Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-09-30

less from day to day. W men man Is
arrested, no matter for what crime,
the question is asked, Has he plenty
of money Z" If the answer is in the
affirmative, it is taken for granted that
he will get off; if in the negative that
he will suffer the penalty of the law.
It's sad state of things. But it's
true and pity It's tbs true. 1t seems
to be just as bad in one party as in an
other. The whiskey frauds and the
Belknap affair are no worse than the
Tweed escape, and the retention In Of
fee, up to this day, of Sheriff Connor
who let hfm go. This state of things
can t last much longer a grand smash
up is imminent. In the meantime, let
US watch and pray.
CENTENNIAL TRAVEL.
Since the advent of cool weather the
number of visitors to the Centennial
has increased, and so many of them
take Washington on their way home
that our hotels have been unable, for
a few days, to accommodate them, and
are obliged to turn them over to the
boarding houses and private families,
WHICH, AONOfGIs lhCg al iNSiA tdhCH
care of. These visitors have the APP
pearance of intelligent, thrifty, we'll to-
do farmers, mechanics and country
storekeepers. Many are accompanied
by their wives and families. They are
all remarkably orderly and well man
nered. | have not yet seen one of
them under the influence of liquor.
The vigorous, blooming, healthy look
ing wives and daughters OF the several
families attract good deal of atten-
ton and admiration, as they crowd
Pennsylvania Avenue, and our other
thoroughfares, on their way to and
from the Capitol, the Treasury De-
partment and other public buildings.
Would it not be well, by the by, for
the press throughout the country to
remind persons who propose to visit
the Centennial that it is their duty to
so arrange matters that they will De
certainly ut home on election dGy p
Citizens of the six States which hold
elections on the 10th of next month
should be at home then, also, as we'll
as in November. Never, perhaps,
since the adoption of the Federal Com
stitution, has there been a more i'm
portant Presidential election than that
of next November will be: and the re-
suit may be largely Influenced by the
October elections.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
At the present writing it looks as if
nothing can prevent MIR. Tilden from
being elected but the neglect of his
friends to convince the voters of other
Northern States than New York that
he was loyalist in word and deed
during the late civil war. In his own
Empire State, where his staunch
Unionism is so well known, no such
effort is needful but in other States
which adhered to the Union cause
during the rebellion, it is highly de-
sirabe that an effort should be made
to counterfeit the possible effect of the
vile aspersions on his patriotism that
are being circulated in thousands of
pamphlets by the Republican Commit
tee, and in the columns of the newspa-
pers of that party. Mr.. Tilden' s
friends should not rely too implicitly
and exclusively on his prestige as -
former aHhnnklsjtft hard mQUfIXll rs afffA 4
sound currency are regarded as among
the important issues of the hour, there
are tens of thousands of voters all over
the North who look upon them as sec
ondary to that of the integrity of the
Union. MIR. Tildens record during
the war is so favorably and widely
known In New York that the neglect
of his friends to prepare such pam
phlet as is above indicated, for circu-
lation in Indiana, Ohio and the many
other Northern States where it is now
so much NEEDED, cannot any longer be
excused. his the one great need of
the campaigl in the North, and should
be issued without delay.
our INDIAN WAR.
The campaign against the Sioux has
ended, at leastfor this season, with
out any furthe advantage to either
side since Custtr's death. When Gen
erals Crook ant Terry combined their
forces, they found that the Indians
had broken up lamp and scattered in
various directions through the wild
Northwest, whee it would have been
folly to pursue. hem. Some people
are now complaining of Crook for be-
ing too cautio's )" they think he
ought to have stamped out the Sioux.
Such critics would be prompt to de-
nounce the sane man as rash and
reckl less if he hal prematurely fought
and had met a rpulse. The fate of
Custer and his mn proves that Sitting
Bull is no mean antagonist to cope
with, and Gen. Crook showed good
sense in not lediDg his troops to
slaughter before was strong enough
to feel secure of he result. It is to
be hoped that, dring the coming year,
a wise and just picy towards the In
dams will obviatthe necessity OF fur
ther bloodshed. All that Sitting Bull
and his people cmand is faithful
adherence to theletter and spirit of
our own treaties 18th them.
TIE LoTTERY&ND POLICY MEN.
A general raid as been made on the
policy men and tie vendors Of lottery
tickets in Washinton. 1t is estima-
led that from twefe to fifteen hundred
dollars are expened here. every day,
in this kind of garbling. The negroes
are, numerically, he principal patrons
Of the game but he whites make the
largest bets. Polly playing, like all
other gambling games; may n maynot
be fairly conducted. But th'presump-
ton is that it is MT. The poor men,
women, and even children, who pay
against the game have Mt time to
make study of it while he policy
men have nothing else to do. 1t would
be good thing for our labring peo-
pie, and for citizens generall to break
| up all the gambling dens ; b it would
be still better to root out, ipossible,
the intense desire to make pney rap
idly by gambling, instead ofy honest
labor, that prevails so Iiely and
strongly at present among ! classes. |
A.
Sept. q. 1876.
Immigration.