The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-09-20

| - "''y' WIN INV "
ng''n.' 'his C"mprnn'ise. "hecsuse 1t IS
"''"S''u' to grav" objection, which they
nave II" hope OF being able TO remove by
any amendments of ITS provisions. Ihay
viii ioos to The good which the bill contains
| "hH mo evil which II will prevent, ns we'll
as 10 tho objections great or small. with
"h'ch II ~ chargeah'e. THIS bill has been
miS''prcsFn'"d IN two particulars, J. e. IN
nose parts which admit California. and
P-"h Sl' 'lH slavery trade in the District
"f to."mhla.
However, il is not mine 10 discuss the
cOns,I'ulnnal,y Of this b II, neither do
htli ihe, it is the sine ana non by which il
should be se,llad. le,l wiling 10 abide
b an,,nl,- tina, is calculated in IFS nature
;o,r.ssrve our Consliu,inn and our Union.
VI hen called On 10 express your vie VS. con.
cern!Dg the adjustment of IhIs "wretched
hone OF contention, ;" will YOU express your.
selves az the ex Governor OF South Caro-.
lima, who, at the Southern Convention. ex-
pressed himself, "lor Southern rights in the
Union, or inhepp.dence out of it," Such
a thing as Southern rights in the Union can
exist. but such a thing as "indeppndence
out of ii" can not. Let us for a moment
consider the probability of "independence
out of the Union" II ere are thirty States
revolving in harmony around one COM
mon GENRE, Suppose the line of disunion
dra wn, and the cenuripe,al governmental
power Of each, is directed 10 Ils own centre
the two governments commence reyo!v>
ING around their own centres. none being
attracted by each other. Their centrifugal
mowers overcome their centripe,aI: hence
their wheels of government are made lock.
catch, and drag. in con(usinn one with The
other. Hence. II il Main that each State
IS depoDdeot upon the others "AII are
bu, nar,s OF one s,upcndon. whole -"
neither OF them CONSTITUTING ",he kew. one
OF the arcb." without which the stately
structure of liberty and indenendsnce could
not exist. Bn, aIl in their combined ac.
,,op. each IN their senoro,e n,,cp. make nm
The Union. which co,,es on wuh i,res,s,i.
hle i,nna,us the lesion, of a han,v Gov.
.rnmcn,. Daniel Webs,e, in snsakino of
ucace,hls secession. savs. "Sr vo,r .ves
and mine ste never destined IN see that
miracle The J,smemh.,mon, or ,b;o vao,
couniry wub,u, couyuIs,on I'm. h,eotino
nm of the fountains of tho crea, deen vi,h.
ou, ruCin, the surfacs. VIM is tooIish
.n,,,h Tn ex,ec, su,h , ,.,;n ~ T, ,h;s
Cunx,iintiop undey which we 1.-Two IN he
tnaweI and melted away unnamed like
the snow and ice under vernaI sunl No
sir. no sir" We are led IN the conclusion.
gentlemen. ,hot such thing az "indeoend.
ence out of the UnIon' canpo; exist. be-
cause line of division would involve both
divisions in \ war whirh woulJ 6nallv de-
s,rov both North and Sou,b Heaven for.
1
act so detrimental 10 our own interest and
happiness, as TO SOW the seeds of lisunion
in a land upon which tho rure ravs of Iib-
er,y and ruth are permitted to shed their
enlivening influence upon pvery man, CIV.
ing him the privilege Of ENGAGING in what,
ever avoca,iun he NAV see proper-a GOV.
ernmenl 10 which the poor and raooed
orph-n i, PERMITTED, bv his own industry:
TO r,iyp himself from the lonely and desc.
late caverns TT the mountains 10 the most
elevated pInna ,lp OF pGl,iical and ,1,elIeciu.
al clory-a land which can boas, a philoso.
ph-r and statesman in almost eyery vi,,ni-
~ throughout her wd. domsins-a land
which can boss, of h,y,rc b.rn the biy,b.
place, and having rocked within her cradle
;, Er,nhhu. who. bv III, ph,Iosonh,caI ,e-
s.ot.hes has .n,bleI tho ,rteIIec,u,i ,v,,,d
IA ,,ovelon. .,d coov.,, IN msch,n;c,I nso
s,,o,ts ,r .l,,,,,.;,, ,,. u.I,.
,, wbirh ,,ur ,t,np will .,nrec;,,e-aI, I,nJ
,yh,ch ,,o h,as, g, Case n,nhahiv ,s rn,o
,,,,,,, .on,J,, nj M, W.hs,a- -
mas, ,,n,n,nd ,,J Ise,.,svn,v;nn ,a,son.
mr. mn r.,,,t-, C,av ,ns ,,,s, y, 'i.I go
.,,,.Sm,n ina, eve, ,,v.d ,nd, , w.eh;na
ian. ,l,. C,,he, or ,n, ..ho,s,sJ land or f,.e-
,,,mn Mo no, j. IN, weak IN ,,,ou,,