Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-10-20

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oven the Republican Senate rejecte,
him. 1t was known that he wa
) indicted years ago I'm Pennsylvania
and left that State i'm order to keel
out of its penitentiary. 1t wai
known that only by unblushinl
bribery and the expenditure of ovel
$50, 900 did he secure his seat i'm the
Senate. Still the Republican Senate
of 1878 admitted him, welcomed
him. Still the Republican Senate
of 1877 made him Chairman OF the
important Committee on Territories.
1t is needless to observe that Patter-
son is a jealous supporter of the
Hayes administration. The first
person received by Mr.. Hayes after
his return to Washington from his
recent trip was this same Republi-
can reformer, Patterson. Great
applause.
THE RECEIVER BETTER THAN THE
THIEVES.
Mr.. Hayes himself / feel more
inclined to credit than To criticise.
i do not agree with the most bril-
liant of American newspapers, the
New York Sun, that the receiver Is
always as bad Ils the thief. | think
in the. case of the stolen Presidency,
the receiver has turned out much
better than the thieves, much better
than we had any right 10 expect.
Besides, though the chief benefi-
ciary, he was neither the author of
nor accomplice to the great crime.
He was only silent partner before
he became the receiver; and for
keeping his promise, and refusing
to recognize Chamberlain and
Packard, who had received more
votes than he, Mr.. Hayes certainly
deserves credit. For that act was
equal TO the official admission 10
setting solemnly the Presidential
seal 10 the fact that the Presidency
was stolen, and he (Hayes) never
was elected. As even the New
York Times, the leading organ Of
Republicanism, said on the 26th Of
April last: at is impossible, by any
logical process, to discard the title
of Mr.. Packard TO the GOvernorship
without impairing the moral foun-
datiOn of Mr.. Hayes title To the
Presidency" Applause. He de-
serves credit for abandoning the
principles of his party toward the
South, for denouncing the "bloody-
shirt" policy, and for accepting the
Democratic doctrine of reconcilia-
tiOn. 1t is the keenest irony of fate
that the Great Witness In the COM
plete vindication Of the principles
of the Democratic party should be
no other man than the Republican
r.. B. Hayes.
For by his recent uttennces I'm
the South he has most severely con-
demned the whole Southern policy
of his party since the war; zap
plause.
For by adopting the doctrines OF
reconciliation and harmony among
all sections he has vindicated the
position of the Democracy since the
war. Applause.
For by refusing to recognize Pack
ard he has admitted that the vote Of
the State of Louisiana should have
been counted for Samuel j. 1'ilden.
Great applause
For i'm his Civil Service order he
has condemned the methods Of
machine-politics so desperately used
i'm his own behalf, so stOutly opposed
by the Democracy all these many
years. Great applause. OF course,
so far as Mr.. Hayes continues 10
make amends for the crimes Of his
party he should be encouraged; so
far as he subserVes the public inter
est by abandoning Republican and
Democratic doctrines he
should be indOrsed, but his party
never. Applause. Nor should
the crimes be forgotten committed
by that party or the peuuries TO
which Mr.. Hayes owes his position.
We have all abided by the decision
of the Infamous Commission, and
are all willing that Mr.. Hayes should
serve out his term without disturb
ance. But while we abide by we
10 not approve, while we submit
we do not sustain. Great applause
and cheering. Decisions Of courts
are frequently wrong and against
Justice. No matter how obvious
the error or great the wrong, II is
our duty To submit, but IL Il Also our
duty to point out the error or wrong
to prevent its repetition. And IL Is
my sincere conviction that the only
way left to the people 10 make
repetition OfinfamOus crimes against
the eRepublicimpossible Is 10 rebuke,
nay, the destruction of the Repub-
lican party. Applause. And so
far as Mr.. Hayes represents that
party as it, acknowl-
edged chief; 30 far as he has called
men to the highest stations who
should be convicted for treason or
against the Government;
so far as he makes the Presidential
thieves the chief sharers of the
patronage so far as his
aims not at the good
but at the deception Of the public,
he must share the rebuke of his
party by thepeop!e. Applause
This, fellow-citiZens, is the signi-
canoe of your election next week.
care nothing for any Of the candi-
dates on eithGrside. / care nothing,
whether Tom or Dick Is
Governor of your State; but l do
care for the preservation Of the Re
public / do care for it's restoration
to its former prestige; / do care for
liberty and constitutional
/ do care for the right
Of the American people to govern
/; ! do care for the right
Of the majority 10 rule, and To all
this the Republican party has been
faithless. The "Repub-
lican" partyl False even i'm name,
for il H. the most unrepuhlican party
ever known. False to those who
gave IL birth; false TO those who
reared il; false TO those who saved
il from the very jaws Of death; false
to the Republic, that, after disgrac-
ing, il came near destroying; false
in every profession of principle, for
the sake of power and plunder.
Applause.
Whatever preludices or objections
some Of you may entertain against
the party or the candidates Of the
Democracy i'm this contest, their
success Is absolutely identified with
the first necessity and the only hope
Of the Republic. A victory of the
Democracy would not be the tri-
umph of a party only. lt would
have far greater significance. lt
would be the stern, solemn verdict
Of the people that there shall be uO
for political crime, no
for foul violation Of law
and constitution, no reward for
DOtitical pecksuiffs. no more frauds