The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-08-22

death pervnded every street. Detection and
despair sat upon every mans couni enance.--
The newspapers of TIE day, instead Of being
slled with arrivals from abroad, and sales OF
merchandise, teemed with bankruptcies
And our ships were laid mp 10 rot as mon.
umenfs OF THE WEAK AND WICKED
policy of our Government. ~
Who that had witnessed these things,
cannot observe the hand nf the Corscan des.
pot, like that drendful hand upon the wall Of
the Babylonsh nonnrch, writing our destruc-
ton, Who can avoid believing that Bona
parte WINS the source Of this policy, and that
It was intended TO opernte in unison with
his continental system. II might perhaps
be unwarrantable 10 nssert that our admins.
tration were actually corrupted by France;
but their politics were biassed by warm
and improper partiality for that country,
there can be no doubt.
HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HIS TONGUE CANNOT
PORTRAY THE coRRUfTIoNs OF THE pEMoc-
TIME WILL NOr4AlI4Ow ME TO
ENUNERATE ALL THE OTHER WILD
AND WICKED PROJECTS OF THE
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION
Suffice TO say, that after they hnd deprived us
Of the means Of defense, by destroying our
navy and disbanding our army; after they
had taken away from us the power of re-crea.
ting them, by running commerce, the great
source Of our national md Individual wealth;
nfter they had, by refusing the bank Of the
United States constitution of its charter,
embarrassing the financial concerns of the
Government, and withdrawn the only uni.
versal paper medium of, the country from
m. ,Iat; s.ffar l,a s,anuta boA haonfpo
sccustomed to, and Of course, unwilling to
bear taxation, and without money in the
Treasury, they rashly plunged into war
any other in the world. What was the dread.
:ul necessity for this desperate measured
Was our country invaded No. Were our
liberties in danger! No. Was il to protect
our little remaining commerce from the inju.
ries sustained by the orders In council!-
No. Commerce was not such favorite, and
the merchants wished for no war on that
account.
HIS IDEA OF DEMOCRATIC puPLICITY IN REGARD
TO FoRElGsIsM.
Besides, if the existence of the orders in
council had been its true cause, after their
repeal, our country would have accepted the
olive branch which was offered by England.
What then wns the cause? The one for
which we professed to draw the sword and risk
our all, was to determine on abstract ques.
ton of the law of nations, concerning which,
nm opinion different from that of our admin.
istraiion, was held by all Europe. To decide
whether n man can expntriate himself or not.
| In the decision Of this question our admin.
istration pretended to feel deep interest,"
THE GRFATE2 PART OF THOSE
FOREIGNERS, WHO WOULD BE AF-
FE(;TED BY IT, HAD LONG BEEN
THEIR EARNEST. FRIENDS, THFY
HAD BEEN ONE OF THE GREAT
MEANS OF ELEVATING THE PR ES-
ENT (DEMOCRATIC) RULING PARTY,
AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UN.
! GRATEFUL FOR THAT PARTY TO
HAVE ABANDONED THEM.
He SAYS FOREIGN INFLUENCE CONTROLS THE
| ADMINISTRATION.
| Superficial observers may suppose this
to have been the real source of the war, but
whoever will carefully and impartially exam
inc the history of our country, will find its
true origin TO have been far different. II
took its rise from the ovERwEENING PARTIAL.
ITY WHICH THE DEMoCTATTc PARTY have
uniformerly shown for France, and the con-
sequent hatred which they felt against her
great adversary, England. To secure this
foreign feeling has been the labor of their
lenders for more than twenty years, and well
have they been repaid for their trouble for it
has been one Of the principle causes of in
Producing and continuing them in power.
Immediately before the war, THIS FOR
EIGN INFLUENCE COMPLETELY EN-
BODIED ITSELF, WITH EVERY POLITI.
CAL FEELING or. A MAJORITY OF
THE PEOPLE. PARTICULARLY IN
THE. WEST, ITS VOICE WAS HEARD
so LOUD AT'rHE SEAT OF GOVERN
MENT, that The President wus obliged to
yield TO its dictates or retire from Office
| The choice in this alternative was easily
made by man (Mndison) WHO PRE-
FERED HIS PRIVATE INTERESTS 10
THE PUBLIC GOOD. We were, there.
fore, hurried into war entirely unprepared.
TIE ADMINISTRATION CoNQUERs DIsGRAcEFUL
| PEACE. rH
What has been its results! Exactly what
reasonable men expected Mt its commence.
ment. We declare our intention Of conquer
ing Canada; whether for The purpose OF IN.
nexing to the United States or of compelling
our enemy to yield the doctrine of imprison.
ment, is immaterial 70 the present question.
Instead of conquering il, we have ourselves
been invaded in every quarter, and the best
blood of our country has sireamed in defense
Of our soil. The very capitol of the United
States, the lofty temple of liberty, which
was reared and consecrated by Washing
ton, has been abandoned 10 its fate by his De
generate Successor, (Madison,) who ought
TO have shed his last drop Of blood in its de-
fence.
After the (Democratic) admin istraton had
entered upon the war, instead Of coming for
ward with manly confidence, md taxing the
people for its support, they basely shrunk
from their duty, in order to maintain Their
popularity, and adopted the odious System ol
carrying on the contest by borrowing money
What were the effects of this policyl Does
not every man in the country know, was it
even disguised by the administration, that The
Uaited States would, in short time, have
become bankrupt, had not peace been conclu.
ded! Thanks to Heaven, that we have OBJ
tained peuca, bud and disgraceful us It is, 9th.
erwise, the beautiful structure Of The federal
government SUPPORTED BY THE SANE
FEEBLE HANDS, might have sunk, like
the Capitol into ruins.
HOW THE DEMOCRACY EMBARRASSED THE cous
| TRY. -f .-
This system of anticipating our revenue
has left an immense load OF debt upon the
country, the payment Of which will be gre.
vious burden, not only upon the present gen
GRAFTON, but upon poslerlty. This burden
has fallen more heavily upon us than
any other part of the Union; on account oil
our numerous and extensive dislil cries
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