Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-06-24

and fair investigation of the charges
OF frauds at the polls In the cleo
ton of these members and their
contestants, have set at defiance
every personal safeguard Of the
Constitution. But with the Consti.
tuition as the political chart and
guide, the minority in the House
have resisted these unconstitutional
encroachments with a unity of ac-
ton worthy of imitation by the par
ty elsewhere throughout the coun-
try. It is by this strict adherence
to its injunctions, though tempo
rariIy defeated at times, that the
great resources of this country have
been developed, and which has
placed it where it now stands before
the World-powerful at home and
abroad. and everywhere acknowl-
edged as among the foremost pow
erS of the earth. Is this unprece-
dented national growth to be check
ed at this time by divisions or
remissness in adherence to party
usages and discipline among those
who, by unity of action, have here.
tofore accomplished so much, and
who, as a party, may justly claim
the credit of establishing and main
tanning the republic upon the high
plane which it now occupies among
the nations of the globe, because OF
some local obstruction or personal
ambition of some of its Would-De
leaders?
Let every man ask himself the
above question, and the firm res
ponse will be, "that SO far as in me
lies | will exert my influence to
maintain and preserve that unity
and discipline in the party which
has produced such grand and good
results" Let every Democrat also
remember that no Individual Is
without influence, and that his good
example in this respect will encour-
age others to go and do likewise.
Democracy is based upon and ex-
poets individual action. Its su-
premacy is gained and maintained
by the action and love of the peo-
pie. for whose benefit individually
and collectively all its principles
are established. "In union there
is strength" and in organization
and discipline are the assurances
and means of success Let our
friends take warning in time. and
the Vaccinations of our willy ene-
my and the enemy of local self-gov-
ernment will be futile against us as
a party, as were the enemies OF the
Union i'm destroying the firm foun-
dations upon which it rests, by and
through the late fratricidal war
through which the country passed.
Another and important auxiliary
to success is the maintenance OF a
central organ of the party here in
Washington, the seat and centre oi
the Federal Government, and from
which point the campaigns t't the
parties are inaugurated ana con-
Quoted. Without such an organ
the party and the people cannot be
properly and fully informed of al
the movements of its own or the
Vaccinations and schemes OF 1t
opponents. With such an organ as
the true exponent and promulgatol
of Democratic principles, the party
and the people may be kept fully
informed upon all the leading ques
tiOns and issues of the day. Th(
) American Register is such an or
gan, and we earnestly appeal to thu
Democratic party throughout thu
country to aid US with their intiu
ence and money to sustain the pa
per and to extend its useiulnes
throughout the country. Withou
your aid, individually and collec
lively, we can do nothing. With i
we can revolutiOniZe parties and tn
f country, and bring them back t
: first principles, maintaining tn
: Constitution and the laws made II
f pursuance thereof, and ere lon;
secure the supremacy of civii-sel
! vice reform that will insure perma
nent peace and prosperity from tn
Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, an
: from the icebound coasts of Alask
7 to the bright, sunny shores of Flol
, ida.