Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-06-10
Justice from an Enemy.

/ The recent Republican convention
in Illinois lifted high the bloody
! shirt" banner. One of the, resolutions
of this convention declares That the
policy Of leniency by the Republicans
party toward the people recentlyin re-
bellion against Federal authority hav-
ing resulted in death by violence of at
least five thousand Unionists, white
and black, since the commencement of
the present policy of Reconstruction (;
also in placing in power in the lower
house Of congress political party
dominated by ex-Confederates, and
finally in relegating back into the con-
trol of disloyal whites nearly every
State ereconqucred to Federal authority
by. the Federal armies. This resolu-
ton was too much for the stomach of
the Chicago Tribune. the leading Re-
publican paper Of the west, which ex =
poses the ISLANDERS with merciless
severity IL says: THE resolution
asserts a falsehood when it declares
that the policy Of leniency has put the
Democratic party in power in one
branch of congress-. Did the policy of
leniency elect Democratic members of
congress in Massachusetts, in Con-
neeticut, in New Hampshire, Iowa,
Wisconsin, and Michigan Did the
policy of leniency give the Democrats
a majority of the representatives. from
New York, New Jersey, Peunsylvauia,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois !? Was it
not something else2 Was it not the
dishonesty, fraud, corruptions, which
were notorious and widespread, and
which were practiced under the garb
of a special loyalty, and under shouts
for more hayonets 7 Was it not salary
grab and back -pay--the author of these
resolutions having his FIVE thousand
dollar grab still in his poeket-with
the general scandals incident to Pacific
Nail and other corruptions Was
not Blaine, By his own act, as ex-
ception to that great salary grab swim
die? Did he not insist in the open
houses of writing on the face of the
baek-pay swindle that the increase
should not apply to the. speaker2 and
did he not thereby rebuke the. starvel-
ing beggars who now on committees of
resolutions stab him with base insinu-
ations z 1t was Butlerism, and Rag
Babyism, and official dishonesty that
emptied the Republican house of rep
resentatives and filed it with Demo
crats.' The Tribune. in closing its
bitter denunciation of the resolution
above quoted, says: This platform
is out Of place in Illinois. 1t can com
mand neither the respect nor the sup
port Of this State. Itwas fraud upon
the Republican party, who support Mr..
Blaine upon his own noble record, and
not under the bloody-shirt or bayonet
rule. 1t is not often that the Appeal |
is permitted to republish such an able
defense of the Democratic party as is
found in these extracts from the Tri- |
bune. It sounds oddly to hear malig |
nant partisans condemning the policy
of .leniencyp during the centennial
year, when patriots of. all sections are,
longing for one grand fraternizati0n,
These SANDERS upon the south so in
exposed by the Tribune are
made solely for the purpose ofenabling
the, plunderers to continue in office.
But the people will no longer be hum
bugged The people are determined to
have peace. Even Massachusetts, has
adopted the policy of leniency, andif
the National Republican convention |
should initiate the example of the II
linois convention, and oppose the
policy of lenieney, by which alone
peace can be secured, Massachusetts
would vote for Tilden, the Democratic
nominee for the Presidency, who will |
be placed on a platform invoking
leniency, peace, reconciliation and fra
ternal ltbrOtherhood between these
tions.--Menpkis Appeal.zs-y4..lifE ifEl