The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-06-27

they arc unwilling 10 submit TO it, and are
thus far in favor Of it, ye, both are opposed
to it in toto. Both extol the acts and do.
ngs and men OF the Nashville Convention,
and preach loudly IN favor OF the resolu>
tons and edicls Of that memorable bodv.-
Both are union men simply because they
are disunon men, md both are in favor Of
the Compromise simply because they are
both opposed 10 the Compromise. This is
the inevitable inference f.aa -Gex. Trous.
daIe's speech, and his election would just
as certainly be claimed as d,sunion ,ri-
umph as would the election of Charles J.
Mcdonald Of Georgia. The Governor set
ou, by saying tina, he was in favor of the
Compromise when the measures were all
taken together in body, but went on TO
show that he was utterly opposed TO every
single individual measure srmposing it, ex-
cepliug, perhaps, the FugnivesLaw and
tina, he was perfectly Indifferent about. He
was opposed to the admission of California
because the people of the State themselves
had formed Constitutional ling slave.
ry He was opposed III Ne W
Mexico because the lawsd lore mad been
so arranged IN the dispen.s pms Of Provi-
dence tina, slavery was exec Ed from the re.
He was opposed tn ,h-<Texas boundary
settlement although the people Of Tex as
themselves, large slaveholdng State, de-
sired such settlement. He was opposed 10
the abolition of the slave trade in the Dis,
lricl of Columbia, Notwithstanding almost
every Southern State, including Tennessee,
has Just such law upon their own Statute
Books. Finally. he was indiiferen, abou,
the Fugitive Slave Law, because we had
Constitutional provision, and it was un.
necessary, because it had not been and
never would De executed, and because Mr..
Webster said at Albany that il was not as
good one for the Shareholder as the law OF
1883. Now suppose Gov. TrousGale had
been a member oil Congress when these
any one suppose he would have voted for
them, even after they were all put together?
Certainly not. Then disunlon would have
been the consequence, and we might this
day, instead OF taking pleasure excursions,
have been embrolled in a civil war with
our neiehbors of the North. Yethe GAYS
he is in favor of the Cempromise-,hat 10,
following The legitimate train Of his argu-
ment, he is in favor Of the Compromise be.
cause he Is opposed to il. Did not his
speech then answer itself? Our friends
abroad need have no uneaslness on account
OF the absence OF Judge Campbell. We
saw but Two individuals who seemed 10 be
at all pleased with this portion Of the
speech, and they were a couple Of seces.
slonisis from Dalton. who manifested their
appreciation by occasionally kicking the
bench before them.
Passing on TO the discussion of other n1at.
tiers, he charged Mr. Fillmore with being
an agilntor, free soiler, aboIitionist. &c.,
&c., and said that although he could not
say who he was for for Presldenr, he could
freely say that he was against Fillmore.
After briefly alluding to the old political
issues which he declared obsolete and To-
tally defunc', he commenced the discussion
of State policy. Upon the subject Of sdu-
cation he said the people ought 10 be taxed
to raise an additional fund for that purpose.
But when he arrived al the subject Of In
ternal Improvements all eyes and ears were
open with intense interest. But like the
rest OF his speech il wss r's,ale. fiat and
improbable. Preierriog the non commit
| tai and evasve system, he refused 10 come
out boldly as he should have done. and ex
pose 10 his audience, so interested in the
subject, his views and sentiments. il he
had any. He simply conten,ed himself by
saving that some had proposed, as good
policy for the State, 10 grant her credit for
the purchase of the iron and equipments.
and II the people wanled It that way, he
would be willing to il, provided the securl-
~ was sufficient, We expected to hear
him say something about the East Tennes-
see and Georgia Railroad. bu, not a word
did he utter either in compliment. encOUr-
agement or condemnation, but contentpd
him.eli in passing il ty in utter and we
think. very significant silence. He then
urged our people to goiuto the manutac-
turing business on thet own hook, and il
would make the Stale one oil the greatest in
the Union. and concluded amid NO ap-
plause, no excitement. no enlhusiasm.-
He evidently was abo.ing under sumo
sloomy foreboding, tr some poignant re.
greI, Tor we are sr6S we have never seen a
candidate for any zion exhibit so little
enthusiasm in h cause, nr so little
encouragement Supporters.
The 81 AT ATHENS
Was coud 10 the one AT Cleveland
and we sht Nv him through it here.
were even enthusiastic than
al Wv sves-may be &C.
count ~ shat we were here
deprived Of tement attending the
railroad excuf| The Governor howe.
yer added Gbere 10 his speech al
] Cleveland was a magniloquent
eulogiumA ecott, and a scaihing
rebuke 10 4 ll Wings for mol tex :.
ing him up finent services IN the
field. THIS was well understood
by every one :, as an attempt to draw
the minds Of 0ple iiom their admir-
alton OF The alive administration OF
President Fill
An inciden arred at the conclusion
Of the speech produced quite a Storm
amongst the 5inal democratic fle.-
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