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

themselves with doing the hest they can u".
der the circumstances Of their POSITION anu
not seek a control where they have no res
possibility; above all. if they would p,''-
,ice upon the simple rule Of n'ind'ns '"e''
own business, and indulge in the charity OF
believing that other people were eq"a'y
conpetent to manage thers-,he un'or''"'
otc IMITATION Of the slavery question. whlc"
has caused so much trouble. would subs'dc
Of itself. and both sections Of the Un'o"
would be left free to pursue each its own
peculiar course Of industry and production
and both would find mutual benefit in such
freedom.
The peopIe of the North, however, the
agitaling portion of them. seem to regard u
as privilege Of b;r,hright 10 denounce me
institution of slovery, tbs true they have
nothing Whatever to do with it; i. does not
exist among them now, although it did once
AMI perhaps they assume to themselves o
superior degree of high. and Of virtue be-
cause the nature Of their climate AMI SOIL
rendered the continuance of slavery among
them improbable. and therefore iniqntous.
They can manufacture cotton, the product
Of slave labor, without having their con-
science torn by the machinery Of the mills
They know very we'll that without slave
labor they would get no cotton; yet. plain
and ceriain ns this fact is. they have hith-
erto admitted it only in the head; it has not
reached the pocket. When it shall once
touch the sensitive nerve in that region, we
NAV expect 10 see the abolitionists of New
England more forlorn than were the witch
es of the colonial days. Fugitive slaves
would be rejected like lepers, and be told 10
go home and grow cotton.
There is q prevailing notion, however,
among some who pretend to the extreme
of economy. that salaries paid to public
func,ionuries are after all nothing more
than contributions of plumber, and that the
recipien, differs from q robber only because
he has been fortunate enough TO get his
hands into the public treasury under the
80 motion ofIaw. Universal dis,rust: suspi.
cion blended with perpetual jealousy; the
undying grudge Of vindictive and a mal'g'
nant temper-these are the unamiable char
nc,cristics of that school which, Judging
mankind BY the STANDARD ofits own wrctch>
ed motives and ideas. can recognise nothing
nobler or elevated in human nature, but de.
lights in perverting all that is refined, and
pure, and excellent. and magnanimous. by
the Imputn,ions Of sordid, or selfish, or
other mean considerations.
ADDITIONAL BY The NIAGARA.-Ano mother
revolution had taken place in Portugal IA
vorable to the Queen and against Saldanha,
in which several lives have been lost. The
French and British ambassadors had
avowed their determination to support the
Queen.
Two wrecked vessels have been found in
St. Georges Channel, supposed TO be the re.
mains of Sir John Frankiin's expedition
This intelligence has been brought by an
arrival in England from Sydney. New South
Wales.
The New POSTAGE LAw.-After the first,
Of July next the rates Of postage, without
regard TO distance, will be as follows:
ON LETTERS:
If paid in advance, Three cents.
If not paid in advance, Five cents.
ON PAPERs-TVeekiy.
To al! Offices in county where published,
Free!
10 Offices less than so milos distant, S
cents per quarter.
Over so ard under 300 miles 10 cts Or.
Over 300 and under 1000 d" Is
Over 1000 and under 1000" 20 &"
ENERGY OF THE PREsIDENT.-TheW Wash.
inglon Republic of the l4,h. says:
We understand that the President COM
mencei On Wednesday. IN The Treasury, an
active examination into the affairs of the Sc
veral Executive Departments. He employ
I'd some hours in making himself acquainted
with the manner Of stating the accounts.
and Of transacting business in The Treasu-
~ Department. and had not completed his
Investigations in the hours devoted to BUSH
ness in tkst department.
THE TEXAS BOUNDARY BILL.-The West
Tennessee Wing makes the following perth
nent remarks:
Gov. Trousdale, in his speeches, repre-
sents the Texas Boundary bill 10 be one Of
The principal uggressions inflicted upon the
South. BY reference TO the analysis of the
vote on The passage Of The bill for the set
tle,nen, of the Texas Boundary and for the
esta bIishment Of the Territorial Government
in Now Mexico, 1t will sc seen that large
Southern majority in the House were for the
bill, whilst a decided Northern majority
were sgainst it. Strange sort Of Northern
aggression this, which our own Repre- sen.
tslives have brought upon u! In dissolv-
ing the Union, we fear that it will be neces.
sary 10 disiGs the South after separating
from the North. But TO the vote:
Whole vole-yeas 100. nays95.
Northern yeas Sc. Southern yeas SO.
Northern nays 6S. Southern nays 30.
Northern mnjor,y against The sill %.
Southern majority for the bill %.
Southern democratic yeas 26j do. whig
yeas %.