Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-02-21

ents as he styled them. He said they ha
sold out TO the Democrats for the sake of tn
loaves and fishes; but sntrsated the Demo
crats to make them 90 foot ana keep then
there, as they would betray every trust re
posed In them.
Having disposed Of the thirds, he pitches
into the Democrats with increased virulence
charging npon them everything that ws
mean and dishonest mot even neglecting oil
Buck, but making the poor old fellow th'
recipient Of double portion of his venom,
But when be came to the President he ex
celled bimsels We can't do him justice
We give up in despair. he said his part.
bad saved the country from secession, rebel
lion and Democracy combined, and now ons
Of them could not be elected constable In th'
whole State Of Kentucky. This he said
was all wrong, as the Democrats would ind
ere long to their cost; for after the nex
Presidential election, secession, rebellion and
Democracy would nevor be heard Of any
more, and then they would be glad TO avail
themselves of the protection Of union men
to shield them from the indignation Of .
Justly inoensed government. Truth h some
times stranger than fiction, and even more
strange that Il emanatcs from some sources al
III. weeive him credit for a: least one truth.
In speaking of changes, he said they were
necessary. "For." said he, ''un-
lees I ohanss I will 80 stmight to hill, as
sure = thsu d God" We thought the
change reqaired % great that few Radicals
would ever make IL; for now they have their
hands % deep In Uncle Sans pocket they
hare no time to set about the necessary work,
and II the Democrats succeed In getting them
out of place, they will be 90 busy scheming
to get bsck that the thought of change will
never enter their minds.
On negro equality, he said be was not
afraid that black negro would ever outstrip
him, but did not say anything about mulat-
loes; and as to amalgamation, said he would
never marry negro as long as there Yves q
white woman to be found, and II Others
Isared 1t, be would try to have law passed
that they should not marry one unless they
chose; but of one blood had God created ell
he nations Of the earth, and further, he was
laught that God was no respecterof persons; !;
then why should We be.
After driving on In this style about an
hour, be called Judge somebody TO the chair.
We thought IL he was judge Of anything,
Il was mean whisky. The Judge having
laken the chair, the orator proposed some
names as committee to draft resolutions
The Judge insisted that this was his prerog-
Ative. The committee being non cot snpsS-
ium, however, be said II made no difference,
10 be had resolutions already drafted, and 40
II was the custom to have them cut and dry,
he would proceed to read them. The reso-
lutions were recommendatory Of Grant,
tory Of the President in the extreme. They
were all put at once and although the house
was nearly full by this time. six fully ex-
pressed ayes were all we could count.
The Rads having got through, the Demo-
Gratis then went into convention. The OBJ
iects were well stated by pleasant
talker, in plain, off.hand manner, as were
also the objects of the Radical meeting. He
said It was patent to every one that that had
been set apart as the day of the Democratic
and that the RAIDS took tho start
Of them, hoping, ss the Democrats had the
and also the numerical strength,
they would insist on their rights and prevent
the RAIDS from meeting, and then they would
hfve good thing to send their friends
abload. that they were not permitted to
hold . convention In their county town.
But wissr coupScls prevailed, and this big
gun d spiked by their own doings.
The name Of George II. Pendleton, OF
Ohio, was presented to the convention as q
for the Presidency, and let me as
sure you that it would have taken faster
counter than your humble servant to have
mum oered the ayes II called forth. All voted,
and voted as living, breathing, responsible
men, and not MS auiomata, as was the case
in the Radical meeting. A resolution wns
offered and passed, with equal unanimity,
to the effect that every man In Graves county
to the utmost Of his ability,
the immigration Of negroes to that county !
shs, they are willing 70 employ such as are
already there, and treat them as negroes
should be treated, regarding them In every
respect as inferior to the white race.
A letter was read from an old gentleman
absent on account of III health, that made Us
think of some things In Tennessee, urging
Ibe convention to appoint no man as dele
gate, nor recommend any man for ofbce,
who had truckled to bayonets for tho sake
,f Office or the Immortal dollar.
Everything went on harmoniously, as
might have been expected, as 1t was COM
posed of the best men In the county, Wings
and Democrats, united iu one common cause
or the good Of the whole country.
As previously stated, there was not ne
zro In either convention, and this shows that
he negro, ieft to himself and not urged on
BY white trash, whose only ambition Is self
.ggraudizement, even at the expense of ev-
sry,bing patriot would prize, feels bis infs-
-iority, and never essays to step upon the
,ame level with the white race, knowing full
well that the God Of heaven has placed a
mark Of inferiority upon him, that all the