The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-10-21

late August elections, and that, consequently,
the grave question arises, for the consdera-
ton Of the Legislature, whether the propos-
ed amendments to the Constitution have been
adopted, although there was majority of
over eighteen thousand votes cast at that
stopping to investigate the argument @ pre-
scented, we must be allowed to express our
regret that any whig should take such Il
view Of the matter, or be instrumental
in raising up new objections or obstacles
to the speedy contamination Of the object
which the amendments were intended to ac-
cOmplish-thc election Of judicial officers by
the people. Before the vote was had upon
the propositions TO amend, opposition to
them by those who doubted the cxpcdiency
Of the change, was Legitimate and proper
But Il majority Of the people who voted in
the representative election at the time fixed
for voting upon the amendments, having
voted for them, any demonstration Of oppo,i-
ton HDw is Legitimate and wrong-wrong
in lis inception, and wrong in its object, and
il persisted in will prove hurlful to those
who entertain and indulge tin word, op.
position at this time, whether induced BY con-
sidcratinns outside Of the fnoiuy of the
amendments or not, or any delay further than
that requisite for their pcrtcctmcnt, neccs.t-
rilv assumes the character of righteousness,
and ought by all means to be avoided. There
is no sort Of doubt that the requirements in
regard to the vote Of the people have been
complied with, to all intcnts and purposes.
Proclamation was made as required, and due
notice was givcn, and fany stayed away from
the polls when 50 important Il measure was
pending, to look after their crops and negroes.
AS contcndcd by ''C', it is prcsumablc they
cured very little about it, and that they were
just us likely TO have been in favor Of the
amendments rs opposed to them. Bat if they
hai given the subject any consideration ut
;!l and were opposed to the change. they
would have gone 10 the polls and voted for
representative and not for the amendments
the only clltctual way in which thcy could
manifest their opposition. Staying away
from the polls and not votin" at all, as sc"
says Peter and Paul did, cannot be constru-
ed into opposition TO the amendments, and
we do not believe such an aLsurJity could
have originated at Nashville at any other
time than the present when all the wisdom
Of the State is there assembled.
Several questions have already been raised.
and in disposing Of them or in perfcctng the
amendments, We should, in common with
every rejecting citizen, regret to see the &c.
ton of the Legislature assuming II party
character or bias. One of the strongest oh.
icctionS ur"cd against the change in the mode
of clcciing the judicial officers, was the dan-
ger of political prcjuliccs obtaining in such
elections and sometimes resulting in fine
choice OF incompetent, and, perhaps. bad
men. We do not enter into such apprehcn-
sions ourscIi'-wc think the people hay. too
much at stake, have too lively Il sense of the
Importance Of the Offices, and too much yir
tue and intelligence to suffer their political
predictions TO warp their feelings and dark
en- their judgments in selecting the officers
in whose purity and integrity is the only
guarantee for the safety Of life and property
that if let alone they will, right ut the start,
lift the whole business high above the field
Of party politics, above the low and hurtful
prcjudiccs which characterize so many of our
elections. We, therefore, repeat that we
shall rcgrc, to see the action Of the Lcgisla-
turc on the subject ASSUMING party charac.
ter, or any Unnecessary delay in disposng of
the subject. We think too many frivolous
and cX,rancous objections have already been
raised, and we protest against any more
more especially such ones as that in which
Peter and Paul arc made to participate.
THE MILK IL THE Capitalization
the following paragraph copied from the
Washington Star, il will be seen that the cd
itor of the New York Herald, who has been
abusing the administration so roundly OF. late,
was IN applicant for the Mission to France.
and that his yirulcnt articles about Secretary
Marcy and other members of the Cabinet
are attributable TO his failure to obtain it.
What Il villain If the devil don't ret Ben
nett We should think that Judas Iscarriott
and some other noted characters who have
gone before were not at this time in such
uncomfortable circumstances us has rcncr-
ally been supposed
MINISTER TO FEANcE.-Nc have every
reason TO believe, that among the indirect and
unsuccessful applications for foreign mis-
sions under the present Administration, was
one for the appointment Of no other than
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett. of the \, York
Herald, to be American minister TO France.
ANOTHER PEEsEsr.-We acknowledge
the receipt of Il Fine Fur Cap--A No. /, and
no misiakc-from our young friend, Jno. f.
Rogers, of the honse of +. ID. Tanning.
Charleston, So. Ca. Ifthat Vest. the receipt
of which We acknowledged in our poor way
last week, WAS SoN', the Cap is Somer. We
are not Il man Of proiusc words-wc never
wcrc-and are most especially at loss for
appropriate language ut this moment. We
intend TO keep that Cap to Wear upon extra
ordinary occasions, rs il is a he'ie superior.
us We used to say in the Jerseys, TO any thing
ever sent or brought 10 this locality. Recol-
lcct that il WAS manufactured at the cstab.
lishment of +. ID. Tanning, and that we are
indebted for it to the partiality of one of the