Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-05-11

phans of the county? many of whom
are striving hard 10 make an honest
living aud keep the little homes left
them by their husbands and fathers,
who worked many weary years to make
their wives and little ones comforta bic
and then passed away from earth, or,
perhaps, died on the battle field, fight
ing for the homes and honor of these
loved ones, and the homes and fire.
sides of those they left behind.
say, shall these men go to the polls
and say what shall be done with their
property, whilst they must stan quiet
and say nothing or have any voice at
all in the matter?
The person of good sense who can
say yes land mean it) to this question
without feeling little bad, certainly
never had any conscience, or they have
done so mlny - things that they
have lost il all.
Look on your right hand. There
stands kind and gentle widow lady.
A number of interesting children call
her mother. She is accommodating
and charitable and does much good for
those who need her assistance. She
is refined and educated, a consistent
christian, and in every sense of the
word very desirable member of So
ciety. She attends to her own finan-
cial affairs and pays the tax collector
every year as regularly as he comes,
from twenty to one hundred dollars.
and often has to deny herself and chill
dren many little comforts in order to
have the money ready, but she is con
tent and has kind word for every one
Nov when you have seen this beau
tiful picture, | will show you another
Look on your left. There stands-as
the old expression goes-"a big. burly
fellow" All the property he has is
about his person. He is either too old
to pay poll tax, or he does not stay in
one place long enough to have it as
sessed and collected. He gets little
Of his living probably by work. He
gets y little by hunting and fishing
but the most Of it he gets by sponging.
gambling or stealing. He is regular
at the polls on election or voting days.
Not hat he knows what he is voting
for, but he has nothing to keep him
at home, or no home to keep him-and
then he thinks he stands better
chance to get u drink of whisky for
nothing, or to pocket something that
belongs to another, and above all he
likes to show the people that he has as
big right to vote as anybody. Fifty
cents would pay him we'll to vote eithe,
and drink Of whisky would purchase
it. These are no fancy pictures, they
are realities, and these two opposite
characters exist to greater or less
extent in every district in this county,
Now will the County court of "old
Montgomery county decree that this
vagabond may say what shall be done
with that noble lady's property, y
whilst the law requires her to KEEP
still and have nothing to say in regard
to it? Will | permit myself, to aid in
bringing about such thing? All
when GAINESVILLE becomes a great city
without any aid from her own citi.
zens toward building up manufacto.
rics and the public works; when riv.
ers and railroads exchange beds and
both lie still at night-when railroad
stock holders make as much money
out of their own property as theii
Presidents and conductors do. When
night turns to day and day TO night
when white people turn black, and
black people white. When honest
men turn to rogues, and rogues to hon.
est men, and when hell becomes @
more pleasant place to dwell at in the
Great Hereafter, than High and Hol,
Heaven, Then, perhaps I moyi
e.. II. s.
ST. BETHLEHEM. Tenn. May 4, 1872.