Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-02-06
For the Chronicle.
PHIL. SHERIDAN.
Louisiunla Hamstrung.
Arkansas Reconstructed.
Tennessee In Danger.

- -
Mr.. EDITOR / am not at this time
intending to carry the war into either
of the above much beloved, but down
trodden sovereignities; but only de-
sire to hold them up as the Temper
ance lecturer did his drunken brother
as an awful example"
1t will not be proper to disguise the
fact, that Mr.. Doak, the Editor of the
Tobacco Leaf, has given cause for the
grave fears Of patriots by his recent
sarcastic article on Wild Cats.
In this instance, an influential Edi-
tor has produced an article well cal
culated to harrow up the feelings Of
that patriotic portion of the State of
Tennessee, and the production. at this
crisis, is the most attrocious political
aggression. The subject, sir, betokens
the savage nature of the feelings
which dictated it-Wild Cats. 1t will
be remembered that in 1919. the Leg
islature passed an act authorizing the
payment of poll tax with Wild Cat
scalps, and this bounty had very
beneficial effect on the people of that
section.
The business became brisk, and in
stead of determination of the critter,
the production was by some means
greatly stimulated. They were quoted
in the market-bulls and bears spring
ing up, and some persons made cor
ners in the scalps. This active and
invigorating enterprise which was so
well calculated to develop the resour-
ces of our mountain regions, was the
first to suffer fran the Inauguration of
war.
The first ggressive actsa were on the
part of the $50 called rebel legisla-
ture, was the repeal of the Wild Cat
law, which was by these rebel states
men believed to be a telling blow at
the union sentiment of East TeDncs-
see. This vindictive Legislation only
added fuel to the fame of Unionism,
and although it for time destroyed
this valuable industry and annihilated
the State revenue from the mountains
these enterprising mountaineers
turned their attention to one another,
and hunted just as if they were after
Wild Cats during remainder of the
war. Thus, Wild Cats and wild cat
banks, for a time disappeared from
public view until after the war; and
one of the first acts of our patriotic
Legislature since the war, was the res
toration of Wild Cat scalps as source
of revenue of the State. We had sup
posed that there. was not lurking re-
bellion in the State, sufficient to bring
out an attack on that valuable indus
try. The temporary mental aberra-
ton of Mr.. Doak, (who once fed his
fathers focks on the Grampian Hills)
produced by the election of Andrew
johnson to the Senate, has led to this
stab at the resources of the State. 1t
would appear that by cutting off this
valuable source of revenue, he was
making a flank movement towards re-
pudiation; but he is no repudiatOr,
and the action is rather TO be attribu-
ted to the smoulderiDg embers of the
great rebellion. kilograms have been
sent to Atty-Gen Williams, calling his
attention to the treason which Turks
in this attack upon the resources of
the State. If little Phil has fin
ished his polishing off the louisiana
Brigands, he will turn his atten-
ton to the raw material at GAINESVILLE.
He will be around soon. Phil is
very useful man and is model sem
sationalist. How our politicians could
get along without him, we cannot tell.
But we are satisfied he ought to come
here and look after Doak. IF Phil
and Doak shall mix, we can all re-
tire and let them have little time all
by themselves.
KILKENNY.