The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-04-27
ANOTHER RICHMOND

Members Of the New Jersey Legislature
have been making jadysof themselves by in.
tertogatihg Com. Vanderbilt, a New York
millionaire, with view TO bringing him for.
ward as a candidate for the Presidency. Do
these legislative asses suppcs. the people are
gong 10 vote -"sr man for the Presidency,
SIMPLY because he has been successful in
henping up goldi The prospect is not very
encouraging when men like George Law and
Cotnelihs Vanderbilt =. neither Of whom
possess any statesman.lke qualifications
ana whose greatness consists alone in being
wealthy--are seriously talked Of for the
highest Office in the government.
That sterling paper, the American Banner,
employs the following language in noticing
the proposition to bring Vanderbilt forward
for the Presidency:
"lt IL irresistibly amusing to read the long
reply Of "Commodore" Vanderbilt, whose
name these gentlemen desire ito connect
With the high Office of President Of the Uni
ted States" 1t follows ia the wake of Geo.
Laws answer TO the Pennsylvania Legisla-
tive Committee, alluded to in this paper some
weeks ago. The reader scans it in vain to
discover the PRONUNCIATION Of single deh-
mite principle of political action though,
true enough, there are some magnificent
schemes named for disposing of Uncle's Sans
"surplus revenue" etc. Mr.. Vanderbilt ad
mits that our naturalization laws need revi-
sion; but his language upon this point is OF
the Seneralizing, nOn-committal order. NC
fault eae be found with the letter rs q polit
ical essay, Astounding with stereotyped tru
isns; but it contains nothing that cap indi
cate the writer's ideas Of he has any, of tn,
few plain and simple propositions now Ell
crossing popular attention, Concerning tn,
bGoht OF Foreignism, Romanism and Dema
geguism. A shrewd friend at our elbow sug
I gests that this letter is intended as nothin.
1 more than an offset 20 the Presidential move
ment in favor of Mr.. Law, famarly know
as 'live oak George" Vanderbilt and Law
are both men of immense pecuniary means
but neither have ever been prominent in an,
public service that we know of, where tn
civil, military, or naval concerns of the coun
try were involved. Financial candidates be
gin to multiply. All the better for certain
lancets, or as some would say, leeches."
FATE OF THE PARTY.-The Lebanon Her
aid, speaking Of matters pertaining to tn
approaching canvass, says:
Sol. Gentry is now entering upon can
vass that is to seal the fate of the party il
Tennessee" ..F.I
If our contemporary Of the Herald mean
the wing party, we incline to the opinion tina
he is mistaken. The Knoxville Wing say:
and the Wing is presumed to know
"Col Gentry is not the candidate of III
,ohig party in Tennessee; he does not desir
nomination by Wing Slate Convention
f and has not sought such endorsement. 5
far as old party lines and party principles ar
concerned, he is, rs he always has been,
wing; but he is now n prominent member q
: new and third party-he is the candidate q
the AMERICAN PARTY, and runs upon tina
F Platform, and under that banner must cithe
triumph or fall"
Presuming that the Wing is sure Of it
ground, and that Col. Gentry is really run
: ming, not as the Wing, but the American
candidate, we cannot see how the result
whether successful or adverse to Mr.. Gentry
is to seal the fate Of the Dhig party. Blu
perhaps that is not what the Herald meant
Maybe, it means the canvass upon which Co
Gentry is entering IS to seal the fate Of tn
American party in Tennessee.
Agan-the Herald says:
at is fact--and there is no use in tryin!
to conceal it-that there are n good man
members of the party, in this Congressional
District, particularly, who are lukewarm, I,
say the least of ii, toward Col. Gentry"
Members of which party-the WING o
American, What sort of admissions anc
statements are these for the especial cham
pions of Col. Gentry to be making at thi
time, when the horses are on the track am
the riders booted and spurred, ready t,
mount We hope Col. Gentry may not hav
occasion to exclaim, "save me from the NOR
Jealous Of my iriends!"
/ icy The Cleveland Banner pretends to b.
at loss TO understand our position in regar,
| IN the rneric1n party. ESQ calIed becausa n