Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-10-15
TuE NrNrcrpAL ELECTION.

forgotten, we feel II lscumbeist upon
lis to disabuse the public mind Of one
error into which our neighbour has
fallen. The Chronicle has bolted no
Convention. It's publishers and pro-
priet0rs d., not live within the cor
poratiOn, and whatever may have
been their sympathies, the Chroui-
cite was studfousfy silent on the sub
ject of the municipal! election, aud
when IL was over, that silence would
hsvc been maintained, but for an
article In the Leaf charging 1t with
bvlting, when the bolting was done
by us as an individual, and for our a ct
this paper was, in nowisc responsible,
because as mere salaricd attache,
our private acts arc our own and for
them, we alone, are responsible.
Our neighbor farther charges, in
his last issue, that the Chronicle, with
q view To making u little capital,
raises an issue between capital and
labor, and pleased with neat dodg-
ing of his own responsibility, expa-
tiates upon the dignity of labor and
by an avalanche Of phrases, proves
to his own satisfaction, and our sup
posed discontinue, that no man can
rise above the blessing and honor OF
labor. In this attempt Mt selfjustiil-
cation he ascribes to us language we
never used. When alluding to Mr..
Frech, we stated-distinotly stated
that he had raised himself above the
necessity of labor. Every intelligent
reader will see the distinction be.
tween rising above labor and rising
above its necessity. Every man OF
business Is q laborer in one sense,
and every laborer, whether he push
es the plane, forges iron, digs ore,
breaks rock, sells goods, or practices
a profession if he has the least
ambition, looks forward to the day
when he will be, not above labor
but above the necessity for 1t rs the
means Of gaining his daily bread
All who have the sense TO draw this
very Obvious distinction will see into
the ingenious device by which oui
neighbor seeks to throw the burden
of his own blunder upon our shout
ders. ... 4......
Our nelgtbor is indignant at what
he assumes to be our efforts to con
meet him with capital aud therefore
against workirgmen. The connec
ton is of his own making. He was
the first to inform us that there wa'
a workingmen's party In tho late
election, and not content with on'
declaration, to that effect, in his las
issue, he repeats 1t In this wise:
"As to the cry"--that there was :
workingmcn's party which yoi
didn't hear, we heard it, and no
from workingmcn either"
In the first issue Of the Leaf afte
the election, with the full conviction
that the cry of workingman's par
ty was raised, our neighbor com
menced an article with the modes
assurance that he would not undul.
exult over the result of the election
But why exult at all, If it was no
over the defeat of the Frech part.
which, alone, could have raised tn
cry of u workingmen's party? w
did not raise the cry--we did not hea
It, hut our ncighbor did hear it an
exultcd over the defeat of those VIII
did raise it, and yet very coolly char
yes us with aii effort to connect hin
with capital and those who are I'M
nlcal to the workingmen's party
the existence of which we learne
from him.
What we said about the efforts {
capital to Cypress labor we did nc
apply to Clarksville or TENNESSEE
neither of which has the concentra
ted capital to no made altogether e
fective to this end. We distinct
applied our remarks to Europe an
the North, where the truth of tn
statement Il too patent to escape til
notice of the most careless observe
We argued, and correctly, too, tht
: labor Is the basis of all wealth an
that well paid labor Is the best exte
nal evidence of prosperous and hal
I by condition of any community.
Placing this estimate upon the In
portance Of labor our sympathi'
and sense of justice naturally--to
enlist our efforts In its behalf, whel
ever capital, with its enormous powe
l attempts to curtail the wages ther'
! for, Ia a bare subsistence.
We had hoped We could EXPIRE
, this honest sentiment, in this con
munity without being accused of
: sinister purpose, and that, too, /
! one who far eXcels Us in lofty cul
gies upon labor and that too, witho'
the remotest intention To make ii
! tie business capital" on 40 cheap 4
outlay.
! To conclusion, we assure our nciS
D bor that neither bantering nor de
! ance will divert ny from our origin
= purpose to let the election and ii
excitement 1t cngendered he forge
y ten. We do not intend to attack Il
c Convention until the necessity to {
" 30 IL made imperative by charg
against the integrity of our condu'
.. AS An individual. The charge of ho
: ing, aud other. of about equal gra