The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-10-03
" SECESSION"


olina to their respective journals. they
speak of Secession" in that State as a
"reaIi'y"-,ha; separate State action is 70.
solved upon oy the people. We have every
confidence in the facilities for observation
on the subject enjoyed by these gentlemen
IN their transit over the line of railway and
during their sojourn in the city of Cho rles-
ton and at other points, yet we cannot help
believing they are mistaken in regard to the
sentiment pervading the public mind in the
Palmetto State. That numbers of the
younger, ambitious and more arden, men of
the State are determined upon seeding and
going out Of the Union, we have not the
least doubt. But that the people. the mass
es, who hnve every thing to lose and moth.
ing TO gain. favor such step, we canno, be-
lievc. In the Union they enjoy equal nd
van'ages and equal rights with the people
of the sisterhood of Slntes-out of the
Union taxation, pecuniary oppression, and
ruin TO I'll their interests. agricultural and
commercial, would ensue. In the Union
South Carolina occupies a proud position
out of it. where would she be? We have
heard until very recently that The people of
Mississippi and Alabama, as is now said of
those Of South Carolina. were in favor Of
"secession," bat the late elections prove tina,
they were grossly misrepresen.ed, and that
they are true as steeI in their allee lance
and love TO the Union. The men who spout
at gatherings round the festive hoard and
harangue their brethren at Cross Rood meets
ings. are not the people Of The State, nor do
they reflect public sentiment. They are the
mere proclaimers Of individual opinion.
the opponents Of their own views. who
think that they have but to point their fin
ger and the people will submissively take
the direction they indicate without pauslng
to inquire whether it leads to glory or dis.
honor. prosperity or ruin. In every State
where the issue has been made, the people
have rejected the doctrine of secession or
disunion. Make it fairly in South Carolina,
discuss the question freely and fully before
the masses and let them vote upon il, and
the same result will follow. We have as
much confidence in their patriotism and in>
te'ligencc as Of the people Of any other
State.
A South Carolina correspondent Of the
Journal of Commerce snys:
lam gratlfied in being nble 10 give to you
J the most encouraging informa re ative
to the progress of the betaa and
better prospects for Saw
pernicious and insa1
and is.faiiI
signs, a Te-ac'10nm
progress, thot will resmt9l
for the Constitution and tN '0an
has been heretofore manlfcsted0l - Slate.
Cn.op ration. with large majority, IS but
another nnme for Union; for as the people
IRE not yet prepared for the extreme measure
Of "Scparaie Secession" so would they
hesitate at the sudden step from Dis-Uniun
Ia Union. They are being slowly but surely
convinced, and give it ns my firm belief.
thst South Carolina, in shaking off mad and
evil advisers who have striven 10 mis'ead
her, will a, the same time ALLURE her doc
trines that have made her by.word and
laughing stock for the whole South.
Our CouNrRY.-We cannot honor our
country, says an author. with TOO deep a
reverence; we cannot love her with an af-
lection too pure aad fervent; we cannot
serve her with an energy of purpose, or
falthfulness of zeal, too steadlast and ar
dent. What Is our country? 1t is not the
East with her hills and valleys. with her
countless sails. and the rocky rampar's Of
her shores. 1t is not tie North, with her
thousand villages; her harvest home, with
her frontiers OF lakes and ocean. Ii is no,
the West, with her fores,.sea; her inland
isles; her Iuxuriant expenses. clothed in
verdant cora; her beautiful Ohio. and her
majestic Missouri. Nor is it yet the South.
opuent 10 the mimic snow of cotton; in
the rich plantations Of rushing cane, and
in the rustling robe Of the rIcefield. No |!
What are these but the sister families Of
a greater, better, holier family, our coun-
ry2
NJ Bishop Hall, in one Of his -sstres,
has these lines on adding house TO house
and field to field"
"Fond fool! SIX feet shall serve for al thy
| store,
And he that cares for most shall find no
more"
A great fire has occurred atBUffalo which
destroyed tina. portion Of the city known as
The Points, and which covered ten acres. A
thousand families are houseless. and proper-
ty to vast extent has been destroyed. Sew.
erai individuals were killed, and many
wounded.
CcMFoRTs FOR HoMELY WOMEN
"Beauty," says Lord Kaimes, sis a dan
gerous property. tending 10 corrupt the