Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-08-24

LAWS 40 pcluS ulscusseu again, put
with no apparent change Of prospects.
It is purely question of personal
comfort, 80 far as he is concerned, for
II is now too late to relieve the gov
eminent Of the stigma that must sv-
er rest upon it, in consequence Of its
persecution of 80 illustrious q victim.
~ We clip the following from the cor.
respondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial,
of the goth inst:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Aug. 10, '6e.
A great gathering Of the true Union par
~ took place this evening in the Circle, the
evident determination Of the citizens being
to give Senator Lane reception worthy Of
his distinguished services and ABILITY. Fire
works. music, cannon, and transparences
contributed to the celebration, and the as.
semblage in the Central Park was large, re
spectacle and enthusiastic. Conspicuous
among the transparencies were-"Treasou
must be made odious-A. 1--WE won't
pay the rebel debt" "No payment for the
loss Of slaves" "Put none but legal men on
guard" "Union forever" &c.
W. l.. LoomiS President of the Union
Club, first introduced the Hon. w. W. Wines,
Of the Tennessee Legislature, as athe righs
bower of Parson Brownlow." Mr.. Wines
said his mission 70 Indiana was not politi.
cal but an educational one, having visited
Indianapolis to take part 10 the National
Teachers Association, which had lust con-
cluded its useful labors in that city. Refer
ring TO the state OF affairs in Tennessee, Mr..
Wines said, that without intending TO speak
In any way dsrespectful Of Mr.. johnson, 1t
was rot to be concealed that the trouble in
Tennessee was occasioned by the persistency
with which 'my policy was being carried
out; that was where the trouble lay.
The rebel element In his State was not so
submissive as Union people at the North and
West were wont to believe. The people
who had surrendered with Lee and johnson
did not lay down their arms 80 long as there
was glimmer of hope, and they would to.
day grasp them again If they thought they
had the resources to defeat this Government
1t was strange confession, but he (Wines)
knew whereof he spoke. Mr.. johnson was
the President Of the United States by acct.
dent; he wanted to be President by election,
and be seemed afraid he would not succeed.
1t induced him to cast about for new party,
In the formation Of which he was, and had
been for some time past intensely active and
solicitous. my policy" so far as had been
developed in the proceedings Of the Phila-
delphia Convention, was sort Of non COM
initial policy, but as a declaration of prin-
ciples the results Of that convention are more
remarkable for what they do not say than
for what they do.
Amer the ratification Of the constitutional
amendment-and terrible fight it was
Union mass meeting was held In Nashville to
appoint delegates 70 he unconditional Union
Convention, to be held in Philadelphia, on
the Sd Of September next. To this conven-
ton, had been appointed, as delegates from
Tennessee, the Governor aud his s.aff, the
Secretary Of State and OF the Treasury, and
the Comptroller. All the union members OF
the Legislature were appointed delegates;
also four from each congressional district,
and four from the State at large, II would
be seen that Tennessee meant 10 he largely
represented In the unconditional union con-
vention, and the platform had been laid down
upon which they meant to fight. The lead
ing resolutions were as follows
LIST. That the loyal unconditional union.
lists Of Tennessee are part and parcel Of the
great national union party-ready and will
ing TO demonstrate, by act and deed, their
unwaveing fidelity to the cause of the Union,
10 unite IN opposing all measures and policies
that tend to disrupt and destroy the union of
the States, to be true 10 liberty and Just to the
patriot dead and SUI viving soldiers of the ma
ton, and to the memory Of liberty's martyr,
A. Lincoln.
I'd. That the loyal unconditional unionists
OF Tennessee do not recognize the approaching
August Convention at Philadelphia, in any
other light than as an attempted fraud upon
the true loyaty Of the country-that said
convention presupposes, by the character of
its delegates, deception, treachery aud rebel
ion. -... n.
Sd. That our thanks are due. and are
hereby offered to the Congress of the United
States for their stern and unyielding resist
ance to the usurpations Of the President, in
his attempts TO surrender the Unionists Of
the South to the malevolent md unrepent.
ant spirit of rebellion and secession"
These were the principles which the Un-
ion men of Tennessee held then, for they
were the foundation upon which the politi-
cal salvation Of the State depended. Had
President johnson stood firmly by Congress
had he continued to let rebels understand
that treason was still odious and rebellion
still deserving Of punishment there would
have been no trouble In Tennessee to-day
But ''my policy" had been inaugurated, and
The result, unfortunate and humiliating as II
exists to-day, is, that the late rebels are rebels
still--hsuShty arrogant and defying. The
security of Union meu in the South depended
upon the success Of the Union party at the
North and hence the people Of Tennessee
were deeply interested in what they could
not but regard as life and death struggle
Applause.