The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-10-16
THE WING PARTY.

vices OF this party, than it does now. There
were never greater inducements 20 its re-
construction. 1t is evident that the dema-
gogues who rule the country in the name Of
The Democratic party, are not equaI to The
task. In 1887, they run the ship upon the
breakers, and there she lay high and dry, until
the Wing pilots boarded her, and brought her
safely to port But the people became dis
satisfied with the skilful navigators, who had
restored her to their possession. They ex-
PEELED them, and placed the old ship in the
same incompetent hands, that had before
brought her to the verge of distinction
Already she is on the edge of the breakers
once more. Their waters flash and roar
around her, and single plunge forward, in
the direction they are navigating her. may
drive her to pieces. Her crew evidently do
not know what to do. 1t is time they were
removed.
In 1887, when, three months after President
Jackson had retired to the Hermitage, declar.
ing, with his last official breath, that he left
"this great nation prosperous and happy"
every bank in the Union suspended specie
payments, there was powerful Wing minori-
ty in the Congress of the United States. To
them the eyes of the nation were turned in
stinctively. From them only could salvation
come. On them were fixed the hopes of IT,.
100000 of people. And gloriously did they
justify the hopes that were entertained of
them. But now, il may be, ON the eve of
similar crisis-now that by disregurding their
warnings, and undoing their work, the coun-
try is again ia its old dilsmma--there is no
organized party upon which the people can
rely. Demagogues and quacks have it all their
own way; statesmen and fnanciers have been
driven from the councils of the nation. The
people had right to do it, and they have
done it, On their heads must the conse-
quences fall. But they will have one conso.
lation, at least, should the reign of shnplas-
tiers be restored. Though they receive pay
ments in nothing but dirty rags, they will
have the supreme satisfaction of knowing that
their masters in Congress are receiving three
thousand dollars per anaum all in solid gold
"ThOush Ireland starve, Great George weighs twenty
stone"
1t is said, those persons best manage The
affairs of others, who are good managers of
their own. What warrant for the ability of
the peoples representatives Who will deny
that they know how to feather their own
nestsl
1t is time that the Wing party were rally
ing once more for the conflict. The country
cannot longer endure the race of public plum.
derers, who are draining its very life.blood.
There must be change There must be
restoration of the ancient policy of the coun-
try. The present brood o: demagogres want
all the elements that constitute statesmen.-
They can learn nothing by experience, and
they have not the foresight of dumb creatures.
They have had the entire direction of affairs
ever since the Inauguration of Gen. Pierce
With fifty million year, in solid gold, they
have not been able TO make both ends meet.
They have created a foreign debt of 10000.
600 dollars. If they 60 on, they must ruin
the country, and there is no hope forit The
people must and will see their incompetency.
They must and will wrest the sceptre from
their hands, as they did from those of Martin
Van Buren,, and his pundcrets, in 1870. 1t is
probable enough, that as soon as the Wings
shall have completed the good work, and re-
stored the country to prosperity, they will
again be repudiated, as they were in ls43.-
But never mind. They seek the good of their
country, and that can only be secured by
change Of rulers, and of measures.
Let every Wing keep his powder dry for
1860