The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-04-23
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
WasHNoroS, April is.


sin" while remain here, which will proba-
bly, be until midsummer.
As you are aware, "Lecompton" has been
the absorbing and paramount subject through
the session, in and out of Congress. A
committee of conference has been appointed
by the two houses to try to hit upon some
plan for m adjustment of the measure, and
persons protesting to he well posted believe
the effort will be successful. hope so.-
While | have no sympathy with the demo.
cratic party and but little confidence in either
the wisdom or integrity Of the men who
manage it, ] believe that Congress ought to
have accepted the "Lecompton Constitution"
as the easiest method of getting rid of an
embarrassing and troublesome question, At
the same time, anlnot disposed to damn
all who differ with me, or classify Southern
men who voted against "Lecompton" as enc
mics of their section. On the contrary, |
think it probable they are quite as patriotic
and as ardent in their attachment TO the
South and Southern institutions as the nois-
est of their opponents. For illustration,
would as soon risk the rights Of the South
with John J. CrittendeD, of Kentucky, as
any man in the UnioR,yet he voted against
"Lecompton," and I.worldivote for it were
member of either TIE Senate or House.
I taa 70 e. hat aaattarsl FAN
whether It reside in Massachusetts or South
Carolina, which requires my negbbor to see
things in precisely the same light that do,
and denounces him MS traitor because he
cannot so see them. Such intolerance is
worse than the chains which despotism
FORCES for the limbs of its debased subjects.
There has been an immense amount of pc.
litical villainy mixed up with the Kansas
business from its inception to the present
time, and the end is not yet, though it is be.
loved the committee of conference may sue
coed in Kidding Congresso of the question.
The Administration has failed in several
of its measures, and the President has no
doubt been much annoyed. STILL you must
place but little reliance in the many reports,
put forth by let:cr-writers, about dissensioEs
in the Cabinet and the health of the Presi-
dent giving way under the continually accu-
mulating cares and troubles Of his position
Your professional etter.writer generally is a
man Of words, of fancy, not Of facts, and
his statements should at all times be taken
with many grains of allowance. My oppor-
tunities for information are pretty good
assure you there are no serious dissensions
among the members Of the Cabinet, and that
old Buck looks hearty and robust enough for
n second term-a contingency that, accord
ing to some of those who study the ever
shifting political horizon, mny possibly oc-
cur.
Another subject you may calW the appre-
tensions of your readers about: Dissolution
of The Union. No one here of influence and
position dreams of such catastrophe, al
though illusions to it are occasionally heard
in both branches Of Congress. Calm your
fears on that score, IL you have any. The
time for ACKNOWLEDGMENT and division has not
arrived yet; and Gca forbid that it ever
should -,-r.
There is said to be prospect now of set
Ting up the "Mormon War; without much
bloodshed. The difficulty hns given the Ad-
ministration no little uneasiness, and the
policy is to avoid conflict as long as possi-
BILE, with the hope that the deluded people of
Utah will finally succumb to the United
States authorities without n resort to force.
Rnmors have been rife recently that the
President would shortly send in message
in reference to Spanish aggressions, with a
squirt at Cuba, and that we shall soon have
stirring times. do not place much reli-
ance in them, and shall wait the appearance
of the message with all the equanimity can
command.
You will have received intelligence of the
death Of that extraordinary man, THos. HART
BENTON. In many respects, he had no supe-
rior. Thus one after another the mighty
men who succeeded the Consc-ipt Fathers
and sustained and perfected the structure
which they reared, are passing from our
sphere, and, judging from the majority that
now find theis way to place and station,
race Of pigmies are springing in their stend.
May the memory of their greatness and la
bors ever keep us faithful to the Union!
The member from the Second District of
your State, Mr.. MAYNARD, has made favor.
able impression in the House, and, unless
he should fal! into habit fatal to so many
that Of speaking too often---he promises to
take rank among its ablest and most useful
members.
Washington is, perhaps, in its municipal
regulations, the worst governed city in the
Union. Murders and robberies are almost
of nightly occurrence. Tho pbiicc frequently
consort with The perpetrators Of these out
RACES, and there seems 10 be no longer safe
ty for life or property. Unless efficient mea-
shres are speedily adopted'to bring about n
differen, condition of things, the people will
have to take the punishment Of the outlaws
into their own hands.
Should you think my scrawls worth pub
fishing, will write you again as find leisure
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