Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-01-13
As ever your friend,
FRANK M. DUFFY
They Must Speak Out, and ina
Quickly.
Richmond whig.

The conduct of the Administratid
and Of men Of note in the Repunlica
party, such as Senator Sherman, Gal
field, and others who have cOunseld
the infamous returning boards 10 pui
sue the Iawless course they have
the three States where the minorll
candidates have all been declare
elected, has done more towards ID
stroying confidence in the future 4
the Republic than all other causes au
influences combined. Prior TO tH
late election there wes q uniyersl
feeling of hopefulness throughout IA
South. I'VE do not undertake
speak for the North.) The supported
of Gov. Tilden, who constitute almo|
the entire white voting population 4
the South, with the more intelliged
and respectable portion Of the colore'
race, looked forward with confdend
to the dawning of a brighter day in Il
immediate future. Reform they kneI
would come with the election Of thel
candidate. They were hopeful q val
Improvement would result, eve
though the Republicans again su
eeeded, by the exchange Of Grant Il
Hayes. Tired and sick OF strife,
sectional chickering's and hostility, th4
were more than willing to 60 beyOu
the halfway line to grasp the hand
their late opponents. Agenuine, no
est, earnest, intelligent Union sent
ment prevailed-a conviction born {
a dear-bought experience that
Union alone, in the Union OF q
States, could peace, prosperity at
happiness be hoped for. Such &C
tainly was the common il not the uu
versal sentiment among all classe
The men who had worn the grey ai
adorned it, who had followed the sta
and bars TO victory, had dropped te
upon the emblems Of the Id
Cause" discarded and laid aside "a
ever, and saluted the stars and strip
the proud ensign of the restored u
ion, with all loyalty aud devotion.
honest truth the South fully aceeptl
the situation. and the idea, the thong
of disunion was never dreamed Of.
Ben Hill, in a few words, express
the Southern feeling: I'VE are
home again, in our fathers house, nd
there 10 stay" We regret 10 say th
faith in the future has been great
shaken, if not destroyed. IL Is nc
but too evident that the majority paI
ty at the North, If it is 10 be judgt
BY the utterances Of its leading q
gains and spokesmeu, caro- not a stiv
for the Union, except IN 80 far as
can be made the means Of subservi 4
personal ends and Of gratifying ind
vidual ambition. IL is place and p
sition, the emOluments Of Office, I
greed Of gain that inspires the despe
ate advocates of Hayes TO win [
prize Of the Presidency, even at
cost of justice, law, peace aye, at I
cost OF the life of the Republic.
Whether these leaders truly REID
the will Of the Republican party 4
mains to be seen. IL not, the voice
the masses must soon be heard IN
buke of the conspirators Of their par
or il will be too late 10 avoid a cri
the like of which this continent h
never witnessed before. They md
speak out, aud that quickly, in unm
taxable language Of condemnation
Grants usurpations, Of the acts Of
thieving boards of the three Southe
States that Sherman and others
their leaders were a party to. This
essential to the restoration Of con
dence, to the revival Of business,
the preservation of peace, 10 the ma
tenance Of the Union itself under o
present form of government. "
shall anxiously await the result, 81
confident that there is enough Of
triotism, intelligence and virtue in
ranks Of the Republican party at
North to curb the headlong course
their reckless leaders and to avoid
awful consequences Of the attempt
force upon the country those elect
by the revolutiOnists but defeated
the loyal people.--Richmemd Wing