Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-07-16
THE THIRD PARTY AGAIN.

we are pleased to see that the West
Tennessee Whig repels, though In
language fully as strong as courteous,
the charge that he aud those zcttag
with him "arc in favor of organizing
II Third party" And ny II to give
greater force to the denial, adds: "T'hc
Two parties which exist, and which
have existed, since the war, are the
Conservative and the Radical.n This
Is true, and no one will deny it; still
the fact remains, that IL the Conserv-
alive patty he divided, whether on
The policy of holding u Convention,
81 any other issue that may be made,
there will be II third party, and we
have the right to infer, and common
sense will sustain the Inference, that
iSf who are fomenting discomfort,
'sre IN favor OF third party, or are
working for an end far more mis-.
ehievous.
1t matters not with us whether the
threatened division is to be known as
third party, or is to take more OBJ
Jectionable shape; it is against such
division that we have argued and
protested. And that we have been
charitable in our construction of the
aims and purposes of the discontent-
OIL rev, VIII appear when we view,
IN logical connection, their acts and
declarations. They emphatically deny
mat they "are In favor of organizing
a third party" So much for what
they say; then come their acts which
speak az plainly as words, their dis.
satisfaction with the great body of
the Conservative party, or the Dem
cratic, as they are pleased to term it.
lhey Will not deny that they are
battling against the Conservative
party, and it will be still more idle
to deny that they are endeavorinp To
make converts to theirpeculiar views.
Then, may we not ask what they will
do with their recruits? Their own
declaration forbids the superstition
that they intend to organize them as
third party, and the only remaining
inference is that they will carry them
over to the Radicals.
To avoid this conclusion which To-
ultimately follows their own preni-
SEES but which is so damaging to their
patriotism, we preferred to speak of
them as cndeavoring to organize n
third party; but since they indignant
~ repudiate our construction, we
leave them to the mercy of inexora-
bic logic, deducible from the data
they have furnished. If they do not
Intend to huildup third party, what
object can they have in view, but to
take from the Conservative and add
to the Radical party? "Answer me
that, Master Brooks" We do not
believe that the parties alluded to
entertain any such miscellaneous in
tcntions rs are inferable from their
line OF argument; and propose only
to warn them against the logical Sc
qucnccs of the policy they have
adopted.
The idea we have endeavored To
impress upon the public mind is, that
the Conservative party, as at present
constituted, is able to repeat the vic
oories 1t has already won, but that II
cannot bear division In the face of a
compact and vigilant opposition
Every instinct Of solfpreservation
every suggestion of wisdom and every
impulse of enlightened patriotism
forbids so wild and dangerous an ex.
pertinent ~ that now being tried by
men, heretofore in cordial sympathy
with the party they now seek, 10y
prccept and example, to distract and
divide. We call upon the people to
turn deaf ear to all mischievous ap.
pcals to their Anticipated party preju
diccs, and leave to time and circum.
stances the development of such party
changes rs the future may declare
essential to IA .wise administration o
State and Federal governments.