Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-10-02
THE EFFECT OF GRANTS ELEC
TION.

a San Francisco California; ex.
change, neutral in politics, and re-
moved from the immediate vicinity
of the condition of affairs commented
on, thus reviews the probable effect OF
Radical triumph in the Presidential
contest: -.. l.
General Grants election to the
Presidency would have most disas-
trOus effect upon the country in many
different ways, but one of the most
serious would be the depopulation OF
the South by white people, and the
final surrender of the faircst and rich
est portion of the country TO the ne.
groes. When Wade Hampton in his
speech in New York stated in sub
stance that such would be the case. he
uttered truth which ticsaryes the
consideration of the a Ameiican people.
The Southern peor,e have waited and
are still waiting patiently for the Pres
ldential election, hoping that the
Democratic party will be successful
ana that the chains of bondage rivetcd
on them by Radical Congress will
thu be stricken off by their white
brethren of the North. The rem
nant of wealth left by the dcsola-
tiOns of war has vanished under the
reconstruction policy of Congress-
Many of them possess large bodies of
fertile lands, but their disorganizcd
social condition, the absence of ade-
quate protection for life and property,
the ignorant and turbulent race by
which they are surrounded and who
10y tfrc uoyVnc,, oro ni"',o tfirit loii'-
ical masters, the uncertainty of the
future-all conspire to render their
property valueless. Everybody wants
to sell and of course there areno buy
crs. Their only hope of relief is in
the success of the Democracy in the
next Presidential election.
There are many in the Radical par
ty who would rejoice ut this state of
affairs. The greater the punishment
inflicted upon the "Rebels" the sweet
er it il to them. But have they consid-
cred the consequences? Every South
erner who emigrates to the North un-
der such circumstances, is the uncOm-
promising foe of the Radical party,
and will swell the Democracy into q
majority in the Western States.
1t cannot be disguised that such a
state of affairs would he an unmiti-
gated evil which would inflict irrepar-
able injury upon the country. We
cannot for a moment entertain the
idea that the wise men Of the great
North will ever consent to be a party
to so fatal policy-fatal alike to the
North and the South for the govern
ment can no more prosper with the
South in so dcplorablc state OF ruin,
than human body can exist with
several of its members in condition
of putrafactiOn. The North would
have to bear the whole burden of tax
alton to meet the current expenses OF
the government, to pay the enormous
public debt, and to support standing
army to preserve order I'm the South.
Ii Is fatal mistake to suppose that
the interests of the North and South
are not identical. Injury inflicted OH
one section will react on the other just
as certainly as an injury done to any
portion of the body produces pain
throughout the whole system. We
have repeatedly called attention To
the fact that negro suffrage in the
South means negro legislation for the
North, for their Senators and repre-
sentatives legislate for the whole
country. 1t Is equally clear that any
thing else that destroys orretar,ls the
prosperity Of one section affects tn,
othpr