Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-08-28

York and New Jersey who have
given up the ghost Of a, chance to
overcome or check the rising
of the Democratic hosts. Their
public meetings are so slimly attended
in the majority Of instances that the
latest speakers are compelled tospeak
briefly, or talk to the empty air;
whereas not a call has been made for
Democratic gathering which did
not elict response, according to the
size ofthe place whence it was issued,
from hundreds or thousands of citi-
zens.
New England, aroused by the clar-
Ion voice of Connecticut, the echoes OF
which have not yet ceased, Is reinvig-
Grating herself with sound political
doctrines, administered by Democrat
&c oampaigners whose voice Is full oi
hope and cheer.
Delaware Is pillar of the Demo
cratic temple, which stands az firm
and steadfast as 1t did when the Samp-
son Of Radlcalism did his bost To
pull 1t down. What Sampson
failed In, neither Simpson nor his
followers appear disposed to attempt;
and the Democrats of Delaware have
pretty nearly their own way. The
inhabitants of Maryland, recovering
from the swoon of disgust into which
they were cast during the war by the
outrages of Radical satraps, and the
advent of Radical carpet-baggers, are
determined now to assert their rights
to the ballot. That right being thor
oughly resumed, there remains nc
difficulty in sweeping the State fol
the Democratic candidates.
Baffied in the North, our enemies
are augmenting their efforts and in
trigues to secure the Southern vote
for Grant and Colfax. This vote was
long ago admitted by the Radicals In
Congress and the Radical press,
North and South, to be absolutely
necessary, as whole, to the success
of their cause. But the present pros.
pect is, that, in spite of the immense
advantages they have secured and
still retain in the form of military
despotism and carpet-bag majorities
in the State Legislatures, the schemer.
will be hoisted i'm several Southern
States by their own petards. Political
meetings are possible for Democrats
i'm the South, as well as for Radicals
and negroes, and the Democratic mas
ses are striving to make their meet
ings so orderly, and so unObjectiona
BILE to their present tyrants, except
from the fact of the protests against
tyranny in all shapes which are ut
tered by the speakers, that the Radi
calls have no other way to put then
down except by the instigation of ne
gro mobs. The briefest and best ad
vice is given them by an eminent De
mocratic speaker who has been wit
ness of the condition of politics il
Missouri, where the State officers ar,
described as "a disgrace to civiliza
tion," and "the Radicals do every
thing in the most odious manner"
l. Let them organize their entir
physical force in clubs.
2. Let them organize their socia
power for self-prOtection.
3. Let them maintain every righ
by every legal means, and redres
evrey wrong they suffer by all tn
remedy known to the law.
The opportunity to rid themselve
of tho odiuus oppression under whic
they suffer Is one to secure whic
Southern men of sense are maxim
every sacrifice consistent with honol
The thorns in their sides goad them
. not to desperation, but to discretion
Vigilance, forbearance and consisten
work: these constitutedpolicy theonl
policy through which the citizens {
the South can hope to escape from tn
tolls of their and The peoples masters
intlict upon the latter the vengeanc
of a Waterloo political defeat, an
thus secure for themselves and tn
country peace.