The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-02-12
GEN. JACKSON ON FILlBUsTERING.

they will find il difficult to answer, gives
them blow they will find it difficult to par
ry. 1t does neither more nor less than con-
front them with the ghost of the iron old
hero who was wont to make the White House
shake beneath the stamp Of his foot, and the
faithful to cover beneath the glance Of his
eye. In order that our readers may under
stand how General jackson regarded flibus.
terism and .fIibusters, and the force of the
argument which the writer in the Union
draws from his example and his opinions, it
will be necessary briefly to recapitulate the
facts:
In 1918, during the Seminole war, Gen.
Jackson, then in command, entered the terri.
tory of Florida, then belonging to Spain,
captured several Spanish forts, and arrested
and hung Alexander ArbuthnOt and Robert
c. Ambrster, who had taken refuge in the
territory. In the succeeding January the
Hon. T. w. Cobb, of Georgia, introduced
into the House of Representatives a series
Of resolutions, the object Of which was to
prevent such proceedings in future. Two
of the resolutions were in the following
words:
Resolved, That this House disapproves Of
the seizure OF the ports Of st. Marks and
Pensacola, and the fortress of Barancas, con-
trary to orders and in violvtion of the Con-
sttution.
Resolred, That the same committee be al
so instructed to prepare and report bill
prohibiting the march of the army of the
United States, or any corps thereof, into any
foreign territory, without the previous au-
thOrization of Congress, except it be in the
cese of fresh pursuit of defeated enemy Of
the United States, taking refuge within such
foreign territory.
The resolutions, after long and able de.
bate, were rejected; and President Monroe
was indirectly censured for not censuring
Gen. Jackson for invading foreign territory"
just what the fibusters say Com. PauldiDg
did-was sustained And the argument is
clinched by the following:
Gen. Jackson held shat it is nm established
| principle of the law ofnations, that any indi-
vidual Of n nation, making war against tie
citizens ofanv other nation, they being at
peace, forfeits his allegiance, and becomes an
outlaw and pirate"
Now let the "6erce Democracy" come down
on Gen. Jackson and denounce him if they
dare! True, he is dead: but his statue is on
Jackson Square; and if they should dare TO
utter word against their great apostle, let
them not hope for impunity for so enormous
an offence in consequence of his absence
The very nostrils of the bronze horse weud
grow wider, and the countenaDce Of the Old
Hero darker; and it would only require the
said "ferce Democracy" to open their ears a
| little further TO hear that voice laundering in
them, "By the Eternal, the Constitution and
the laws shall he executed" Reeolleet, this
is no "Whig lie." 1t is unadulterated De.
mocracy, from the great fountain head The
faithful or unfaiih!ul in the ranks may d.
gest it as best they may.
FALSE LTGHTs.-phe people of the South
have recently had their attention called to
the acquisition of territory in Central Ameri-
ca; and the hero Of Nicaragua has been the
cause of great expenditure of Southern in
dgnatiOn against the administration which,
by force Of circumstances, now stands forth
for Southern rights and justice in Kansas,
and staggers under blows inflicted, in con-
sequence, by politicians and States of the
North.
Welay before our readers, in another
colamn, very speciously gotten up article
from the New York Times, headed The
Cuban Question. Its evident object is to
throw out a bait to the people of the South,
to distract their attention from the grave is
sue before them, in the admission or rrjec.
ton of slave State applying to enter the
Union, under the delusion of acquiring Cuba.
1t is also calculated to inhame and arouse
the anti Southern sentiments of the Northern
people, while modifying the people of the
South to their destruction.
We trust that these unfounded rumors,
and the hopeless or comparatively unimp0r-
tant enterprise of Walker, will not be allow
ed to distract or beguie our countrymen
from matters Of more vital import. Let us
first save Missouri. Let us check the over
wheIming tide that is bursting upon the bor-
der States of the South, and well nigh makes
them despair of rescue from the perils and
annoyance they know not how to avoid, but
by the decision and energy of the cotton
States.
Let US fix our minds on Kansas and not
follow Will-o-the- Wisps. When Kansas is
secured, and the Administration is sustained,
we can better afford to quarrel about Walker.
We can look after Cuba, if circumstances
point the way. Kansas is the ISSUE
Charleston Mercuru
R The Washington correspondent of
the New York Evening Post says, that Mr..
James b. Clay, of Kentucky, is opposed to
the admission of Kansas, and will vote with
the Black Republicans against it. We would
NOT be surprised If the report be true. The
"road to ruin" is broad one, and when
once entered upon, leads the traveller swiftly
TO destruction. When Mr.. Clay ran counter