Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-12
DEMocRArs REPLY.
Defending the County Executive Com.
mittee in the Primary.
10 the Chronicle:

!. WO WOAO HVt a lAtelS SuKpEIScu, Du
d grieved on receiving the Democa
8 OF Mondays issue, tossee the cours,
|. it had deliberately determined tt
/ pursue after the action of our Demo
cratic Executive committee.
! 1t does seem to us, that once con
servative exponant of Democratic
principles, has departed from thC
faith, and determined to throw away
the golden opportunity for crushing
Republicanism, by united action Of
the party, giving itself up to wrang.
ling and strife, about matter that
can result in no good whatever. We
defy any man to take Mondays
issue and clip off the name of Clarks-
vile Democrat, and the Democratic
ticket that bangles at its mast head,
and determine from reading the two
columns of editorial matter or any
thing else contained in the paper,
whether it is Democratic paper or
not. The whole drift of its policy
seems antagonistic to the Democratic
organization of our country.
A stranger unacquainted with the
fact that it had at it's masthead the
Democratec ticket, would certainly
determine that it waS either Repub-
lican, or Third party paper from it's
bitter acknowledgement vituperative
language tewards our Democratic
county organfzahon. Wehave never
given credit tOthe charge laid to the
proprietor et that paper, that he was
a Republican in disguise, neither do
we believe it now, buft the course Of
the paper is certainly to our mind,
calculated tOdo the Democratic party
more harm than Third partyism in
this county. 1t has already succeeded
in diverting the minds of some Of
the people from the great Importance
of the approaching election, both
State and national, engenderfng such
an apathy for the election of our
ticket, that it is to be feared many
will stay at home on the day of elec-
ton, not wishing to take part in
contest over which they have heard
so much complaint.
For the Democrat to repudiate the
Democratic organization of our coun-
ty on such trivial grounds, and seek
TO revolutionize the same at this crit
ical juncture, by attempting to organ
ize an irregular executive commit
tee is preposterous and suicidal
to the cause OF Democracy. What
evil spirit has invaded the pre-
cincts of that once good Democratic
journal, and driven from its under
standing the power to ioresee the i'll
consequences of its course. The folly
of its proceedings and its want of a.
deity to the cause of Democracy, is
teo manifest 10 be overlook ell and for
gotten by the sober thinking citizens
Of our county.
4 The two columns of editorial to
which we allude seems to breathe
Onlya determined spirit of disinte-
grafton and revenge, and for what
cause. Only because the county ex-
ecutive committee did not look at the
political situation in the same light as
did the Democrats therefore did not
deem 1t advisable nor their duty to
consent to a primary, as the best
means of promoting the cause Of the
party.
We appeal to the common sense of
the Editors Of that paper and the
sober judgment of the people of the
county, if this excuse for attempting
to disintegrate the party, is not too
futile insignificant, and degrading to
the consideration Of good
Democrats.
This is the only reason ufgedthat
we can gather from the paper except
the childish reasons that Stewart and
counties ETC., had called
primaries.
1t is not reasonable presumption
that the County Convention and Ex-
ecutive Committee Of those counties
looked at the situation in different
style, from what ours did, but which
does not establish the fact that those
did right. and ours wrong.
If our County Convention and
County Executive Committee have,
done wrong in not calling a primary,
they have only erred in their judg.
ment of the political situation, which
Is no reason, whatever, for attempt
ing to divide the party. To impune