The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-07-24
OUR GUBERNAToRIAL PROSPECTS.

[From the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer.l
If anything were wanting to indicate tn,
growing chances Of tho election Of our candi
date for Governor, the absurd appeals of ou
opponents sneeringly referring to the you'll
and humble origin Of Robert Hatton, woult
furnish satisfactory evidence of the fact. II
hear Democrats declaring against those who
by their native fosce Of character, have placed
themselves in the foremost ranks of intelli
gent men, leads one to ask of what kind o
spirit their Democracy consists. And wher
they object to the youth of a candidate, i
only shows that they are worshippers of ole
fogyism, represented by such men as Cas'
and Buchanan, who are Young America ia
their manifostos, and the veriest conserva
tives in practice.
The National leaders Of the Democracy
will sit through the term of the present Ad.
min stration and accomplish nothing which
the mass of those who elevated them to Office
expect of them. They will continually make
pretensions, as they did at the Cincinnati
Convention, hut, when intrusted with the
execution of the principles annunciated by
them, will neglect to carry them out, and
quiet the radical branch of their party with
offices to the leading men Of that branch.-
or course, this, SO fur as the nation il con-
cerned, cannot be remeded until the Presi-
Dental election of 1860.
But, fortunately, the several States of the
Union, so far us relates to questions within
their respective borders, have it within their
power to pursue a different policy. They
elevate men more frequently to office, and
the "spoiIs of victory" are not the chief con-
sideration of party measures. The people of
Tennessee are fully aware that their progress
is retarded for want Of that circumspect and
liberal internal policy which might be adopt, d,
if the State were to claim Of Congress that
which is her undoubted right, and which Con-
gress could constitu;ionally bestow.
While the North west is straining every
nerve TO cover herself with network of
railroads, to open her lands to emigrants
thither, the Southwest has hitherto shown
no disposition 10 make the best she can of her
natural advantages. Nor will she do this
until our section Of the country is put under
the rule of progressive party. The Demo-
cratic party in this section has gone to seed.
The auxiliaries it received from the old Wing
party, in their undue deyotion to Democratic
principles of strict construction, would throw
every impediment in the way of an advance
ment, in their newly acquired zeal to make
themselves acceptable to the party with
which they affiliated in the late canvass. Not
only old-iins Whigs. who. have maintained
their former position, but Democrats them
selves perceive this, and they are asking the
question, whether State should be retarded
in Its prosperity by distractions, injurious
when applied to national affairs, and des:ruc-
tive when incorporated as the policy of
States.
Our candidate, Robert Hatton, is not only
among, but Of the people. The adversities
which hc maniully met and nobly overcome
in his youth have given him an insight into
the necessities Of the people of Tennessee,
which could be learned as well in no other
school. With the people in feeling, and
sympathising warmly in their endeavors TO
place the State over which he will be called
to preside in the van of her sister States, his
election will be the warrant and direction for
our members of both Houses of Congress to
obtain for Tennessee, as well rs for other
States, all the advantages in respect 10 the
public lands to which they are constitution
ally entitled.
In the distribution of the public lands to
the heirs Of the soldiers OF the revolution
very slight objections were made by the
South, still, the old and Atlantic States came
in for The lions share of that distribution,
and those heirs could have been much more
,hsaply compensated out of thepublic treasu.
", and would have received much more than
hey have ever received from their land wal.
ANTS. 1t is u notorious fact, that the pro-
leeds of these warrants have been so absorb.
ID by agents, attorneys, land agents, &C., &C.,
hat tho beneficiaries have never received fifty
Der cent. of what the United States Govern
nent designed TO give them by their several
,ension bills. The chief interest OF poiti-
,ians, however, was TO remove the public
ands from the political arena, and they cared
title to whom they gave them, provided they
ould get clear of the perpexing question OF
livision.
The election of an American Governor of
Tennessee will do much to rescue the re-
nander Of the public lands from being further
catered; and will prompt the members o:
congress to so divide them among the States,
hat those States respectively, by their own
legislatures, can carry forward their systems
4 internal Improvement, which the present
administration us federal government, en-
rely disavow. The industrial classes Of our
'tates will perceive this benefit, and we doubt
ot, will come to the polls resolved that
tobert Hatton shall be elected, and thereby
hat their voices shall be heard and respected
/ Congress.
ROLLING IT Our ON CoBB.--The late
,eorpia Sag-Night Convention was mot har-