The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-08-19

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that in the vocabulary Of this youthful
country. there : no such word As fail,
and now sAe5 say iihnnphAtly 10 The
surrounding States. and to the entire
Union, There i q chancel We have at
lea.t s,bsh 4 Sci ione OUT post Follow us.
and We win purge The county Of sxtrav-
aganoe corfnption and disunion aeiia
tionw
Vinher sisters IN the coafederocy fol.
low The lead Of Tenncasoe2 VIII they
rally around her, aud present an over
nhelmine front. in 1860, which el4all OUT
ilank and spfronnd these vl.o eudeayof
to prop Up a totteting, bankrupt adninis-
tfaliop1 They have hut to march round
Its walls and sonsd Ihe horns OF ffcemen.
give one prolonged shout, and the brittle
ioftiilcations viii tumble down Of them
selves, leaving the owls and bats to fut-
Ger off for anewhisling place Z Nash Nsgs
Another Presidential Nettor--D Doug
les Again.
We fud the following among the Lou
isyille Jouinal' 5 telegraphie matter;
80 l.ts NEW YoRK. Aug 8.
The Herald has the following tele-
grams; .n.s,
WAsn1Soros, Aug. 8.A-Jutlqe Douglas
hos Written d i tier to John L. Priton Of
Stauntop, Virginia, which viii he made
public in q few days. II is ID opposition
20 tl'e re'opening Of the Africau slare'
trade. principally on the zroan2 thatiis
proiif ifilion after certain date was one
8f f,the conNfo,nisest of the ConHtitution
which seemed the acccptatoe Of that'inl'
struneist, and should thercfore be held
sael2l This iet,ef is said to be very.
sbort and pointed.
WAsulNc1oS, Aug.'z.
The letter from Judge Douglas 20 Col
Priton covers two points, naturalization
and African slave trade Substantially as
follows; There can be no difference III
degrees Of Protection accorded BY govern
! mant to native or naturalized citizens,
our Constitution recognizes no difference.
in tllis respect If a person can expatriafe
himself nom a foreign government and
swear allegialtce to this and sill owe any
thing to the toFeign power, he Il in the
singular and mercdible predicainent Of.
CNptB dhe6iahor ~ M coNtitlita4 btfii-
out being entitled to the protection Of Ell.
ther. Iiewculd accord the fullest ,,fo.
lection 20 all our. citizens ~
In the Convention, the constitution was
d creature OF conlpronnisc, and the Afri-
can slave tfaderwas the snbject. South
Carolinia and Georgia wished TO con-
time IT.; Virginia. PennsyIvmiia New
Jersey, and New Work wished il fer,nipa-
ted New England was passive in the
matter. South Carolina and Georeia
finally carried their point Of continuance
| till the year 1908, with the understanding
thatit should then end. II therefore be-
come theyital compromise Of the instrli-
ment and must be held as sncred as tile
instrument itself In. this view. Judge.
Douglas declares himself to be irrevoea-.
bly, opposed to the ro-opening of the
| African slave trade.
DEATH OF THE Hon. RrcHARb Rusn.1-
The death of the venerable and distin-
guished Richard Rush, Of Philadelphia,
is announced. His public career extern
ded over a half century. He was the
son of Dr. Benjamin Rush, one Of the
Signers of the Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence. lie was within few days of COM
pleting his sOtli year. He was appointed
in 1911 to the post of Attorney General
Of Pennsylvania Hewas shortly afters
ward appointed Comptroller of the qreas.
ury. In 1918 he delivered an oraton.on
the fourtho Julysat Washington, in the
~ ,s.ao,,oa 20 ~, p~ds,,,S.' q
anil M l,o,,s, i, 1,a,,,r,.as. I.,',e1N D.
ident Mad;so,, o,,srai ~ - pos,, ~. il, 49,,
bet,yeo,, tbanes,s "a 4 ot sr,.Ta.,,
,.,and A,tor,lav ca,a,.aI os ~ If,.;.aa
states and. he acas,,,ad tba lat,sg n,
Iele ehaaa.,;l :. Z -, .s M cts,s
the Presidency Of Monroe. for Elk months.
Mr. Adams, then Minister TO England,
having the Appointment. When Mr.
1Aslams assumed the duties Of Secretary
Of State, Mr., Rush .was recalled from.
England to Gil the post Of secretary oi
the Tseasury under Mr. Adams. In 1895
he was one Of the commissioner. who
settled the boundary. tlisnsite between
Ohio and Michigan = In. 1896 do was 81, an,
pointed to proceed 10 .Enelan.z 10 recover
in the Court Of Chaacsry, .ths legacy of
flames Smithson amounting TO Sso0,c0o.
In two years he succeeded in realizing
the entire amount, which he brought to
this conntrysin gold. In lS47 he was
appointed Minister to France, where he
was first TO recognize the Republic estab-