Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-02-18
ISDIANA-FIFTEENTH AMEND.
MENT AND 4 CONVENTION
OF THE PEOPLE.

The Senate Of Indiana, a short time
since, passed a joint resolution en-
bracing two important p%oints-the
one, reputation of the pretended
ratification Of the fifteenth amend
ment, the other, n call for a Conven-
tiou Of the States to amend the Fed
eral Constitution. 1t Is gratifying to
e such q reaction i'm q State 80 re-
Gently the blind victim Of Radical
hnaticism. 1t must be apparent to
all REJECTING men that such u Con-
vention will, though it has not yet,
become a necessity, in consequence
Of the incongruous additions made to
the Constitution by can Of fraud
and force, and, the quasi constitutions
nj authority given to unconstitutional
enactments by the partizan decisions
Of a corrupt judiciary. In no other
way, can the usurpations of Congress
and the Executive be recinded, and
the Government brought back to its
primitive purity and restrained with
In its proper limits.
But may not this reaction lead
those who feel it, into m opposite
extreme, dangerous to the success, II
not to the very existence, of the
northern Democratic party? Fanat-
icism has been crippled by moderate
conservatism and, by the same agen-
cy, may be eiIectually str%angled.-
W. protest against a wide departure
from this safe policy and would warn
the Indiana Democrats against any
extreme views; for however just they
may be, the popular mind of the
North Is not prepared to consider
them, and in its present excitable
condition. 1t is better to leave it to
the contemplation of the misdeeds of
the Radical party which is killing
itself faster than reason, justice and
truth, urged by Democrats, can &C.
complish that desirable feat.
1t is becoming apparent to many
in the North, that every fraudulent
Interpolation upon the Constitution
and every enactment, In accordance
with the same, has for its object no
higher consideration than the contin-
''ed supremacy of the Radical party
and the oppression of the South. So
palpable has become this selfish and
ruinous policy of the faction in power,
and its injurious effect, upon the COM
merce and growth of all the States,
that Indiana has spoken out against
It, in the higher branch of her Leg
%islature, and the time, we think, is
not remote when other Northwestern
States will follow suit, provided, that
in the meantime Democrats do moth
ing to counteract the sober second
thought of the masses. The perse-
cution of the South has been pressed
rs far rs II will pay, and the recoil is
already felt, and the people of the
North, generally, are becoming M
ious to find shelter for their own
rights and interests under the wing
Of wise and stable government.
Corruption and lawlessness in the
administration of Federal affairs have
been endured until even the vindic.
tive hate of phrenzied fanaticism
cries-"hold ! enough" The blindest
can see that tho whole aim of the
administration, since the war, has
been to subvert the! Constitution, to
retain power, grow rich at the eX-
pense OF the people and prevent the
recuperation OF the South. To ac-
complish the last named object, every
species of Islander has been gotten up
and propagated by the officials, at
Washington, to make the Thought
less Northern people and immigrants
from Europe believe, that, In the
South, neither life nor property is
safe, and all this Is done to divert the
tide of immigration from the hirest
aud best portion Of the United States.
In this there Is II two.fold purpose
first to maintain the same relative
proportion between the blacks and
the whites and--sccond, to postpone
the day when the population and
wealth of the South will give this
section, It's destined preponderance il
the politics OF the country. The Ben
Butlcrs and other brutes of the Radi
cal party know, full well, the weigh
which ISLANDERS endorsed by the al
mlnistration will have upon the mi
grating population of Europe and th,
Northern States, and hence the in
vcStigating committee, appointc'
and instructed to manufacture lie
relative 10 the social condition of tn
%ntl. Not only will such II report
from such n source, deter immigra
ton to the South, but will serve +
fire the northern heart, and prcpar
the people To endure still longer, tn
curses of the most corrupt govern
mcnt, on earth, under the belief tina
they are only furnishing rebels, an
that their rascally rulers are the EN-
bodimcnt OF Puritan piety, yanke
patriotism and American statesman
ship,
We'll may Indiana, though part,
ctpts oriminis, looking at all the i'll
that follow Radical rule, desire I
bring back the government To il
original status, andsee il administers
with the wisdom and integrity tina
once made IL respected and loved, (,