Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-07-27

o,st ips.rsstioas, sSr AAkius ~
system iof fegistsatisn = strist a.
cunning, withoas honesty, can make
IL, and thsssssaser, therefore, che ne
Icessity for frmness and promptness
on the part Of every applicant for a
certificate. QG 5Ar4A
But should the people fail to re.
gain their rights through the agency
Of the Courts, or the ballot-box =
what thenY The question is impor.
t,nt, and in attempting to answer it,
we shall speak only for ourself, but
honestly and fearlessly. Tennessee
Is now State in the Union, and as
such its, citizens have the constitu.
tional, as well as inherent right to
change their form of government
whenever the one in existence be-
comes oppressive, and subversive Of
the forms and principles Of eonsti-
tional liberty. But how is this to be
done9 Simply by the election, in
all the, counties, of delegates to Q
State Convention, the business Of
which shall be to form new, or re-
wise the old Consultation, organize Q
provisional goyernment-the same
to be ratified by direct vote of the
people, and then to 60 into eficien,
Operation. But the Radicals viii
Icry out that this is revolutionl tt
be sure it is--not, however, an armcG
revolt against legitimate authority
but the peaceable exercise of q right
we'll settled, as both inherent ant
constitutional, and sanctioned by tina
natural law of self.protection, which
prompts resistance TO oppression
whether practiced by the few agains
the many, or the many against tn
few. Revolution does not necessa
rily mean the exertion of physica
force, and, in this case, ample secu
rity for its being peaceable may b.
found in the great disparity Of mum
bers between the depressing thous
ands and the oppressed dozens. TIL
present government of Tennessee i
the result of revolution Inaugural
ted and consumated by armed force
and though We recognise it as d
tdcto, it does not exist by virtue o
the consent Of the governed, and
must voluntarily come back within
the former constitutional landmarks
or be superseded by another. Tha
it is not constitutional government
is too clear to require proof, ant
even the Radical Congress, few
days ago, refused to entertain reso
luton to the effect
"Thst the United States do hereby recog
L.. 1r q - t.NA &c Tn,,
essee, inaugurated under and by Conven
ton which assembled in Nashville, on tn
9th day of January 1865, as the legitimst
Government of said State, entitled to tn
guarantees and other rights of State govern
ments under the Constitution"
/ This was offered as an amendmen
to the law by which the Tennessee
i Representatives were admitted t
!. seats in Congress, and is signifcau
of the estimation in which our pres
ent government is held, by that body
|, We hope, however, that the neces
sity for a Convention may not arise
and we mention it here because
will necessarily suggest itself t
every mind as the only remedy whe
, the other two shall have failed to &C
} complish the end proposed. W
I have net lost all faith in the integ
rity and intelligence of the Courts
and still rely, somewhat, upon the'
= to rescue the rights of the peopl
| from the death grip Of Brownie
a and his subservient tools.