Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-01

IA IUnlted States government to lnvesti-
o gate and interfere in State elections,
d and Governor Ames has implied the
: same idea in his message. He says
t by a power external to the State, the
o slave has been made the civil and pol
I itical equal of his master The with
d drawal of this restraining force leaves
: the formerly dominant race to reas-
e sert its supremacy" These are the
> premises which he lays down, and he
q there stops abruptly short without
D drawing any deductions or conclusions
/ from them. The only legitimate con-
: clusion to be drawn from these pretni-
! ses is that it was not only the right
t but the duty OF the general government
: to continue its restraining force in the
: State of Mississippi to prevent the
dominant race from asserting its right,
!. to stifle the voice Of the people, and to
destroy the sovereignty of the State.
; But while he intimates this monstrous
J doctrine of coercion and oppression,
he again makes admissions which are
of advantage to us in the present dis
cussion. He admits that there is
race in the State which is entitled to
be called dominant, and that if this
raeei is left free from the influences of
the Federal government and the in
timidation of Federal troops, il will |
i virtually and necessarily obtain su-
4 premacy In the State. After making
this admission, he says that "the ma
ton, recognizing race antagonism, has /
anticipated them in the interest of |
j liberty and equality by notifications
of the fundamental law of the land,
and | recommend, as both right and
eXpedient, action In harmony with
said notifications" TO whom does
he make this recommendation Evi-
| IDENTIFY to the President of the United
States and the Radical party ia the
1 senate. Certainly not to the legisla-
ture to whom his message was ad-
| dressed, for he recommends action, and
not legislation. And it would be rid
iculous to suppose he intended this
recommendation for legislature
whose election he was assailing as the
result of intimidation and fraud. He
warns the President and the Radical
party that the dominant race, if un-
restrained, will reassert its supremacy,
and adds Though the complete su-
premacy Of former days may not be
possible, still the tendency is toward
supremacy. The effort In this direc-
tion heretofore and elsewhere, as in
this election, has resulted in violence,
loss of life and intimidation. He
dares not boldly proclaim il, but ia
this he covertly appeals to the Presi- !
dent and the Radical party to restrain
the dominant race by external force, ,
and it is manifest that in his heart he
prays that Mississippi may be held as !
a conquered province-pinned to the /
Union by Federal bayonets-and that I
he may be its satrap. If these doc !
trines of Morton's resolutions shall be j
established, and if the schemes and I
wishes of Ames shall ever be accom- |
plished, we, of Mississippi, will be left /
to repeat the eloquent prayer of Prem \
tiss "Strike from the flag Of the /
Union the bright star which glitters ,
to the name of Mississippi, but leave, q
oh leave the stripe behind, fit emblem /
Of her degradation 4
o But if, as stated by Governor Ames, 5
the trouble which preceded the late 2
election Is to be attributed to race 1
as evidence of the illegality of the late /
election? If it be true, rs insinuated O
by him, that the former master enter a
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the equality with him of his slave 4
and if this feeling commenced with q
emancipation, and has continued ever Il
since with undated strength and If n
this has been we'll known to him and G
the Republican party, Why is it they r
have sought every opportunity in their
power to irritate and influence these I
prejudices Of the white man by the a
passage of such acts as thecivil rights q
bill? which the judges of their own I
party have declared unconstitutional il
and void. And why have they sought Il
to inhame the passions of the negro tl
by violent newspaperarticles, and just
such false and inhammatory speeches tI
as is injected into the body of this Ii
message. Do they believe that fes- t,
tering sore can be soothed or relieved W
by constant irritation and infamma- Il
tory applications? On the contrary, Il
is 1t not manifest that they are deter d
mined that the wounds of the South "
shall never heal while they have the a
power to,lacerate them afresh DO they Il
believe the Gagged lion can be tanned by 81
unceasing annoyance and painful per- W
secutions; or do they provoke his ii
wrath that they may perpetrate his Il
murder2 lie speaks generally of out W
RACES here and violence there. but he ID
fails to make specific charges. because c,
we could show that in every Instance OF
where violence occurred it was where b,
an outraged people were pressed be- pl
yond endurance by the gross pecula- N
tons, or the wanton insults or the re
murderous assaults of the Radical n,
party. The first great act of hostil- v,
ity in the canvass was committed by M
General Ames and his legislature cl
when they passed his Gatlin gun bill. r.
1t was done on the eve of an election, N
and what did he want with troops, ex- N
cept to intimidate what he called the III
dominant races2 What necessity was M
there then for an armed militia that RI
had not existed for years previously Ia
He committed the next act of hostile n;
when he appealed for oC
United States troops, after the chan b,
Gerry court in its mercy had cut of his ra
sinews of war by Injunction. What m
did he want with them but to intimi- ot
date us and restore the confidence of n,
the negro in his strength ? When he II
failed to get troops, then as he truly N
says, "a novel and humlliating specta- ol
Gle was presentedin the government of to
a free people" The spectacle of "a gov az
ernor who had attempted to make war n
on the State over which he ruled, aud 81
who was restrained by the Injunction b,
of chancery court; governor who ci
bad appealed for external force 10 in- g,
the people of the State from "a
a full exhibition of their strength, aud ul
whose appeal had been denied in terms bo
to him; governor who nc
had attempted to arm race against in
race and whose arms had been re- al
versed by the negro race a governor ca
who had been thwarted in all his dla- Or
bolical schemes, trembling with con- nc
scious guilt and fearful lest he should DC
receive the punishment his sins de- ic
mand, throws himself upon the mercy fe
of the leaders of an opposite political sit
party. looking to them to preserve or
peace and good government and Sc. Il,
cure a fair election, and suddenly all IN
IS quiet, and peace and confidence are Al
restored to the State. M
FRAUDS IN THE ELECTION. u
But is has been said that the in il
creased vote in our election is an evil on
lence Of fraud, and the governor re- ST.
echoes the same idea. He saws 1.-THE va