The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-11-23
The LATE CONTEST IN NEW YORK

THE LATE CONTEST IN NEW YORK.
The recent elections in the Empire State,
and in cold Federal Massachusetts" resulting
ms they have in the nglorious defeat of VIM.
II. Seward, the Administration, and John Van
Buren,, with their Abolition and Freesol
adjuncts and co.operators, ard the triumph
Of the Americans, are furnishing material
for innumerabe articles for the leading press,
many of which, if not entirely just, arc both
readable and amusing. The following, for
instance, from one Of the city papers:
THE THREE ARTrUL DoDeERs.-General
Pierce, John Van Buren, and William H. Sew.
ard nre just ut this moment in M extremely
embarrassing situation. The elections have
turned out badl y-thngs are working decid-
eddy against the negroes. White men are rs
much respected as black men--the govern
ment is worth as much rs it ever was. The
three months martyrdom of Passmore Will
hanson goes for nothing. That delectable
humanitarian who went to prison to aid the
cause of nggerdom has had his labor for his
pains. He has found out, poor soul, that
such lodges don't take in these smart times.
1t is certainly no way TO electioneer, that of
| getting into contempt of court and getting
into contempt with every body, to excite n
| little sympathy for the cause of black repub-
licanisn. The restoration Of the Missouri
compromise was another failure, and very
bad failure it is, too. Restoration was evil
IDENTIFY too big word Tor the elections-the
people could not understand il. Gen. Pierce
thought to please the North by putting Rec
der into Kansas, and to satisfy the South by
turning him out. All he has succeeded in
doing is to get the squatters into a quarrel,
himself into pretty general contempt and into
n very general minority. lie is operating on
Custom House scraps in Maine and New
Hampshire, has gone into liquidation in New
York and Massachusetts, is repudiatcd in
Wisconsin, never had any business in Ohio,
is agent for Buchanan in Pennsylvania, wreck.
ed on the coast of Lake Michigan for want of
harbors, and is paid out as deprecated paper
in the entire South, where the true coins of
democracy are reserved for the new partner.
ship of 1856 In fact, his only triumph is in
the defeat of Gen. Scott, who, by law, was
entitled to thirty thousand dollars from the
Treasury, but has been cheated out of two
thirds of it by the President. General Pierce
will now be able to place his entire reliance
on the South, who will use him as an old
blanket, to keep off early political trosts until
the sun of the next campaign shall rise, and
then be thrust aside to rot in his wonted
Obscuritv.
John Van Buren, went into business this
season OH large capital of fifty thousandex.
ceIient eouhterieits; but he squandercd II al
| by Matching up wager against the king, and
is now bankrupt again. But the Prince is 81
man of the world" and by many is thought to
| do the best business vi lille "pcking up round"
the little odds and ends belonging to his
ne'Snoo,s: !, iio 10" Po"''o' ro''n"Ihoe ',';'i'
1"o '.o ''i'N no p''se" VII ieioe' ny w" ,I
no .e''esnu .n'' ."a' Ill.,, W .o"iy A. 'ia
ep''e u''.'.s' ""u ".' .' ''.., oes'e1' 70
p.oo' .'l''' "o 10 J''' "o" "''"o"' '''"' III
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M. as lor P"or VII 'cw",u, WY io'lo"ee .ne
noune '''o '"e he', anu oI!'c" VI III,
ns"I W .,'',r' ''''t' 'i'''N"n Vi p",' .i
nu'ou9s, WV '''''o"'' ''''i ''''e' "''" ''1''
.o''om'u '"' "S'"' '"u"S 'o'"''o"oy
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Dqu'.'y u"u i'seuol Mn o'.'',,,'. Ion.eP.'H'
WHEN ~ 81 v GuM .teT S or" 10 "gm'
tricians-have come out of the contest like
Don QnlSotte in several similar encounters
no' Iul'e up ~ MS e"pue."t,o'ls LIS e,i ii
brc In truth. his forces were too safely
posted. He thought to save hin.sel: by get
ing out OF inc range OF Inc ehe,hyS WORKS.
,o'se.ans i""' II ~ ""' o'''"u '"'' 'l'"'
,,l av.nts Nv C r',, p;o.o I,h, Van
Duren and William H. Seward we have three
very prominent and three very much defeated
individuals. Inc union OF tneir iorce, 50
oltVi limited al, would bring either OF them
about on par with John iyler, so lar rs
supporte's are concerned though u would
sadly fail to come up to that gentleman IN
character, patriotism and service to The couh-
try. Johns hlty thousand, including my
fathers vote, Is undoubtedly the greatest
loss; and If we superndd to this Johns loss
OF confidence IN the President and the Presl'
dents loss OF confidence IN John, and Johns
Tears about tie effects OF Seward $ course up
on the integrity OF the federal union, the po-
slt'oh el lhe frlhce becomes very PAINFUL
The political reader is reminded by it-an
interesting coincldence-of that remarka-
BILE lamentallon OF the ex-Presldent many
years ago: "My suiierngs is intolerable."
Uocs-As the hoo killino seoson nm.
~
P'o"ehes' 'ho 'acl oeeoh'cs apparent '''"' ''e
number to be Killed vii! be much larger than
was anticipated few weeks ago. The Car
Isle (ky) American states that prices have
declined in that county, and that sales can