Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-12-07
CIarlssvi1le, Tenn:
SATURDAY, DEC. I, 1872.

United States. IL is true there are
broken fragments Of other parties, but
the only practical purpose they sub
serve is that of discord and defeat
The Cincinnati Convention formed the
nucleus of an opposition party which
patriotism might have made over
whelmingly strong, but love of Office
and hatred of the South proved too
much for the Liberalism of the North,
and the rancorous spirit Of party, in
the South, withheld thousands from
the patriotic movement, because they
preferred the ruin of the government
10 the stigma of voting for principles
or men not nominally recognized as
Democratic, however true both may
have been to the leading provisions
OF the Constitution and the true spirit
Of free government.
Whilst we have consistently urged
upon the South the wisdom of letting
federal politics alone and devoting its
talents and its energies to the proper
administration of its internal affairs,
we have not lost sight of the fact that
the prosperity of every southern State
depends, in an eminent degree, upon
the exclusion, from their respective
governments, of that foreign carpet
bag element which has so long cursed
US with political wrongs and impover-
ished us by open thieving and the ac
emulation of unlawful debts. If it
be true wisdom to abate these evils, it
becomes the imperative duty of every
white man, not yet sufficiently de-
graded to be a Radical at heart, to de-
vote his best efforts to the accomplish
ment of this vital object, and to re-
member that the way to do it is to fill
every State office with white man of
the right stripe. To accomplish this
last named object, the intelligence and
integrity of each State must come to-
gether in compact organization-not
to forward the views of party, but to
secure the best interests of States and
peoples.
That there is necessity for compact
organization is apparent from the fact
that the Radicals have positive
strength in each southern State that
can at any time be ascertained by ref
crcnce to the census This strength is
fixed fact aud proof against the
changes growing out of new political
questions and new party combinations.
To this strength may be added, with
certainty, numbers Of white men who,
il too polite to vote the Radical ticket,
will always be ready TO give ii strength
by disorganizing the party in opposi-
t,oa; and our recent experience leaves
IA at no loss to calculate beforehand
the issue Of q campaign undertaken
without thcmost efficient organization.
Nor are these the only reason why the
whites Of the South-lcaying out those
who were untrue to it in the past and
are unreliable in the futWe-should
organize compactly, and stand should
cr to shoulder as band of brothers.
The colorcl voters belong TO their
masters at Washington, who, to per-
petuate their title to This property, will
continue the line Of policy already
adoptcd--that is to enact such laws for
the social government Of the South
~ will not only keep alive, but inten.
sity, the ncgro's hatred of the white
man. The effects Of the christian and
humanitarian efforts of such men as
SUmnor to loment war of races, are
becoming more palpablc every day, in
every portion OF the South We of
the South have no means Of counter
acting these savage Vaccinations and
no hope of a successful resistance
of their terrible and legitimate consc-
qaoacce, save in such 4 thorough or
,tnilatjon as will secure toua political
Hccndancy in state governments, and
% unity of purpoae and compactuess Of
strength thai may oycrJwc the turbU-
lent and make peace a question Of self
interest and sclf-pre ,cryation.
The soldiers quarterol in the South
"a propaqandists of Radical hcrcsics
the negro believes aroscut here to pro
tr,t him in his lawle4sne-s, and this
iuciics him TO characterization to law.
q, we'll as toa disregard of the rights
a. The vhuemlu The carpet baggcrs
iDstcr this belief and with too much
truth impress upon he negro the idea
th1t the government, which is purely
,eet.onal wlg instituted TO elevate him
above the white man of the South
vnl lorthe degradation and oppression
o. the ll,tcr This idea is confirmed
b.. the Administration and hence the
Increasing arrogance aud lawlessness
It the uatiou pets Such teachings.
WAl,cy2r their object, viii, in our
opinion sooner or later eliminate in
% war of races If such prospect
does not demand organization, as the
ol'y security against such q dcplora
he event it isbe,au.o the people have
come TO the conclusion that neither
life nor property is worth preserving.
ana tht, the sooner both are destroyed
ih,ougN the agency of di,orglni2crs