The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-03-23
SEWARD FOR PRESIDENT.

The N. Y. Mirror, Of March II, contain:
the following article, in which it is positively
declared that VIM. H. Seward will be can
didate for the Presidency in lS56-that hi:
friends are actively at work, and that he will
be put forward on the single issue of opposi
ton to the Kansas-N Nebraska measure. If the
Mirror is correct "good night" to the wing
party. We will remark, to prevent misappre-
hension, that the Mirror, while it speaks in
high terms Of Mr.. Seward rs a man, has al.
ways combatted his positions on the slavery
question, and is one of the few papers in the
Union which never panders to wrong popu-
lar sentiment and possesses independence
enough to speak out upona occasions, with
out fear, favor or affection. Its editor would
dcprecate MS much rs any one, the elevation
Of Mr.. Seward to the Presidency. The fol-
loving is the Mirrors article:
awe feel authorized, by recent movements
and developments, to announce William Fl.
Seward as the Anti Nebraska candidate for
the Presidency in 1856.
From the moment of his reelection to the
United States Senate, an event hailed by his
friends with extraordinary demonstrations of
delight, and announced by thunder and light
ming throughout the Northern portion of the
Union-the thunder Of cannon and the flash
of the telegraph-from that moment, Mr..
Seward has been already nominated in the
heart Of the great Anti Slavery party, of all
shades and denominations, rs the successor
of Franklin Pierce: and thousands of vows
are silently, but firmly made, to leave no
means unemployed that may contribute to
his triumph.
The banner under which the Seward men
propose to rally, is-if We may reduce their
platform and purpose to simple antagonism
ti-Nebraska. And their strength lies in
the consolidated opposition of the North to
the institution of Slavery. Under the lead of
Mr. Seward, there will be a general merging
Of the Free Soil wings of the old political
parties, and grand fusion of all the isms
affiliated with that prolific mother Of isms--
Aboitionism. Barnbnrners and Wooly
Heads are coming together on the Anti.Ne-
braska platform, and the great contest is to
be fought out upon strictly sectional issue.
The allies are already in training for grand
attack on the great political Sebastopol of
Know Nothingism.
In regard to the result, IL i, not our present
purpose to prophesy. That Mr.. Seward is
gaining strength every day is fact. not to be
denied. His whole course during the last
session of Congress has been eminently pa
triotc and generally satisfactory; while his
industry in the discharge of his public duties
is only surpassed by his unflinching devotion
the great secret Of Stewards success-his
fidelity to his friends, whom "he grapples to
his heart with hooks of steel" In all the
charges brough; against him as n politician,
we have never heard It said that he ever
proved false in friendship, either personal or
political. This is rare virtue in the ambi-
tious, who are apt to use men and then east
them off, as the mere scaffoldiDg that helped
them upwards.
The readers of the Mirror well know that
We are no partisan Of Senator Seward. We
have for many years conscientiously- and, We
believe, fairly and consistently-opposed him
as the conspicuous representative of Sec
tional party; but we have always endeavored
to do full justice to his eminent abilities rs a
statesman, to his remarkable shrewdness rs a
politician, and to his excellent character MS a
man. And we hope to live to merit, If we
never receive the credit, of expressing our
honest opinions as n journalist, both of men
and of measures, uniuhuenced BY mere per.
sonal or party considerations. Our object in
this article is simply to announce the fact,
that Mr.. Seward is informally, but inevitably,
nominated ms candidate for the Presidency,
and to briefly allude to. some Of the elements
at work in his favor. In few DAYS, he will
return from the Capitol and be greeted by a
public reception liz this city-when we shall
expect to hear good account Of his Seward
ship.