The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-06
Words of Bitterness and Truth.

Inc new orleans True Delta proposes
to get up such demonstration by the
Democratic party Of all sections Of the
Union, as will compel Mr.. Buchanan to
resign the Presidency and retire to pri-
vate life, and that the party then make
upa "pony purse" to pay him his salary
for the remainder of his term. Had this
suggestion come from a Know Nothing or
Black Republican paper, we would not
have copied it, because many Democrats
would have regarded it as but a spiteful
exhibition of party malice; but the paper
making it supported Mr.. Buchanan in
1856, as the best candidate for the South,
and it is still bitterly hostile to American
ism and Whigism. We therefore copy
from the True Delta:
The suggestion we made twelve months
ago, that the weak-minded, irresolute and
knave-tortured old man, should be invi-
ted to resign the Presidency and retire to
the shades of Wheatland, appears now to
meet with general favor, and we shall not
be much surprised if the feeling in favor
of this sensible move should the coming
season assume shape the imbecile old
gentleman can neither we'll disregard nor
fail to crafty. The matter of the salary
of the Office would not be circumstance
in the way of a contamination so desira-
Bile, forwe are sure we do not exaggerate
the liberality of the people beyond its le-
gitimate dimensions, when we promise
on their account to have sum equal to
that now paid Mr.. Buchanan out of the
public treasury, punctually secured to him
until the expiration of his Presidential
term. What are twenty-five thousand
dollars per annum for two years, divided
among the States of the Union? Why,
the whole sum only amounts to one-fourth
of the profit Slidell anticipates from the
Houmas land swindle, and will not reach
the profits given single machine shop in
Philadelphia by the Secretary of the
Navy, to secure the election of Florence
and Philips to the House of Representa-
tives or for some other purpose equally
honorable and patriotic.
This proposition is both reasonable and
eligible; reasonable, because Mr.. Buchan-
an, however undeserving he may be in
popular opinion, has acquired right to
the pay; and it is eligible, because one
corrupt job consnmmated under his aus
pices, if not by his prompting, will cost
the country more than the whole sum OF
the salary for his unexpired term ten
times over, to say nothing of the mortifi-
cation and shame the nation will bespared
by its prevention. Besides how can any
really Union-loving man hesitate or hig.
gle about a few thousand dollars, when
he sees, as he must, that two years more
of Buchananism in Office, must abolition.
ize every free State in the Union, and ut
terly disorganize the slave by arraying the
people against each other, and thus in
their distractions leaving them an easy
prey to the voracious swarm of venomous
corruptionists who, like an irruption oi
locusts or grasshoopers, will devour every
edible thing. Look at their combinations
in this city, examine them in detail, con
template them in gross, and say whether
the world ever before in all the misfor
tunes of the most unfavored localitie.
presented a set of fellows in the posses
sion of political power, so utterly desti
tute of intelligence, worth and the mos
ordinary claims to consideration or recog
milton. Should this condition of thing.
endure two years longer, is there any one
SO foolish as to suppose that the party cal
led democratic will then have an exis
tence; or be known save as tradition
A handful Of scheming, jobbing, traffick
ing gamblers in politics, as in other ways
will then have full possession, and the
infamies and crimes of which they hav,
been so ostentatiously guilty will be visit
ed upon a great party, alike non-partici
pants in their corruptions, or apologist
for it. To prevent this and the inumer
able misfortunes to the country, such
deplorable state of things cannot bu
bring in its train, Mr.. Buchanan shoulc
be invited to resign the place he is mani
festly SO unequal to fill, and allow
younger, more energetic and less hack
neyed politician to take his place. Viii
the democracy move in this matter, ant
apply the hot coal to the back of the slov
tortoise?