Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06
HAS CONKEING's OCCUPATION
GOMEZ

A great deal of uneasiness is evil
IDENTIFY felt in the Half Breed wing
of the republican party, in New
York, as to what will be the future
course Of Mr.. Conkling in the poll
tics of the state. Having the con-
sciousness of his temporary de-
thronement they are by no means
certain Of his intentions and plans
for the future. They are uneasy.
They know the great danger he
would be to their short tenure of
power should he emerge from his
forced retirement and fight his bat
tie before the people. They detect
the ominous ring of future trouble,
contained III his dispatch to the
Stalwart crowd who stood so faith
fully by him in his recent struggle.
"The Spartan band, which has so
long stood for principle and truth,
has my deepest gratitude and adj
,niration. The near future will
vindicate their wisdom and crown
them with APPROVAL This tele-
gram certainly indicates that ne
has plans mapped out for his course
in the future, and that he will I'M
dertake to vindicate the acts of the
Sfalwarts and himself in the near
future. We have no sympathy
with COnkling or any of his kind
in any of their undertakings, and
rejoice at his defeat by the legisla-
ture at Albany yet, at the same
time, we have no sympathy with
the corrupt, INSCRIPTIONS crowd of
Half Breeds who defeated him, and
hope that he will ventilate them
before the people in case he should
again appeal to the ballot box.
He felt that he was entitled to
the distribution of Federal patron
aye, and while we rejoice that mis-
pride and arrogance have been so
severely abased, still, no one can
deny that he had a large claim on
the republican party for services
rendered in the campaign last fall.
In the distribution of the spOils, he
imagined he had been treated bad
ly in not being given the lions
share, and considering the pernic-
ious presidents which his corrupt
party had established for many
years, he certainly had right to
claim this. He was refused it, and
petulantly resigned. He appealed
to IA republican legislature for vim
dicatioI, but his own party, his
own legislature, in which the re-
publicans had IL majority of two to
one, most of whom owed their cleo
ton to his person,F eXertiOn, re-
fused to vindicate him. They saw
that he had antagoDized the admin
istraion, and that they could not
hope for Office and government pap
through him; therefore, they de-
serted him. 1t was the spOils they
wanted, let sink whom it may.
We are glad of his overthrow. We
are glad that he has been made to
feel the insults of the ingrates
whom he nursed into power; that
he has been shown the corruption
and greed of his own party. 1t is
pleasant for us Democrats to know
that he will see fit to expose those
forbidden and abhorrent forces
and agencies" which elected Lap
ham and Miller. The band of tried
and true democrats in the -4egfsta-
ture at Albany, who stuck together
and showed their party fealty so
nobly, certainly have "ause to re-
joice at the disruption of the enc
my, through whose separated and
demoralized ranks they will march
to victory in the next election. To
Conkling and the Half Breeds, we
say: "Lay on McDuf, and damned
be he who first cries hold
enough"