The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-07-12
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.

IL tHe 'olloWiIS par IdPhS Ha'
originated in a Wing, paper, thu
Nashville Union would doubtless have
copied them, to show the strikin!
resemblance between" them and "tht
editorials of a northern abolitionist.
They are part of a long article in the
Louisville Democrat, one of the abIes
of all the "bitterend" Locofoco organs
in Kentucky, and clamorous aboli
tion.hatcr. After deprecating the es
Establishment of the Southern Press al
Washington, as an injujicious "change
of front in the midst of battle" endors.
ing the slavery agitation shy estab-
fishing an organ to engage in it, and
recommending the whole South to
plunge into it, thus stutilying all the
South had said, as to the improperly
of the agitation, and the obligation OF
all Southern patriots to brown Ii down.
che louisville Democrat" continues :
1t is unimportant what tone this
organ may assume. We dislike the
project itself, and we repeat it is the
greatest triumph the abolition SITS have
yet made. They see it and appre-
ciatc it. and will be as much gratiicd
at its success as any pro. slavery man
can be. The discussion is now de-.
clared by tn South. If they under.
take to reason and persuade the North
on this subject, mere consistency, to
say nothing of the chivaIry, requires
them to read the reasons and pcrsua
sions of the North; and if it's fit to be
discussed, it is fit to be voted and ac-
ted on, Agitation. a portion of the
South, the Southern men, par ercel.
Lence. in their own estimation. have
fiercclv denounced; now they have
adopted the very means to promote it.
They have themselves become agita.
tors. This same Faction are disposed
10 offer amendments to the Consttu.
ton of the Federal Government, in
order to secure, as they say. tie
rights of the South They would at
once sanction the most fierce ard
violent agitation. The changes must
ofcourse be proposed to all the States.
They affect particularly the subject
Of slavery. or course all the States
would have right to hear all the
reasons, pro and con. The discussion
would then he right, not to say ne.
cessary. Whilst. therefore, these lien
profess to dcprccate the agitation Of
the subject of slavery. they adopt and
employ the best means of agitation.
They are practically for agitation.
We need not disguise the truth,
which stands out too plain in all this
business. These means are to be
employed to build up Southern par.
ty. sectional in all its purposes. an
offset to the abolition party of the
North. 1t will he composed of a con.
siderable portion of the democratic
party South. and a few Wings. In
the next race for President we shall
have A Southern Van Buren,. WHO
will. after fierce canvass in 1852.
carry the whole State of South Caro-.
lima. by vote as nearly unanimous as
circumstances will permit. and suc>
coed in giving the other Southern
States to the Wings. In the end the
South will be divided. and lose all she
has commended for by these indiscreet
and ilI-advsed movements. In our
judgment, these Southern men may
have very good Intentions but when
the mIschie! is done, it will not matter
whether the intention was good or
bad.
A LONG SLEEP.--At Wolfboroug.
a few days since, a tanner having
occasion to repair tanvat put down
fifteen years ago this spring. the bot
tom of which was fiat stone eight
feet square, found embedded under it
a toad, a trhe smaller than a tea
kettle. On being liberated the ami
nal opened his eyes and said or seem
ed TO say, 'mornin,' gentlemen.
FAIR Hrs Mrs. Frances d Gage,
in a letter to the Ohio State Journal,
gives her sex the following fair hits:
1.-TWO years ago | made journey
TO New England, accompanied by
my husband. also my father. in-law. an
old man of four.score years. | have
often seen that old man offer his seat
to some hale woman of half or less
than half his age. without even a pas
sing notice of his grey hairs. or the
right of years which entitled him TO
her kindness and attention. Once.
and only once, lady of queenlv grace
and beauty sprang from her seat as
we entered. and, with voice that