Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-11-27


A pRnENp has handed Us scircularl
without imprint Or signature to'indi-
catei It's paternity Of pace Of birtli.a-
Its Object Is to expose the movc,4ents
Of airing evidently formed fol, the
purpose of forcing upon the puople of
Tennessee a particular serfcsc Of ~ssiseol
books.'i II charges and proves That
Eaton Superintendent Of public in-
strurtfcn M This state, is paidabya cer.
tain Northern publishers " recon-
mend, and rs far az he can, 10 force
thcirbooks upon our cymmonschools.
That Eaton Is capable Of such base
conduct b proven BY the simple fact
tiat he is Kesthern sfice holder in
asoctAerA strte snd a. rcpresenta-
tive of Radical morality. Like his
carpet-sag confieres, his sole object is
money, and II matters not to con-
sciences Of such men, whether IL is
obtained as brIbcs, by pilfering ..sor
embezzlement. - eh sl9runf
49, Z. m4se -, u 49,
NasSss' 49, -. 49, 80
and early in ocfoprrs ths Memphis
Bulletin, the Radical organ of West
Tennessee, charged him with having
800 N.u,"wa,l .n,,,Jsshirg 'sr,.
e. the strongth
en-, .ns;y;on ~, tea,r
ss tLa;r
ra.S'.i"..s 49,. a. ~ ,n,hs;n
pn,sSsTsa - ,rh,ss,o,a,n.,,t
I. ~ IN
ASs'.N
neeoy aei''eu ny .ns
rneon V"wsns TpHp a'"Hn p
sFsy'(ysu 10 rblsa hnR sg1lumo3 PAD
This, Radical testimony Us eoneiu-
SWEEP his guilt, and ought to 90 sutii-
cicnt 70 ieareet the attention of tne
Legislature to the,perpetrator o. the
iniauity. We can name nc cas- one
bookseller who laid in a supply OF
hitherto approved school DOCKS, put
when y tcacher presented aHst OF Ia
toms books, he hadn't II of them,
and considers his purchase an entire
loss. How many others IN the State
ace similarly defraudcd by Eaton's
rascality, we can not guess, but know
That official conduct which infiicts
wrong upon individuaisand dishonors
the State, calls fT. prompt trial ano
adequate punishment. 10 @ sne
truth, however, we. woeidas voc OK
poet t9,scc the'sun rise in the west, as
10 see II Radical Legislature mete oul
Jusviyo ~ RASCAL 'f is' Wv" patty
we proach this suo)ect WIN no nope
OF Fueh result, Dut as hothe coulf'
In the indictment against 1'aoicaiisn
upon wiiich the people,, as jury, arr
10 set IN judgment Eatoh is put act
inf out ms native Instincts, ana prop
ped sustained by hadicai precep'
and example everywhere, he Is secur
against punishment, unless, by q mi
~raculous change, ne nets the gentle
man. Thcn he goes up, certain a
30 -
when the New York World,
short time since, argued that tn
amount of cnrrency that would b
retained in the South, as the clea
profits Of the cropjust gathered, woul,
derange the finances of the country, /
indirectly endorses the theory, tina
no people can be prosperous who ar
dependent upon others for the ncces
saries that eau be abundsntly grown
upon their own soil. Last year, tn,
ero,ps of the South were mortgage,
nr the means of producing them.--
f?hs result was that, after repayinl
advances, the people were little bet
cen or than before. This year, tn
want of credit forced reliance upoi
:ts own oaergios and resources, anc
.the result VA, bc the retention OF 81
Ireast cguenos, ~ profit, Us bids fai
tu ,tasarrass the iinances of tn
ESuth. IN Nsher words, the 'mca
ap,l. bread ralscl in The South thi
year. makes clltoa. sugar, and to
'baoco almost n clear rrofit, and thes
staples can bc aInde entirely 30, nth
planters VIII OILY carry the pol
lev of proyidiux nctyssaries first. an
raising, outside of these, as much a
they can OF their leading staples.