The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13
NECESSITY FOR THE AMERICAN
rTs. PARTY. ~
frrom the Memphis Rasl. and EnuuIrcrl 7,

on and forgets him, he sadly ncglects to pro.
vide for his own snfety. The feeble man,
unless killed by the blow of his strong nd
versary, will recover at last and if he have
spirit, will avenge himself, and bring his
assailant to the remembrance of the outrage
and wrong done him. Wehave known cases
in which the positions Of such parties have
been reversed. and the erstwhe feeble party
become the victor. So it is in War, mistaken
policy to despise ssSygth of an adversary,
supposed to be va US was finely illus.
trated at the balss Vista. Over.
whelmingly su1 Ns, Santa Anna
proudly and ked sfTayios
both the weak Ne Strength
of his enemy, bd Il the war.ike
skill and general b n of the material
of his army, hnzarS SIs ;ate upon the issue
of battle. The result is known to the
world. Many times driven back and SEEM
ingly crushed--maDy times surrounded and
dclnged with m iron haiI,storm from every
quarter, the morrow's sun rose upon The VIC
torious star. and stripes waving over the
field, and the flying, broken, and bleeding
squadrons of the enemy tl
We warn the enemies of the seemingly
,chipped American party--we warn the victo
rous Democracy who, ruffiaD.like, affect to
spring upon its prostrate form in sport-we
warn them that it still has breath in its body,
II pulse in its breast and beating heart. We
warn them to have II care, for by the Consti.
tuition upon which its head is pilowed-by
the flag of the Union with which it enwraps
tsef--by the ,terrors osa distracted country
by the blackness Of the political sky-by
the seething sea of corruption that beats
against the National capitol and sends its
stenchy rivulets forth 10 wither the peoples
land--t will rise, rise! 1t will come forth
from its prostration and spring upon its feet
the full.developed giant--the nvenger of the
peoples Constitution-the guardian of their
Aag--the executioner of its enemies. The
victor of the past may laugh, as he drags
away the spoils, as tiger drags its bleeding
victim to its jungle to devour it. Let him.
Black up to his armp;ts in fraud-stuffed with
emoument and satiaied with patronage, he
will lie down on the deck of the ship of the
Union, too full to retain his footing at the
helm, too lazy to arrange the sails, and while
the winds and the waves arc waiting 1t at
their will, the prisonet chained in the cabins
will brssk from theirsV Vss'sAement and swarm
into power.
The only conservative element now known
to American politics is that which runs
through the platforms and policy of the
American party. The present Democratic
party cannot exist Its own managers will
break il to pieces. The people will not remain
blind to IFS failure to accomplish what its
friends claimed for it the power to accomplish,
during the past summer They see its fruit
witlered upon the tree. They see that peace
has been proclaimed when there is no peace
They sec that the election of Buchanan did
not amour: to even truce. They see Kan
sas given up by the Southern Democracy
They see that Sq,iatter Sovereignty-that
cathoicon for the ills that afflict the South
has given the North four additional Senators
They see Minnesota, Oregon and New Mexi.
co--almost at the doors of the Union--ali
Free States. They see the vaunted victory
of Democracy in Pennsylvania defeat, and
the men of the party bought up like so many
cattle They see, withersoever they turn their
eyes, either dreary waste of corruption, or a
passionate conflict of hostile sectionalists.-
They see no hope of reconciliation without
the Intervention of a third party. They see
that the feud is too deep, the hate too intense,
the conflict too deadly, for the Union to sur.
vive it much longer.
The people must look otherwhere. The
American party, slaughtered, to all human
appearance, is not dead. 1t will gather up its
energies, we trust, in time TO confront the
dangers that beset the Union. 1t is the true
party, and will be, in 1860, as ii is now, the
only national party. 1t will have national
candidate in the field - sdent. The other
parties will have 0Naal candidates,
around whom Ts( hostile ex-
tremes will raj party, offers
peace, not war, to VT offers them
no alien influence Il 2istration of the
government. It offsfs II the proprietor,
ship of their own domaHs, as an inheritance
for their children forever, 1t offers them the
best constitution the world ever saw, rescued,
saved and redeemed from the hands of the
outrageous factions. 1t offers them liberal
construction Of its provisions, so that the
magnificent resources Of their country may be
developed. In word, it offers America, MS It
should be, to Americans, the children of the
children Of the men who won the battles Of
the revolution and erectedthe Republic. II
has no partisans to reward, no enemies to
punish. It is the only hope of the country
1t is the only party that can make peace, heal
dissensions and administer the governmen,
with clean hands, and upon national princ-
Piles. All others will fail.
THE TURKISH SoLplER.--He marches ia
meet the foe with the same nonchaance as be
smokes his pipe. He is taught from his birth
tbalthe moment Of his death is fixed and
that whole charge of artillery aimed at his
heart would miss him il destiny had decreed
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