Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-11-13


the long hours In conversation, But
10 ~ ever so. Peace to Your ashes.
noble boy Charleston Courier,
WHITE MEN MUST RULE
From the Memphis Appeal
Tire particular attention Of the
readers Of the Appeal Is called to the
following letter from one Of ottr best
thinkers and purest ststesfnen. 1t
was written the day before the late
election, and therefore will be doabiy
enhanced to our friends as fUresIiad.
ing what must be the policy Of the
Democratic party If that party Is
ever to be In the ascendant:
CLkRKsvILbE, TENN, Nov. 2, 1868.
1 agree With yoti fully and most
heartily In the suggestion that the
white men Of this State should at
once raise the standard Of white
mars government. am utterly and
uncompromisingly opposed to negro
suffrage In any shape that the abom-
ination can take. When our Central
Committee issued their address, 1 ut
once imposed silence upen myself
which have not broken. ] deter
mined to take service under no such
banner-tO endorse negro Suffrage
under no circumstances-nop prospect
of temporary or local advantage can
can result in nothing but evil, and /
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no promise whatever that will bind
US, when we come into power, not to
rid the country of the curse Of bar.
barism at the ballot-box. / have the
proud consolation of knowing that l
never addressed negro audience and
never made promise Of any sort to
o negro. I had as soon mount a
stump in a ten acre lot filled with
mules, and undertake, by argument,
to convince them of the impropricty
Of breaking into cornfield, as to at
tempt to argue politics or sense into
the kinks and wool on negro's
head. Our platform should be =
''This Is a white mans government,
and should continue so to be-"
feel thatI brought but little out of tho
war, but my self-respect, and as long
as / keep my senses, don't want to
forfeit It. Now, do not say that ev.
cry man who has given In his adhe-
sion to negro suffrage has forfeited his
self-respect--by no it1eaHs-fOr many
estimable gentlemen have done this,
believing 1t was for the best. !
honor their motives and respect
them rs much as I ever did; but ]
think their policy mistaken
one. Last year the Conscrva-
tives laid down platform and put
Etheridge on 1t, in which they ar
raigned the Radical party for not go
ing far enough on the negro question:
saying to the negroes, .'these Radicals
were not your friends join us and we
will not only let you vote, but also
hold office and sit on juries." This
was the first departure from principle.
Mark the consequences. Etheridge
was beaten by about 10000 majority
the negroes turned up their noses al
the Conservative party, and the Rad
lcal Legislature met aud were abso-
lutely forced to confer upon the negro
all the rights promised them in the
Conservative platform. Now, ouI
Central COMMITTEES comics forward
with another PROMISE to the negro tC
be again laughed at l,y the negro, as the
are white men, with the protid blood
Of the AnglO-Saxon racein our veins
let us be true to the high heritage D
our blood and races and never agree
that negroes shall put their barbarian
hands iiito the politics of our coun
try. The negroes good, no less thar
! the country's demands. this, Mex
summer you find the original Unior
men Of this State In favor of Stat,
Convention with another platform
on which Ed. Cooper or some othc
Union man must he mounted, to b'
agaih overwhelmingly defeated
Now, have no objection to stich Tn
ion men as Cooper or Etheridge bein,
Governor, but I do object to the part,
in this State being any longer com
mitted, IN any shape, TO negro suf
. frage. / know 1t will be said, W,
can't hope to win without 1t; but tn
truth Il, We can't win with 1t, and
prefer defeat to victory on any sucl
platform, and II there Is no chance Il
succeed OH white mans platform
let lis ruin no candidate, and let tn
Radicals fight and split among them
selves, i am opposed any lot1ger b
be silent on this subject. ] am I'M
willing to separate ourselves from th
Democracy of the North on this qucs
tion, and the doctrine that this Is
, white mans government will soonc
or later gather around 1t an oyel
whelning MA jority Of the America
: people. l shall oppose the nomina
| ton Of any Candidate for Governo
on any more negro platforms. Frof
the present lights think we had bel
. ter make no nomination. Hhoul
the Supreme Court Of the Unite
States set the white men of this Stat
free--then, thank God, VIC will kno'
, what to do.
! THE FORTUNE or HoMELY GIRLs
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