The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-09-24


district named it-and nothing is left but
parcel Of bargain makingi intriguing and
cheating politicians, with keen eye to the
spills OF office.
This was eminenty the case with the
double convention held mt Syracuse the other
day. There always is, aud always will be, n
conventions. The parties to them do not
want it written, for it would show up the
schemes of old peitifoggers, who, having
lost all the believing enthusiasm of youth IN
politics, still affect to believe in them, in or
der to forward their oNn chances for office.
The Two conventions at Syracuse assumed
to be State conventions for purely local pur-
poses; but they Were both in reality eoee-
lions Of sold pnlitiral rips" looking to The
great contest for 1860 There was an i'm
mense deal of bunconlbe in both bodies; but
beyond that they were nothing hut gather
ings got up by the personal friends of Bell
and Crittenden on one side, and of Seward
and Thuriow Weed s"e other Much talk
was made about fusion upoE the great
principles of the spoils; but this was only
an effort to see what bargains could be made
by the wire pullers in favor of their several
friends. When the Seward men found they
could not cheat the friends Of Crttenden
and Bell into surrender, they pulled the
wires, and the convention proceeded ut once
to nominate their candidates. The result
was an intense disgust on the part of the
Know NOlhngs, and no little dissatisfaction
on that Of the country members among the
republicans. sft ~ ..fa .as0
The failure Of this attempted fusion be-
tween The republicans and the Know Moth
ings will have an immense effect upon the
discordant elements of the opposition
throughout the whole country. Everywhere
they were waiting for the result in NewYork
which was to take the lead, and perhaps be
followed in the Northern States. But the
political traders had no idea of prrfering III.
good of the party to the success of their man
and so the Seward men cheated their antago.
nisis by wholesale. The effect of this upon
the repeubiicans in the other States may
drive them into concentration upon some
other leader, as Chase OF Ohio, or Banks OF
Massachusetts. Among the Know No,hings
it will have very similar effect, and create
a third party, under the guidance Of Crtten.
ular majority to the democratic party will be
divided and FILTERED away, MS it has been be-
fore. re ~
1t is by such selfish maneuvres as these
that the will of the majority OF the people is
Defeated. This was the case in the last can
vass, when Seward held back from the fight
and Fillmore only went in TO divide the OPP
position 10 the democratic minority. These
are the results OF puitir"l conventions
where everybody cheated, and The great
mass of tie people humbueged. But though
following these selfish lenders, who pursue
politics as trade, the people ARE honest, and
having become convinced of the bargaining
and cheating in which their votes are sold by
the Pharispes, they look now TO something
higher than the nominations of political con-
ventions TO bring out their support. II is
time for the young men, who have not lost
their belief in the possible honesty OF poll
tics, to come forward, and nct at once, with
honesty and discretion. Political platforms
are traps, and everybody is aware OF the
cheat in the cheese they seem to contnin.-
The country wants no more of them. The
cry of "measures not men" is thoroughly
exploded. .I
In ORDER therefore, to bring out the great
voice of the people in 1860, and 10 overthrow
the wel-drilled files of the democratic poll
ticians, the young meE should erect plat
form of fifty years of brilliant and success
full services to the country, and place upon il
the only man who can stand upon such
platform. The name of Gen. Scott is un'
stained by the dirty antrcedenis of pol!tlca
life. Ills eminent services would rally the
country like the sound of trumpet, ant
supercede all necessity of cheating conyen
tons, political panierers and lying lenders
The history OF the country has made hin
honorably known to every man, woman anc
child. We find him fighting their battles ii
early life on the Canadian line; defending
their lives on the Western fronfief5 putting
down notification in South Carolina, meeting
his old British foe at AroOsto0R; pacifyiEl
the Mcleod excitement in New Yurk, anC
leading our victorious arms TO the city o
Mexico. Everywhere he is known as n hero
u pacift:aior and a victor. llonored with thu
confidence Of the government in u hundre,
emyraeReies, He He Has shown On every occasion
that no is worthy of the confidence o
the people. Such man, on such platform
would be inyinciblc.
LARGE LOAN NseoTIATED.-B. F. Halle
and other parties have succeeded IN hegoti
tating in Europe a loan Of three millions o
dollars, for the Atlantic and Great WeslerI
Railroad Company, and have arrived home
Five hundred thousand dollars (S5O0,O0O
were subscribed in London, two hundred
thousand pounds Gone million of dollars) b,
Spanish house in Paris, and the baa il
iron-thi,ty-one thousand (3l,0O0) tons
being subject To the shipping orders OF th'
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