Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-25
Showed Under.


We have met the enemy and we
are his'n. We have made our re-
marks, and we are now ready to
listen to the gentleman from New
York. We could have dug out,
perhaps, and explained about New
York, but when almost every State
in the Union rose up and made ccr-
tain statements yesterday, we found
that the job Of explaining this mat
ter thoroughly would be wearisome
and require a great deal of time.
We do uot blame the Democracy
for this. We are little surprised,
however, and grieved. 1t will in
terfere with our wadrobe this win
ter. With an overcoat on Wyom-
ing, plug hat on Iowa, a pair of
pantaloons on Pennsylvania, and
boots on the general result, it looks
now as though we would probably
go through the winter wrapped in a
bed quilt and profound meditation.
We intended TO publish an extra
this morning, but the news was of
such a character that we thought
we could get along without it. What
was the. use of publishing an extra
with Republican majority only in
Red Buttes? ?
The cause of this great Demo-
cratic freshet in New York yester-
day-but why go into details? we
all have an idea why it was so.
The number of votes would seem to
indicate that there was tendency
toward Democracy throughout the
State.
Now, in Pennsylvania, If you will
look over the returns carefully
but why should we take up your
valuable time offering an explana-
tion Of a political matter of the past :?
Under the circumstances some
would go and yield to the soothing
Influences of the maddening bowl,
but we do not advise that. 1t
would only furnish temporary re-
lief, and the recoil would be un-
pleasant.
We resumed our arduous duties
with a feeling of extreme ennui,
and with that sense of surprise and
astOnishment that a man does who
has had a large brick block fall on
him when he was not expecting il.
Although we feel a little lonely to-
day-having met but few Repub-
licans on the street, who were OBJ
Iiged to come out and do their mar
keting-we stIll hope for the future.
The grand old Republican party
But that's what we esaid last week.
1t sounds hollow now and meaning
less, somehow, because our voice is
little hoarse, and we are showed
under so deep that it is difficult for
us to enunciate.
Now about those bets. If the
parties to whom we owe bets--and
we owe most everybOdy-will just
agree to take the stakes, and not
go into details; not stop to ask us
about the state of our mind, and
talk about how it was done, we
don't care. We don't wish to have
this thing explained at all. We
are not of an enquiring turn of
mind. just plain facts are good
enough for us, without any harrow
ing details In the meantime we
are going to work to earn some
more money to bet on the next
election. Judge FOlger and others,
come over and see us when you
have time and we will talk this
matter over. Mr.. b. Butler we
wish you had your longevity. With
a robust constitution we find that
most any man can wear out cruel
fate and get there at last. We do
not feel 80 angry as we do grieved
and surprised. We are panied to-
see the American people thus be-
tray our confidence and throw a
large wardrobe into the hands of the
relentless foe. ........ $