Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-08-21


.I-,iO one Etnd Of money for rich and
poor. allie! NJ; 400. t,r- vi7-l.flt
-,ssTHE latest infhmy in the shape Of n
militia bill is that offered by Mr..
,Thornburg, the last section of which
!, provides that the Governor may de-
clnro martial law, in whatever county
he pleases; send into it any number
of militia he pleases and make such
county pay all the expenses of such
armed banditti. We shall not be
surprised at any thing the Legislature
may do-knowing the stoHd igno-
rance md ficndish malignity that
its leading characteristics. But we
warn that den of vipcrs that such an
act will be piling on the agony a lit
tie too thick, and that if peace be
their object they will not reach it by
that route. 70 '.IfF ra 2'Fr''a.i-., .
There is not on this continent n
more orderly and quiet community
than that of Montgomery county, and
yet old Spitfre is authorized to quar-
ter any number of his armed thieves
in our midst and make us pay for their
support, if such be his sovereign will;
and he will want 10 better preteXt for
so doing than the fact that we are a
community of gentlemen, save and
except q few members of his own gang
who are prominent aspirants for cells
In the Penitentiaiy.
In the history of nations there is no
net of tyranny 50 galling-so apt to
eugender spirit of resistance ~ that
of quartering troops upon unotfending
citizens, and the strongest govern
,ments resort to it only as the last re-
sort of tyranny to crush out the spirit
ofmanly Independence. Brownlow's
government is too new IN its despotic
rule and the recollection of free gov
eminent il too fresh in the minds OF
the people to make such an attempt
altogether safe. There are eighty
Thousand men in this State who, hat
yesterday, enjoyed all the rights OF
freemen; Who know that their depri-
walton of those rights was the work of
force, and that the continuance OF
their Acknowledgement is the work o
contemplate and condemned mi
nority, backed by eXtraneOus coali-
lions of armed u mpers. Those eighty
thousand have proven their capacity
for self-governmont aud appreciation
of free institutions, by their submis
sion to bogus government and thci
misplaced confidence in the return o
peace and justice through the direc
notion of those of their own rae
whom chance has placed in power.
Sorely disappointed in this hope
and taught by experience that tn
ruling minority is destitute of al
sense of justicc-of every gencrou
and manly attribute, it is too much +
expect of them that they will forge
what they We're and, under the nt
cessites of the hour, bear unresisting
ly the grossest wrongs that tyrann
can devise and II minority attempt
enforce.
In Turkey, oppression is not onl
hereditary bat traditional; in Dahc
ney, negro supremacy is the normi
condition of the people; here, the cas-
IL reversed; liberty sour inheritance
and negro rule II modern device {
beastly tyrants whom it were ilatter
TO place upon an equality with tn
most brutal of the sons Of Africa
Resistance by Il people who nev'
know what liberty is, is rs improbabI
"a tame submission 10y Il people who's
birth-right IL freedom who HAY
como into its possession and once 81
joyed its blessings. Never yet III
amy colored race established agoverl
mcnt embodying the principles
freedom or the elements of stabillt,
and never has the AnglO-SaXon, an,
where, been SO thoroughly suhdued
TO eXtinguish his love OF liberty Z
his spirit of resistance. rcnncssccal
are of that indomitable race, NJ
houco we infer that neither negro :
premacy nor tho tVrants who inaug
rate It, can long exist i'm this state
elsewhere in this country.
And II these evils are endured for
time, from motives of prudence, 1t
none the less sure that our espresso
will he taught the folly of their ,ei
that their rule is 10 be perpetual III
the more vindictivc, the moro socui
Much has been borne rather than ]
augulate the horrors of civil war; b
our rulers will do well h remcmb
that We are not Turks and that NJ
cans are not Legitimate sovereigns
this once free country. Dislmnchi'
ment is endured because of the hel
that there Is apcaccful remedy for
but there is no remedy for the deprod
lions aud murders of lawless milf
save the strong arm Of Il brave n
determined people; and when We q
commanded to feed and clotho the
while they lay waste our property al
insult our women and murderourm