Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-10-14
MuLWEN AND jones', AND rHEia ORGAN.

EDITOR CHRONICLES ALLOW me
through your paper to notice an ar
ticle in Mr.. Ingram's paper, the
Democrat.
/ will first thank Mr.. Ingram for
his friendly compliment. 1t Is al
ways pleasant To be told that we<1re
"an excellent gentleman" / APP
preciate it very much, especially as
coming from one with whom l am
compelled to differ SO very much IN
other things. As to. the intimation
that l am not properly at myself
on politics, | suggest that we leave
that to our friends 10 decide and
allow each one to settle it at his own
pleasure, whether if is Mr.. Ingram
who is not properly at himself or
whether it is your humble servant.
1 will only say this as L go along,
that if the gentle Ingram is ct him.
self noe, he must have been fearful
ly absent from himself for the last
10 or 10 years; for 1 have been a
constant reader of his old paper, the
Tobacco Leaf all of the time he
was proprietor and assistant editor
of it and / always and at all times
found him much "overWOrked for
State honah" (of which he writes SO
tiipantly nOw,) and for the princi-
pie that no settlement was honora-
BILE without the agreement of our
creditors, and that all contracts
public and private should be hon.
orably kept. Alas, for Mr.. Ingram,
l fear it will be decided by very
many that he is not now properly
at HIMSELF" but is being led by the
nose by politicians Of the Harris
type, who say the settlement is
right and fair and they are person
ally in favor of it, but the people
are opposed to it and therefore they
are opposed to it. Men of this sort
find themselves in the awkward
and it seems to me, contemplate
role of declaring that certain
thing is right and should be done,
but for a majority of the people
they assume to be opposed to it..
AT the same time they are working
day and night to make as many OPP
posed to it as possible and seem
only afraid that when election day
comes the majority should be found
in favor of this right and proper
thing. How contemplate this would
seem in ordinary business and if des-
picable in business is it not us much
so in politics?
i am sympathyzed with because
1 am burdened with State honor,
Mr.. Ingram spells il with an extra
h. since he has got into the Bate
new departure).
Thanks for that very great COM
pliment. His only mistake here
is that he only gives me the last
three months, while hope without
vanity, may claim to have had
that grand principle ground into
my heart since the days when with
thousands of gallant Tennesseans,
we had the honor to stand and do
our humble duty for the honor and
good name OF Tennessee at Shiloh,
Corinth, Vicksburg, and many 9TH
er hard-fought fields where Tennes-
sees honor was kept very bright
and clean, and l trust that while
my heart is warm and my hand
has not forgotten its cunning, l
shall still be found "burdened"
with the care of that State honor of
which to your shame you write so
cOntemptiously now. l mean to
do my best as Democrat and Ten
to keep Tennessee clean
from the little, mean and despica-
BILE trick of breaking fair settle
ment with our creditors for the base
purpose of wringing a little better
trade from them, or for the still
baser object of temporary party
to secure few offices for
set of dead-beat politicians, who
have become so depraved that they
cannot live without Office.
Mr.. Ingram has made another
mistake or inaccuracy. He says l
am the only man who has been
''fOund able to torture anything of
the kind Ito wit: abuse of the ne
gro voter out of Mr.. Milliken's
speech"
/ assert that number of gentle
men present noticed and spoke of
it. Mr.. M certainly did pour out
the walls of his wrath upon Us State
Credit men for trying to get votes
from that element" which he
as tour lifelong enc
mics" AS an old negro remar ked
On the ground, "when Mr.. MILL
kens speaks bout de clement l
knows he am talkin' bout us mig
gers, kase we is de only Publican
party in dis here county,"
Now Mr.. Milliken and his friends
will undoubtedly get all the votes
ne can from the element" and we
must be allowed to do the same.
He must submit as gracefully as he |
AN "to be creased with the same
crease, he greases others with"
Now, as to Mr.. Jones, he occu-
Dies the unfortunate position OF try
ng to make little political capital
,ut of an occurance that never oc-
,urred. He was present in the
room and knows for
that he neUer did receive
he nomination of the committee
unanimously or Other,Oise. His name
vas offered by a member OF the
but Mr.. Jones declined