of us who
voted against the demagogue were perhaps silly enough to
say. when had listent to his memorized declama
lie is very smart man And thi, foolish habit Of
mind grew upon till youths at college, il they had
political aspirations studied chiefly how they might be able
to prove their fanced opponents aboiitonists. isi
Unto what has all this fooli,hnsss brought u.f Four
years sgo free and travelled whittier would
asking man how lar we might proceed what
IN ght carry with We possessed souls in peace
and property in security But to have the United
South preached by mouthine and ranting politicians we
have reduced ourselves to lever privileges than
enjoyed by the slaves before the rebellion. fore the
war II slave murdered his master he could claim trial
by jury. Now white may kill 4 negro in selEde
fence and be tried by military commission. Did you
ever think OF thatf This is glance what we havs
brought upon ourselves BY Listening TO Of one idea
IG il plain enough ace it that side
But the end Of the world is not yet Our sad condition
| may be temporary or it may not That it may is the
hopeful side and prefer TO look upon H. Yet it is
wise to bl nd ourselves that may remain ignorant Of
approaching sorrow As came into this torment by
suffering OF idea rst to lead and then dive s
may prolong misery and vssalape by suffering
the zeaots Of another idea to lead drive whittier
they choose Remember, that when fanatcism OF any
kind obtains the ascendant kDaves espouse the anatca
side subserve the ends Of avace ambition At the
present moment 1t is fashionable to question the loyalty Of
any who may doubt the justice expedency OF Whatever
il done the Of freedom And freedom is fast OBJ
tanning definition distinct from any reference to the
rights and interests OF men and who boast Of no
African blood in their veins Yet may assert without
fear Of personal arrest perhaps that very and
highly respectable class of the people this State can sy
no claim to African descent While free to con-
fess earnest desire for the ultimate extinction of
preference for the white Nor do suspect any
pecHliarity in our temperament It is simply feeling
common to white Of moderate decency. It NAV be
added that, in addition to the precedence Of supposed
personal superiority white have numerical majority
4 within the limits OF Tennessee. ~
Now, the error against which would fellow
citizens 10 that OF giving counenance outhinp and
ranling politicians who ignore the white people in their
zeal for the negro to any Of their aders and abetors
who busy themselves In stirring up enmty towards the
whites ia the minds Of the blacks Men aud women who
practice In such vocation practical ropes
whatever may be their theory Hhey honest people
they should be within the walls Of mad houses IL they
dishonest the State prisons Of the country are too
honorable for them For the legitimate result of their
practices Is The extrpatoo of the blacks and much suffer
ing among the wbis. We have heard Of hoods
in this State which have bern aversed by armed bands OF
negroes searching the dwellings Of white men for arms
and this without even white msn to superintend their
arbitrary searches Gould the btterest enemy Of emanci
patton desire any thing better suited to his purposes Do