The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-01-29


GES. ZoLLlcorFER.--We notice that this
gentleman has made = speech upon the
4Wsiksr question" il which he manifests an
inclination to "go a-6llibusterin'." II 10 10
be regretted that the talented and usually
wslLpoised member from the Nashville Dis
trictshould take . step in that direction.-
Al least, we regret it, because this Ncarauga
business (Valker being the tool, or dupe,) is
but another wedge which a few bold, bad
men expect to use in irving TIE Union asun-
der, with the utopian idea of Great South
ern COnfederacy lying beyond; and they and
their objects will be repudiated MS soon MS
tho country come to understand them better.
But we don't place Gen. Zolicoffer among
this class of plotters, for we have watched
his public career too closely to attribute to
him any but honest motives. We simply
express our regret that one whose future we
have regarded as full of promise, who has
generally been correct and self-possessed,
should utter any thing that may be construed
into The support Of a doctrine which bodies
neither peace nor safety TO the nation. Il
10 not unusual for about four.fifths of the
newspapers to 60 of, Mt halfcock, upon each
question that comes up, and try to give il
apar!isan twist. They are in the habit of
looking just far enough to see which side
the opposition take, and so that they get
"fornenst" that is all-sufficient. Thinking
people have learned to expect not much else
from them. But IL does seem little strange
that lending men, in prominent places, should
not have moro forecaste, or prudence. The
hair-splittng process of sustaining Walker
and condemning Fillibustcring wont vim
The "Grey,eyed Man of Destiny" as some
Orleans editor, under the inspiration of half
dozen julcps, dubbed him, is the recognized
chief Of the aggressionists, and we cannot
support him witho ut aiding and encouraging
the spirit Of Fillibustering. That's the view
the intelligence of the country takes of the
subject, and all efforts to place il in any other
light will prove futile and abo.tive.
LtcIsLATIvE.-In the Senate on the 22d,
tina Committee on Banks offered resolution
directing the Attorney General to institute
judicial proceedings against the Bank of East
Tennessee, the Miners and Manufacturers
Bank, and the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
Mr.. Wright introduced bill to give the
Tennessee, Western and Atlantic railroad
company the further time of eight years to
complete the first section of thirty miles Of
their road. .s
Mr. Davis addressed the Senate in favor of
the passage Of the resolutions in reference to
the course Of the Hon. John Bell on the Kan.
sas-Nebraska bill, and intimating to him to
resign his seat In the United States Senate.
Al tho close Of his speech the resolutions
were put on their passage and adopted by the
following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Bullen, Davis, Benton, Har-
ris, Jones, Munday, NlcDougal, Reid. Ross,
Travis, Walker, Whitthorne, Wright, and
Mr. Speaker Burch-l4.
Noes-Alcssrs. Bra,cher, Golf, Heiskell.
lIcCornico, and Roach--5.
Mr.. Foster, a bill to provide for the sale Of
sli this State s,ocks in railroads and turnpike
roads, and the creation Of sinking fund to
pay the State debt.
ArLAsrA.-Tbe late Municipal Election at
Atlanta, resulted 10 tbs succcss Of the Demo.
cratic ticket by small minority.