Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-23
Sennfnr Bailey.

! the depths OF our hearts applaud the
tall Sycamore of the Wabash, Hon.
Daniel w. Voorhies, for his recent
eloquent effort in behalf of the peo-
pie. We spontaneously tune our
tongues to sing pseans to that heroic
and mighty spirit who stood up for
us of the South in the darkest hours
of our darkly-hued fate. Let the
millions of the West and the South,
and the East too, for there are many
| in that quarter whose deStinies hang
/ in the balance along with us-let
| them all do honor to this champion
Of their cause.
No less grateful should weof Ten
nessee, and everywhere else Of like
| interest, be toward our own distin-
guished representative whose name
| heads this article. Our cOmmenda-
tiOn should no more be withheld
from him for his clear, logical, con-
vincing and unanswerable speech
recently delivered in the United
States Senate. We suppose every
man in the land has had an Oppor-
tunity to read it. II there is any
man in Tennessee who can read that
has not read it, we advise him to
look it up and peruse it well. 1t is
distributed i'm an eighteen-page
pamphlet, and it is valuable for the
historic Information contained there
in, and for the consolation and pride
one feels in knowing that we have
sent such champion as its author
Is to halls of power. Senator Bailey |
comes from the goary fields of the |
Confederate war to the study Of the |
finance of our own State, and now /
dons the senatorial robe to do battle |
for us in the halls of national legis- |
lation. In reading this speech one
is as much surprised as he is pleased |
at the mastery handling of this |
question of finance, riddle to small |
minds. Considering that Senator I
Bailey is only now undergoing his
apprenticeship in public life, we can
but predict the future oracle for the
treasury department for the nation
if the fitness of things dictates.
The history of coin and coinage /
for all time gone, their bearings on
commerce and the affairs of men, is
set forth as though the speaker had
spent lifetime as chancellor of the
eXchequer.
No high-sOunding phrases, no
bOmbast nor fox-fire characterize it;
but it flows in that facile language,
that distinctness of conception, lOgi-
cal conclusion and clear-cut, definite
ideas command. 1t is a barrier, q
mighty check to the tread of the
golden calf. 1t is not chimer-
ical to spy the coming monarch
in the golden beast. 1t is but
the van of that which has been the
doom and destiny of all republics
that have preceded ours. 1t is in
fact a misnOmer to apply republic
to that rule under which we lived in
the reign of Grant. A repetition of
that eight years rule would make
the conversation irredeemable. The
intent of the Eastern money kings
and their hirelings, the politicians
and the press of both parties in that
section alike is not to be mistaken
except by the purblind. They are
all of the same ilk. II there Is any
difference in the two parties in the
East we fail to see it. ''They are
lovely in their lives and in death
they should not be divided" If
there should be any difference in
the toiling, mOneyless millions of
the West and the South we cannot
comprehend what that difference
should be. A common veal or a
common woe they must fill. Let
them make common cause in the
'irrepressible conflict" and let the
battle be of brains in the halls of
legislation, and not of blades when
Judge Kelley's prophecy of "labOr
taking capital by the throat" is full
filled. Let Us uphold our leaders in
the war for benign, generous gov
ernment. Nothing gives them pres
tige like good backing. Public SEN
timent and outspoken approval are
powerful. The detection of sundry
Southern Senators in this very vital
contest is as ineXplicable as it is
non-representatiVe. Il
This speech of Senator Bailey de-
serves wide circulation and careful,
thoughtful perusal.
Tennessee is well nigh up to her
ancient eminence in representation.
There are no black sheep nor doubt
ing ThOmaseS among her Demo-
cratic delegates. They all ring of
the unmistakable true metal and we
are proud of Them C0itD'6id Jour
nal.