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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Our Attitude Towards the North.

There is no need of an armed front or
a menacing attitude on the part of the
South towards the North. The New
York Herald well says, that should a
Southern State secede from the Union,
armed force for the purpose of coercion
would never be permitted to leave the
free States, on an invading expedition to
the South. True, secession, in the opin-
ion of the wisest statesmen of the land,
would ultimately lead to civil war, but
not on account of the act of secession
1t would spring from some collateral
causes which would be numerous enough
in our divided state.
SO far as we are concerned, we have
no persuasion to offer against secession
on the ground of expected f9g threatened
resistance from the Nertli.r Sm' the con-
trary, let it once be made plain that
armed opposition would be made by the
free States, and stronger stimulant to
secession could not be invented. A dis
solution would then be all but certain, for
"a pint ofwill is worth apound Of gold'
the world over. 1T cannot be shown
that division of the States is impolitic
for the South, on ground other than
the certain or possible armed resistance
of the North the cause of the Uuion is
in II bad way. But such is not the con-
dition of the Union argument, and Union
men do not rest their cause on any such
footing. They claim that all the South
ern rights, thought by some to be serious
ly threatened by the apparently domi-
nant party in the North, can be protect
ed more eflcctually in, than out of the
Union. Because in the Union, we have
party, even now in the North, after the
most superhuman efforts of the most
powerful fanatics, quite competent to
prevent all hostility towards the South
except in the way Of talk. If they
change their attitude, and proceed from
words to deeds, then the South will
change her attitude correspondingly.-
Nor, as we have before remarked, can
there be any surprise adverse to the
South. Any movement Of Importance,
anything national in its character, con-
cocted in the free States against us would
be known by us as quickly as telegraphic
lightning could convey it. There are in
the North friends of Southern rights sul-
ficent in number to constitute whole
armies; such as Edward Everett, who
said that though he was no military man,
there was no cause in which he would
sooner shoulder musket than in dc
fensc of Southern institutions. An abo.
litian army would no -Ianbt got whipped
and dispersed by honest Northern men
before il could ever place foot on South
ern soil. But if not, the thing could
very soon be done thereafter. \ necd-
less excitement, however, is to be dep
recatcd; it conIounds trade and COM
merce without making any compensation
politically or pecuniary.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
VOL. XIII----NO. 635. g
Speech of Old Steve,
Delirered at 1'erdndtja, F'oricla, on tie sd
- .Sentembr. 1859.

OcpteDOdr, lS0y.
Gentlemen and Feller Citizens. I am q
long ways from home, rope bride, meal
bag for saddle, to ask you to send me to
the Legislature. Feller-citizens, you all
know "old Steve" Whur was there q COW
in bog, hog in crack, that didn't get
'em ou2 Whar was ''old Steve" when
the lngens was tearin' the hair of'n the
heads of your wives an the children, and
maxim fiddle bows of it? Wadin' through
the cypress up to my mouth in the saw
grass. mud and tadpoles, shoutin' at the
red-devils in the language Of General jack
son, sic hdaW gloria m,oid. Boys, you
knows me cause your granddaddy's did
before you. ! was born and suckered
among you. | was here when the Span
lsh tuck down their flag; was here when
Jackson give the Ingins particular,
and treated them to as good glass Of
whiskey. and stry Slnine IS anv man ever
drank. And wSS1ksunuGmr.t.s .son sent
for me to 20 to Washinytbn, was still
here, with fifteen children and as good q
horse as any man ever rid, only she was
blind and had the bellusses. Yes, fellei.,
citizens, I've inherited the office, and
knows you're gwine to give it to me-
Fellercitzens, I'm none of your grameT.
men, and knows nothin' of jaw -breakin'
words, but edacation does Mt make the
man, because 'tisn't what Washington
sed in his farewell address, al caiiingdum
bona detmcti! .n .f r
Kin you beat that? Wasn't he right
and amt that my hand? Feller-citizens
jest put me in the Legislature efyou want
to see whole team. III turn Columby
upside down, bust up the railroad system,
turn the Gulf of Mexico inter the Suwar-
nee river, and build bridge to the city Of
New Orleans-that's me, that's "old
Steve up to the back bone. Lcgis non
capt. horculoram robis, as Lord Coke sed
when he lived at the cross roads. Yes,
ieller-ctlzens, Pm whole team, Vaughn,
driver and all, and when you send me to
Tallyhasse, ef they don't divide Columby.
for in II little while the place'll be so big
you can't find the way home. I'll have
the court house at my place. I'll be Judge.
hain't n lawyer, but then | hearn 'em
talk in court: an when you want to set
tie pint come to me an won't charge
you red-tor, as Blackstone says in his
Comltories, OyuS al Sol,enyus tcnarun piecis
at scIum. Amt | sum? And now feller-
citizens, give me yer votes, for blame nv
buttons ell haint the man you've been
lookin fur all the time. 'Lect me. an
wen | get to be gunner I'll give YOU
sum of the best old rye in the country
All you've got to do is to come to the
polls put your tickets in the box, an like
the American Eagle which roasted on the
head OF Queen Victoria, we'll spred our
wings an shout to the bammy breezes,
"-Hultum IN parrotacii perSe!" Fl.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
A PrOpOSitiOn,


A write' IN cotemporary sheet sug-
gests the following for the benefit OF
south C,roIiro.
- -, u.4 o,,u, C..,,; ;u
IL Is oul'I.Gu ,n'' 'oIu'', S".o't''' I'M ni'.
Seceue' any 'li"S .ho G,l'y uinsel 1 - .,. ."".
an httelps 70 cp,.s.rtIil ,;ni hJt ~ 'ol'o 'lius
awaNen sN'nl'atiiy anu vri'lv .no eG,opei;'-
tion o, oiler States niy o"i oPl''ioii Hi Is
tnat 'he marshes. Poiicy "',ion un uIo o',L tuei,
al uovelhiiieiit caii puisuo 'J""iu ''ou.li
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
From South Carolina.

"a CohumJia, s. c., Nov. l2.--The Extra
Session of the South Carolina Legisla-
ture adjourned to day at II o'clock,
sine die. The members have gone home.
Mr.. Keitt was sercnadaded by the peo-
pie at midnight. He made an exciting
speech, urging prompt and decisive ac-
ton. He said that President buchanan
was pledged to secession, and would be
held to it. South Carolina should shat
ter the accursed Union, and if other
wise then she should throw her arms
around the pillows Of the Constitution
and involve all the States in common
ruin.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

IGg" The Hon. VIM. l.. Yancey, in his
speech delivered few days before the
election, to the citizens of New Orleans,
expressed the opinion that "there is no
city in the Union more interested in the
Presidential struggle than New Orleans.
and in fact none SO much" The people
of that city seem to have concurred with
the distinguished orator. and interpreted
their "interests" by giving to Mr.. Bell a
majority of nearly three thousand votes
over Mr.. Breckinridge.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Latest from Philadelphia.

' PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l3-6 p. M.-The
last news received from Charleston has
created a marked sensation in the busi-
mss circles. Our banks feel very strong,
a,t much depends on the action of the
Charleston Banks. 1t is feared that their
su pension would have most disastrous
'eilect on our business prospects. The
people evince the greatest anxiety to hear
everything that relates to the movements
of South Carolina. Disunion and seces-
sion have been the general themes Of
con versntion to-day among all Glasses.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

SoUTH CAROLINA AND THE SECESSION
QUESTION. The South Carolina Legisla-
ture is now in session, awaiting the news
of Lincoln's election as the signal for
seeding from the Union. viii she Sc
cede? Perhaps she may. But what then?
We dare say that the administration Of
Mr.. Buchanan will not interfere with her,
and because his best policy is to let her
try the experiment. She is a sovereign
State, and if she don't like the copart-
nership of the Union, how can we deny
hor sovereign right to withdraw. Let
her. then, Withdraw, if she will; and let
her, if she will not listen to reason, be
treated with cool indifference. She may
20 out, and stay out for a twelvemonth,
and she will be the only loser by the
operation. If "Old Abe Lincoln" should
find her out when he comes in, let him
kindly invite her back again, but do moth
ing in the way of coercion That will
ruin everything. If she shall decline his
invitation to come in out Of the cold, let
him say, "Very well, we can watt" and
after few months of solitary independ-
ence she will come in like spoiled child
from a sharp fast to hot supper at the
good old family tablo.--N. J. Herald.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
TIE TERRITORIAL QUEsTIoN.-The


ton of the right Of Territorial Legsla-
ture to exclude slavery, will shortly again
come up before the Supreme Court in a
direct form. ''Ion," the correspondent
of the Baltimore San, thus indicates the
course of the question: .........
But a case has arisen which will bring
that particular question directly before
the Court for decision. 1t will involve
the distinct question Of the right of a
Territory to exclude or abolish slavery
Should the Court decide that Territory
connot exercise this power in particular
case, the Territorial authorities must be
bound by it; and if in any case the pro-
cesses of the court should be resisted,
the United States Marshal must be sup
ported to any extent by the Executive of
the United States. The case to which ]
refer to is to come from Kansas.
The Territorial question may perhaps
thus be settled by the admission of Kan
sas, ard by the expected decision of the
Supreme Court. With regard to the fu-
gitive law, if it be evaded, the loss will
fall upon the border slave States, as it is
from these principally that slaves escape
into the neighboring Tree States.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

HIGHwAy RoBBERY.- We question if
ever Memphis had in it such set of un-
hanged raeals as trouble it just now.-
They are villains that passed up and down
the river, docking from town to town,
committing burglaries, highway robberies
and murders, until the police become too
lively in pursuit of them; then they pass
on to some other locality. On Monday a
rascal of the kind we speak Of forcbly
snatched from lady on Main street, near
Court square, her portmonnaie, and made
off with it. The whole contents were
Fortunately not over five dollars. 1ppeal.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

FRANCE AND THE SouTH.-The New York
Courier dies Etats Unis of Thursday, has
an article on "The South and France"
from which the following is translated
If our information is uurreot orerturres
have really been made to the government
of France, to learn if, under certain cir
cumstances, she would consent to take
under her protection the commercial neu-
tralty of some point on the Southern
coast of the United States. The answer
has been that questions Of the kind can
not be solved except in view of accom-
plished facts, owing to the entirely differ
ent aspect that they may wear according
to circumstances. ..r
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

BIsHor or PirrsBrRG.-The Right Rev.
Michael Domenec, Of the Congregation of
the Mission, has been appointed by the
Pope Bishop of Pittsburg in place of the
Right Rev. Bishop O'Conner, who lately
resigned. Bishop Domenec has been for
a number of years pastor of the church
of st. Vencent de Paul at Germantown.
Pennsylvania.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

CURE FOR BuRNS:-rhe Gazette Medi-
GALE of France, says that, by accident,
charcoal has been discovered to be cure
for burns. By laying piece of cold
charcoal upon burn, the pain subsidies
Immediately. BY leaving the charcoal on
one hour the wound is healed, as has
been demonstrated on several occasions.
The remedy is cheap and simple, and
certainly deserves q trial. ...
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Trial of the washington Rioters.

Washington, Nov. l2.-At the trial of
the rioters to-day, it transpired that there
was a concerted plan to destroy the Re-
publicans wigwam by the Breckinridge
Club before the election of Lincoln. The
police are seriously implicated in the
outrage. .' -......,. .g.
The 'States newspaper comes out as an
independent journal,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

ray The Augusta Dispatch says that
the Breckenridge men of Richmond coun-
ty were surprised to discover that their
dys,., was so great" when the votes
LIN St'sD 20, lied 405 out
Of 223l votes in tfye county
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

DsS- At a meeting of the Minnie Men
fthe City of Macon, on Nov. 9th, 1860,
the following Resolution was unanimous
ly ndopted, and ordered b be published
in the city papers "'aal- ''i'sr1'-o'1
II. I" q IResolrel, That this Association will
neither. sanction Or approve in its action,
any VIOLATION of tho Constitution OF the
laws ofGeorsia, ,.,.i'.... '....i.f. ..-,
'',' D" ~ J. II. BRANHAM, Chm.
SAM'L HUNTER, Secretary.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

BsS" The Raine, Wis, Advocate relates
the following incident: Charley Search
who lately had his arm amputated ina
gined that it felt cold, and complained Of
an acute pain in the little finger. 1t
was therefore disinterred and placed in
spirits, much to the relief of the suffer-
err
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

... WASHINGTON, Nov. l3.-rhe States,
newspaper, comes out as an independent
journal, opposing disunion.
A company of United States ARTILLERY
has left for Fayetteville, y. C., to protect
the Arsenal there.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

GRArnIc-The following letter was writ
ten some time since bya boy down in
Alabama, to his father in Georgia: %
"Alabammy, Pike Cy, Jan, ISL
Dear Daddy-Corn is riz and brother Hem.
ry is dead likewise. - Z
Ycurs omnipotant, 'H JoHv.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

woMAS.--Woman is like ivy-the more
yoa are ruined the closer she clings to
you. A vile bachelor adds: "Ivy is like
woman--tho more ii clings to you the
more you are ruined. Poor rule that
won't work both ways. ss--nrsT
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

Our IRlsH ADOPTED CITIZENS ALL RIGHT.
We understood from w. Z. Long, Jr.,
that on yesterday some three hundred of
our Irish citizens enrolled their names to-
form an Irish regiment, to be commanded
by Col. II. X. Jackson.-,SIeannak Neps.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

Ggr The agitations of the current time
forcibly recall the shrewd remark of Fish
er Ames, that eminent philosophic states
man of the early period in our history,
when he said 'that monarchy Is mer-
chantman which sails well, but will strike
on rock and 90 to the bottom; whilst q
Republic is a raft which may never sink,.
J,a then your feet arc a1cayS in tic ,cater."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

PEACEFUL SEPARATION DENIED.-The
New York Times says the North will not
permit peacetm separation Of a Southern
State, and peace would not continue sixty
days after dissolution of the Union.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

PoRK,-The Franklin Reoiep of the Sth
says "The market is poorly supplied, and
the probability is that there will not be
enough to supply the country We hear
of few small sales at 81, this figure viii
probably rule in this market" .4,t.s
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
A Nonrn CAROLINA SRNrlMExr.-S

A NORTH CAROLINA SESTiMENT.-Speak
ing of the present crisis, the Wilmington
IN, C.l Herald speaks thus cheeringly for
the good old State; 1--WE will have trouble
and there's no use in shutting our eyes to
it; but we feel assured that the old North
State will stand firm, and whatever may
be her determination, that she will act
for herseb, and not for the Cotton States"
Bay~ Bustle is not industry any more
than mpudence is courage.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

ah RicnMoND, Nov l4.-Some Union men
are advocating sending commissioners to
South Carolina and Georgia, to induce
those States to submit to the action of a
Southern Conference. '''
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

8, pss'H The recently reported ipsprrcc..,9n on
in Crawford county, Ga, says the Mil
ledeeyille Recorder, turns up to be a
hoax,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

RICHMOND, Nov. l4.-The enquirer"
urges an early State Convention, and says
thnt Wise, by his Minute Men, did not
contemplate raid on the Federal Govern,
ment. '' @'''.. .f' "' I.'
The latest election accounts from Vir-
ginia unprecedently favor Bell. The
full retuns are necessary to decide the re-
suit. '"'''f. i-H. i'rf
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

LET IT lie SETTLED Now AND FOREVER
If, however, there are any States dispos-
ed to question the supremacy of the Con-
stitution, or to assert the incompatibilty
of our climate influences and social in
stitutions with the form of government
under which we have been hitherto
united, now is the time to meet the ques-
ton and settle it. The country will new
er be in better condition to settle it
wisely and fairly, and it Is the common
interests of all sections that il should be
settled promptly and forever, be that de-
cision whatit may.--N r. EDening Post.
MURDER AT GuNrERsyILLE,-Mr. Ander-
son Davenport was killed inGuntersville,
ON Tuesday last, by Co, Jas, critcher,-
The cacse of the shooting WAS am old
grudge betweon the parties. Critcher IS
in iaiI H..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

WASHINGTON, Nov. l4.-Many letters are
received from leading politicians, of all
parties, III the border States contcnding
against the legality Of secession under the
Constitution, and almost unanimously for
standing by the Union.
Virginia is not favorable to the precipi-
tate action of South Carolina .
Hunter Is understood to be against the
secession movement. %. ....... ......
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Charleston Merchants Wont Repu-
rs. n. diate Northern Paper.

Charleston, Nov. l4.-A large amount of
Northern paper is laid over but not pro-
tested. The merchants are perfectly SOL
vent and scorn the idea of repudiating.-
Money is very stringent The boards re-
fuse TO discount The ladies OF the State
have started a subscription for a testimo-
nial 10 Caleb Cushing. ... ...... ...
The Charleston Light Infantry took
charge of the United States arsenal this
morning, supposed by an understanding
between the Governor and President.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
CONVENTION of the Cotton States.

Charleston, Nov. l4.-A Convention of
the Cotton States, supposed for the adop-
ton of non-intercourse trade policy
with the Northern States, is talked Of
'iH rhe boot factory in Cheraw is receiving
heavy orders for Southern trade. No
new orders will be given for Northern
goods except what is really necessary to
keep up supplies. Dong .I.-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

ACCIDENT on THE MEMPHIS AND CHARLES
TON RALRoAD.-We learn from the Mem
phis Ea1,tircr of Friday, that the Express
through freight train on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad, when about three
miles from Germantown, on Thursday
last at II o'clock, ran off the track, pre-
cipitating the engine and tender down a
slight embanllment, instantly killing the
fireman, and breaking both legs of the
engineer, and otherwise badly bruising
him, rendering his recovery quite doubt
ful. The accident was occasioned by a
portion of the track being taken up for
the purpose Of repairs, not expecting the
train along, which was considerably be-
hind time. ..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

B1~ When YOU dispute with a fool ha
is certain to be similarly employed.
PRSNsYLvANIA.-Them majority in Penn
sylvania for Lincoln IS over ,5O.O0O;s tho
plurality over the Brsckinridge ticket
about 100, 900. srisit.s s.sii .asr -.f.,g
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

A SENSIBLE GRt.-The Madison wis
Patriot says that few days since a couple
of young folks called on Esquire F., and
after considerable hesitation, requested to
be united in the "holy bands of matri-
mony," which request the Squire at once
proceeded to comply with. The bride,
from the latencss ofthe hour and the pc
culiar nature of the call, thought some
explanation necessary, and SO very inno-
Gently remarked: 1--WE came from Column
bia county to attend the fair, but finding
the taverns all full, and no place for Aleck
to sleep. we concluded to get married, so
he could sleep with me" .r... ...- g..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
A. HAMILTON.


NEw YoRK, Sunday Evening.
My Dear Sir: Yours of yesterday is this
instant at hand, and | have but few
minutes to answer it. ! am sorry that
your situation obliges you to listen to pro-
positions Of the nature you describe. My
opinion is that a reservation of right
to Withdraw, if amendments be not de-
cidcd on under the form of the Constitu-
ton within a certain time, is conditional
ratification; that it does not make n men,
Der of the new Union, and consequently
that she should not be received on that
plan. Compacts must be reciprocal; this
principle would not in such case be pre-
served. Tie Constitution requires an adoption
IN toto and FOREVER. 1t has been so adopt
ed by the other States. An adoption for a
limited time would be us defective as an
adoption of some of the articles only
In short, any condition whatever must
vitiate the ratification. What the new
Congress, by virtue of the power to admit
rev States, may be able and disposed to
do in such case, do not inquire, and
suppose that is not the material point at
present. have not moment TO add
more than my ierycnt wishes foryour sue
cess and happiness. TIE Mea Of reserg;aq
the riyht 10 miHd,a,c ,~0s Siufcd at Rcha,0Hd
and considered as a conditional ratification,
uhich ,caS dscit' aja,uio0cd.-corsc Hda rcjcc-
ton. Yours. JAMES MADlsoN
New York finally abandoned her claim
and ''adoptcd the Constitution IN toto and
FOREVER And SO did dall the othcr,,States.
No one OF them has any right to sccedc,
or to withdraw rron the obligations and
responsibilities of the Union.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Oh. Cling to the Unionl

Oh. cling to the Union. that gallant old bark,
Hath rode out the storm when the tempest was
dark,
Her tmbera were framed by patriot band,
And they are watching her still from the shadowy
land.
Oh, cling to the Union! It's Freedoms last trust
Her hope will have led when she falls to the DUST
The laugh of the tyrant will sound o'cr the main
When he hears from our country the cank of his
chain.
Oh. cling to the Union! for brothers VIC are;
We can spare from our flag not stripe star:
Together--united--our race let us run,
For our hopes, and our aims, and our glory are
one.
Oh, cling to the Union! twas purchased with
blood, ..e
Twas wet with the tears of the brave and the
good;
And spirits that formed it hath gone to their rest,
And the turf lioth green each patriot breast.
Then cling t. the Union the hope of the world !.
Let the flag of the free the breeze be unurled,
Till Libertys song shall triumphantly roll
From ocean to ocean, from tropic to pole.