Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-12-09
is THE UNION in DANCERS

Were We to attach Importance to
the threats and sayings Of the extreme
Radicals, to the above Question we
would answer. unhesitatinglv. Yes
Tor successful effort upon their part
to count the electoral vote of one or
more States for chief magistrate who
was not entitled to it, especially when
his election would be due to SO glar-
ing an outrage, would be revolution
a revolt against the Constitution and
the laws; peaceable 1t might be for
the time being if the majority acaui-
esced m the usurpatlens OF the minor
ltyr but il would be, nevertheless, a
revolution. and such a one as would
inevitably result In the ultimate de-
struction of the Union as at present
constltuted-thati Is, in our republican
| form of government, the fundamental
/ principle of which is that the majority
! shall rule. We, however, while we
have lamented the agitation and ex-
| element (Which is ever productive of
mischief to the business interests and
the prosperity of the country, which
has resulted from the expressed de-
termination of INSCRIPTIONS, jacobini-
cal, Radical leaders to count their men
In without regard to justice, law, or
the consequence of Its violation, have
still ever retained an abiding faith in
the good sense, the virtue and fairness
of the great mass of the voters Of the
country, whether Democrats or Re-
publicans. The Radicals, the Red
Republicans of the country, led By
such desperate revolutionists as the
infdel Ingersoll, the inscriptions
Chandler, the reckless Morton, and
their lesser lights of carpet-bag noto-
riety, such as kellogg, Chamberlain,
Stems, Wells, ct I'd OBlRe genus, while
they make all the noise, yet they con-
stitute, we are certain, but a small
fragment of the Republican party, and
are day by day becoming more Odious
to the country and less capable of mis-
chief.
Calm, rejecting men of all parties
, and all sections-men of property, OF
character, and of patriotism-can not
: fail to appreciate the Importance OF
peace, Of fraternity, of preserving the
Union in its integrity; and this they
! know can never be accomplished unless
: Justice prevails and the laws of the
: country are respected. Therefore II
is that our equanimity has not been
: disturbed nor our faith shaken by the
turmoil of the honr. The Union has
cost too much in blood and treasure
J it is too dear to the American heart
: to be destroyed thus easily by traitor:
:, and revolutionists for their unhalloweo
ends. The peace aud prosperity o.
the country is not to be ruth1essly. sac
ri6ced thus lightly, and, our word fol
= it, as we declared before the election
: the honest, patriotic masses of all par
: ties will see to it that he who has beer
elected fairly will be quietly Inaugural
ted. There will be no war about 1t
: the voice of the people, regardless o
: party, will command the peace. Al
ready the second, sober thought o
8 even extreme Republican partisans Ii
: finding patriotic utterance, Butlel
himself declaring that there must b.
; no tampering with the returns by thu
Returning Boards, and no Presiden
: counted in through fraud. No; thu
!. Union is not in danger, nor will thu
peace of the country be disturbed. Thu
country cant afford it; it would brlnl
) ruin to the North and continued mis-
fortune to the South. Samuel j. Til
: den has been beyond a doubt fairly
constitutionally elected, and the Re
: turning Boards of Louisiana and Flor
{ ida mistake the temper Of the Repub
0 lieans of the North if they suppose tn
Z peace of the country and the iptegrlt
: of the Union is to be sacrificed to Sc
y cure the inauguration of their defeatet
Il candidate for the Presidency. In tn
language of Gen. Butler, 1.-The peopl
: of the country will hurl to destruction
any party that attempts so great al
g outrage. "-Richmond Wing.