Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-09-23

famous charges. why DO you
hesitate to come and meet them
before the people who are to be
the jury and render the verdict?
The State Credit Democracy claim
that they are fighting for princi-
pie and something higher and be-
yond mere temporary success and
possession of the offices. that you
are battling for the cause of man
and expediency alone. This you
deny. The issue is joined. Go
then to the country with reason and
argument and make good your de-
NAL. State Credit Democracy in
vites you to a hearing, why do you
refuse to come with them before
the people, jury of your peers?
Is it because your cause is weak,
is it because you fear an honest,
open discussion of the question be-
fore an intelligent constituency?
But we started out with the asser-
tion of our belief that that same
dodge and bubble which is being
practiced by Vertrees and his exec
utive committee Mt Nashville and
keeps the not over-willing Bate
from meeting Russell, Is to be car
ried out in the county canvasses.
We have every reason to believe it
is going to be attempted to be prac-
ticed here in Montgomery county.
The leaders here know the weak
nesses Of the miserable platform of
June the Goth they know ii cannot
stand the test of close analysis and
open discussion they know the
candidates on that platform cannot
explain away its Inconsistencies,
its determinations, its injustice, its
wrong, its unconstitutionality, its
dishonor. They know that calmer
reason and the sober second-thought
will return to the people when their
attention is closely called to quiet
er consideration of the 50-3 plat
form with all its weaknesses and
heresies. They know it has never
been and cannot be defended they
know that when the people are
made to understand that down be-
meath its fair wording and glittering
generalities, the venOmOus serpent
Of reputation is cOiled, ready at
the first opportunity TO spring forth
and fsasten its poisonous langs into
the very sinews aud life blood of
the body of the State and the DEM
ocratic party; they know that when
the people are made to understand
what Pandora's box of direful
evils will again follow upon the
heels of the disruption Of the pres
ent settlement; when they are
made thoroughly familiar with the
miserable make-shift of platform
in all its bearings and doubtful
meanings; they know, we say, that
the people, who are always willing
to do the right when they know
the right, will not follow after them
and swayed by passion and preiu-
dice, blindly vote to break up the
present settlement.
They know this, hence something
must be done to keep them from
becoming familiar with the mean
ing of the 50-3 platform. They are
in dilemma. In their sore dis
tress they hit upon the poor chican-
cry of keeping them uniformed
by persuading them not to take
Democratic papers, by refusing TO
engage in joint discussions or else,
where they cannot escape these, by
urging them not to attend. 1t is
true, here in this county the Read
juster candidates have out scanty
list of Joint annnintmnnts-nne, of
ta..su rUturuIIg every Saturday
from Davidson county where he
has, in the eyes of the law, II not id
fact, taken up his permanent resi-
dence-with the State Credit can.
didates, but it seems that the people
are not to be permitted to hear even
these. They met last Saturday at
COllinsville, in Dist. No. 16; the
appointments had been announced
i'm the local papers and due an
nOuncements sent out, but only a
few men were present to hear them,
80 few in fact that the candidates
did not speak. Why were the peo-
pie not present? Probably because
they had not heard of the appoint
ment, this is the best construction
to place upon it, but we have heard
it intimated, 1--WE hope without
toundation) that they had been
persuaded not to attend, that the
meeting could do the Bate cause
no good and that they as good Bate
men ought not to attend joint dis
cushions. We say we do not believe
that is the reason a crowd was not
present. 1t would be an insult to
the intelligent citizens of that
neighbOrhoOd to believe such
thing. But however this may be,
certain it is that such tactics have
been resorted to in this county and
we have reason to believe will yet
be resorted to. Shame, we say,
upon the party that would advise
such course; pity, for the man
who is 80 weak IN his convictions
of right as to fear to submit those
convictions to the analysis of dis
cussion and truth. We cannot yet
believe that such course is to char
acterize the campaign of the Read
juster party in Montgomery county.
Messrs. Alternately and Rhodes
will meet Messrs. Milliken and
Jones to-day at RoSsview, In Dist.
No. /, in joint discussion, to which
we invite every man in Montgom-
cry county and urge him to come.
AN exchange says Gen. Bate is
the only man who can wrestle with
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