The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-09-28

ELoQUEHr ASo TeUe.-The London eng
laud) ADVERTISE, speaking Of the United
States and Great Drtain, uses the following
language:
Contemplate England, grooming with taxa
ton and struggling in sanpuin1rv war with
hec trade derLnged. her pOpnace dsonhlenl'
ed, her government The corrupt mach'ne OF
an ulirarclv, and her revenues squHndercd
for she knows not what: and contrast her
with Awcrira--thc America That British Cab
met Ministers treat with so mach indifference
Whose statesmen are cultSaing the arts OF
peace, aud whose conmrve is gathering Il
golden harvest iu ihe nation She il l. that
stands buidv forward IL l.rr civil greatness;
she il is th,t presents striking contrast 10
the military drspulsm Of Europ,; she IL is
that with her thousand miles Of I'm fardcd
coast, her unwHilr0 cities, hcf mcIgro navy,
combines Within herself the elements hrces-
sary 10 u great military n.uiOn. Pclcu re- .rns
at hpr iir, side: hcr iutuwn is not ia mourning.
Her Legislators are doyi-ing means 10 relieve
her uycrlowing treasury, her trade is vigor-
"us, her people are increasing beyond cuU,pnr-
isou iu wcd,h, her government Is 1T least
che" p and useful. Would that we could SAY
the same! Enplgnd spends hor hluud aod
t'cdsurr n li.h,iu@ the battles Of uothanLfuI
neiuhb"rs. Amccica lights only hrf omn
bAtlcs--,ur Iiplus them quiet and wei.
Bs GLSTna 80 YuGG CULoG .N.--;Some
one whose heart runs over WIKI the miIH OF
huwan Kindness thus coqurniiy d,stoucseS:
BE ever gcutlc To the .chi,d'rn God has.
givcu YOU. Watch them constantly, 'cp'uS
teen earnestly, but not in anger. W
lauguag "r Scripture, ''bc not bjucr
them" Never acoL ihrm. See
did any body good 1t hurts thcS
hurts the parent it is evil aUd only evil,
where AID always. ! nnre heard u
| father say, u never bcdi my boys. ] iallN
them seriously and tearluty, but | do act iIN
To heat them. Tlr world viii boat them
| badly enough by.aiil.by.h Yes, tterc !, not
| one child in the circle around rour table.
| healthy and happy rs they look n"w,U whose
| bead, il long spared, the storm will not beat.
| Adversely may Withrt them, Sickness may
waste them, Il cold world viii iroWn On them.
bat amidst aIi IL. mrmUry carry them back 10
| home where law OF kindness r9i9ucd;
where the mothers rcproving eye was m"ls-
! tened with Il tear, and the father ifOWnud
more in sorrow than in anger.
1t fakes Il fathers or mothers heart 20
feel what is here said, aud 90 follow Out in
thought ali lis ,uggestiyencss.
,1a" A Reverend gcni icman in New York,
few Sundays since, seeing II poor woman
loitcring up one OF the aisics OF the church.
waiting in vain for some one OF the congrc-
| cation 10 Garr her seat, paused in his seq
moa, descended from tHe pulpit, showed her
14ialo his own pew, and quietly returned 10 his
desk again
.42s" Here is Il capital one, which some
body tells:
The finest idea Of Il thnHdcr siocm eXiani
is whcn Wi.mins came home lighi. Now
Virgins is Il icacilrt, and had been 10 tenn.
pcriurc mccling, aud drank TOO much lemon.
aic o. something. lie came iuio the room
amon- his wife and dau- hIers, and just then
he tu,nbrd Ovcr The cradle, aud IriI Wii"p oi
the 1oor. After while lie rose and said:
"Wile, are YOU hutt!"
NO."
'.GirIs, are you hurtY
"No"
wrn-rilln aim wasn't il ~