Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-08-21
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formation nj n
new party. wehaye given some attention
10 the arguments pro. and con-. and must
say that we have failed TO discern any ne
cessity for the formation Of n new party. or
indeed any propriety I'm such a step.
The Nashville Hammer and Memphis Av-
aIanche-both supposed TO be fnvorab,e 10
Mr.. Etheridge's aspirations to aseet In The
United States Sepate-are regarded as
friendly to the new party m O yement. whilst
other journals, esteemed not unfriendlv IN
Andrew ohnson Is aspirations. seem rather
to discourage the idea. ,t-yf ,,t
The individual aspirations and ipolitical
fortunes Of Mr., Etheridge and Mr.. johnson
are questions In whiel,t hose gentlemen are
much more deeply interested than the PEG.
pie of Tennessee. There never has been,
nrd we think wa are nfe i'm assuming that
cierc never will be, "a period In the history
Of our State, when the Legislature will he
at loss to lind men willing to. represent
the statein the United States Sonate, with
a long catalogue of what is usually termed,
in partisan, paslance, "claims" to the posi-.
ton. five wore member of the Legisla-
ture, there are many, very many things
which oar hands would ind to do before
,akingup thcloomparatively unimportant
work oieiecting q United States Senator,
ana IL would not grteve us at ell II the press
OF more important.daties should make 1t
impossible fes ,'S TO reach the case ofeither
ooiHiso~ OF htheridge on the calendar; and
)fit were reqnired of us to- make an entire
new party in'order to accommodate either
OF the gentlemen, we should certainly post.
pone the whole thing 10 mo no convenient
season. Neither johnson nor Etlcridge
broke the rnanacles that bound the people
OF Tennessee. Etheridge made d canvass
two years ago, marked by great boldness
and ability. We give him credit for his
good Intentions, and honor him for the
fearless mannerin which he denounced our
oppressors. Bat, Judging by results, that
canvass did US no good. Every blow he
struck had the effect to weld the links In
our chains, and every gun he fired, to close
up the ranks ofour enemies. Mr.. johnson,
during Ills administration, was In durance
vile himself, watched by his enemies as {" a
lions whelp that gnawed, and yet might
break his chain, Every effort made To
free himself, and to free us, resulted in
closer Imprisonment and a reinforcement
Of the guard around us. II was only after
taken nom thelsadieai party that its forces
found leisure to struggle, ahdthe solfdmnss
an opportunity to disintcgrate. Finding
no longer an enemy iniits front, the Radi-
cal party In Tennessee broke into factions.
and the r, suit was, the race between senter
and Stokes, and the CONSEQUENT REDEEM ption
of our pc, pie, Brovnlow refused 10 en-.
franchise tile people because he knew thev
would vote against him. Sentcr enfran-
chiscd them because he knew thew woula
vote for him. The infamous franchise law
proved two-cdg ed sword. In tho hands M
BrownIow, IL was welded 10 tho destruc-
lion ofpublic liberty-in fbe bande NJ Gu
ter, TO sever the chords that hound Tho moo.
pie. Both Brownloyv and sontar u,.,o "a
the san,c ,,ntfvo 10 u,i,
the gubernatorial chair Ana ,va 49,,
The franchise law. fromrd' VIII, IN go,
cunning byt the enemies of tba noonln go
fording n striking ILLUSTRATION of tho dao,a-
ration of Scrinturo. .os,,o,,, ~ ,,.,,,,
Iaan shall praise tbeo, tho ron,oi,,,,o. y,
wrath shalt tho,, restrain y We h,ro
particular obIootions 10 prse o,,,,,,s, ,s,,,.
Johnson or.Etheridpe. So fo, n. ,l,oir .o,,.sa
since the war is concerned. hut wa eornos,.
Iy insist that tho matutinal bvm of ourda-
liveranco from Radical bondage sbouIa no
inscribed to neither OF those DISTINGUISHED
gentlemen, and we enter our ehy eat oVains,
our recent red,mption INV
squabble over their respective merits m,
great victory deserves to be celebrated in n
hooier strain, andturned toan account fur
iaore worthy Of Its vast Importance to MS
rs people. All discussions of their
" elaims'ana the formation ola new party
10 favor either, is far below the mark. Bnt
who wants n new party, and what are
its objects p There seem TO be certain men
who az this particular juncturc. arc unable
10 find airy party lust suited 10 their minis
--iastidious politiclansw nr,,osa, m ,orn,
n new party for their speclal uccommodal
tlon aud convenience ope grc,. 1io,a,,,,,