Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-06-17
rmE Duty on THE llouI.


We have ever maintained that pa
tient perseverance, III the peaceful
pursuits Of life would do much in the
mitigation OF our woes. 1t would
teach the North and the outside
world that the South had been mis-
understood, and had consequently
suffered Incredible woes. 1t would
give evidence of the noblest manhood
aud of the highest Christian virtues.
1t would he the highest evidence that
the South can he rs prudent as she
has been chivalrous, AS patient as 1t
has been brave, as dignified In suffer-
ing as 1t was fiercein battle. 1t will
invite Immigration from the old
world. And with Increase Of inhab-
itants we may anticipate a new order
Of things. Our waste places will be
built up. New life will he awakened
in the old land. Labor will develop
the vast material Resources which o
kind Providence has given to us. Cap.
ital will flow into our Impoverished
States, md production will tell more
largely upon our interests than 1t has
done since the war. Each brawny
arm and cunning hand added to our
numbers will serve 10 increase our
wealth. We must then, by all posi-
Bile means, give such information as
to our vast territory. our fertile soil,
our undeveloped mineral wealth, our
immense water privileges, and our
delightful climate, as will invite i'm
migration from thedensely populated
and worn out districts Of the Old
World.
How many are deferred from maxi
ing the sunny South their home be-
cause Of the false ideas they have re-
ceived as to the civililization aud
moral status of our people? Let 1t be
known that we are v law-abiding
people; that we love order; that we
are not savages; that we desire peace
and pursue it; that We seek no VIC
lent revolution, hui that we do seek
the help Of intelligence aud moral
worth, In our efforts to correct u state
of things ut once intolerable and ru-
inous.
Thus fur the world has looked upon
the South throughs the wicked and
false representations of those whose
business was defamation, and whose
delight has been tosbear false witness
against their neighbors. We must,
by intelligence, by virtue, and by de-
votion to all the principles of right,
seek and obtain access to the world Of
mind. We shall be false to ourselves
and to our posterity If we do not put
to silence ISLANDERS that are AS base as
were ever generatedi IN the pit, or were
ever propayated by the enlissaries of
the devil. Truth demands their vim
dication. Justice and self-interest
are united i'm their exactions, and we
must not falter In our obedience to
them. Let US then, through the pub
lie press, or the hustings, in Congress
halls, at all times, In all places, and
by every means left ns, let US dare to
vindicate truth, and best0w upon our
people the honor they deserve. Chiv-
alr0us In war. patient under wrongs,
firm to the right, tlieSouth has u past
rs honorable rs the muse of history
has ever recorded. True to- herself,
true H. the great principles of consti-
tutiOnal liberty, true to the memories
of the great past, the South will once
more arise to a queenly dignity, and
will rejoice In u tide of prosperity
which will sweep over the land. =
With native intellect and energy,
and with great addition tn tlfis native
force from other countries, the South
may again become the mother of
Presidents and the palladium Of lib
erty.-Lou. Ledger