Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-01-25
PROGRESS or RADICALIsM.

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The Baltimore Gazette has aus unusually
well Informed correspondent at Washington.
His last letter is absolutely startling in the
revelations II makes Of the programme OF
the Radicals. We copy the entire letter,
and il is worthy Of thoughtful considera-
ton: Div 4HiraIgini tzodiiH s1isg|
40 eai 5ie iwAstlxsros. Jan. -. 1851. ra'
a In the eoutse, Of these letters i have fre.
quenil a serted the In ntbliiy OF Corgre as
at p essnt consiittsted, 10 adopt BY tlit reqdirs
ed vote, those measures necessary "a a prae,
iicsl overthrow Of the Government nainely:,
The displacement of the President; tie
corruption or ,abolishment of the Supreme
Court, and the submission of the Southern
country to the rule of the negro population,
in conjunction with the few itinewnt politi-
cal mountebanks who infest that unfortunate
portion Of the Uhi'ed States have now
no doubt Of the entire correctness OF these as
50 rsious. The difficulty of accomplishing
the rinholy ends Of the revolutionists has
been, and still b IN the Senate. But Il need
be, no longer disguised that very shortly this
impeachment will have cen removed. This.
Ia short, is the key Of defeat Of Foster IN
Connecticut, Harris in. New York and OF
others need not name. II was also the
overshadowing infoence that prevailed ID
the admission, Of Nebraska and Colorado as
States. On The 9th Of Msrch next, then,
day selected BY the conspisators by au act Of
Congress .reccnily passed. the people of this
country may expect to see the initiati N Of
theAns fully adequate 10 consumate their ne.
farious purposes n isas certain sauy fu.
ture event can be, that unless decisive nieas.
dres shall etaken 70 arouse the entire coun.
try, to It's imminent danger, the eIdes Of
March" will witness the total snbvsrsion of
the substance aud the very forms OF this
Government. sIefJrnn tn s1ste. Gat ot
II, is In full view of the trauscendent i'm,
portance OF this great emerz zency, that many
city by distinguished gentlemen from all
parts OF the country, and he universal SEN
timent is entertained here that, II Constitu-
tional liberty 10 to be preserved in this land.
no time is to be lost in assembling true rep
resentatives Of The Two millions OF voters
who recorded their sutfrages on the side OF
the Constitution at the late elections, in SOL
efnn council there TO make known that the
infamous purpose to deprive the people Of
their, liberties, will not be unresistngly sub
nfifted TO- Itis high time, In the opinion OF
wise and cautious heads, that the magnitude
Of the present peril, should be nakedly set
forth, IN order that the people may fully com
preheud the awful precipice 10 which the
Radical leaders, have been, step by step, con-
ductihg them. well know that the conn
try 10 in such a frenzied condition that words
of warning like these have nearly, il not
quite, lost Significance, to say nothing OF
their influence. They are not however, my
words but those Of the. eblest, most prudent
and purest men the nation can boast.
The smomentous questions now grressing
upon public attention, are NOT those IN which
the South, rs such, are especially interested.
1t suits the purposes Of the conspirators to
veil their latent Intentions and to couple
their measures, designed for general subju.
gatieu, with an sApparent purpose or ven.
geance, only against those whUn, we have
lately regarded as enemies. They thus seek
to appfopriate the passions Of the peorle oi
ihe North to their own. ruin. II Ala time
propitious to calm reflection, when the pub
lie mind remained unbiased by prcjudices
the effect Of war such giganilc strides to
| utsIfOatstu us nave uiISNul ucSH tuuc, Wouiu
have been altogether impossible. nsThe at
tempt to i,npeach the President or overthro~'
the Supreme Court. for the causes pretended,
would have consigned the projectors TO eter.
NIL infamy. Nor gould an appreciable min
[ority of the people, for SINGLE moment
have been brought TO srcond the insane pro
ljeet Of elevaling the negro 10 political or 50.
cial equality, ii not sednced by their thirst
OF vengeance ngainst their imaginary 10 -
They wo,ld, ir left to- ,he unbiased exercise
of their judgments, however. illiierate, have
seen ihthe advancement OF the negr, only
their own debaseInt nj. u Who Is the negro
10 iostle in the avenues Of hbor2 Whose
vote Is he 10 Kill at the ballot-box? whoss
dxughter Is he 10 marry when he chooses e
take white. wife (? " mere is the fool ,whe
supposes that the Radical leaders mean that
the negro sh,,ll hecome their eqnai in any o
these respects, or that. negro blood is To bc
Incorporated in their families? The African
cannot be clevated-but we have han,entahls
proof that the white man may he debased t.
his level, and this'is precisely what Is aimed
at and is essentially necessary TO the revo
Tuition contemplated by the arch conspiraior
in Congress. Nor is this programme In TIL
least new in any, of ,its aspects ., Uniyersa
history proves that no nation ever lost thei
liberties EXCEPT by the exact tnea ms now d
use, 70 subjuyais the freplisd masses of, thu
American people. x.
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