The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-06-03
THE ABOLITIONISTS.

the movements of the Abolitionists-first,
because we believe they owe largo amount
of their importance to the attention which
they are continually receiving from the press
of the country, and, secondly, because we
cannot perceive any good that is likely to re-
suit from constantly referring to the object
which they profess to have in view-the
abolshment of slavery-and thus famiiarlz-
ing the minds of the people with it as a
scheme that is some day or other to be car
ried into effect. We cannot however refrain
from giving the following extract from re
cent article of the n Y. Mirror, as it serves to
elucidate some points that were brought to
bear in the late Presidential canvass, taken
in connection with other things that have
transpred since the Inauguration of the new
President. The Mirror was one of the whig
papers that could not support Gen. Scott be-
cause it believed, If elected, he would ap-
point Free soileis-men opposed to the Com
promise measures-to office. The article in
question gives m account of recent gath
ering Of the Abolitonists in New York, Mrs.
Stoves reception in England, and continues:
"Surely the star of Abolitionism is in the
aacendant; and sympathy for niggers is the
ruling passion of the hour Nothing is
heard to-day in England but the clnk of
African chains. The groans Of the dying
white man, slaughtered in battle for British
dominion; the sobs of the starving needle
woman, wasting to skeleton in the foul at-
mosphere of a London garrett the uncover
ed corpses of famished Irishmen, rotting in
their own pestential bogs, cannot excite n
throb of sympathy from the heart of Eng
land, Just now captivated by the Uncle Tom
romance, and al-absorbed in its worship Of
the Ebony Image.
"But we ground our fears of abolition pro-
gress upon causes and dangers more vital
and imminent than those we have suggested.
The nigger furore in England is but the
fleeting fashion of an hour. Its influence
will be felt there-among the mines of Corn
wall and the manufactures of Manchester,
before it reaches here. Our peril comes from
other quarters; the danger to our Institutions
lies nearer to the heart of the nation. 1t is
not the moral madness Of the Abolitionists
that we have to fear nor the popular ap-
plAuse bestowed upon the colored heroes
and heroines of Abolition fctions. We re
gard these causes as mere transtory tiuctua-
tions ofpublic sentiment; and the ebb of the
tide is always in proportion to its flood
These noisy but incoherent waves dash
against the rocky foundations Of our Union,
break into brilliant foam, and harmlessly re-
tire. 1t is from POLITICAL SOURCES ONLY
that the fatal calamity Of DISSOLUTION can
come.
And what are the signs of the times
what are the portents Of the political hori-
zon, scanned by the lights and bearings of
the present Administration. How stands the
horoscope at Washington With the cleo
ton of President Pierce, the people looked
for the inausurationssf-Hs great UsfoN PAR
TY--for the prompt repudiation--yea, utter
annihilation of all antagonists to such glo-
rious Party, under whatever name they
might be disguised. Thousands of Union
Wings opposed the election of Gen. Scott,
because they feared the influence of anti
Union men, who might obtain power under
his administration. These men went for
Webster, until their great luminary sunk be-
low the dark horizon at Marshfeld; and then,
either voted for Pierce for his avOwed Union
ism, or did not vote at all. To this class Of
men Gen. Scott owes his defeat and Gen.
Pierce his election. Have our hopes and ex-
pectations of the new era that was to dawn
with the new Administration been entirely
fulfilled! Decidedly not. The "lnaugural
Address" of the President promised oil that
the most sanguine Union man could desire.
II endorsed the Compromise in general, and
tko E,,x;t;,a Clava I ov In narticular to the