The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-02-01
THE GREAT CONTEST OF SO.


we are already IN inc must OF tle Wis"l
contest for the Presidential robes, during the
next four years. In every capitol of every
state, and possibly in every town and village
OF the conlrd,raey, Politicians are at work
fixing the wires for the success of their espe-
cial fayo-ites. At no former period of our
history has there been such Il superabundance
of aspirants for the vacant honors. The
election of General Pierce, by reducing the
standard of qualifications, has inspired every
cross road Demagogue with hopes, and filed
him with the conviction of his pre.eminent
fitness for illustrating and adjoining the sta
ton once occupied by Washington. State
Conventions and State Legislatures arc em-
ployed in the same patriotic labor. The
aspirants themselves write letters, make
speeches, perambulate the country and in.
flame the general excitement by the ardor of
their interested zeal
Mr. Pierce, the present incumbent, appears
any of his competitors. His message was n
bid for the entire South, and the expectation
is or was, that the whole wuld be knocked
out to him without rival. The Charleston
Mercury has responded with the declaration,
that General Pierce is, under the cireum-
stances, the proper and natural candidate of
the South! That's u gun fired across the
bows Of somebody's craft
Old Buck is mex. in view, at least so FAR rs
external operations enable one to Judge. His
friends have organized the great State of
Pennsylvania, and, for the first time, present
an undivided front. Having fixed things at
home, they are extending their operations
abroad, and by a strange sort of combination,
it is said, are playing havoc with Mr. Hunters
ducks in his native waters.
The Hunte7tes have got an inklng of this,
and have accordingly increased their activity.
But we fear they are too indignant for sue
cessfu operations. They are indignant with
Pierce for daring to launch his little canoe
agoin--they are furious with those, whom
they suspect Of domestic treachery, and who
are trying to trade them off to Old Buck; and
they know not what to think of the Charles
ton Mercury. But they are game, and will be
heard tell of yet before the fight is over.
Our Governor has quit writing letters Of
late, and is quietly waiting till Old Bucks
last card is exhausted.
Gen. Cass and the whole batch Of "Old
Foges" are affecting moderation and forbear-
ance, in the hope that something will turn
up, while their partisans are diligently at work
sowing dscord among their more youthful
rivals.
"Live Oak George"i is making respectable
demonstration in New York-snd If big
head and great heart can win the day, his
friends have not fear Of the result.
All the ignfcants-wsrmed into life
and hope by the extraordinary success of
General Pierce, while their more renowned
competitors are stirring up all creation, are
not idle.
But one and all of these ambitious patriots
have reckoned without their host. While
they are spending sleepcss nights and cords
of money-exhausting body, soul and purse,
49, ----. - .s,--.-.~,"uu promising
combination there; the game is blocked upon
them! They have forgotten to consult the
only true oracle! Mr.. Bolts, twelve months
ago, could have told them the exact "manner
Of man" the next President would be, i. G., a
Southern man with Northern princples?-
Now, he can designate not only the "manner
of mnn" but the identical man, and that is
himself! He has the Presidency in his
breeches pockets See him at the corner of
the street, with one hand filled with letters
and the other with papers! Behold him ex-
pounding the law and the prophets to group
of admiring listeners! What energy! What
fervor! The feathered fates are sped He
has the result of the balot-boxes! The
Inaugural is already prepored-has been read
to select few-and in the opinion of John
Smith a. Co., is the most tremendously
powerful document that ever was concocted
for the establishment of the present and the
wonder of all future ages! Even the Cabinet
appointments are all defnitively arranged,
and ten out of the seren hal! from the ever
glorious city of Richmond and vicinity!
Alas! for blighted hopes What n pity the
many great men, who are now toillng up the
Presidential steep, could not, before wasting
their energies of mind and body, have got a
peep into the hand of Fate and Bolts!
A STRONG TEAM-The Wheeling Tntcli-
gencer states that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad trim, which arrived there on Tues.
day required the force of thirteen locomotives
for the passage from Baltimore to Wheeling.
The road is now clear and the trains regular.
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~ The Supreme Court has dismissed
the appeal in the Fremont case brought by
the United States, thus confirming Colonel
Fremonts claim to the land in California,
known ms "Mariposa," and valued at several
millions ofdollars. ......-
EFFECT OF A NoN. ORC AvIzA1Ioy.-It is
stated that the Secretary of the Treasury has
decided that Mr.. Forney is Clerk only for
limited purposes. He has, therefore, refused
to recognize his rcquisiIion for funds to pny
the officers of the House, other than The
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