Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-10-19

adorned the Republic OF America. In bis
footsteps followed, and--along with every
old-line Wing In the Senate and House Of
Representatives, every Southern Democrat,
except one, and every Northern Democrat
and Western Democrat, Without exception
II voted for the Crittenden proposition in
order that war might be sterted. | did all
that my humble capacity--all that my
strength and influence could accomplish--to
achieve the great purpose, and did declare
in New York, in Nov ember, 1860, that, as a
Representative, would not vote dollar
be shed in civil war, and now, IL am on
ly enabled to make good that declaration to
the last hour Of my life, shall have that
consolation which upheld the great Fox in
bis dying moments, when, lifting up his
eyes, just before they closed on all mortal
scenes, he exclaimed, al thank God, as /
pass away from earth, that in service Of for
ty years in Parliament have never uttered
a word, or given vote, which has caused
the shedding of drop of British blood"
THE NEXT WAR.
The late war is over the next Is to come
Shall digress moment to tell you how p
'Tis easily told. They have proclaimed It
already-Bingham, Wade, Stevens-the lea
ders OF the Republican party everywhere.-
Under pretence of impeachment, they mean
to depose him:
/ do not say impeach; that is mild, gen.
tie, constitutional word-though 1t Is alb
surd in the extreme TO talk of impeaching a
President for supporting the Constitution
md o;nta ;,,ipn ho Tptn Tboy xysl1I 4
pose him by violence, though under the pre-
tended form of law; and let me here say
very emphatically that upon the fundamen-
tai maxim Of Lincoln's administration, they
have perfect right to do so. What was it I?
He boldly and repeatedly proclaimed, and
mercilessly he acted upon it from the begin
ming to the end, and sustained all his under
lngs everywhere In executing 1t, that he
had right, and that it was his duty to re-
move every obstacle of whatever kind, bu-
man or material-men, things, or institutions;
which he believed stood in the way Of the
successful achievement of what he called his
patriotic purposes. And in this monstrous
claim he was supported in the beginning by
the great mass of the people of the States,
North and West, and throughout by a ma.
jority Of them, with cklessncss and bit
terness. and severity, too, never before ex-
hibited by free people, in any country or
in any age.
Now, upon precisely this same maxim,
thus vigorously practced upon, the Radicals
have q right to remove the President
from his Office, and to imprison, exile, or even
to put him to death--upon the pretext that
he believed him an obstacle in the way of
the successful execution of their plans and
policy for what they choose to call the pub
lie good. And do not know that any one
who, in Lincolns time, gave sanction to the
execrable doctrine, could have any right to
complain.
| would have that right. The Democrat
ic party would have it-and here and there,
solitary wayfarer, marching out Of place
with the Republican hosts. But no matter
let me warn all concerned, that this pretend.
ed impeachment, this intended deposing of
the President, will be resisted to the last ex-
tremity. He is President under the Consti-
tuition, and has precisely the same right 10
exercise the duties of the Office 10 the end of
his term, March 4, 1869, that the members
of the Senate or House, or any other of the
officers of Government have, and these men
will lind million hearts of oak and arms of
steel TO defend him In the enjoyment OF that
right. We want no moro war-abOve all,
no moro civil war; but If they will force II,
Ii shall be, will be war to the knife, and the
knife to the hilt."
But to return. The recent civil or sec-
tional war is over. The Confederate armies
have surrendered and been dispersed, and the
Federal army, twelve hundred thousand
strong, has been diminished to less than fifty
thousand. The war is over, but the Union
IS not restored. Did war restore the Union
Let every soldier and every officer answer.
il war restored the Union, what were they
doing here advocating the Presidents policy2
They all did their duty like brave men. 1t
was no fault of theirs that their work did
not restore the Union. They break down the
armed hostility to the Federal Government
and 1t was because, ipAke eternal nature of
things, by the decree of the 0mnipotent
God, force could not cement Union made |
by consent that the Union was not restored
and now the entire Democratic party Is |
where II has always been, and every soldier
and officer who fought in that war should !
come forward and unite with the Democrat |
&c party In seeking to accomplish through |
the ballot the work that war could not ac-
complish.
AFRICA THE ISSUE.
Now for the facts. The President, and |
with hlm the National Union party, and the
Johnssn party, and the whole Democratic
party, proclaim that the terms of intercourse
between the North and the South shall be |
the old Constitution of Madison, Washing.
ton, Jefferson, Clay aud Webster. The Re-
publican party proclaims that the terms of
intercourse shall DO the new or amended |
Constitution of Thaddeus Stevens, Charles
sumner and Ben. Wade. That is the issue
that Is forced upon US now, directly and |
plainly stated; but behind all these lies the
question, Wha. shall be done with the ne.
gro, now freel First the Republican party |
proclaim, as part Of their policy, that II is |
the duty CT the United States 10 take care of