Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-05-07
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THE TARIEF-ITS EFFECT.

'he vast amount OF irauu uhuerly-
lagithe present tariff, together with
''S crushing weight upon agriculture
ana iaoor' seems 10 De waking up the
Norm 70 the necessity for-actiye eff
1orts 10 rlh itself ef both thestraud
ana oppression. me facility with
Wh'ch the various rings" have made
MI other interests subservient to their
'9rruPt purposes Is u striking Illus
trntion Oh the great demoEaization
wiiich mas followed war aggressive
ana unconstitutional. NOT altogether
followed, however, Tor 1t required all
lhe influence OF puritan abolitionism,
higner lawism, nee loveism and re-
pudiatioh oil religion, morals, ana
everything conservative OF republi-
can virtue and administrative justice,
as taught by New England, to pre-
pare the popular heart for that great
Iniqulty. The effect OF the war waste
give play to the evil passions which
kindled 1t, by breaking down all the
legal pnd moral barriers againsttheir
open and defiant Indulgence.
1t ~ not surprising, therefore, that
people trained, for years In the pu-
ritan school fhSpocricy and every
minor vice should be slow to discov
,er the corrupt ends for which they
were trained, much less, that they
have been instrumental in destroy
ing their government, and with 1t
their own liberties and prosperity, so
that their shrewder confrees in in
Equity may luxuriate in the spells of
the terrib!e'wreck. The lessons learn
ed under years of systematic demon
hlization, are not readily unlearned,
ihd hence the patient acquiescence
IN every wrong inflicted, by tie cnr-
rupt Junto which first led them
astray ana now rules them with the
IRON ROD OF aespotisni.t The South,
In its Innocence, can more calmly
bear thistyrahny than thoseso deeply
.sultty OF lhe maohess that reared II
upon the ruins OF constitutional
hoefeS. 8 AAse ~ r 81
our ADVICE 10 the relgnlng tyrants
Is" PIE on the agony9yI The South
may proht by the tariff which Is
crushing the Northwest, whilst that
ana It's kindred rings" can not fail
10 rum me lmpiacaole foes OF liberty
ana the SOUTH III may not be charl-
taple, out IL Is our earnest ana honest
desire that the fate OF the south shall
DC the iate OF the North. III IL be
Tree, prosperous and happy, so much
the better; II 1t be rum, let both
sections share 1t. If there be no dis
elimination in favor of the innocent,
let the guilty reap the full reward of
their deVllsh lniquity-recognizing,
even II too late, that retributive JUS
tice which crime cannot evade.
We have said that a portion of the
people OF the North are alive to the
Impending danger, hut their efforts
will be worse than futile without
perfect concert and an eminently wise
,lirection of their ,nitad stranutb
WITH frta tro1o &c ,ho raI,,,;no ass.
I, ona nlacoj,opd na,,,o az Eadoroi
debt with greenbacka in another
their STRENGTH. vii, ha Iost IN diyis;or
and deceat b,sten- thu downfall Of
free rovernmanthvo an inniiod sane
tion. NV the noonle of tha nrasent
corrnnt adp,iris irnt;on Iat,ha =
nrominent sins Of the Radical. lao
orravod oyo;nst mon, i, si,G,o n
dictment md then 90 to' w0rk to
securo t,e communicated inane,o. nj
all who believe them cuiltv of the
charges on which they ore arr.;onod
Not onIy no 10 ,yorl, hut wor,, win
I, .rn,inot;o, =, s,,ooood S,,oaaaa
is ,;ho,sr nrosn..,t,, ond ,,,,Iia ~.
tue. nilnro ia noI;t;oal s,oyorv :, n.
mas, dotoot,hIa e,r,,s ,rho s,a,,ae
hoirg oa bioh Lat no c.,,o ho ,,,.,.od
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~ n,,r,yo.o and r,h.t,,o, aonoa., =, .,
action -
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lr is not easy for any sensible man
to believe that the Radical member.
Of Congress have the slightest faith
in the marvellous stories told b,
Brownlow, Fletcher, Maynard
Stokes 4 CO., in relation to the fre
quency aud atrocity of outrages In
Tennessee. The character OF .hes,
mon is too well known, by their an
tecedents. 10 gain crcdencc with an,