Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-04-08
The Harmony Needed.
Nashville Banner.

The great need of Democracy now
is not harmony with the Low-taX
| Executive Committee, but with the
Democrats who were deceived into
going off after the Low-tax Execu-
tive Committee III 1880. If it is
merely desired to secure the able
and efficient services of the loW-tax
1 committee these can be procured
very much cheaper than upon the
terms they have proposed. If they
are allowed to propose the terms,
they will want to dictate the plat
form, to hold the whip in hand, to
rule the party, to have such II plank
as will answer the place of tscrop
and a sWallow-bito in a soW's ear,
something to mark the party theirs.
| They will want something for every
body around and TO dictate some
fellow for Governor and some other
fellow for Senator.
The Democracy have no business
with the LoW-taX Committee, moth
ing to do with it, no use for it, ex-
cept as sort of thing, blackboard
or slate, on which to demonstrate
that they don't intend to keep that
sort of thing lying around the Dem
oeratic house when there are brooms.
With Democrats, Democracy has
great deal to do. 1t wants to satisfy
them, to produce harmony on any
sort of platform which will sacrifice
no principle or honor.
There is no such division now as
calls for any extraordinary har-
mony measures. Democrats are
satisfied that they lost the State in
1880. They are ready to redeem it
upon straightforward platform
which recognizes the right of the
creditor to be heard in any settle
ment to be made. No Intervention
of the LoW-taX Committee is neces-
sary to secure this result. What we
want to do is to treat with this
meaningless and unnecessary bit of
machinery and small bossism as
New York has dealt with Tam
many.
We can very well understand the
object of the LoW-tax Committee.
1t deceived the people in 1880, and
it is conscious that it will not be
able to accomplish that result again.
1t is exceedingly anxious to have
some recognition in the Democratic
camp. 1t is looking out for number
one. Why should Democracy de-
grade itself, debase its views of pub
lie policy, descend from the position
occupied in 1881, in order to give
these people standing room and Of
ticial recognition With Demo-
Gratis it will be easy to deal with
those cOrporals and drill sergeants
without privates it will be very
hard to deal il they are allowed to
think for a moment that Democracy
will yield to their absurd and hyp-
ocritical demands or surrender to
their threats.
Democrats are entitled to merit,
and must have fair and square
treatment. This they have the
means to secure for themselves, as
Democrats, to command. Let the
Committee call a convention, en-
tirely ignoring the unwarranted and
absurd and un-Democratic PROPOSE
ton of these partyless leaders, and
then all Democrats will have a
right to participate in the selection
of delegates. 1t is this participa-
ton and right of representation Sc
cures harmony by giving the power
to enforce rights. Harmony among
Democrats may be easily secured
by such a policy and upon such a
basis.
Some people seem to have an
enormous interest in securing har-
mony with Alb. Lambeth and Dave
Wallace. Democracy has no inter-
est whatever in this harmony with
leaders who have no party. Let us
craIs era ia anu T i6I Ab. Mambeth, Dave
Wallace and Savage and Marks go
off and set up little Hades of their
own, if it please them. If they
want to come in as Democrats all
right. There is no objection heard,
and without further words they are
admitted, provided they come as
Democrats.