Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-10-21
WE perceive . dIspositlon, on die


part of those opposed to the "new
10 ascribe the failure of
the Democrats to carry the States OF
Ohio and Pennsylvania, to influences
brought to bear by the Aforesaid de-
parture. The assumption is not, as
we think, at all warranted by any
fdcts yvt developed. Were we dis
posed to retort, we might undertake
70 show that the opponents of the
by their extreme utter
ances, by their threats to restore
the Constitution to its original form,
and to revive the entire system of
Federal and State governments rs
they existed prior to the war, have
Heightened the more honest, but ia
naticaI, portion Of the North, and
given renewed vigor to their efforts
TO uphold the party which achieved
the ends for which the war was In
angurated.
Favored and encouraged by the
broad utterances OF leading men, in
the South, such Inscriptions politi-
Clans, as Morton, do not hesitate to
tell the northern masses that, prom
inent among the institutions which
the South seeks to restore, is that of
slavery, and by reading CARRIED ex-
tracts from southern organs of the
Bourbon, wing omitting explanations
and qualifications, they may succeed
in impressing upon Others, as truth,
what they, the speakers, know to be
false. If any changes have been
wrought, by the South, In the senti-
ments of the northern masses, it can
be more readily accounted for, upon
shishypothesis, than upon that which
ascpibes the change to the "new de-
parture." But there is more valid
reason than either, why the Demo-
Gratis fail to carry northern States,
and that is the want of money.
In the venal North, votes are as
much u merchantable commodity as
breadstuIs, and when put upon the
annual political market, the highest
bidder and the longest purse secure
the greatest number. The admins
tration, with the immense advanta-
ges of position and patronage, Catlin
guns and bayonets, is enthusiastically
b,scked by the bondholders' ring, the
Federal banks, the manufacturers
and tariff rings; the Indian agencies
and Land jobbers-in short, by every
combination for accommodating wealth
at the expense Of the country, and
through the direct agency of Federal
legislation. Sum up the immense
money influence of these combina.
tions; add thereto the four hundred
millions, in taxes, annually contrib
uted by the people, to be used in the
same direction; then superadd the
corrupt vennlity of the people of the
North--tbeir readiness to sell their
birth-right for a mess of pottage,
their utter restitution Of patriotic de-
votion to the vital principles of free
government, and we should cease to
wonder why Democracy struggles, in
vain, to re-establish itself in the af-
fections and interests of the northern
people.
The only departure" that Democ-
racy has to fear, is the departure from
the path of public and private virtue
from everything that man should
hold dear, as citizen and member
of society. The return to the cline
of safe precedents," is hopelessly de-
ferred, until the people are made wise
by insullerable oppression; then, II
not too late, Democracy may look
up, and successfully re-assert its
claims to popular confidence. n e
policy of the Radical party has been
the accumulation of capital in the
hands of the few, and the change OF
the Government into n monied aris-
tocracy. To effect these objects, rings
within rings, have been organized
all cooperating with the Washing
ton ring, in the work of corrupting
and then enslaving the masses, SC
that money may be made omnipo
tent and tyranny q success. So wei
have the ambitious scoundrels played
their cards, that the game is too nearly
fsaccess, to be defeated, by the lofty
tone Of Bourbonlsm, or the NOR,
yielding, il not wiser policy of tn,
new departurists. We cannot win ,
victory by discussing The amend
ments, and our only hope for triumph
lies Ia an amendment of public NOR
ais. II the people are the source o
all power, and that source Is foul,
corrupt, nothing good and pure cal
flow from it-purify 1t, and all will b
right. But this publication must b
brought about 10y long aud sever
suilcring-ail mildcr means are hope
lcssly insufficient.
Were ignorance and prejudice tn
sole barriers TO Democratic success
they might be removed by the dis
semination of correct knowledge.
But 1t Is widespread corruption tina
IL sapping the foundation of the gov
eminent aud threatens to bury und,
its ruins, the last vestage of popula
liberty. For this, neither the Cor
stitutlon, Us IL was, or as IL Ii, AFFORD
a remedy; nor can the scourge |