Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-11-20
WHOLE NO. 2,347.
The Veteran Journalist 0m the
Nighs OF Tuesday, November ed,
Tells What Dad Et.
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I Nhe veteran Journalist on tk
Nighs Of Tuesday, NOvember 20
Tells what Dad Et.
3 IForney's Press.
The telegraph has Just finishe
the fate of Gen. Hancock, and TIL
same streets that rang with delir
Gus cheers over his peerless valc
at Gettysburg, on the morning {
the 4th of July, 1868, the sam
hearts that throbbed with gratitud
over the oppOrtune arrival whic
saved Philadelphia from fire an,
spoil, now ring and throb with de
lirious and migrate JOY over his de
feat for president of the Unitel
States by man denounced by hi
| own party as venal and corrupt
What comment on the VOc p0pul
COr Dety AS | recall my own par
in this last drama with pride un
speakable, regretting only that
could not do more-I would to-m0r
row repeat the act of gratitude to 1
great soldier-I feel that the meT
who have done this thing will soor
feel the Christening rod of their owl
cOnsciences. An act more cruel
causeless and shameless was never
perpetratea. Men calling them
selves better than others have
wrought a work of hate without
parallel. The over-virtuous of great
communities have struck hands
with the most vicious classes 10
spread the infection of a new sec
tionalism amOnga a forgiven people,
and as they see whom they have
struck and whom they have lifted
up over Hancock, they turn from
the contrast with shame.
But let the past go. Let the dead
past bury the dead. We now face
the empire, and there is but one
great force to meet 1.-THE demo-
cratic party. Garfield only fills the
gap for Grant. | write his name
with a new feeling, that of proud
regret that one l loved so well
should sink so low. First the de-
fender of the forgiven south, then
its defamer. First eager to honor
Hancock for his virtues, then to
hound him as an enemy. nd this
is the man who now wants to play
the part of king hereafter. How, in
the face of all these loud shouts over
the defeat of Hancock, l think of
the scene on the blasted heath
where Macbeth meets the weird
sisters:
"First WHITEHALL hail, Macbeth;
hail to thee, Thane of Glamis.
"Second Witch-All hail, Mac
beth; hail to thee, Thane Of Cawdor.
Third Witch--All hail. Mac
beth; thou shalt be King hereafter"
First, the general of our armies,
then president, and king hereafter.
How wonderful the resemblance !
And mark what Macbeth said of
his dream of ambition TO his wife
in his letter describing his inter
view:
"They met me in the day of sue
cess, and / have learned by the per-
fectest report that they have more
in them than mortal knowledge.
When burned in desire to question
them further, they made themselves
lir, into which they vanished.
While | stood rapt in the wonder of
t, came missiles from the king,
who hailed me 'Thane of Cawdor,'
Dy which title before these weird |
sisters saluted me, and referred me |
o the coming in of time with hail! |
King thou shalt be' This have / |
hought good to deliver thee, my |
learest partner of greatness, that |
hou mightest not lose the dues of |
by being ignorant of what |
greatness is promised thee. Lay it |
o thy heart, and farewell"
Why not, gentlemen? The path |
If empire is as plainly reached by |
he present triumph of money over
ruth, as if it were lighted by new /
planet. The means and the coven-
nts are all patent to one end. An
rmy of officeholders are organized,
'aeked by a battery of banks-these
he forces to fight, and Garfield the
to lead to the throne in
S84. That is the plot. 1t is bold.
t is clear. Are you ready for it?
Over four million OF democrats
'oted for Gen. Hancock to-day;
hey answer: : Ready. aye ready
here should be no dependency or
ny delay. They have thousand
interests to preserve their ranks,
)cal duties and local candidates,
nd now to these they add the inn
erative call to active and constant
,ork against the clearly defined
of empire. A perpetual
uard of offieeholders, an exhaust
ess treasury, public and private, a
.uborned press and great COM
lunity of reluctant slaves at the
oils, mean empireand nothing else.
L am only one of the millions who
oted for Hancock to-day, and what
can do to aid in this great work is
aady. The democratic party holds
ne fort of the future. Its reserve is
ne refuge of all brave men pledged
} hostility to this new reign of
lpital. Its tremendous resources
i'll prove the rescue of the republic
ON tremendous perils. There is
ecessity for instant organization.
q this hour when the republicans
re exulting over purchased vic (
,ry, let the democracy of the whole
alton set their houses in order for
he great struggle of the future.