Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-12-21


well as South, as-indeed they have
the world over, and that there is no i
more reason for DISTINGUISHING the
South on that account than there is |
for DISTINGUISHING the North.
Moreover, these considerations
lead by direct inference to the posi-
ton of Mr.. Lamar, that in all repre-
sentative governments property
and intelligence and the force 0. in
dividual character have and of right
ought to have an influence ia
controlling and modifying the
mere force of numbers. He sue
cessfully showed that the Con-
stitution recognizes many other
influences besides those of mere
numbers in controlling political re-
suits, instancing the fact that each
IF the New England States is as
strongly represented in the Senate
as the State of New York, whose
population is largely greater than
that of all the New England States
put together; and he warned those
gentlemen who represented the
New England States that they had
more to lose than any other by adj
vocating the uncontrolled and I'M
modified domination of mere num-
bers over all other means of political
influence. This gave an opportunity
tn Mr.. EdnOnds, of Vermont, whose
favorite tactic consists in peFverting
and misrepresenting the utterances
of his adversaries. He chose to I'M
derstand Mr.. Lamar as threatening
New England with a loss of her
representative powerin the National
Government, and with the aid of
his allies, the Associated Press, he
will probably produce this impress
sion in the North, and make capital
accordingly.
Altogether the Blaine resolutions
did not fire the hearts of the Senate.
They were introduced without con-
sultation with the other Republican
leaders and against their judgment.
The sublime Senator from New
York treated them and the speech
with magnificent disdain, industri-
ously writing private letters at his
desk while the great gun was fired.
The truth is that he as we'll as every
one else looked upon the speech as
Blaine's bid for the Presidential
nomination, and Mr.. Roscoe COnk-
ling does not appreciate the policy
of such a nomination he wants it
himself.
In debate the next day on diff
ferent subject Mr.. Garfield expressed
himself as follows:
want to say another thing. So far as
have studied the current of public thought
and of political feeling in this country, no
feeling has shown itself more strongly than
the tendency of the public mind In the past
few months. The man who attempts to get
up political excitement in this country on
tine old sectional issues will ind himself
without party and without support. The
man who wants to serve his country must
put himself in the line of its leading thought,
and that is the restoration of business, trade,
commerce, industry, sound political econO-
my, honest money and honest payment of
all obligations; and the man VINO can add
anything in the direction of the accomplish
ment of any of these purposes Is public
benefactor.
Our inference from which Is tn; t,
in the estimation of Mr.. Garfield,
his friend Blaine, in these his resO-
lutions nd this his speech, has
made a blunder of the first magni-
tude. And it may be worthy of
record that, for once, this editor has
the honor of cordially agreeing with
Mr.. Garfield.