The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13
NECESSITY FOR THE AMERICAN
PARTY.
rrrom the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer.l

| When strong man meets feeble one
upou the street and knocks him down, passes
on and forgets him, he sadly neglects to pro-
vide for his own safety. The feeble man,
unless killed by the blow of his strong ad
v.rsary, will recover at last, and il he have
spirit, will avenge himself, and bring his
assailant to the remembrance of the outrage
and wrong done him. We have known cases
in which die positions Of such parties have
been reversed, and the erstwhle feeble party
become the victor. So tits in war, mistaken
policy to despse the strength Of an adversary,
supposed to be weak. This was finely illus.
| trated ut the battle of Buena Vista. Over.
whelmingly superior in numbers, Santa Anna
proudly and confidently demanded of Taylor
an unconditional surrender. Taylor knew
both the weakness Of himself and the strength
of his enemy, but relying upon the war-like
skill and general superiority Of the material
Of his army, hazarded his fate upon the issue
| OF battle. The result Is known to the
world. MANY times driven back and SEEM
ingly crushed-many times surrounded and
drluged with an iron hail.storm from every
quarter, the morrow's sun rose upon the VIC
torious stars and stripes wavng over the
field, and the flying, broken and bleeding
squadrons Of the enemy.
We warn the enemies of thu seemingly
whipped American party-we warn the victo
rous Democracy who, ruffian.lile, affect to
spring upon its prostrate form in sport-we
warn them that it still has breath in lis body,
n pulse in its breast and beating heart. We
warn them to have care, for by the Consti.
tuition upon which its head is piowed-by
the flag of the Union with which It enwraps
itsrlf--by the terrors o: distracted country
by the blnckness of the political sky-by
the seething sea of corruption that beats
against the National capitol and sends its
stenchy rivulets forth TO wther the peoples
land-it will rise, rise! 1t will come forth
from its prostration and spring upon its feet
the full-developed gian,-the avenger of the
peoples Consttuton-the guardian of their
hag-the executioner Of its enemies. The
victor of the past may laugh, rs 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-stufed with
emolument 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 nre waiting il at
their will, the prisoners chained in the cabins
will break from their confinement 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 viii not remain
blind to its failure to accomplish what its
friends claimed for it the power to accomplish
during the past summer. They see its fruit
withered upon the tree. They see that pence
has been proclaimed when there is no peace.
They see that the election of Buchanan did
not amour: to even truce. They see Kan.
sas given up by the Southern Democracy
They see that Squatter Sovereignty-that
cathoicon for the ills that afflict the South
has given the North four additional Senators.
They see Alinnesoti, Oregon and New Mexi-
co-almost ut the doors of the Unon-ali
Free States. They zee the Wanted 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 n
passionate conflict Of hostile sectionalists.-
They see no hope of reconciliation without
the Intervention Of third party. They see
that the frud is too deep, the hate too intense,
the conflict too deadly, for the Union to sur.
vive it much longer.
The people must look olherwhere. The
American party, slaughtered, to all human
appearance, is not dead. 1t will gather up its
energies, we trust, in time 10 confront the
dangers that beset the Union. II is the true
party, and will be, in 1860, as il is now, the
only national party. 1t will have n national
candidate in thu field for President The other
parties will have their sectional candidates,
around whom respectively, the hostile ex-
trpmes will rally. The American party, offers
peace, not wnr. to the people. II offers them
no alien influence in the administration of the
government. II offers them the proprietor
ship Of their own domnins, as an inheritance
for their children forever. II 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 u word, il offers America, MS II
should be, TO Americans, the children Of the
children of the men who won the battles of
the revolution and erected the Republic. II
has no pariisans to reward, no enemies TO
punish. Il is the only hope of the country.
1t is the only party that can make peace, heal
dssensions and administer the government
with clean hands, and upon national princi-
Piles. All others will fail.
THg TURKISH SoLpiER.-He marches to