Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-08-31
IMMIGRATION.

private letter IRON q nOrthcn gentle
man, partly on the subject Of north
ern immigration to the South, and
from it, we take the liberty of max
ing the following extract:
IgakSered from the tone Of Your paper Ia,
well as o. otbers) that a very heavy emigra
ton from tAe North is not desirable. In thil
think you are pretty nearly right; yet yos
have some Ls warm and consistent friends il
the North, as any Of the gallant followers O.
Lee, Longstrect or Jackson. But You ought
10 know who they are before yon admit them
TO full fellowship They are not the Wal
Democrats; but those who, from first to last
denied the right of coercion. For this doct-
rine, and the courage TO assert It, in the face
Of bribed bayonets, some Of us have suffered
such persecution as your own people, alone
know how to describe and appreciate. II
such should settle among you, you will find
that in any emergency they will go any
length in maintaining the doctrine Of State;
rights, that any Of you will CO."
It is gratifying to receive such evi.
dences that the true men of the North
appreciate the wants, no less than the
feelings Of the South. Such men as
our correspondent speaks Of, will re-
ceive hearty welcome from every
true southern man, and we wish the
fact to be distinctly understood. Al
the same time, it would be disingen
uous to deny our determined opposi.
ton to that class of immigrants, rep
resented by those vino are now shell
tering themselves under the wings Of
the military and the Bureau, and are
sustaining the lawless tyranny of the
Brownlow faction. They came, like
hyenas, to CLEAN the garbage of the
battle field. They brought with them
the instincts of brutes, exaggerated
by the teachings of abolitionism,
and with hearts filed with hatred of
those among whom they live, all they
say and do tends to injury, insult and
bloody strife. Such as these make
up the bulk of northern immigrants,
and it would be strange, indeed, if
we did not earnestly protest against
the continued influx of such a popu.
lation. IL ..... .-....... .
The time will prcpably come when
rigid system of social and CONNER
cial non intercourse with such men,
will erect an insuperable barrier to
their ingress; but, in the meantime,
incalculable mischief is being done
by those Sready here, and under the
protection of the many agencies of
tyranny that radiate from Washing
ton. Tho mission of this advance
guard Of the hordes that are looking
forward to homes in the South, is to
fill their pockets, by theft or other
wise, to excite hostility between the
whites and blacks and to get up riots
as politicsl capital for the Radicals.
That there are worthy exceptions, we
heerfully admit, but that the rule is,
IS here laid down, few will deny
'uch, then, being the general charac-
or Of the northern men who came
zero with the northern army, or who
ave followed it, with the same mo-
ives, relying upon the protection Of
he detestable institutions devised by
central tyranny, the southern PEG.
'le will DO strangely untrue to their
aterests if they do not use all legiti.
iate means to save themselves from
an inundation of the evils that attic nd
heterogeneous, discordant and vici
Gus population. Nor can we begin
the work too soon. No violence il
needed, and none should be tolerated
A dignified contempt will teach al
such mercenary, Radical adventures
that their presence is not agreeable
aud a firm non-intercourse, in all the
relations of life, will remove the sol,
temptation to remain-the prospce
of making money.
We want large accession to our
population but We want it to consis
Of men of worth-not of the gradu
atos of Sing Sing, nor yet of the alb
clifton schools that have so debaset
the politics, morals and religion Of s,
large a portion Of the North. w,
want mon who, in making the Soutl
their home, will bring with them n,
autipathy to its peoplc--men who val
us the principles Of liberty as appli
cable to both sections, and are as rca
dy to defend them upon southern, a
upon northern soil-mcn who cal
assimilato themselves TO their neigh
bors in manners, customs and inter
cats. The North can furnish thous
ands of this sort, and all such will b
heartily welcome, but We have enough
now, of those who sympathizc wit
Rrowplow. and who came hero for IN