The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-03-08
CALIFORNIA.

do. is to, perhaps, do no'hing. They
might do well to give California some
necessary legislation, pass the appro-
priation bills. and adjourn. The al.
terative measure is to protract the
session, merely with view to the
exhibition of scenes Of strife, confus.
ion, and perhaps, violence. As Gen.
Cass said yesterday. "hard words may
lead to hard blows
The northern men, who, until re.
Gently, have taken little share in the
slavery discussion, have got up their
blood. and are hurting fierce defiance
at the South. Horace Mann's speech
was declaration of war. He de.
cIared that the North would not weld
an inch, even 10 avert the calamities
OF civil war. Thaddeus Stevens
preached crusade agains. the &C.
cursed institution. Col. Bisse's speech
OF to-day, was full OF scorntul taunts,
and fiery invective. and fierce dcnun.
citation against the South. These are
men who are addicted to no gasco.
made, and they mean what they say.
1t appears to me that the North
has assumed n higher and holder tone
than at any former time. and that the
argument on which they rely is the
sword.
Gen. Cass's speech in reply to Mr..
Clements was the warmest and most
eloquent that he has ever delivered,
and because it came from his heart.
If his was not the tone Of defiance, il
was that OF despair. He warned the
South that their threats had driuen
the North to the raN, and he declared
emphaticalIy, for himself, that he coud
not stand it. The claims made by
Southern men in behalf Of slavery, as
an institution, he utterly repudiated.
and in fact. his whole speech consisted
of objurgntions, against the South. and
the expression of Il positive belief that
the question must lead to civil war.
GREAT UNION MEETIvG IN New
York Cry. - Pursuant to call.
signed by between two or three thou.
sand Of the most respectable and sub.
stantial citizens Of New York. invit,
ing Il meeting Of their fellow citizens
irrespective of party distinction. in
favor Of sustaining the Union by the
permanent settlement of the two great
questions now agitating the Nation,
upon the basis of the Compromise
Resolutions introduced into the Senate
of the United States by the Hon.
Henry Clay, there assembled at Cas-,
tie GARDEN on Monday last, the largest
public meeting ever witnessed in
New York.
We are informed through the Tel
egraph, that the number of persons
present was not less than ten thousand.
Mr.. Woodruff, the Mayor of the city.
presided. Mr.. Whiting ard other
gentlemen addressed the meeting. all
Of whom spoke warmly in favor of
compromising the question Of slavery.
and were c'oqncn, in speaking of the
perpetuity Of the Union. Anepitome
of the brief remarks Of Major Gen.
Scott, who occupied a position on the
platform, has been transmitted by the
Telegraph Reporter. as follows:
"Ile expressed his strong attach.
ment to the Union, which he had ser.
we'd for nearly forty-two years, and
disclamed all party considerations in
his devotion TO our glorious coniedcr.
acy. lie said he was charmed with
the admirable spirit OF Cancellation
manifested by those present and with
the complete harmony which pervad-
ed the whole immense assembiage.-
For himself, he stood there neither a
pro slavery man nor an abolitionist -
neither Wing nor Democrat; but