Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-09-02
THE following Is an extract from
Hon. @. H. Pendieton's speech at
LOveland, Ohio, q short time since:


THE following Is an extract from
. Hon. @. H. PendIeton's speech a
Loveland, Ohio, a short time since:
!, Thrce weeks ago to-day I was OF
the ocean. 1t was a dark, damp, dis
agreeable voyage. The sun ans
moon had not appeared for man,
days. Clouds and mist and fog hum
I around the slip, and the Mg-bel
tOlled It's fearful clang incessantiy.
had recovered frOn1 sea-sickness, ant
naturally turned for some light uiil
pleasant reading. A friend had sen
me, to Liverpool, a package Of Amer
lean newspapers. ] turned them owe
and my eye rested ON the proceeding,
Of the Republican Convention ant
the speech of Senator Sherman.
commenced It. The interest deep
ened as ! read on. The fogs in the
sky and the dampness ON the deck
were forgotten. What q picture he
drew of this Republican Administer.
ton What q picture he drew oil
national prosperity and felicity All
| to be attributed to this Administra.
ton. The country and Government
so great by reason of this Admin
istratiOn that they commanded the
admiration and respect Of every ma.
ton in the worldl Our proves
aud sense of justice such that No
lately outstanding question had not
been settled TO our Infinite honor and
our Infinite advantage! Our natural
Interpretation stimulated by the
evident appreciation Of othersI AT
home there was peace "within our
borders and prosperity within our
gatesW A benign contentment per.
vaded all our people, attaching them
TO each other Ia fraternnl love, and
binding all In filial reverence and
obedience to n paternal and beneficent
Administrator Liberty enjoyed
In order aud laws passed only tj Sc
cure that libertyl Just laws fmplic-
ftlyobeyeti Peace, liberty and pros
Derity! trinity Of blessingsl A
brotherhood unbroken! The duties
and obligations Of Government 50
light as to be known ouly by their
blessings! Bad passions already sub
jugated, sOOu to be eradicated -
Tariffs already light, soon to be made
llghterl! Tuyes already small, soOu
to be made smaller!! Public debt,
already almost nothing, soon to be
made less I! The Administrator al
ready pure, soon to be made holy /! I
And Grant, lately the mailed soldier,
lately the incarnation of force, al
ready become Zone among ten thou
sand" and soon to become "alto-
gether lovely ~ fas n..,..
Gen. Garfield followed Sherman.
He was enthused by this glowing
picture. Even his imagination could
only supply color or add tint
which the Senator had omitted. In
style of his own he SCARED In the
empyrean and caught the rosiest hue
which guilds the chow of beauty aud
of promise" He descended to the
lowest depths OF ocean aud brought
upithe tiniest and purest drop which
fingered there, that he might catch
its, brightest sparkle as the sun kissed
1t on the ,cresto Of the billow. And
with these lie warmed the brilliant
piofure. bowed my head in Joy
/ thanked God that the day OF Nil.
lenial happiness had come. My sur
prise was equal to my pleasure.
knew our worthy President had tast.
ed of saving grace in the pure air Of
Washington, and that, having adj.
ded works to faith, he had ESCAPED
the condemnation that he who caretl
not for his household Is worse than al
infidel; and that having done so wei
ut home he had. turned his efforts tc
the islands of the sea. But / did no
know that all our people were SO hap
Ply; that all our country was so smi
ling; "that the mountains skipped
like rams, and the little hills like
lambs" My soul was filled with Inn
patience to be at home. The shiI
seemed to move more slowly. Thu
clouds seemed to become drearier, tn,
mist still heavier. felt, as the oil
hymn has it
"On Jordan's stormy banks stand, an,
cast a wistfui eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land, wher
l But, alas! in an evil hour rea,
further. read Morton's speech, II
which he says that every bad passion
Is let loose at the South, and stimu
lated and fostered by the Democrat
of the North; and that murder, as
sassination, rapine and discord frigh
honest men aud honest capital from
the land, and honest negroes from tn,
polls. Tread Perry's speech, In which
he says that II this present rod
which Is no bigger than a man
thumb, Is not sufficient to produc,
, order, the next shall be larger an,
heavier than n mans thigh. / rea,
that the Ku-Klux Committee, hav
ing sat In Washington, felt 1t neces
sary to face these evils in their home
and to sit In Raleigh and Charleston
and New Orleans. read the Ku
I<lux bill with its manifold contri
vances, for destroying disorder b.
destroying liberty, and for avenginI
pretended crimes to individuals, upol
, the whole country by suspending tn
writ of hd6eds corpus, aud by de
stroying the substance, and even tn,
form of constitutional government
I read the election bill, which make
: of free choice q farce, aud subjects tn
. returns of the elections to the manip
/; ulation Of the creatures or to the Elk
, ecutive. / was amazed, l turne,
again to the speeches OF Sherman an
land Garfield, and l saw that they
too, had painted these horrors, but Il
5 the background and out of sight.
saw that there was nothing new I'm
: der the sun. l saw their picture wa
! one of those shifting scenes; whe
you look at It from one point II show
you the fair face and beautiful form
of an angel; from another, the threat
: ening face, the heavy horns and bla
!, zing fires Of the devil. Wheneve
! they desire to charm the simple b.
the beneficence Of their party, the
!. show the picture Of smiling prosper
4 ity. which delighted nv eve. When