Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-06-14
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE, &C.

Stokes said, in his speech at this
place, that he had never seen a man
who was mean enough to discharge O
negro because he intends to vote 70,
Brownlow, and the Radical organs
threaten any who may do so, with
the militia, or the Bureau, or some
other diabolical offspring of tyranny
Stokes ought to carry a pocket mirror
80 that be may see, at any moment
a man mean enough to do anything
land the organs ought to give us
chapter and page of the authorities
on which they base their threat,.-
But this kicking before they are
spurred, proves that the Radicals look
upon such course as emincntly dan
gerous to their success. If the whites
choose to pursue it, how are they to
be prevented from doing SO? We
confess our inability to find any au.
thority, even in the military code, for
forcing one man to employ another
longer than he requires his services,
or to force him to assign a reason for
the discharge.
But it it be so monstrous TO pro-
scribe a negro for voting for certain
man, is it not equally monstrous to
prescribe him for voting against that
man? The Loyal Leaguers try to
force the freedmen to vote for Brown
low by administering midnight oath,
and if any refuse to take the oath,
then they are informed that if they
vote against Brownlow, they will not
be permitted TO stay in the country
in other words, death or leaving the
country is to be the penalty. As an
evidence that the Loyal Loaguers are
playing this game, ask the colored
men who are known TO be Conserva
tive, how they are going to vote, and
nine out Of ten will tell you that
they don't expect to vote at all be-
cause, as they say, they know moth
ing about politics, but the true rea-
son is that they fear death or perse-
cution at the hands of those of their
own race who have been dccoyed into
the Leagues, and there educated to
do such deeds of violence. And
such are the men who threaten with
all the vengeance Of offended tyran-
ny, the man who dares refuse EN-.
ployment to an avowed enemy of his
dearest rights and best interests.
The negro who thinks he is emit
tied to higher political privileges
than his white employer, and declares
his purpose SO to vote as to continue
that inequality, is the open enemy OF
the white race, and the white man
who will give him employment, with
this knowledge in his possession, is
far too tame spirited to contend for
his rights, or to deserve them if gra.
tuitously bestowed. We have no dis.
position to raise an issue between the
races, calculated 10 disturb the social
harmony, but when We see loyal
Lcaguers employing lies and oaths
and intimidation to make the negroes
vote for Brownlow, and then hear
them, with the malignity of fiends
Illuminating threats against any man
who discharges Radical negro from
his employment, justice and self.res
poet demand that we expose their base
hypocrisy aud maintain our inaliepa
BILE right Of self.protcction. The Rad
icals hazard nothing in this struggle
but their hold upon unconstitutional
powU yet they resort, for success, to
such means as the devil would sug,
gest. The Conservatives have al
stake life, liberty and property, yet
they are threatened with direst pun
ishment if they dare to say to the
freedmen in their employment-"it
you are enemies to US, We have nc
farther need of yom services"
GEN. LoSosrnEEr says the Mill
tnrv R,u and ia amendments are n