Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-17
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.

the next President, his choice wonld
fall upon Mr.. Winthrop, of Massa-
chnsetts, because he is a gentleman
and statesman. In consideration
of his long absence from the coun-
try. MIR. Peabody is exousable for the.
utterance, Of, a sentiment which be-,
longed to period, in the history of
this people, that has gone by forever.
He seems not to be aware that, in the
rapid degeneracy of the country, hon
or and craftsmanship are qualifica-
tions which constitute insuperable
barriers to the success of any candi-
date who possesses such Anticipated
and worthless virtues. Mr.. Winthrop
is one Of the few who possess them,
and the fact is the more remarkable
because he belongs to New England,
the hotbed of all that is demoralizing
in religion, ethics and politics.
There are prospective candidates
for the Presidency, almost without
number but their respective friends
are far too shrewd to damage their
prospects by setting up, in their be-
half, claims to the qualifications de-
signated by. Mr.. Peabody. The man
Of the people must be progressive /;
and since the bounds of truth and
justice and constitutional liberty have
already been passed, the progress
must be in direction opposite to
that rugged path of virtue, along
which toiled the great and good men
Of other days, in their ascent to that
pinnacle of glory which is now sup
posed to be reached by the broad road
to which far different terminus has
been assigned. els he honest? is
he capable p are queries long since
expunged from the political cate
chism, and the questions now are :
is he available? is he a plant party
tool?. To be available, he must be
"all things unto all men," and pos
sess none of that stern stuff of which
are nodded the great and good. Mr..
Winthrop is not Of this type, and
Mr.. Peabody's recommendation will
serve only to call down upon himself
and friend, the expressive epithet-
old fogyl
But there is no dearth of aspirants
whose prospects are not likely to be
damaged by the qualifications asribed
to Mr.. Winthrop, and are too shrewd
to claim higher virtues than pertain
to the demoralized mass of electors
The present occupant of the White
House sits astride the fence-denoun
cling Congress to please the Copper,
heads, and obsequiously executing
the orders of Congress to please the
Radicals. Surely no high sense o.
duty, or devotion to principle dictates
such a policy, but selfshness may
and self is the alpha and omega o.
latter day politicians. Gen. Grant
with just sense enough to measure
his capacity for the administration o
civil government, relies upon a 81
lence that is broken only by wink'
and mods, intended to intimate al
extent of knowledge which it is no
prudent, just now, to reveal. In ad
dition to this wise reticence, he ha
a high military reputation, his CLAIM
to which, will be taken for granite,
until time and criticism settle it
validity. Gen. Sherman, whose saw
age warfare is attested by charre,
ruins and the walls of perishing wild
ows and orphans, bid high for tn
Office, but CLEAN of reviving justic
and humanity, after carnival of fir
and blood, has marred his prospects
Sheridan looks. to the Radicals alon
, for the realization Of his hopes, an
E knows that the way to their affection
lies through an exhibition of tn
grossest tyranny, and he is on tn
right track to the nomination. Sick
, les is vieing with Sheridan on tn
, same parallel of despotic latitude
2 but there is Key to his history tha
unlocks very ugly transaction an
whilst the Radicals sickle at no praC
4 teal outrage upon morality that ma
I rebound to the interests of the part,
5 they are hypocritically squeamis
about immortality in the abstrac
c Schofcld, more of a trimmer, trie,
r at first, mixture of the gentlema
s and the tyrant. But the ingredien
wouldn't mix, and he discarded IL
h former as least likely to pay amid Il