The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-02-02
aNEyER MIND THE EXPENSE

land, the Duke Of Richmond made speech
in which he said that the war against Russia
ought heneeforth to be carried on vigorously
and on grand scale. "Never mind the ex-
pense," he said; that is now 4 secondary
matter" And this, if the war is to be carried
on, was wisely said. Very different, though
was everybody's language and thoughts at
the commencement of the contest, and ;OT
some months afterwards The war was TO
be carried on by taxation, and that not very
onerous, except to the receivers of Incomes
and they were able to stand it; and, for the
first time within the last two hundred years,
the English nation was TO be treated TO 4
pay.as you -gO-along war, without sadding
posterity with any part of the expenses. So
said, and so believed, everybody, with the eX.
ception of Mr. Bright, and the Quakers, and
Manchester statesmen. So said the people,
the Parliament, the Ministry, and last, not
least, that very able financier Mr.. Gladstone,
the Finance Minister and last, not least, the
London Times, which is sort Of fourth es-
tate in the realm, Endorsed this very agreeable
idea, that all expenses were to be paid as the
war proceeded, without arrears, or loans, or
postponement And there was at hand, for n
beginning, an unexrended and inappropriate
ed fund Of three mlions-think of a surplus
/ of fourteen millions of dollars in the British
Exehequer. This was, of course, soon spent,
and how much more mp to the present day,
nobody knows, except those who do not
! like to tell.
+ We, though doubling whether great war
can be carried on nowadays, by any nation,
without resorting to loans, still believe that
all the great British statesmen, economists,
and caculators knew, to some extent, what
they were saying and doing, and if they had
ut last to borrow, it would not be certainly
within the first year of the war. We are not
little surprised at the very brief existence
of the system of mourning no debts for the
/ prosecution of it. Not more than seven or
/ eight months have elapsed before everybody
is saving-borrow Never mind the expense!
and the Duke of Richmond, whilst using the
words, only expressed the idea that is now in
almost every mans mind. Even the Times,
which once thought that an expenditure OF
ten millions would bc enough to bring the
| Car to terms, has totally abandoned the
pay-as. you go.along idea, and treats now as
chimerica the notion Of getting along with
ont loans-says it is a fiction, and shat it is
right that, as pOsterty is to be benefited by
the war, pOsterIty should pay the expenses of
it," These are the words, and very inteligi-
bic ones they are. 1t is proposed by some to
borrow at once from twenty TO fifty millions
of pounds, and to add, if necessary TO effect
the purpose for which the war was begun,
two or three hundred millions to the national
debt; and if the war is long one, that addi-
ton will be undoubtedly made. England's
great adyantage-if advantage it isis, that
she can borrow whatever sums the Govern.
ment pleases from British subjects. She is
the only beligerent that can do that, and it
will not be long before she will have 20 sub
sdize her Alies-indeed she has already
agreed to pay to France one half the expense
of sending the remnant Of fifty thousand
troops, gone, ana now going, to the Crimea
But what will posterity, that will have to
honor these drafts, say to all this paying!
BFcCAPV AND AnFRtCASIsu IN Nru Nopr
The noisy and turbulent destitute popula
ton of New York, it is conceded on all hands.
by the press of that city, Of all parties, are
almost universally foreigners; many of whom
refuse work when offered. The New York
correspondent of the Sunday Dispatch re-
marks
"The popular eve has comprehcnied, at
glance, that we were being menared by
new danger-that certain foreign elements of
disorder were rapidly termentng in our
mdst-that few reckless German, French /
and English macontents, driven from their |
native lands through their own irrepressibe |
ambition to be engaged in heading popular /
tumuts, were making themselves eonspicu- /
Gus MS the mouth-piece of "the mob"
Notwithstanding the thousands of uncm-
pIoyed people alluded TO, so camorous for |
work, we tell you that it is difficult, if not .
impossible, to induce IabOrer to give his .
services for anything short of the highest .
price! 1t is u plain fact, too, that within Eve .
or six miles of our city, hundreds of hands |
are wanted to dig and to delve, and yet not .
one of these obstrcporous "mserabes" can |
be coaxed TO offer themselves for the task, or .
accept it when presented TO them. They /
prefer to lounge around the corner groceries .
to indulge in agrarian threats-to flatter /
themselves into the belief that the pentcn-
tary is Il much neater looking building than
the alms.house. most amusing scene oc-
Cured in the Park, on Thursday, when one
OF the tumd orators Of these rdutriens was
suddenly interrupted in his violent harangue
by the offer of half dollar to pile mp some
bricks upon the adjacent corner. The ieers
of the crowd compelled him to accept the
task, but he did it with manifest reluctance,
and body.guard of oilers watched him with
delicious glee, throughout the whole pro-
ceeding."
MURDER IN CNcINNATI-The Gazette.
in its evening edition of Thursday, says:
About o'clock this morning as two fe
males of doubtful reputation, were walking
up Main street, near Eighteenth street, they
were accosted 10y young man named James
Kelley, who commenced upon them Il TRADE
of abuse, then asked them if he had not al-
ways used them right. They replied that he
had, and ms they were turning from him, Kel-
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