The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-24

Is most excellent document for the
times. Do, dear Democratic reader of
ours, peruse, and peruse it carefully and
then send a copy to Col. Whitthorne,
with an urgent request that he paste it in
his Scrap Book:
From the Union and Americar July 81, 1851
TIE SOUTHERN LIZ EE-.-EX-
TREMEs ME
1t is somewhat remarkala lat fanatics
at the North, and the hre-eaters at the
South, representing as thUy 10, The es.-
tremes of political and saaASiSegonism,
should be found aidinl9s Hfs6,3sr in the
promotion of comni0n purpose Garri-
son and his followers are not morhealnest
in their efforts for the dissolution of the
Union and the destruction of the Con-
fedcracy, Hou he S0uthtiu utraists ,cko are
constantly 1Raming tie puJEc mind By .tcryid
appea'sso tier passions and prGjml,ccs, intended
10 kipdc d88casions Jet,cecn tic sections, and
meakca Hc Joads tohich bind Mcm tQycthr.-
While the Abolitionists denounce the
Constitution and the Union, 'as an un-
holy compact the authors and advocates
of the Southern League are striving q to
precpitaiG tie South into rcc0iution' Both
extremes agree in thinking dissolution
desirable, and they rival each other in
their hostility to that calm, conservative
policy which would counsel mutual for
bearance between the different portions
of our Coniederacy.
The object contemplated in the organi-
zation Of the Southern League is one
which no patriot can approve. 1t is Il
combination for the purpose Of strength
ening sectional Jealousy and hatred, and
weakening the ties which bird the South
to the Union. 1t assumes an attitude Of
resistance to the General Government and
is an avowed preparation for open re-
bellion. 1t is not Il combination of men
uniting together for the redress of their
common wrongs, or for the establishment
Of great principle. No such sacred OBJ
,jcct sanctiiics the movement, or eXtcnu-
ates the recklcssness of those who par
ticipate in it. 1t is based upon considcra-
tions of pecuniary advantage alone
Cotton is the bond which unites them
together. Cotton is the King that wields
its golden scepter over their heads, and
they bend submissively to its dominion.
1t is humiliating to confess that the noble
spirited frccmen of the South have for
gotten their obligations to their country,
not because its government was unjust,
or its laws oppressive, but because they
think their pecunary interests would be
promoted by dissolution of the Union.
They seem to regard cotton as the only
test OF fidelity to the South, the only tie
that binds the Southern sistcrlood to-
gether. They regard the States which
do not produce ii with distrust and srls-
picion. They Danish them from their
councils, and refuse them their conf
dcnce. We would inform these eXclu-
sivc friends OF the South that if their OBJ
jcct is hostile to the existence Of the
Federal Union, that neither Tennessee
and Virginia, nor Mississippi, Alabama,
and South Carolina-nonc of the South
crn States, will participate in their plots.
But when the rights and institutions of
the country, or any portion Of the coun-
try are assailed, we need no sordid mo-
tiveS Of interest to stimulate Us to resist
ance. We do not acknowledge to soYer-
eighty Of cotton where principle is in
volved and neither our patriotism nor
our opinions will yield to mere selfish
views and sordid considerations. TO show
that we do no injustice to Mr. Yancey
and his associates in the organization OF
the Southern League, we copy his letter
to one of his political friends Mr.. Slaugh
tcr,) and published, we believe, in the
MONTGOMERY l8ccrtiycr