The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-09-30
President Making.

President Making.
I'VE cordially endorse the following
truthful remarks from the Alexandra
Gazette. 1t is notorious that one-half of
the session of Congress is occupied in
making Presidents and delivering speech
es for Buncombe. We should like TO see
every man who does other than devote
himself to the business Of the country,
left at home:
The public Just as confidently expect
and look for the next Congress to devote
greater portion of its time to electioneer-
ing and partizan purposes in connection
with the next Presidential election, as il
that waspne of the legitimate, recognized
and esta1l isied purposes, for which 1t as
semble0N nd continues its sessions. SO
accustoy have the people become to
seeing halls of Congress used as
arenas the exhibitions of political
gladiatol THAT to omit that part Of the
performance, would be, in the estimation
of many, TO enact the tragedy of Hamlet.
with the character of Hamlet left out of
the play. Not that the great mass of
intelligent people desire this, not that the
judgment of all right thinking men is
not entirely and totally opposed to this;
but they succumb to what custom seems to
have established, and to what politicians
would fam impose upon them as II neces-
lsity. There is no necessity for it. II is
6shamelul perversion of the duties and
obligations of members of Congress-
They have no right, no business on the
floor of Congress, and through their situa-
tons as Senators and Representatives, to
interfere in making candidates for the
Presidentship, or pulling the wires" for
Presidential election. They are well
paid, extraordinarily paid, for attending to
the legislative affairs of the country, and
not for making Presidents.
EDWARD EVERETT ron PRTipENr-Some
very strange tliiiigs are communicated by
correspondents on this side to the Califor-
mia papers. A Boston writer of this class
communicates to the San Francisco Bulle-
tin the very astonishing fact that the de-
mocrats of New England intend to make
Edward Everett the next President of the
United States. He says:
have the fact from responsible source.
The secret leaked out at the recent State
Convention of the Democracy of Maine.
Every thing, am told, is already cut and
dried among the leaders of the Northern
Democracy, and Everett, himself it is
said, is in the secret. He is not however,
to be brought before the people as n can
didate, but only in the Convention at the
eleventh hour, after Douglas, Hunter,
Wise, Cobb, Buchanan, Plum Gut-no not
Plum Gut, he is forcign-born-etc., have
been successfully knocked on the head
by the votes of the New England dele
gates, combined with those Of the rival
factions of the South and West. When
this contamination is reached, and the
convention is wearied out with successive
ballotings without result, New England
will for the first time present TO the Con-
vention a compromise candidate in the
shape of Mr.. Everett, and urge him upon
the delegates as the only man who stands
the least chance of carrying single North
em State, and, if there is any need of it,
Ben Hallott will pledge Maine and Mass
achusetts in behalf of their candidate.
EMANCIPATION OF RUSSIAN SERrs.-A St.
Petersburg letter says: On the 10Th of
September the hereditary Grand Duke
will enter his 10th year, and according
to the laws of the Empire, will attain his
majority and take part in the delibera-
tons of the Council of the Empire, and
be present at the Councils of Ministers.
1t is believed that on that day the general
emancipation of the seris of Russia will
be proclaimed. The Grand Duke Con-
stantine is to return to st. Petersburg for
the occasion. Grand fetes are to be given
in honor of the event.
Bayn The New York Herald Mr. Btu
chanan's organ, says of the Democratic
and Black Republican parties of the En-
pire State:-
"As regards the interests of the State
there is not particle of difference be-
tween the claims of the democratic ticket
and those of the republican ticket. Both
are alike-both parties have plundcred
wherever they had a chance-and they
will do so again. The canals have been
their devoted prey, and will be to the end
Of the chapter.
BSy" Douglas is stumping the Freesoil
States in the capacity of candidate for
the Presidency. We believe it is the first
time in the history of the country that a
prominent aspirant for Chief Executive of
the Nation, has mounted the stump and
descended to the use of all the tricks and
art of the mere politician and demagogue
to reach the objects of his ambition.
"KNoXvILLE REGISTER. This old jour
nal, which has gone through so many
hands and mutations, has recently been
purchased by &. w. Bradiicld, of Wash
ignton City, by whom it will be edited and
published hereafter. AS under its recent
the Register will be demo-
cratic in its politics.
MINISTER TO PARIs.-It is confidently
stated in the papers that Bennett, of the
New York Herald, is to receive the APP
pointment of Minister to Paris.
For DouGLAs.-The Murfreesboro' Tele-
graph says his contemporary of the Nccs,
displays willingness to accept Douglas
for the Presidency in 1860. Thus one af- |
ter another the Southern democratic pa
pers are falling into the support of the
aim and ambition of the Little Squatter
The REMAINING ELECTIONS THIS FALL
The elections in California for State of
ficers and members of Congress took
place on the first of September. In Oc-
tober elections will occur in Pennsylvania.
Ohio, Minnesota, Mississippi, Georgia,
Iowa and Kansas. In the early part of