Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-09-10
Our POSITION.

Having identified ourselves with
the National Democratic patty, we
shall, henceforth, speak Of the oppo-
sition to the Radical party under that
designation. We see neither sense
nor sound policy in splitting hairs
about names and the term, econ
SENTATIVE" however appropriate, or
available In the past, serves, now,
euiy to confound ideas and Keep alive
prejudice.
As to reviving the Wing party
were such thing practicable--there
are grave objections which can, we
fear, never be removed. In the first
place, let us bear i'm mind the fact,
that the Wings Of tile North, almost
en- mdsse, went over TO the Abolition
party, aud, with the talents thus
prostituted, took the lead in shaping
the government which curses the
people, North and South. The Wing
policy of a National Bank-pressed
to an extreme-has developed the
present system Of Banks which, in
their turn, have developed q moneyed
aristocracy that now corruptly and
progressively shapes the legislation of
Congress-.
In the second place, the wing idea
Of protective tariff pressed beyond
its original scope, is now made the
instrument Of oppression to the poor,
and of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to the lordly
manufacturer. And although it may
not be strictly legitimate to charge
these crying evils to the wings of
other days, they warn us that meas
ures which may so easily be pervert-
ed to the ends of corruption and OPP
preston are too dangerous to be en-
trusted to the guidance of any save
the wisest and most patriotic and
ought not, therefore, to be engrafted
upon the policy Of party, of which
wisdom is not always leading char
acteristic. 1t never occurred to Web
ster and Clay that the measures they
30 ably advocated could prove other
than a blessing to the country-a
curse they never could have been
under their immediate supervision.
But they forgot that they We're NOR
tai, and that their transcendant wis
dom and patriotism were not tYans-
missable to the generation to come
after them.
In the third place, the wings, ofthe
North, areso thoroughly imbued with
the heresies which have Slapped the
foundation of constitutional liberty
IA to unfit them for coalition with
the Wings of the Ssuth-between
them there Is an impossible gulf,
and any attempt at cooperation be-
tween the two wings will be both an
idle and mischievous experiment.
IL, then, 1t Is impractlcable TO nation
alize the party upon Southern basis,
why hesitate to enlist under the Dem
ocratic flag only one upon which
are, inscribed doctrines that every
true Southern man can cheerfully en-
dorse? AS just intimated, the entire
Wing element at the North, has
been absorbed by Radicalism, and so
completely absorbed, that there is
not enough of it left to form nu-
cleus around which to gather SEM
hlance Of party. What then, have
old line Wings of the South to hope
for from that quarter? 70 build up a
national Wing party, those of the
South must amalgamate with the
Radicals, or the Radicals must re-
sumo their former name of Wings,
and adopt the views and feelings oi
those Of the South.
We think that no Intelligent Wing
will fail to see the utter hopclessness
OF reviving the old party, il he will
only pursue, Ia their legitimate con
illusions, the hints we have here loose
ly thrown out, Then, il the con,
clusion be that such n scheme is inn
practicable, why cling to the name,
Conservative, which has no historical
significance beyond having originat-
I'll in u futile attempt to make II the
designation Of II third party? Con-
sentative will never be the title of u
national party, because Its only mean
lug Is TO keep things rs they are, and
all who would endorse and act upon
that meaning, must necessarily bt
practically Radicals, since they ar,
the only Conservatives, viz: oppos
cd 10 all change for the better. Tn,
title is repudiated, North Of the Ohio
and must he repudiated here; or VT
can.never affiliate tremendously ant
mderstandingly with the only party
North, that Is opposed Ia Radicalism
BISMARCK may learn, when 10,
late, That In his eli6rts to lismemheI
France and 10 establish n German
Empire, he has buili up q sentimen
in Europe dangerous, II not fatal Il
hath l. nDlr,,, AMI kingdoms