Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-05-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, ID. g., Nay Is, 1876
THE OHIO CONVENTION.

THE OHIO CONVENTION.
A very general feeling of regret is
expressed in Washington, to-day, over
the defeat of Thurman in Ohio yester-
day, because it has taken him off the
list of possible Presidential candidates.
If Mr.. Thurman had carried his own
State, he would have gone before the
convention with a strength that might
have resulted in his nomination. The
Democratic party does not possess a
man better calculated to inspire en-
thusiasm in his own party, or to COM
mand the respect of his opponents
than Mr.. Thurman. And the Demo-
cratic party will not willingly see its
best men shelved in local conflict,
when on the eve of a national contest
so vital in its results as this will be.
We want the vote of Ohio in the COM
ing election, if we can get it. If we
carry New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut, we can elect Democratic
President without Ohio and Indiana
but those States belong to the Democ-
racy, and we ought to have their aid.
No man was better calculated to in
sure it than Thurman. No Western
man could command greater strength
in the East, and it should be remem-
bered that if we carry Ohio and Indi-
ana, and lose New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut, we shall be defeated,
even though we carry every Southern
State. This is the line of argument
one hears on every side to-day, and
particularly among Southern men, who
say: 1--WE ask nothing except that the
North shall give US candidate we
can elect, and we believe that Admin
istrative Reform is the issue upon
which the campaign must be fought"
ANOTHER RADICAL HOWL
is raised because a number of white
citizens in Louisiana pursue and shoot
down a gang of murderous negroes who
riddle an uGoffending man with bul-
lets. 1t seems utterly impossible for
the Republicans of the North to see
more than one side i'll the cases of dis
order between the whites and blacks
in the South. Ruled over as the
whites are in some sections Of the
South by unprincipled carpetbag ad-
venturers and ignorant brutal negroes.
1t is easy for right-thinking man of
either party to see how natural it is for
the intelligent and respectable people
of the South to be occasionally goaded
vicious oppressor5, and to endeavor to
shake off their calling letters. As an
instance of Radical Yillainy in the
South, take the testimony of Major
Seelye (Radical,) ex-United States
Marshal in Louisiana, given before a
House Committee, the other day, in
regard to Congressman Morey (Radi-
cal } from the State named. At the
instance of Morey, he, the witness, had
arrested citizens on blank warrants,
simply because they were Democrats.
He was requested by Morey to steal
the bond of the defaulting postmaster
Lowell, at New Orleans, and on one
occasion was urged by MOrey to take
one Isaac Newton Glover out into the
woods and murder him, because he
was a colored Democrat Seeyle had
documentary evidence against Morey.
He sold Morey the original for $3.50,
but kept copies. Morey failed to pay
$500 of the amount due, and conse-
quently, he concluded to expose him.
OF course both of these fellows are
grand rascals; but there is no room to
doubt the correctness of Seelye's story,
as he holds documentary evidence
sufficient to damn Morey in the eye of
Congress and the country. This is a
fair sample of the high handed char
acter Of Radical rule in the South.
SENATOR CONKLING "vINDICATED."
The funniest thing out is the state
ment that Commissioner Duell, of the
Patent Office, has written letter ex-
onerating Senator Conkling from char
ges against him in connection with the !
chronometer lock interference case.
The gauzy character of this ''vindica-
ton" is readily understood, when it is
explained that Commissioner Duell is |
the appointee and protege of Mr..
Conkling, and that although unfit to
properly discharge the duties of the
office, he has been kept there by the !
influence Of said Conkling. But this
is not the only charge against Conk-
ling. 1t is a notorious fact that Conk- |
ling has acted as attorney in number |
of cases before the Patent and other |
government offices in which the United |
States was a party, in direct and fla
grant violation of a specific act of
Congress. And yet he fails to arise
in his seat, and explain why he has
violated the laws of the land. A Re
publican Senator, some time since,
made personal explanation, when
Mr.. Conkling followed him with a few
characteristic remarks regarding the
storm of calumny which was raging
Al he
however pure he might be, could es-
cape, and he, for one, had made it
rule in his Senatorial career, to take
no notice Of the libels upon him by
reckless press. Life was too short to
chase down these wretched falsehOods,
&c, &c. 1t is to be inferred from this
that the grandiloquent New Yorker
will not condescend to explain any of
the serious charges which certainly
mar his chances for the Presidency
and therefore, the impression must
with the public that he is un-
able to do so. lis well.
MORE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
In view of the possibility that none
of the candidates most frequently spo-
ken OF for the st. Louis nomination
will get the two-thirds vote of the
the friends of many
other able and distinguished men are
exerting themselves to make the ca
pacity, services and merits of their re-
spective favorites known to the dele
gates from the several States. Mr..
Hester Clymer, of Pennsylvania, Mr..
w. S. Holman. of Indiana, and Mr..
Thomas Swami, of Maryland, are fire.
Iuently named as suitable candidates
ior either place on the ticket Of
.hese three distinguished Democrats,
Mr.. Swami is perhaps most spoken of
low, for the reason, probably, that he
has had frequent and superior oppor