Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-09-14


is forgotten and that the wrongs and
insults inflicted by him. are fading
from the memories Of his victims; if
not, why the immense gatherings that
greet him and the loud plaudits in re-
spouse to his deceptive aud hypocriti-
cal utterances? The people have
either forgotten these things, or their
conduct attests unitness for selfgoy-
ernment and Indifference to the bless
ings of honest and free government
On 40 other suppositon can we ac-
count for their abandonment, on the
very eve of victory, of the glorious
cause for which they have battled I'M
der circumstances that almost forbade
hope Of success. Yet such is the
iamcntable truth Instead of the
harmony that gives strength we have
the division that brings weakness
Instead of concentration upon candi-
dates every way worthy of confidence,
a portion of the people are diverging
from line the ofsafe presidents byrun-
ming after independent candidates be-
cause, forsooth, it looks manly and
spirited to break away from every sys-
TEN of organization, and take all the
consequences of defeat rather than
win success by adherence to time hon
ored usage.
What is the reasoning Of these in
dependent candidates? Simply that
if they cannot be elected they would
rather Radical should have the Office
than the nominee of convention, or
of primary election. Upon what dc
they base their chances of election:
Upon the fact that their self-nomina-
ton will either bring out third can
didate and give them plurality vote, OF
that, with hope of splitting our party
the Radicals will unite upon them and
give them majority, with the aid OF
the disaffccted conservatives, who act
from no higher motives than those
which govern Independent candidates
This is the real attitude of johnson
and Colyar, of Travis and Keller and
of every other disorgani2er. Yet the
sovereigns the dear people, can so far
forget the cruel wrongs and sufferings
inflicted upon them by johnson
Brownlow Grant & Co., as to vote fol-
men whose private motto is--"give Us
Office, or we will ruin you" Divide
and conquer, is the principle upor
which they act. Divide what? The
conservative vote. Conquer whom
The conservatives of Tennessee anC
the whole South. Are the people o.
Montgomery prepared to risk all they
have gained, by playing into the hands
, of the Radicals, who alone, can gair
by our division? If they are, they
will soon learn that they have given tC
their inveterate enemies the casting
vote and the choice of candidates il
every election. They will learn farth
er, that Representatives elected by ;
coalition of conservatives and Radi
Gals will favor the latter because the!
will owe their election to them, mainly
and that to them, they must look fo
continued, or higher promotion. Ii
this way Radical influence will grow
until it absorbs the conservatism o
both sections, and prepare the people
TO invest some man with the roya
purple whilst thcy-the people-dol
the rags which are cmblematic o
poverty and political bondage. Incl
by inch, the spirit of despotism is On
croachiug upon the domains Of lib
erty, and the only remedy is firm ant
united stand, by the people, agains
every movement intended to Great
division in the ranks of the only part.
able to defeat the Vaccinations of tn
arch enemies Of popular liberty-th,
, willy demagogucs who, under the guis
of securing broader freedom for tin
people, are forging letters for tn
limbs of their credulous victims.
Our talented ellow-townsman, Gen
w. A. Quarles, opened his campaign
as Electur for the State at large, in tn,
town of Paris, on Monday last, a
the champion of the great issues in
volyed in the canvass, we trust he vii
be able, as we know he lis willing, t
stay the tide Of anarchy and prescrv
that unity without which Radicalisr
will ro-cstablish its power, and owe it
success to those Independents who ar
the innocent too's, or conscious agent
of the powers that be. Gen. Quarle
is a whole team on, or off, the stun
but he has task before him that wi
tax all his powers. He must preac
= and teach concert OF action, or even h
, may be defeated
TnE division anticipated. in consC
u qucnco of the number of iudependor
= disorganizcrs, in this State, opens 5
fair prospect for the partial success
of Radicalism, that big guns, such q
Henry Wilson and others of The SAN