Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-07
PROGRESS.

PROGRESS.
The first step towards carrying out |
the programme announced by Presi-
dent Hayes will be taken next Tues
day, namely the withdrawal of troops |
from Columbia and Charleston in South |
Carolina. It was not day too soon ;
the delay which had taken place al
ready had so raised the hopes of the
csrpet-bag governments and their sup
pOrters that the status gao which has
been so much talked about, must very
soon have led to serious disturbances.
The status quo i. e.-the state of things
In which two organizations each claim
ing to be the government of the State,
each having its own eager supporters
were forbidden to bring their conflict
ing claims to decisive ar duration was
one in which neither could really gov
ern and so necessarily condition of
anarchy, and in no nation can anarchy
long exist without violent and fatal
conflicts.
How long will it be before the State
of Louisiana will be treated on the
same principle we have no means of
conjecturing we can only repeat that
there is no time to lose.
Meantime Mr.. Hayes has already
seen the commencement of trouble
for which he must have been prepared,
the virulent luminosity and stubborn
opposition of that portion of his own
party which refuses to adopt that
change of policy which he has Initial
ed. We say he must have been pre-
pared for this. His own position as
forwarding policy which before the
election was maintained by his enc
mics and opposed by his own support
ers, rendered it morally impossible for
him to proceed far in his career with
out encountering hostility from those
who choose to adhere to the old pro-
gramme, and we have the first warlike
demonstration in the protest of Gov.
Chamberlain, against the removal of
the troops: 1t is rather a long docu-
ment and we will not infict it upon our
readers: we will only give IFS last
paragraph in which the Ex-Governor,
as we may now call him, gives his pre-
diction of the results which are as fol-
lows:
As to the results which will follow the
Withdrawal OF the troops from the State
house, say, first, II will remove the pro
lection absolutely necessary to enable the
Republicans to assert and enforce their
claims to the government of state. Second,
10 will enable the Democrats to remove all
effective opposition TO illegal military
forces under the control OF my opponent.
Third-It will place all my agencies for
maintaining the present lawful govern
ment of the State in practical possession
of the Democrats through the admission it
will require. FOurth-It Will lead to the
quick cOnSummatiOn of a political outrage
against which have felt and now feel it to
be my solemn duty to struggle and protest
as long as the faintest hope of success can
he seen. Very respectfully, your obedient
servant. d. II. CHAMBERLAIN.
All this is not very alarming, we
will say a few words as to the three
heads of this terrible warning.
First. 1t is no legitimate use to be
made of Federal troops to secure the
predominance of party in a State,
especially a party which has been re-
iected by a majority Of the people
white and black, and only bases its
claims upon the action of a swindling
returning board in setting aside the
will of that majority.
Second. The military forces which
the Democrats will control are not ilIe-
gal, but the lawful militia and con-
srabulary of the State.
Third. a good reason for withdraw
ing them.
Fourth. The political outrage which
is to be cOnsummated is Eot visible to
the naked eye; but it will terminate a
series of political outrages more fla
grant than any which the most despotic
government in Europe has ventured
upon in the present century.
So thank you for your warning and
good bye, Ex-Governor Chamberlain.
We are notinformed whether Messrs.
Blaine and Morton will continue the
opposition to the Executive policy
which they commenced during the re-
cent session of the Senate; but it will
not avail if they do-the causes which
led to this change Of policy are far be,
You'd the control of either those NAL
contents or of Mr.. Hayes himself
They are to be sought in the rising of
that overwhelming and irresistible
tide of public opinion which renders
the old Radical programme forever i'm
possible as the policy of this govern
ment. 4 month ago we said We were
not beaten, but were going to rule the
nation though the offices were pilfered
from us, and the first chapter of the
fulflment of this prediction is already
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