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Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02
Mass Meeting at Nashville.

The following are the resolutions adopted
by the Mass Meeting, in Nashville, on the
eth ult. The great length of the very able
address exceeds the capacity of our limited
space, ut least for the present:
The portion Of the people of Tennessee to.
day assembled in Convention at the Capitol
Of the State, profoundly grateful for the ces-
sation Of the late civil war which ravaged
the country, and earnestly DESTROYS that A
true and lasting peace, having its basis on
the principles of the Constitution. shall be
re-established and that the spirit of conci,i-
alton and compromise in which the Govern
ment of the United States was formed shall
prevail among all the people and in every
section, are deeply and anxiously impressed
with the condition of public affairs and
deem 1t their duty to declare the sentiments
they hold, and avow the opinions they pur.
pose to maintain II is, therefore,
Resolved, That the Declaration of Princi.
Piles made by the National Union Conven-
ton, at Philadelphia, in August last, assert
ing the supremacy Of the Constitution, and
insisting equally upon the restrictions i'm.
posed therein upon the General Government.
and those upon the several States in de.
handing that the fundamental principle of
taxation and representation shall he presery.
ed, as well in Federal as in State Govern
ments: in declaring that amendments to the
Constitution can only be made by the people
under the forms of the instrument, and In
their original sovereign capacity, represent.
ed as communities of the several States by
conventions or legislatures; In pleding fesi-
ty to the amendment abolshing slavery and
protection TO the persons and property of
freedmen; in sustaining the public credit
and requiring reputation Of all financial
obligations incurred by States for hostile
purposes to the General Government; In re-
cognition of the services of those who, by
arms, maintained the Government; and, In
The confidence expressed in the wisdom, abil.
JOHNSON, President of the United States
meets with our hearty concurrence and ap- |
prevail, and Is hereby ratified and endorsed. !
Rssoiped, That We have undiminished |
faith that the virtue and intelligence Of the
people Is sufficient TO save the ma.
lion from the perils which at present threat
IN our system Of government, and that the
'esult Of the late Congressional elections,
while depCrable and portentous to the peace
n the country, does not cause us 10 abandon
rope that the career Of the party which, for
welve months, has thwarted the restoration
4 the Union, and sought 10 overturn the
may be held in restraint by the
irmness of the President, sustained by the
sentiment Of the true friends
{ the Government in the Northern States
nd aided by the moderation and prudence
Tbich has thus far been exhibited by the
,ass ~ ne people in the Southern States.
ResoIved. That we will continue TO per-
'rm our political obligations, and labor ear I
cstly To secure the asceudency Of Congerva. I
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

JUST before the late elections, in
the North, dispatch was sent from
New Orleans, declaring that the Pic
ayune was advocating the ratification
of tho constitutional amendments
This lie was soon exposed, but may
still have had the contemplated effect.
Other elections are to come off next
week, and dispatch has been for
warded from Charleston, to the effect
that the leading men of South Caro-.
lima are aiding Gov. Orr in his efforts
to secure the ratification Of the afore
said amendments. Without assum-
ing the responsibility of pronoucing
this last to be equally false, it will
be safe to discard it until confirmed.
The same rule applied to everything
that appears in Radical papers would
do much towards checking the dis.
semination Of falsehoods.
Since tho foregoing was in type,
we have seen an emphatic denial, by
Gov, Orr, of the foul charge that he
favors the amendments, and that he
will advise the Legislature to ratify
them. Another Radical lie disposed
Of.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

SINCE the publication of Secretary
Browning's elaborate and conclusive
argument against the constitutional
amendments, the northern press is
considerably excited. The Radicals
insist that the President is using Mr..
Browning as the medium through
which he is reiterating his objections
to said amendments, and charge him
with factious obstinacy in thus oppo-
sing the expressed will of the whole
North. To this, it is replied, that a
large portion of the North has express
sed different opinion, and this por-
ton, added to the South, makes an
overwhelming majority against the
amendments. In addition to this,
the Constitution requires two thirds
Of constitutional Congress to sub.
NIT an amendment, and three -fourths
of the States to ratify it. The first
condition has not been complied with
because eleven States were denied all
participation in the act submitting
the amendment. Nor can the second
be complied with because, if the
southern States are States in the eve
of the Constitution, the first false
step vitiates any after proceeding in
the same direction; and if they be
territories, as the Radicals assert,
they have no right to vote for, or
against the amendments. In either
case, the Constitution is against the
action of the Radicals, and the Pres
ident, as long as he makes that in
strument his guide, is bound to throw
the weight of his influence into the
scale of the Union and the Consti.
tuition and, if nothing else will do,
to deal with the conspirators against
the government as traitors.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

LIEUT.. BRAIN, of the Confederate
navy, who seized the steamer Chesa-
peake, in time of war, has been in.
dicted for murder; and our govern.
ment is bestirring itself to prevent
the execution of Irishmen who made
war upon Canada, in violation of the
laws of nations and of the U. States.
This would appear strange if we did
not remember that the Irish have a
voice in the administration of the
government, and the poor southern
whites have not. Glorious govern
ment Isn't it?
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

FROM Galveston, Texas, we have
news, that Reagan, who was Confed-
crate Postmaster General, has written
a letter in which he advocates negro
suffrage, and charges those who op-
poseit with being demagogues. 1t
may be that this is one the series of
lies gotten up for political effect, or
may be true, Reagan being one of
that weak minded, weakened class
that contributed so much to the de.
feat of the southern cause.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02


kveFinciplesi ID u administration e he
fed6lal and Htate oovernments,. and urge
our 5t,low- eltisens o. this and other States
10 psrfect 3rRanIntions, aud resist By MI
orderly ard peaceful means, the encrpach.
ments Of the Radical party upon the guar
antees of the Constitutions. and upon the
|rlelSS and liberties Of the people,. tldsazas
Resolved, That we oppose the constitu.
tlonsl amendment now pending for ntiflca.
ton, and object to- ito m odeof presentation,
and its proposed mode of adoption; that we
regard It as insidious in its intent and un-
just in It's operation upon the States and peo-
pie of the South i that its real purpose Is to
destroy the equality and impair the dignity
Of the said States, and place questions which
under the true theory of the Government, are
confded exclusively TO the control of the
several States under the direct control Of
Congress; and that the Southern States can
never ratify Il consistently with the safety
and honor e their people. IS Ne h
Resolved, That the action Of portion Of
the Legislature of Tennessee in assuming to
ratify Il was in known defiance to the wish
es of nine-tenths of the people of the State,
and was 80 clearly illegal and violative Of
the spirit and intent Of the 9Th article Of
the Constitution, that II should be held as
null and void. -2f si7'-q
Resolved, That we invoke the majority 10
the Leg islature Of Tennessee at its approach
ing session, by every consideration Of pru-
dence and patriotism TO abstain from the at
tempt to place upon the statute book laws
in known repugnance TO the sentiments Of
the people, and calculated to produce strife
and dsension; and that we appeal to them
to pursue course which may restore har-
mony to the State, and permit return to
prosperity.
Resolved, That our confidence ia the pat
riotism, courage and fidelity of the President
of the United States q undated. and that
we cordially uphold the general policy of his
administration, and believe that the princi-
Piles upon which he proposes TO restore the
Federal Union, are wise, just and true; and
that 1t 10 the duty Of every conservative we'll
wisher to republican institutions to yield
them an unwavering support.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

a. The meaning Of the term 'loyalty' /,
is made unintellieible by opposite
applications made of It by those who
use it. Conservatives apply it to Rad
icals, because they are VIGOROUSLY
untrue to the Constitution, and the
Radicals apply it to the Conservatives
because they are VIGOROUSLY untrue
to the party in power. Our opinion
is that the term ought to be discard
ed as offensive to the theory of the
government, and that the Radicals
should be recognized as traitors and
dealt with accordingly.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
DrranrwEyr ov SrsrR

u
WASHINGTON, Oct 27th, ss6e. -
D. Thrston, Esq, o. s. Consul, Toronto,
Canada West: i-y
SiR-For your information enclose a
copy of note Of this date which ] have
addressed to Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, the
British minister here, upon the subject Of
the conviction and sentence of Jas. Lynch
and John Mcmahon by colonial court Of
Canada, on the charge Of completely and
participation in the late attack on Fort Erie.
In accordance with the purpose expressed
in that communication you are expected to
procure without delay, for the use of this
department, copy of the record Of the trial
and conviction Of Lynch and Mcmahon, and
also of the further trials and convictions of
n similar character which shall take place in
Canada, with the least possible delay after
their termination.
] am, sir, your obedient servant
WV. II. SEWARD.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

IT seems to be settled now, that
the Radicals of Baltimore will not
fight, in case the Commissioners are
removed. They bullied until they
found no one was scared, and conclu.
ded to call on Congress for redress.
That patriotic body is relied upon to
uphold everybody and everything
that is opposed to peace, Union and
the Constitution.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02
We arc of,e, asked if the Leeis.

NE ere often asked if the Legis-
lat1re, = its next session, will confer
the right Of Suffrage on negroes, and
if 80, what is 10 be done about it. In
reply to the first portion of the ques-
ton, we can only say that we believe
the Legislature, at its last session,
did not adjourn, sine die, because. it
had Instructions, from Washington,
to hold over, and from the outgiyings
Of Brownlow, il is to be inferred that
negro suffrage is the sole object of
the adjourned session. As to what is
to be done, we have but one answer to
give, and that is that if the registra-
ton prevent US from turning out the
lawless tyrants, the people must take
the matter in hand, or continue to
be the slaves of handful of usurpers.
We gave it as our opinion, months
ago, that q Convention was the right
remedy, but the suggestion met with
no favor, and we resolved to wait qui-
city, for the Wagon Should the
course of events yet make this step
obligatory, it will then be seen that
delay served to multiply the obsta-
cles in the way of satisfactory ad-
justment. Take, for example, the
case of negro suffrage. 1t can not
be legally, or constitutionally con-
fered, and it is idle to suppose that
the people will submit to SO gross an
outrage. But, the act having been
consummated, the negro can not dis.
criminate, and the repeal Of the act
will convey, to his mind, the convic-
ton that he is grossly wronged, and
this can not failto create great discon-
tent, accompanied, perhaps, by seri-
Gus troubles. But weshave written
more than we intended, and shall
drop the subject until coming events
call it up in more tangible form.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

CorroS.-Cotton spinning was known to
the aneients, and more than a thousand years
before the Christian era cotton cloth wss
made in India. Muslins and other fabrics
take their name from Mosul, town in Mes
opotamia, and the cloth made by the natives
Of Docca is Of such fneness that a single
pound Of cotton is spun by them into a
thread $50 miles long. This fneness has
been exceeded by British manufacturers,
however who have succeeded in spinning a
pound of cotton into thread nearly 400
miles long
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02
RAYMOND says that if the snnth.

RAYMOND says that if the south
ern States ratify the amendments, a
party will spring up in New England,
in favor of their perpetual exclusion.
Such a party already exists there,
and Raymond is an active member,
and urges the ratification, knowing
that every concession strengthens
that party and makes it easier to eff
feet the exclusion of the South.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

TRAGEDY AT JACKSON, TESS.-A tragic
and most deplorable affair occurred at the
hotel in jackson, Saturday night. The par
ties concerned were Jimmie Shelton, who
was employed as Waterman at the hotel, and
the unfortunate man who was killed, VIII.
liam Fitzgibbon, giest of the house. The
latter was under the influence of liquor, and
while IN this condition assaulted Shelton,
who Immediately drew his revolver and fred
three times, killing Fitzgibbon instantly.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

CoSsrITUTIoSALIrY OF THE Corros TAN
The planters Of Wilcox county, Ala.,, assem-
bled at Camden In large numbers on the 10Th
inst, to take steps towards testing the con-
stitutionaliiy Of the three cents cotton tar.
Able addresses were delived, In which the
wholessubject was thoroughly discussed, and
finally committee appointed to solicit sub
scriptions to defray the expenses of test
suit In the United States courts. The lead
ing men in the movement are Capt. Geo. F.
Watson, one OF the ablest fnanciers in the
State; DR.. Robert II. Erwin, la'e Master, Of
the Masonic Grand Lodge Of Alabama, and
State Senator, and Hon. Chas. l.. Scott, for
merly member Of Congress from California.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

THE conversion Of Senator Wilson
Is exciting considerable interest in
some quarters. So small is our faith
in the efficacy of Radical religion that
We shall! withhold our congratulations
until we can know the tree by its
fruit. If he be, indeed, a christian,
the spirit will manifest itself in his
conduct, as Senator; if he be not
christian, the cloak will be stripped
of by his own hands.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

The Radical demand TO the South Is this
Reject the amendments, and we keep you
out of the Union adopt them, and we do
not promise 10 let you in. Il is the story of
white man aud Indian over again. The two
shot a turkey and q crow. Said the white
man, snow, you take the crow aud III
take the turkey, or let me take the turkey
aud you the crow "Ughl" was the re-
joindsr, "Indian get crow all the time
So, under the Radicals the South will get
exclusion all the time.-NeW York World.
II is reliably stated that General Sheridan
has been ordered to report to Washington. II
is understood that the order originates from
the present condition Of our Mexican rels-
tons.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02
Scaled Proposals

w ILL BE RECEIVED, FOR THE PUR-
W chase OF the Montgomery County
Bridge, at the mouth Of Sulphur Fork-in-
GLIDING all the materials-until December
lst l866--on six and twelve mon hs time,
with Interest from date. Notes with two
approved sure,ies to 10 executed by the pur-
chaser. We reserve the right to reject any
and all bids. [C WTTg
The bids will be filed with II. N. AGREE,
County Trustee. By order Of the County
Court of said county.
T. i: MACE NJ AGREE Commissioners.
7. W. KING,
Nov, %, lsee-sw 2 III ,NATECw
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

\ One single fact, developed by the
terrible catastrophe Of the Evening
Star, furnishes a volume of comment
upon the claim Of the yankees to an
exalted morality. Not less than fifty
of the passengers who went down
with that ill-fated ship, were women
Of bad fame taken, on speculation,
from the puritan North to the igno-
rant and demoralized South. To
read the rantings Of puritan hypo-
critics, one would suppose that the
depraved population of the South
superabounded in that sort Of mate
rial. What, then, must be the sur
prise Of uninformed readers when told
that such is not only not the case,
but that pious traders, from the land
of undeiled Puritanism, are engaged
in the business Of importing into
the South these miserab BILE victims of
puritan lewdness. 1t has not been
long since cargo of women-char-
acter not given-was shipped from
the hub Of the universe to the Pa
ciiic coast, and now we have another
cargo, shipped from New York, and
gathered from the locality where the
voice of Beecher, in mockery of reli,-
gion, is heard, lecturing the hosts
of Heaven on the profound wisdom
of Radical politics.
tits conceded by dispassionate men
everywhere, that we are indebted to
the northern pulpit, more than any
other single agency, for the bloody
and disastrous incidents of q four
years war, and to its wild theories
and impious teachings for that loose.
ness Of morals which is so apparent,
at the North, in all the relations of
public and social life. The mischie-
vous influences that impel the Anna
Dickinsons and Mrs. Stantons to cast
off the garb Of female modesty and
purity and assume the masculine i'm.
padence of the practiced demagogue,
consign thousands of their sex to
deeper degradation, and many of the
best families are now bewailing the
fate Of daughters whose first lessons
in sin were learned from the incarnate
fends who make the pulpit tributary
to the brothel. In the South there
are few such priestly scoundrels, and
their own infamy makes them harm
less. No lady would listen to the
preaching of Brownlow and Hunni.
cut and Ramey, and even if forced to
listen, her Unborn purity would turn,
with loathing, from the beastly hyp.
'crites and their licencious doctrines.
White men who teach that she ne.
sroes are the equals Of their mothers
md wives and daughters and sisters,
ire incapable Of distinguishing be-
tween the pure and the corrupt; and
people indoctrinated with this belief
md the kindred ideas taught in the
northern pulpits, will always furnish
inmates for the bagnios of the whole
country. .a.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02
ELECTIONS THIS MONTH.

Elections occur in twelve States on Tues.
day, the 9Th Of November, as follows
Massachusetts,, New York, New Jersey, Della.
ware, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon.
sin, Minnesota, Missouri, Kans rs and Nevada
These States elect ninety-one representatives
in Congress. In the present Congress the
delegations in the twelve States are divided
politically as follows:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

The number of students at Washington
College, Va, including Judge Broken
brough's law class, Il three hundred and
forty. The number Of cadets is one hundred
and seventy four. There are ifty-fo more
who were appointed by the Board of Visitors
yet to come in, but who were instructed to
report the first Of November, when the new
wing will be ready for their reception
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

FRIDAY, E0vEMBER-....-.......2, 1896
a QUESTION. the President removed
sud Gen, I rant officially decapitated, and
the Southern States reduced to Territories,
and the southern whites held In bondage,
and with Brownlow and Butler and Phillips
''running the machine the condition and
fate Of the Republic might be confidently
.fcretold. What would fve-twenties be worth
them Y. Times.
They would be worth just their
weight in shucks. But what is the
difference between the policy of
Drownlow and Butler and Phillips,
and that of Raymond & Coz just
this, that the first three are desperate
fools and would precipitate the ruin
Of the country at once, whilst the lat.
ter are wiley knaves who do not want
the work of destruction TO progress
faster than they can gather up the
valuables that may lie scattered amid
the ruins. A rapid decline in i've
twenties would bankrupt the leaders
of the Raymond party, but give them
time and they will SO arrange it as
to profit largely by the general crash,
and throw the loss and suffering upon
the dcluded masses. The Brownlow
faction is on one train, and the Ray
mond, on another, both running for
the same point, but the first is going
at break neck speed and may smash
up, and thus ruin the entire party,
and save the country; but the other,
with less speed and more cautious
engineering, is much more likely to
reach its destination. Both trains
are freighted with the elements Of
destruction to government and peo-
pie whose only chance for safety is
in the wreck Of both. The President
may throw them of the track and up
hold the credit Of FIVE. twenties, but,
if he fail to do go, they will become
worthless, whether the machine be
run by Raymond, or by Brownlow
and Butler and Phillips.
"The condition and fate of the
Republic are no longer subjects for
prophecy, because the Republic is
defunct, having ceased to exist the
moment that southern delegates were
excluded from the halls Of Congress,
and the question now to be settled,
is whether the Republic shall be re-
stored by the Presidents policy, or
the despotism prolonged by the poll
cy Of Congress. Raymond knows
that this is the real issue, and he sees
the Importance of keeping the mass
e, in ignorance of it until the Radi-
calls can get possession Of all the de-
partments Of the government. Then
with the purse and sword in their
own hands, they will throw off tho
mask and bid defiance to the victim
lied multitude who madly forged, for
their own limbs, the letters designed
solely for southern rebels. Brown
low is not denounced because he is
more radical than Raymond, but be-
cause he is an impatient fool and will
raise the curtain before the scenes
are adjusted and the actors in positi-
on.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

Wendell Phillips says it is the de-
termination Of the Radicals to make
Louisiana aud South Carolina exact
copies of Massachusetts,. That will
be making scoudrels by wholesale.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

The democrats of Illinois seem to
be confident that they will carry the
State, next week. We hope their
confidence is not misplaced, but we
lack faith IN such a result.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

The Memphis Argus and Commercial have
joined together under the name Of the Men,
phis Commercial and Argus. Leon .Trous-
dale, leading editor; D. A. Brewer, news;
J. N. Heating, commercial; Jno. T. Pratt,
local; Reuben Daily, river.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-11-02

4. p. Alexander, of Columbia, s. O., tat
the reqsIst OF Gen. Longstrect and with his
assistance" Is preparing for publication his
tory Of Longstree,s command during the
war