The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-09-23
Temporal and Spiritual Power of
tl the Pope.


Temporal and. Spiritual Power of
the Pope.
The Steele makes the following re-
marks on the necessity of never losing
sight Of tho diflcrcnce existing between
The spiritual and temporal power of the
Pope: M wy
Let us avoid confounding things essch-
TALLY distinct--thc spiritual character of
the Papacy. which is not in question, and
its temporal character, which has nothing
religious or sacred about it. lnso far ~
he is u temporal prince, the Pope belongs
to the ordinary category of Sovereigns: he
is bound to govern his people in coniorm-
ty with public opinion and France
where we heard it loudly proclaimed not
long since that this same public opinion
is always ultimately triumphant-Francc
will not think of doing in the Roman
States the very contrary of what she has
so gloriously done in Lombardy. The
Pope is one thing, md the temporal head
Of the Roman States another; the former
will increase in grandeur and strength in
proportion to the humiliation and weak
ness of the latter Statesmen need there
fore be under no fear about the problem
raised by the ITALIAN question. The Pope,
as a temporal prince, Is entitled TO more re-
spect than Austria, from which France
has taken Lombardy to transfer it to
Piedmont, or than the dukes whose des-
potism has been declared by the immense
majority of their subjects. The hour of
retribution is sure to come sooner or later.
1T has come for Austria and for the di-
minutive desP06s that gravitated around
her; it willcome forsthe temporal chief Of
the Pontiiical States, and the world will
not be disturbed thereby, while the inter-
ests of rellgioh VII be promoted.
, AMOS KESDAiI.--A Correspondent of
the Boston Journal proposes tl1nupame of
Amos Kendall as candL FOR the
Presidency of the United gates. The
Louisville journal in noticing the matter
says: WHO'S the antiquarian who has
dug out of oblivion the fossil remains of
Kendall? How then name sends remem-
brance back some twenty years to the
thine when he left his retirement to enjoy
the ardor and excitement of composition.
Since the days of King Uzziah of Judah
and Jeroboam of Israel, when Amos, the
herdsman of Tckoai prophesied the cap
tivity of the Syiians and the sconhagn-
ton of GAIA, never were so many omens
noticed and so many Vaccinations utter
edas did Amos, the herdsman of Locofo-
ism, give in his campaign Globe of 1910.
Kendall for the Presidency. Well, that
is the GROWING political joke of the sea-
son. We don't see how the types of the
Boston Journal could keep serious face
on when they made the announcement.
Hon. w. w. BoYcE on THE SLAVE TRADE.
This gentleman, in speech at Ebenezer,
North Carolina, said:-
As regards the revival of the African
slave trade, think it is most untortu-
nate issue. Being clearly impossible in
the Union, ! cannot see what good can
possibly result from its agitation. Besides,
the tendency of this agitation is to divide
and distract the South, when, above all
things, we need unity, harmony, and con-
cert of action at the South. But if these
considerations are not conclusive, | think
the objections to the revival of the African
slave trade insuperable. To 90 no further,
we now have 100000 of slaves: in TWEEN
ty-five years we will have S,000,0Q0: in
fifty years we will have l6,0OO,000, in
seventy-five years we will have 80 600, 600.
Surely, in the face of such an increase as
this, in periods so short to n nation, we are
under no necessity to plunge into the
ocean, of difficulties which will have to be
overcome to add to our slave population
by new importations.
I THE lRoN INTEREST OF THE L. ST,rEs.-
From recent estimates it is ascertaincCl
that there are nearly |, 200 iron works in
the Union, that these produce annually
about $4,000 tons of iron. the value OF
which, in an ordinary year, is fifty mil
lions of dollars. OF this amount, the
portion expended for labor alone il $780,,
100000. The amount of rolled iron made
in the United States is about 500, 600 tons
per annum. OF this, about 100000 tons
is made east, and 100000 tons west OF
the Allegheny mountains.
An ADVENTUROUS FEMALE.-A young
German girl, few days since, applied to
De Lave for permission to ride on his back
over his rope at tennessee Falls. She
expressed her willingness to be carried
across and her confidence in the steadi
ness of her own nerves. De Lave was
ungallant enough to refuse.
IRoN FOR THE LYNcHBuRG EXTENSION
The ship Falmouth arrived at Alexan,
dra, Va, Sunday afternoon, from Cardiff,
Wales, with one thousand tons iron rails
for the Lynchburg Extension of the
Orange and Alexandra Railroad. The
work on the Extension is being rapidly
pushed forward, and it is expected that
Alexandra and Lynchburg will be con,
nected by rail by December or January
The track is being laid from both ends.
EXPORT OF SPECIE FROM New YoRK.--
The export of specie from New York has
been unusually large this year. From
the LIST of January to the 10th of Sep
TENDER, it amounted to, S51 ,956, S4f
Same time in 1858, 1903, o37
Same time in 1857, ..n 32,45l, lS9
Same time in 1856, 24,5ll ,4Os
Same time in 1855, g, HOS. 7Ol
Same time in 1854, SO, I52, 49l
Same time in 1858, I4.lS4I4I
Same time in 1852, lS.775.3ll
BaS" The Louisville Courier makes the
following remarks relative to the position
of the democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio on the slavery question::
We regret that Judge Ranney has thus
placed himself in an attitude of hostility
to the constitutional rights Of the South