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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13
aThe Equality of opportunity
Baltimore Sun

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Senator Bayard, in his recent
speech at Wilmington, made use of
what seems to be a very fastidious
expression for the advantage which
the American citizen possesses over
the citizen of any other country.
Here and on this soil only, of all the
lands in this wide globe, are ''the
noble equitias of humanity" so
thoroughly acknowledged and re-
spectedo that stthe one great and
essential equality, the equality of
opportunity, is secured to ALL" A
great ethical and a great physical
truth lies behind this happy and
pregnant phrase, There is no real
equality in the world like that of
"the equality of opportunity" It
is the fact, known all over the civil
lied world, that the United States
is the country in which a mans
talent and labor may be best availed
of to his own advantage, which has
brought and is still bringing to our
shores the choice of the emigrating
population of all nations. 1t is the
consciousness of this fact which con-
verts the great majority of emigrants
coming to us from every laud into
good, orderly, self-respecting citis
zens-the exceptions being only
whose minds are distempered by
unwholsome isms, and hence have
no proper conception or appreciation
of liberal institutions. Here knOWl-
edge, the access to justice, and the
chance for wealth and position are
put by law and by custom within
the reach and at the command of
every one deserving to attain them.
Our schools are free, and no man is
restrained in his religious conVic-
tiOns, while accessibility to sOicial
positions and political hOnors Is no
where as easy as here. All roads
are open to every one capable of
moving upon them ; and if a man
wishes to rise, the absence of long
lineage will not interfere to prevent
him. There are no obligations up
on anyone to follow his fathers
calling, no compulsion to prevent
him from changing it. The hod-
carriers son may become President
or Senator, or minister of the gospel,
college professor, or ambassador to
the aristOcratic court of st. James.
The country, its laws, its institu-
tions, and its traditions provide
him absolutely with "the equality
of opportunity" That so clear a
thinker as Senator Bayard, after his
long visit to Europe, should have
come home most deeply impressed
with this keynote to all our pros
perity gives still greater emphasis
to the belief that the founders of The
institution "builded better than
they knew" when they decided
that the only true equality the
world has ever seen, that opportu-
nifty should be the birthright of
every American citizen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13
A New Iron Company.

Van L. Kirkman, J. p. DrOuil-
lard, Joseph Vaulx, Samuel Pritch-
ct, w. w. Berry, A. w. Harris and
Thomas III. Malone filed with the
County Court Clerk yesterday an ap-
plicatiOn for a charter of incorpOra-
tion as the Cumberland Irop-Works
Company" This company has
purchased the old Cumberland IRON
works, in Stewart county, and will
embark In the manufacture of iron
on a large scale.-Americon NoV. 25.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13

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Mrs. Dunway, of the New North
west literary reunion, at Salem
Oregon, toasted" the gentlemen a,
follows:
God bless 'em. They have oul
joys; they double our sorrows they
treble our expenses; they quadruple
our cares; they excite our magnan-
unity; they increase our self-re-
Spect; they awake our enthusiasm
they arouse our affections; they
control our property, and out-man-
euver us in everything. This would
be a very dreary world without
'em. In fact, may say, without
prospect of successful contradiction,
that without 'em it would not be
much of a, world anyhow. We
love 'em, and the dear beings can't
help it; we control 'em, and the
precious fellows don't know it.
As husbands, they are always
convenient, though not always on
hand; as beaux, they are by no
means "matchless." They are most
agreeable visitors; they are handy
at State fairs, and indispensable at
oyster saloons. They are splendid
as escorts for some other fellows
wife Or sister, and as friends they
are better than women. AS our
fathers, they are inexpressibly
grand. A man may be failure in
business, a wreck in constitution,
not enough to boast Of as beauty,
nothing to speak of as a wit, less
than nothing as legislator for
woman's rights, and even not very
brilliant as a member of the press
but if he is our own father we over
look his shortcomings, and cover
his peccadilloes with the divine
mantle of charity. Then, as our
how we love to parade
hem as paragons! In the sublime
of the inspired poet,
Wen lie for them,
Wen cry for them,
And If we could we'd fly for them
We'd anything but die for them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13
The Sad Romance of ''LOrena.'
Chicago Times.

AhACtaE5O
1t is not often that piece of ro
nance can be woven into the dry
details of municipal news, but an
excellent opportunity now presents
itself. The Times published some
weeks since thestory of LOrena," q
song which appeared in 1858, and
which for nearly fifteen years ragged
in the West and South with a po-
pularity never surpassed. The out
lines of the story are these: Rev.
III. d. l.. Webster, the author of the
words, graduated about the year
1848, from theological institute in
Columbus, O., and went to Zanes-
vile to accept his first pastOrate. He
was then quite a young man. While
there he fell desperately in love with
girl who was a leading singer in
the city, a member of his church,
and the sister of the wife of avery
wealthy foundryman. The course
of true love was no more prOpitiOus
in their case than in most others.
The foundryman was very wealthy,
his wife was proud and aristOcratic,
and she opposed the marriage OF her
sister with poor preacher so bitter
ly and unrelentingly, that her OPP
position broke off the match. The
girl was dependent upon her sister
for a home, and had to yield. The
Young man was crushed; he resign
ed his place, and sought distant
scenes as relief from his troubles;
and it was eight years after that he
wrote the song which made him
famous. In giving the story some
weeks ago, the Times did not reveal
the identity of the wealthy sister.
She was the wife of Mr.. Blandy,
who took the contract to furnish the
engines for the Fullerton avenue
conduit. She died many Year, ago.
Mr.. Blandy died as most Ofthe men
about the City Hall know, not many
months since. LorenaA the wife of
an ex-Judge, and is now in Europe,
and Mr.. Webster is a minister in
Neenah, Wis.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13

SPEAKING of banquets," said
Mark Twain Samuel M. Clemens)
'reminds me of rather amusing
incident that occurred to me during
my stop in smoky, dirty, grand
old London. / received an invita-
tiOn to attend a banquet there and /
went. 1t was one of those tremen-
dous dinners where there are from
eight to nine hundred invited
guests. ] hadn't been used to that
sort of thing, and i didn't feel quite
at home. When we took our seats
at the tables noticed that at each
plate was little plan of the hall
with the position of each guest num-
bered so that one could see at a
glance where his friend was seated
by learning his number. Just be-
fore we fell to, some one-the Lord
Mayor, or whoever was bOssing the
Occasion-arose and began to read a
list Of those present-No. /, Lord
So-and-sO; No. 2, theDuke of Some
thing-or-Other, and so on. When
this individual read the name of
some prominent political character.
or literary celebrity, it would be
SANOAON win hiOiC vi itSo dDDlduSes
The individual who was reading
the names did so in so monotonous
a manner that / became tired, and
began looking about for something
to engage my attention. l found
the gentlemen next to me, on the
right, well-informed parsonage,
and entered into conversation
with him. / had never seen him
before, but he was a good talker
and enjoyed 1t. Suddenly, Just as
he was giving me his views the fu-
ture religious aspect of Great Brit
ain, our ears were assailed by a
deafening storm of applause. Such
a clapping of hands / never heard
before. 1t sent the blood to my
head in rush, and 1 got terribly
excited. / Strengthened up and
commenced clapping my hands
with all my might. / moved about |
in my chair and clapped harder
and harder. who is ftp i asked |
the gentleman on my right. Whose
name did he read?' Samuel L. |
Clemens,' he answered. 1 stopped |
applauding. 1 didn't clap any |
more. p Correspondence Chicago |
Times.
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WHOLE NO. 1920.
HERE'S Your Mule.

Some New York World CORES
pondents have been endeavoring to
/ give the origin of the expression.
"Here's your mule" once so COM
mon i'm the Confederate army. 1t
did not originate in Morgan's COM
mand, as supposed, nor yet in the
Webster-Calhoun cartoon. We be-
lieve we can come nearer the correct
origin of the phrase than any one
who has yet attempted to give it.
The Second Kentucky Infantry,
commanded by Col. Roger Hanson,
was organized at Camp Boone,
Montgomery county, Tennessee, in
July, 1851. No arm or accouter-
ments were issued to the men (save
some useless old muskets for drilling
purpose) until the very day on which
the advance into Kentucky was
begun, which, as near as we can re-
member, was about the 18th of Sep
tember. When the ''trick" were is
sued the men were ordered to pack |
their knapsacks, which some OF
them did to such an extent that !
when they slung them on their |
shoulders, the idea of pack mules
was suggested, and almost instant /
ly some one shouted, "Here's your
mulel' In less than five minutes
every man in the regiment was
yelling, "Here's your mule!" Load
that mule and drive him Quit" and
of like character. This
was month or six weeks before
Morgan and his men went South;
therefore the saying did not origi-
nate with them. The mule idea
was peculiarly a Kentucky one, and
the words at first had reference to
the enormous size and weight of the
some of the men under
took to carry, manyof them weigh
ing fifty to sixty pounds. The boys
soon got over that, but the phrase
was in use till the close of the war.
We think it originated, as describ-
ed above, in the Second Kentucky
@. S. A., in September,
1861,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13

UNDER the advice of John Saw
ages organ, the McMinnville New
Era, the counties of Hickman and
Lewis have followed the recent ex-
ample of Grundy, and have issued
bonds for the extension of the Nash
vile and Tuscaloosa railway. Yet
the man or bank who takes those
bonds will run a great risk. II Saw
age and the New Era live, or trans
NIT their ideas to the generation
who must pay them, the bonds will
be repudiated If by skill and crook
edness IL can be done. A man
would be Il fool to pay half price for
any bond issued. by Savage's con-
sfituents.--Mi Miafrees6oro Neics.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13
a Chance for the soath.

Ii is the curse of the South that
she cuItivates loosely, produces
irregularly and wastes half that she
produces. In the one item of cot
ton, If she would only spin It with
these Clement mills and grind the
seed with oil mills, she would
double the value of the lint, double
the value of the seed, and give en-
pIoyment to nearly double the
number of people now employed In
planting and raising the crop. II
our people would only encourage
these two industries-if our capital
lists would only 60 into such Invest
ments-if our farmers would only
club together and establish them in
the neighborhoods-if our mechan-
les would form cooperative COM
panies, and build them-we should
soon regain the enormous wealth
we lost with our slaves, and the
South would become richer than
her most sanguine son can hope for.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13
GOVERNOR Robinson SAYS in {

GOVERNOR Robinson says in a
talk: "Had not Mr.. Kelly bolted
from the Syracuse nomination, nc
sane man in view of the ascertained
result can doubt that the entire
State ticket of the Democracy would
have been elected. This is proof
enough that the fight was purely a
local one and confined to the STATE
issues entirely, and / have little
doubt that with a candidate accept
able, not to any section of the party,
but to all the party, we can carry
the State In $780,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13

DURING the past year S5,763, ,75s
was paid out on pensions. The
pensioners are divided as follOwsi !
l25, 100 army invalids, 81, ,l74 army
widows, children and dependent
relatives, /, ,844 navy invalids, l,772
navy widows, etc, ,l62 soldiers of
the war of 1912, 1874 widows Of
soldiers of that war.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-12-13

TUE assessment of property In
New Orleans shows a reduction In
value of more than 20, 900, 900. The
entire property of the city isassessed
at only $91 ,0O0, 900, ui~
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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-16

have solution of the polygamy question
within three years. The Mormon wives
will SEQ and fancy them, The pictures OF
"perfect beauties IN the way Of bonnets
stylish hats, laces collars, cuffs and ribbons
will get the polygamous females in frenzy
OF envy. In this frame of mind they'll
have the fincry or rumpus. Money being
scarce, the Mormon husband will find him
self unable to buy wholesale quantities in
order to supply all his wives; and from the
moment he declares the fact his home be.
comes hell on earth, his wives are hateful
and unhappy and the husband driven to
desperation, will conclude that the extrav-
agsnce of one wife is all he can support,
and will divide his other fifteen or twenty
among his neighbors who havn't any.
A writer in the Boston Advertiser says
"As 70 the Mormon religion with the cx.
crcSence of polygamy Topped OIL | think
that creed that makes men good is good
enough. have no patience with the in
sensate clamor for vengeance and cries of
indignation, when those who raise them are
suffering from the pain of defeat in election
TO office; nor with the stories Of mormon
Instruction" which prominent New
York journal last year circulated through
the land, They are unqualified ialSehoods,
without the slightest foundation in tact.
know the country and the people we'll, for
| have Travelled over the length and breadth
of the territory repeatedly during the last
five years assert confidently that there
is not a more orderly community in the
United States, nor one more generally
amenable to law, nor one of less DISPOSE
ton to modest its neighbors, nor one of
greater average charity and sobriety.
Neither territory, city, nor village owe one
dollar of debt. and where there is no Gen
tile population grog-shops, gambling sa-
looms, and brothelS are absolutely un-
known"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-16
THE CHINESE PROBLEM.

The Chinese question, which command
ed recognition in the platforms of both par.
ties in the contest of 1916, and has been
the cause Of more riot and bloodshed on
the Pacific coast than all other causes com.
bined, has at lust engrossed the attention OF
Congress. We are sorry to observe, how
ever, that the motive that impels the pres
ent action in the matter is not patriotic
desire to relieve the country of a great and
growing evil-an evil that is sadly enerva.
ting the energies and industries of the Pa
citc slope this motive is palpably subor.
dinated to the effect the movement will
have upon the Presidential campaign of
1880. The question is simply made the
groundwork upon which both partic, hope
to secure advantages in the State of Califor-
MIA. This being the case it will be in vain
that the Califomians will hope for practical
relief. The suggestions of President Hayes
are not likely to be acted upon, and their
utility is questioned, even should they COM
mand the attention asked for them. The
Chinese legation in Washington has al
ready gained decided vantage ground
with the State Department and although
they may consent to an amendment of the
Buringamc treaty, they will exact, in re-
tnrn, very stringent regulations in regard to
our trade relations.
This is where the stumbling block with
the State Department will come in. Mr..
Evarts, it is well known, looks to the extern
sion rather than the restriction of our com
mcrcial relations, and he will not hazard his
popularity with Eastern constituents to
remedy an evil on the Pacific coast The
true solution Of the Chinese question. in the
Judgment Of the men who have given the
subject the most thought, is practical and
radical legislation, They believe, as Scna-
tor Blaine said, that Sclf.prcscrvation is the
highest law, and that the Pacific coast peo.
pie have the right to demand and secure
the instant relief that the great evil dc.
mandS. The Republican leaders, however,
are embarrassed by their attitude on the
race question in the South. There are few
OF them Ms bold as Mr. Blaine.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-16
OUR DEALINGS WITH OUR SISTER
REPUBLIC.

The purpose Of the Hayes administration
70 inauguratc the next presidential cam.
paign amidst the throes of a war with
Mexico Is too palpablc to escape the nj.
tentlon OF the most casual observer. No
intelligent man is disposed to deny that
president Diaz has honestly strivpn to ac,
In good faith with the United States, md
that whenever he has fallen short of full.
fillment of his promises the failure was moi,
chargcablc to any lack of diligence or dis.
position on his part The New York SIM
says, and no just man will withhold his an.
dorsclncnt OF the assertion, that "when Tho
good iailh which Mexico has exhibited in
MI her dealings with the United Sta,cs
''hce Dlaz attained to power, is considcrcd
candidly, the conduct of the Frnudnler,
Administration and especially Of the DE.
pn'tmcnt of State toward thu, friendly
government and weak ncighbor, deserves
to be s'igna'iacd S outrageous and posj.
lively brutal Instead of encouraging in.
innate relations, and of winning confidence
IN order tn scqulr' the commerce which
passes BY our dosrs and goes four thousand