The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-05-13
co5ivsfsation between two Demo-
Gratis on the 27th April, 1859.


had been walking about good deal
on this day, and after taking hearty
drink of cool water Mt my spring, near
the public road, ] laid down on the grass,
in the shade not far from the spring when
couple of Democrats, (called Leaders,
or "Whippcrs in, rode up, hitched their
horses and walked down to the spring.
Maj. + remarked to Esq, C, 81
wonder what the old Doc. is at to-day2"
"why, if he is not practicing physic he is
giving us the ID somewhere" replied
squire c., "for heard him say the other
day in the presence Of half a dozen DEM
ocrats, that we were opposed to re-char-
tering the Union and Planters Banks"
"Well, what of it," said Maj. T., are you
in favor of re-chartering themH" ~ am
that" replied the squire. "You didn't
tell him SO, did your" EYES," replied c.,
81 did, and told him that certainly he
was mistaken, for all the Democrats in
my neighborhood were in favor of re-
chartering these old banks" "Well, the
fact is" said Mai. r., 81 am in favor of it
myself, but it is not the policy of our par
| ty to adrocatc their re-charter ut this time,
for some of our friends are hard money men,
and if we go in for the rc-charter they will
bolt"
"But how are we to carry this electionY
asked squire c. "Why, charge them with
colleagueing with the Black Republicans
all the time, to put down the South, and
our people are so sensitive on this subject
that it will override banks and everything
else"
"Well, don't believe there is anything
in this Niger subject, no way; and as |
have none of the critters, had rather
talk about money, for / tell you now we
can't get along without banks, and the
man who is opposed to re-chartering these
two old banks, why am opposed to him."
said the squire.
'You are not in favor OF these free
banks, and all these wildcat shaving ma
chimes, are your" enquired the Major.
"No, / am not; though the free bank
ing system is a safe system, If the law is
observed stjctly But am as much OPP
posed to Syorthless banks as anybody"
said C.
"Well, let us make war on them then
and let the Union and Planters Banks
alone, for all these wildcat concerns were
chartered by the Wings when they were
in power" said the Major.
"Not so,' repliedC. "Thc Union and
Planters Banks were chartered in the
days of jackson, by jackson Legisla-
ture. when we were all Democrats, and
the bill to charter the Free Banks" was
introduced by a Democrat, supported by
Democrats, and we are as deep in the mud
as they are in the mire."
"Well, but our State Convention has
said that gold and silver is the only con-
stitutional currency, and if we preach up
for that, every poor man, woman and
child in the country will come to our sup
port. III tell you, gold and sitrr is the
thing to get votes" said the Major.
81 know it," replied C.-~"but when you
refuse to re-charter the Union and Plan
ters' Banks, then we will lose four mil
lions of money-then let the charter of
| the State Bank 90 out and we will lose
two millions more-then reduce our crcu-
lation to gold and silver alone and how
much circulation do you suppose there
will be in Tennessee, where money can
only be loaned at six per cent ?-and how
much will poor man get for days
work ? The fact is, Maj, am against all
such stuff and | will not vote for any
this humbug in the days of Benton and
Van Buren,, and the Wings blowed us sky
high, and they will do it again-now
mark what tell you. You may get our
folks to 60 along with you for the party
if you don't touch their pockets, but that
moment you do anything that reduces
the price of labor, or of any thing which
they make for market, that moment they
will bolt. We cannot submit to the loss
of our good banks, and to pure metallic
currency, by which the rich are to be
made richer, and the poor made poorer
The banks loan our traders money, and |
enable them to buy up all our surplus at
fair prices, and where are they to get |
money from, and what will become of our
produce, if our folks kill off all the banks,
as they are determined to do"
"Well, but all the money in the Union
and Planters Banks is owned by north
ern men-foreigners," said the Major.
81 don't care for that, said C. 1t does |
not matter with me whose money buys
my cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat and ba-
con-when l get it, il is mine When ! |
have anything to sell never ask whose
money it is? but the question with me is,
ho'o much ~iN yo,fy ioe9"
"Well, but you mean to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, don't your" asked the Mai. |
81 am not so sure of it," said the squire,
and they mounted their horses and rode
off.
neS~ The Southern Baptist Biennial |
Convention assembled in Richmond, Va,
on the 9th instant.
H6y~ The Union and American, Nash
vile, denies having said that "a lie we'll |
stuck to is as good as the truth" We don't