Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-27

the event of certain defeat. We are
thus tempted, not only to give up the
contest, but to go over in body TO the
enemy. What ia there in this Union?
What is there left of the Constitution
or that love of the Union which once
bound Us together, that we should sac
rifice ourselves in their behalf? The
North has changed from tuIret t.
foundation stone our old form of Gov
eminent, and it now wants that
change ratified by making the appear
ance harmonize with the fact. The
North wants grand Nation with the
power centralized at Washington.
We will give the North and take to
ourselves grand Nation, with
the power of an Empire centralized at
Washington. The North wants 8 dc
tator-a strong man, elected for life, TO
regulate and control this National
Government, with its power at Wash
iugton. We will give the North such
Dictator. We will elect Grant PresLe
dent for life, and for these reasons, SO
long as the substance is gone, especially
when, by abandoning the Old rotten
hulk for the new craft, We have
chance of lettering ourselves. This
waving of the bloody shirt, these cen
tinual assaults upon us originate in q
desire to gain votes at the North. IF
the object is gained for which The votes
are sought, there will be 20 Tor ger
reason Tor aggression. The RepubIicAn
party will be satisfied, and We shall be
left alone to build up our shattered
fortunes in peace. There will be a pc
etical justice in all this that in itself is
tempting to US of the South. We sha
see That IN the brutal war Waged OF us
to free the negroes, those people have
enslaved themselves, and we are &
mighty factor il the ugly result.
"Fhis, you will say, Is the lowest
form of egOtism, but you must remeDs-
Der, my dear friend, we are not soilipg
our patriotism, for we are not allowed
TO have any; we are not sacrificing any
right or any freedom, for we have
none to sacrifice. We are, as the case
stands, a conquered people, without
hope, home or manhood, and we moi
only, like the blind Sampson, pull the
temple down, but we rise, unlike
Sampson, unhurt above the rulne.
x \ < We would be beG>
ter pleased to havea better Instrument;
but we must remember that to have a
better man is to have no instrument.
1t takes such q coarse brute to serve
such a purpose. Revolutions, my
dear, are not made out of gentlemen,i
said that French woman Of the court
when lady friend complained TO her
Of the low sort of men the revolt ha3
brought into power. [ shall advocate
the reelection Of Grant as long "a he
lives, and his son Fred. after his death,
if live that lOngn
Lamar may be the author of these
sentiments. After having lived in
the State that permits Chisholm
massacres and makes Yazoo outrages
possible, without denounciDg such
things, we can very well see how
Mr.. Lamar would be Disguised with
things generally and welcome any
kind Of a change that would grant
him the charity of oblivion. IF
Lamar were an ignorant, uncultured
man, he might rest easy in seat
in the Senate, wet with the blood of
white and colored Republicans. But
he is not, and is evidently restless
over the situation and the delirious
strain in which the above is written
shows it.
But it shows more. It shows
that Bourbon, Solid South,
shotgun Democracy is tottering on
its last legs, and that it can not
survive another Republican victory
in a Presidential contest. This
being true, the incentive to Repub>
licans, especially Northern Repub~
licans, to make one more grand eff
fort and achieve one more grand,
overwhelming victory is greater
than ever before.