Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-07-05

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Tho following are the Allen county,
Ohio, resolutions, known as the New
Departure. They are of Democratic
origin and are commended to the con-
sideration of that party:
WHEREAS, The events of the past
decade have demonstrated the fact that
the tendency of those who are intrust-
ed with the affairs of the Government
is to disregard the interests of the
people for the attainment of selfish
purposes; and
Whereas, The open, high-handed
and glaring corruption of the servants
of the people in squandering the pub
lie lands upon pet corporations, In the
Credit Mobillier frauds, and in the
passage of the infamous act commonly
known as the salary bill, by which
last-named act, the servants of the
people purloined from the public Treas
ury, a vast sum of money over and
above the amount for which they agreed
to serve them, it now becomes the
duty of the people. made Imperative
by the considerations of manhood, self
respect and self-preservation, to rise
in their might, irrespective of former
political alliances, and hurl from pow
er and position every man whose hon
or has been so cheaply exchanged for
pelf, as no longer fit to be intrusted
with the affairs of free and enlight-
ened people; and
Whereas, Corruption, in appalling
proportions, pervades all of the polit-
zeal avenues of the country, so that the
public confidence is almost entirely
obliterated; and
Whereas, The sole purpose of the
Democratic party is, and ought to be,
the promotion of the public interests
and the preservation of the honor of
the people; and
Whereas, Both of the political par
ties have demonstrated that they are
powerless to check or control the ex-
listing tendency toward the utter de-
moralization of the politics of the
country; therefore
Resolved, By the Democracy of AL
len county, In convention assembled,
that we invite the PEOPLE of the State
of Ohio, without regard to past politi-
cal associations, to meet at Columbus,
in mass convention, on the Both day of
July next, to take such action as the
exigencies of the times demand.
Resolved, That men elected to pla-
ces of honor, trust aud profit do not
thereby become the rulers of the peo-
pie, but are the servants, and there
fore amenable to the people for every
breach of confidence and violation of
trust, and they should be held to the
strictest account for their official con-
duct.
Resolved, That the President of the
United States, by his readiness to ap-
prove law by which he has been en-
abled to pocket S25, 900 per annum ex-
ira pay, has published himself to the
world as the most sordid of all who
worship at the shrine of Mammon.
Resolved, That we have observed
with pride the official career of Charles
N. Lamison, our member of Congress
as true representative of the people,
up to the time he gave his countenance
to the salary bill
Resolved. That after mature DELHI
Grafton, and without any feeling of
passion, we hereby declare, as the
unanimous sentiment of the people of
Allen county, that Charles n Lami-
son, by his action in voting for and ac-
cepting an increase of his salary, has
forfeited the confidence of the people;
and we demand of him that, at the
next session of Congress, he do all in
his power to effect the unconditional
repeal of that law; that he return to
the Treasury of the United States the
money by him received in excess of
the contract price of his services, or
that he resign his seat in Congress.