The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-07-29

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I'll paIties, that the result of The coming
elections win have an Observation-Disclosures
upon tho commercial prosperity Of Ten
ncasee independent Of all considers
tons Connected With national politics
Eindependeht Of the geneiol fact that ~
mon of AN parties should reserve 70 them
.kise. The light 10 rehulse corruption and /
* .tavaeance, though !, may appear IL his
own political household considerations
Of more practical character should in
! auepcc every man to support tho opposl-
ton ticket. s -. go
However much Of ingenious yerhiage |
may bo thrown around the subject. me
Issue Is nevertheless made up between
/ tho parties. The Democratic party com.
sncnced two years ago awerof extermipa-
ton mon banks, and they have. kept ~
\ up steadily ever since. Not setisaedwitf
the ordinary facilities Of political orenni-
zations. to give expression 10 their views
and purposes shey called an extra-cop-
vocation Of respectable Democrats, y
during a perfect oslm in State politics,
and issued a pfonuncismento upon this
subject, setting forth hostility to banks,
THEN county conventions took up the cry,
and echoed II with great unanimity, and
!, il Is to-day the doctrine Of the party, how
ever much 1t may be mystiiedg for the
/ purpose Of inducing the bank Democrats
/ 10 stoltify theinselyesz-to cut their own
throats- Ito rob themselves Of their means
i Of hvelihood-by voting for the hard
, money candidates Of a hard money party.
' The proof that the Democrats party is
e opposed to all banks can be adduced from
4 their organs in volumes. We have pub
$ lished numerous extracts from the Union
Il and American which were unmistakably
IS hard money. we published the other
5 day similar extract from the Clarks
n vile Jeffersonian. Their candidate. fol
y Governor and majority Of their candi
/. dates for the Legislature are for hare
. money. 1t istrue they are sick Of heques
ton, and satisfied that they are losing
r ground in discussing it. Hence they ar
&c crying out, taking their cue from Gov
70 Harris, it is "too soon to discuss 1T
N is not practical question" But thi
I does not affect their hard money position
Oh 1t is only an attempt to get rid of an Il
d. sue which they prepared ana brought GU
rs with great care as their trump card, bu
~ which they have found too much 10
" them.
~ All this is very conclusively shown b
ne the following extract from long articl
'h in the Lincoln Journal of the both ult
u the object of which is to prove that bank
IN are injurious to the country, and har
en- money is the only constitutional Gu
rency." The editor says:
"Howeyer ready we might have been
ID enter the controversy with our polite
To- opponents upon the question OF banl
in generally, or the banking system whic
~ has been adopted in Tennessee in part
10, cuIar. we have had no disposition to emit
nd into the argument with our polite
cy friends. for The reason that the difference
nd opinion which does exist would only
-, increased by agitation, discussion al
argument, and result, zoe feared, IN causi
art many a0ho hare altoays acted Nth The Den
Ter cratic party to take position nth the Opposite
raj The editor of the Journal admits tn
a portion of his party disagrees with d
majority on the hard money question, b
saws he won't discuss with them for fe
Ine of losing their votes. He is willing
l ,a' sink his principles if he can only get t
oe- Democracy to vote the ticket. He
ny, spmes an attitude of pitiful subservien
'hu to a mere partizan purpose, ignoring pr
ouS ciples; the success of which he belieV
my are indispensable to the welfare of t
ape State. This Is Democracy When he or
we gets their votes, however, he will sh
ing them what banks are made of.
DE We ask the independent and patrio
lere voters of Tennessee if they are willing
Oh be thus dupedi Will they, for the mi
10" purpose of party triumph, aid and al
Is such scheme as the Democracy have
io' foot, scheme that will destroy the CO
row. mercial prosperity of the State and bai
as rupt our citizens by reducing the value
iun- their property and depriving them of
reo' means of paying their debts? Let tn
'o'e pause and reflect seriously before TAX
'ne such astep. ~