Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-04-05
Thurlow Weed.

This veteran journalist again resumes tn
uties of the editorial chair, from which h,
blended permanent withdrawal, and fill
nearly Eve columns of the Commercial Ad
vertiser with an introductory reviewing
the history of the war, also recent Legislation
in Congress, concluding with personal rem
iniscences. A few detached paragraphs will
i'm i ,ate sufficiently the spirit of these lucu-
brit,ons, as follows;
W are in the second phase Of rebellion
phase in some Of its aspects, more larm.
ing than the first; for the dangers are insid.
ious and plausible, rather than open and de-
far Then we encountered enemies in the
feld. Now we are dealing with internal an.
imosities and ambitions.
Where are we now? Two
renrs have been used mp in disprouing what
:. cost four years 20 establish, viz. that the
UNiyS Is INDIssoLusLE. We fought four years
- confound the heresy Of secession, and now
recognize and AFFIRM II az ,tuthl We call
ed upon Georgia aud N. and i. Carolina, as
States to adopt the constitutional amend
ment abolishing slavery, and now deny that
they were or are States And this bold
contradiction raises the grave question
whether slavery is cons,itutonally abol-
ished; for IL they were hot States, then the
amendment did not receive three-fourtbs
majority.
An honest, earnest public SEN
ill.,, ms been perverted and abused. An
American Congress, during Its lifetime, has
been governed despotically. It's members
ma, leC Directory of Fifteen, in caucus, by
which e was ruled during session of eight
months thus sinking and merging their in.
diviAua,ity It'll their convictions aud their
independents. Before the President had by
any ac., na rrei the Just displeasure of the
Republicans, b. was denounced in Congress
as 90 "eaetIy Of his country" and 'trai-
tor He was arraigned for impeachment
before cor nittee which, after six weeks
labor, reports tia while no evidence has
been discovered sustaining the charges of
"higl crimes and misdemeanors," yet, to
keep the ball rolling" they bequeath the &C
cusation TO their ancestorsl
Ours is peace without signii-
canoe and without fruits, other than of Bit
terness. We OF the North have become as
exc ,'Nc an" aggressive after, as Southern
l.. A" fore The rebellion.
~ .his = i:lere Is just enough prov
ocs L :. ''p o.. 'adical leaders 10 place
aud ard N..ysr Q persistent organized
opposition OF p-.tJ, whose action aud re
cord during the rebellion was dlsloyal and
unpatriotic, Is a positive, telling advau.
tsge to Messrs. Stevens, Sumner, Butler, For
ney Il Co.
What we need and what we
lack, in the management Of pnblic affairs Is
patrioiism--not the mere profession OF that
virtue, but Itself, in the form that carried
tens Of thousands Of gallant, devoted men,
regardless of self inlo the Union army
who, like wsdsworib, and Shaw, and Vau
Rensselaer,, and Rowland, left wealthy, luxu-
rious, happy homes for their country. That
spirit, 10 the COUNCILS Of The nation. would
ere this have readjusied our difficulties,
securing TO our country and people per- |
peace and restored prosperity, as the |
legitimate fruits Of ssuguiuary and pro- |
,raetsd yer.