Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-11-11
MARYLAND.
Republican DisJHtegrdtIon.

The republican party seems going
to pieces by the weight of its own
corruption. 1t has at last reached
the point where it is the fate of all
organizations of any kind or pur-
pose to fall to pieces when their
purposes are fulfilled. The repub-
iican party had its origin in the
anti-slavery movement that culmi-
mated in war. 1t made itself the
soul of that movement and carried
it to a successful issue In blood.
After that was finished its mission
was to make the new order of things
effective and permanent and build
up the broken places and patch up
the government to meet the exigen-
cies of the change in theory and
citizenship. 1t originated and car
ried through all the amendments
and special legislation necessary to
these ends, watching jealousy and
fighting bitterly for everypoint, I'M
til all were gained and the govern
ment established securely in the
new order. 1t did all of this imme-
diately following the war, meeting
with no opposition from those who
acknowledge themselves conquered.
Since then and for ten long years
it has lived upon spoils, claiming
and taking as a reward for its labors
all the offices and administering
them with the sole idea of profit,
giving them to favorites and requir-
ing no qualification except party
fealty, bringing the whole power
and machinery and patronage of
the government into absolute sub
serviency to the party and taking
everything to itself, regardless of
the effect upon the government it.
self and totally ignoring all rules of
justice or law. That is as short as
it can be stated and is truth that
admits of no disputing. 1t ran its
course as to its original mission it
ran its course as to rendering it's
success effective and ENGRAVING the
new order upon the face of the gov
eminent; it ran its course as to its
right to reap the reward of its work
until its grasping degenerated into
the basest spOils system that got to
be SO openly corrupt and subversive
of justice and morals that even its
own adherents who have any re-
gard for decency and who are I'M
willing to see the government jeop-
ardized and disgraced are leaving
it and have left it, and it's old rot
ten timbers are falling and crum-
bling away, and the once proud
ship is going down under the waves
of popular storm that struck it
broadside in Ohio last week. The
waves are sweeping on towards |
New York and Pennsylvania, and |
the republicans themselves predict |
a wreck in these States.-The DEM
Ocratic party has been the instru-
ment to expose these thing and |
press them upon the people, and as
the opposing party it steps in to
take charge of affairs. Will it make
other mistakes, with which it has
been SO wonderfully prolific? 1t
behooves lis now more than ever
before to be upon the alert-watch-
full, earnest and united, for the gov
is about to be delivered to
our hands if we deserve it. How
long have we all worked and wait
ed for this! Democrats in Ten
nessee ought to sink their local
and come up sOlidly at
this critical time and help to secure
a victory that embodies the set
of issues of immensely
more Importance than dozen state
debts.-Erchaage.
The above article was written be-
fore the election.