The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-08-30
THE REGISTER AND THE POST.

| "'""S M W way soiho very prtSty 'nIhps VI
onrself-much prettier perhups Than hlmos
any one else would have ventured upon
Under the circumstances. we have no doub
it was tho very best thing it could do. a.
tho pafapbrnse contains about ns much orgi
na|i,y Of thought nna sentiment as most o
the literary etfnsions that have emanatef
| from the rather extraordinary genius who
fathers it. The Register evidently feels the
awkvardness Of the situation in which j,
has placed itself in regard to the Road. and
~ willing 10 venture into any absurdity tc
escape the responsibility vhch it has in
CURED. We musl bring j, back to the
point. A. long ne there wns any chance tc
en5arrsss The operations on the Road 1t left
TO opportunity uniinproved. But some how
Dr other the work was pushed nIong in de-
spite Of It's efforts. ana at present there is a
pretty fair prospec, for its early completion
to the Tennessee river. Whatever may
have been the motircs Of the Register, its
Railroad articles admitted Of but one inter.
pretation-to wit: that the writer of them
was opposed 10 tho enterprise. His dis
chalmers are of no weight while his articles
stand on rccord-pnblc opinion has been
unanimous in assigning him the character
of an encmy-and that opinion was made
up BY reading his articles. and not by what
we said shout them. And when the Regis
ter asserts. az it has done. that the light in
which it is regarded by the public in refer
ence to the Railroad is owing to our repre-.
sen,s,ions Of its course, and in the same
article says that VIC are such notorious
character and 20 we'll known that no one
pays the least attention to what we say. il
furnishes very good evidence ,ha, it is rath'
cr hard run. and would gladly escape if il
only knew which way to turn. The an
nouncemant fey weeks since thot a con.
tract for the iron rails and equipments for
the entire Road from Dalton to Blair's
Ferry was being made, appears TO have fall.
en- upon the ears of the Register folks with
the startling etl~c, Of clnp Of thunder from
clnudless sky, and convinced them Of the
Necessity OF changing thei' course; and al
ter some consultation. il was agreed to gull
the Railroad for while and take up good
dna ess imporar' subject urae|f-wi,l
the hope, if lhcySouii silence our paper. oI
getting themselves right before the public
Well. as we said before, we were glad Of il,
and in our reply we went farther than al
most any other person would have done in
assisting them to get right. But instead OF
spprecia.ing the motive, our kindness and
I'berali,y appears 10 have thrown them off
their balance entirely, TO have wounded
them grievonsly. excited their spleen 10 an
slsrming degree, and turned the natural
milk and water of their dispositions to gall
and wormwoud. Now they ought not to
have let that opportunity pass unimprovcd
ss We cannot afford 10 be doing the clever
thing ell the time. We must bring Them
back to tho rack, whether the provendrr
suits them or not. IF our memory serves
us right, il is the Registers course in re-
gard to the Railroad that has been and still
is at issue whether that paper has been
an enemy or friend to the en,crprise-and
not whether M-. Swan, Mr.. Mckee or Sam
P. Wins is the greatest man. the best editor,
or the most inolersble hunbugger To be
. great man requires some s'trlbutes which
neither Of Us possnss-to be n good editor
dcrcnds upon judlcious exercise OF the
scissors. md frmness enough TO reject ell
articles fcr which one would not willingly
become personally responsible, and 10 be
great humbuggcr presumcs degree of gul-
lbiliiy on the part Of the pubic which we
suspect never had ar existence except in the
minGs Of the gentlemen of the Register.-
Nor is il in the least incident to tho matter
in hand, whether the EDITOR Of this sheet
eyer made pronnsi';on {, print Demo.
era 'ic paper, or whether the Register's right
bn wpr, greed in Al 10 vote for Democrat
for Supreme judge in the event the Demo,
Gratis Of old Knox would assist IN placing
him in position to give such vote. (You
had as well tread lightly DER the ashes OF
the ras,, dear friends OF ours. or you may
succeed in waking mp some very unpleasant
reminiscences.) These things have noth'
ing 10 do with the Registers course in re;
rGrd 10 tho RsrlIold, and NC don't intend it
shalt escape in that way. 1t would be dong
lae.n loo serious an injury to gratlfy them
with personal con'roversy-lhey hav'nt
quite equanimi,y enough for a work Of that
are rather TOO irritable for men CT
their acknowledged nerve. and manifest
mos, loo much spleen when pressed to the
wall, and display too much i'll nature 10 suit
The temper Of the times.
We know the time has come when the
Register is compelled to change its course
in regard to the Road-;hat i. must hence'
'or,h either remain silent, or come out and