Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-07-13
laf NATIONAL CONVENTION AGAIN,


Since omr hast issue. several Southern
s,atcs have taken STEPS towards repressn:
,atiou in the Philadelphia Convention. Up
on q careful review Of the. subject, nothing
presents itself to change our srss impression,
shat tho South ougbtto have nothing 70 do
with IL. TO the Convention, itself, we make
no objection--on the contrary, we approve
u as calculated 10 do much good, If properly
directed, and We sincerely hope that al the
Conservatives o, the Moth win cordially CO.
operate. with the movement. Without a
voice In the national councils, the South can
do nothing 70 further The objects Of the Con-
ventiop, and while Visiting 70 hsve the fet-
ssrs stricken from our limbs, Q digni6ed 81.
isacs b more bscoming than an interference
which smacks Of over-anxiety for political
favor rather than political justice, We're
We conscious traitors supplisnt attitude
would be both proper and becoming; but
feeling that we were right, and that they
are the traitors who, In defiance of the Con-
stjtasion and the rights Of the States, waged
war against the South, self.respect should
promp. Us to await, in silence, the win Of
the conqueror.
Bot, leaving out Of sight every feeling and
consideration connected with and growing
out 81 the wrongs and insults we have
endured, sound policy suggests the impor-
lance Of strict neutrality, on the part Of
the South, between Northern parties. The
moment we take sides, divisions will spring
up in our ranks, and the weakness which
must follow, will again place US at the mer-
cy of intriguing politicians and an irresponsi-
Bile Northern rabble. BY the opposite poll
cy, we reserve our whole strength-hold tho
balance Of power and secure to ourselves an
influence of incalculable value to our future
prosperity. We are under no obligations 10
any portion Of the Northern people, save the
few who opposed tn, war and endeayored,
while it was progressing, to gather up and
save the tattered fragments of the Constitu.
ton. The war democrats fought and rob-
bed us; the Yankees robbed, without fight
ing US, and the hired mercenaries fought us
for monthly wages and permit to STEAL
No party, made up Of such materials, can
have any claim upon Southern confidence OF
cooperation, and from such combination
the South has nothing to hope for, beyond
what may be extorted from mercenary calcu.
latiOns and the iutrgues of politicians fol
party supremacy. Feeling, then, that love
for the South is not the motive power with
any party, North, prudence suggests that W.
ally ourselves with none, but acting from
considerations Of interest alone, hold our
selves united and prepared 10 throw ou
influence into whichever scale preponderate'
in our favor. Party afinities, as between
North aud South, have no existence-ma,
never have again, and henceforth tn
wronged aud insulted South, whilst discbarg
ing its whole duty to centralized Confed
eracy, must look 70 its interests-horde In
wealth il produces and husband the strength
which it SO long wasted in building up
people who have maliciously wasted its field
and desecratsd its homes.
AS already said, we hope the Conven
ton will be signal success, aud result il
the enfranchisement of the South; but un
I'll enfranchised, we W ,uld be glad to see i
stand aloof from all political movements a
the North. To hang around such move
ments, like poor men at feast, is specta
Gle too degrading to suit our taste.