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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
The Capacity Of the South to Feed
Herself.

The abolition press of the North ar,
seeking to delude their readers into tb,
belief that the South is not self-sustaining
and by cutting off supplies from her, she
can be starved into submission. Because
the slave States have found it more profit
able to grow cotton and purchase corn
the conclusion Of their inability to raise
the latter article in any amount is hastily
embraced. This new method of conquest
-the suggestion of which is so necessary
as an artificial stimulus to Yankee cour.
AGES evidently made with the view OF
goading the white-livered myrmidons Of
abolitiondom on to their projected work
ofdepredation. Like all of their argu-
ments, however, it needs but slight test
for the demonstration Of its falsity.
Not having beforeus slecensus returns
of 1850, we take for illustration those of
1850, which win answer our purpose quite
as we'll We will contrast by facts and
figures the resources of the two sections,
so far as to ascertain which can maintain
itself in the present conflict the longer.
The slave States in that year raised
7,66O,65l bushels of peas and beans, while
the so-called free States only raised 5lS,.
033 bushels, leaving balance in favor of
the former of 7, 1926 bushels.
In the same year the South raised 81
1852 bushels of sweet potatoes, while
the North only rased l,l22,323 bushels,
leaving balance in our favor of 36,0l4,-
489 bushels
The amount of Indian corn raised by
the South was about 345, 900, 900 bushels
that by the North, 233, 100000. Balance
in favor of the South. 1l2, 100000 bushels.
We further find that in the same year
the slave States raised 2l5, ,3l2, 0pounds
Of rice-the Northern States only raising
GOO pounds.
The same statistics show the aggregate
FuIue vi i've SIOUX tileD III Tie DOuln 10
be S246, 900, ,000-in the North S293, ,000,-
D00--or only S47 900, 900 in favor of the lat
ter.
In connection with these facts it is to
be remembered that the South annually
produces more than 100000 bales of
cotton, which can at any time cafnmand
N the European market S200,000,000 in
lard cash. AT the same time she has but
200, 900 of mouths to feed, while the
.nemy must find food for 100000, or a
number nearly one third larger.
Under such circumstances, the Confed-
rate States need have no fear of the raw
lead and bloody bones cry of being starv-
ID by want of resources into defeat. The
,rops are better in the South this year,
md more abundant, we believe, than ever
Known before.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
The gost.
Athens, Friday. May "a, 1861.
John g. Breckinridge.

Col. Anderson, better known as Major
Aderson, who surrendered Fort Sumter
TO the South Carolinians, stated at Har.
risburg that John c. Breckenridge would
meet him at Cincinnati and take COM
mand under him. Ifhe does, it will be in
the defence of Kentucky against Lincoln's
mercenaries. We had not supposed that
Maj. Anderson would SO soon abandon
the flag he so desperately defended But
so it seems. Certain we are that John G..
Breckenridge will never turn traitor to
the South. d a-f
In brief, the whole statement is clearly
a lie made and dispatched for political
effect in Tennessee and Kentucky. We
warn the public against the lies that will
be circulated by the Government at Wash
ington, which now has the Geographic
wires under their control.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

DANIEL S. DICKINSON IN 1S49 AND IN
l86l.-A correspondent Of the Savannah
Republican, speaking of the position that
Daniel S. Dickinson has taken in the
present crisis, says: "There is no man
living on this continent for whom / had
greater respect than Daniel S. Dickinson,
of New York, until very recently.
think that it was in lS40 that he
spoke about in this language;
Asa Northern man, will never cross
the portals of government brought into
power upon Southern sectional issue, -
! would animate my countrymen TO flee
it as q oontagion; and were ! Southern
man would never recognize a govern
ment brought into power upon North
ern sectional issue-NEvER!
But when the Southern people act as
he said he would act, he is ahead of the
most rabd Aboltiouists in denouncng
them, and says that he would wipe the
South and her institution from the earth"
And for what does he propose to do
this? Because the Southern people act
ing in accordance with what he soid IN
1910, have refused to recognize govern.
ment brought into power upon North
ern sectional issue Oh, the duplioity ol
such men Thank God the South has
learned to LOOK upon these men in theil
true light; they now know that II is idle
to talk about aid or peace from the myr
midons Of Lincoln. We have got them
to fight, and we have got to give them O
sound threshing before we can have
nanoe.D
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
Recognition of the Southern Con-
4l federacy.

We really believe our old friends, oi
the New York Daily Express will go be-
side themselves unless they speedily re-
ceive dispatch form Lord Palmerston
declining to recognize the existence OF
the Southern Confederacy. Each num-
Der of their paper shows excessive unea-
siness. The following is a part of their
last article: % lo ia. a1a1
1t has all along been our impression
that, Notwithstanding professions to the
contrary on the part OF the representa-
tves Of the leading European Govern
ments, that the Southern Republic would
be recognized by them just as soon as
they could discover their interests in
that direction. We have never allowed
ourselves 10 appraise, at very high val
Ee. the confessions of sympathy for
Liberty and Humanity" occasionally
uttered by their journals. We have new
er been able to accept, without much
reservation, the sincerity of the wish, at
times expressed by their statesmen, that
the integrity of the great Republic
should be preserved. Upon this point,
one of the most intelligent and best i'm
formed Of our Washington correspond
ents has submitted some statements
touching the views of the foreign Min
listers there, which 90 far to confirm the
impressions to which we allude. Every
one of these Ministers, he says, is at
heart in favor Of the Montgomery Gov
ernment-the representative from Sar-
dinia alone excepted, who, naturally
enough, looks upon the breaking up of
the Union as practically an end of self
government on this side of the Atlantic,
and as side-long blow to the permanent
establishment of an United italy on the
other. The American Republic has been
the nightmare of the crowned heads Of
the Old World for the last three-quarters
ofa century, and we do not see what good
it will do to cheat ourselves into the be-
lief that they will refrain from joining
their efforts with those of jeff Davis in
getting rid of that nightmare by getting
rid of the Union-efforts, in every possi-
BILE way, short of positive interference by
army ard navy, on his befalf 1t will do
no harm therefore, to accustom ouselves
to stare that ugly probability in the face,
first as last, for in so doing, we can best ]
be prepared TO deal with it, when it be-
comes an accomplished fact.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

SUPERVISION OF THE TELEoRArH.--J.
Hoyt, Superintendent Of the telegraph
at Halifax, N. s., pLblishes the following
notice:
"All messages from points South Of
Washington WILL until further notice, be
subject to the supervision Of tho Govern
ment of the United States"
The telegraph lines, it will thus be
seen, are in the hands Of our enemies,
who employ lying agents TO prepare the
dispatches sent South. With this ex-
planntion, tho reader will understand
what reliance should be placed in the
dispatches sent us. With few excep'
tions, they are prepared without any re-
gard whatever to truth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

The COMING CoHFMcT.-All the North
ern papers concur that the armies Of Lin
coin will speedily invade the soil Of Vir-
ginia. Some say the invasion will begin
this week, but none defer it longer than
the 23d--the day of the election--when
it is estimated, the Federal mercenaries
will throw their swords into the scales.-
Three simultaneous inroads are spoken
Of, one at Harpcr's Ferry, one at Norfolk,
and one at Alexandria. Some things are
easie.' said than done.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

TIE "LIrlLE GIANT" 10 TAKE THE FIELD
The Indiana Seminal hears it stated by
those whose inforration is entitled to
respect, that the Hon. Stephen A. Doug
las will be appointed Lieutenant General
by President Lincoln. In view this an
nouncement we may as well add that IL
is reported that Senator Wisfall is to com
mand a regiment Of thousand picked
men, selected from the whole army, no
man in the regiment to weigh under 10
pounds or be under six feet high, or over
SO years Of age. Each man will lie armed
with an Enfield rife, two Navy rcyolyers,
and six pound Bowie knife.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

SrIEs IN THE SoUTH.-We have little
doubt, says the Richmond Dispatch, that
Lincoln has his agents in every Southern
locality, and strict lookout should be
kept for them. Strangers especially, no
matter how pacific the pretenses on which
they profess to come, should be closely
watched, and, if necessary, prevented
from leaving.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

Tue PROBABILITY OF REcooSirIoN.--
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Express, forming his conclu-
sion from tho position occupied by the
foreign ministers at Washington, says;
"Whenever the Southern ConGederacy
can manage TO stand alone, il will find no
difficulty in securing its recognition by
the leading Powers Of Europe, Such al
least is the belief Of neutral Southern
men Of great intelligence, resident in
this CITY,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
A Cheerinp Indication.

The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Erprcss May 10y says:
We find here in Washington the French,
English, prussian, Russian, Austrian,
Spanish and Brazilian Ministers are Sc
cretly or openly rejoicing at the downfall
of the American Republc--and the
Chavalicr Bertinatt alone, the Minister
from Sardinia, regretting it. And why
does Bertinatti regret it? Manifestly be-
cause he regards it as weakning the cause
of q "united Italy" If the American
Union can be disbanded, why not tho
Italian Union. Bertinatti, with his clear
seeing Italian intellect, plainly enough
breads the effect of our wrangling upon
the future OF his own country.
Whenever then, the Southern Confed-
erncy can manage to stand alone it will
find no difficulty in securing its recogni-
ton by the leading Powers Of Europe
Such, ut least, is the belief of neutral
Southern men of great intelligence, resi-
ding in this city.
We have never supposed any other re-
suit possible. AS to the satisfaction it
gives absolutists to see our institutions
destroyed, that can no longer be prevent
ed. If the Union is mol dismembered, it
can only be held together by force, and
that is despotism-m military despotism.--
We prefer to see the South any day under
Alexander, Napoleon, Francis Joseph
Victoria, or any other crowned head Of
Europe, than under Abraham Lincoln.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

pay- The Montgomery correspondent
Of the Savannah Republican says the Con.
gress will not make Richmond the Capt.
tal of the Confederate States. We think
Atlanta, Huntsville, Nashville, or new
eiy, TO be built on the Charleston and
Memphis Road at the point Of contact of
iha States Of Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee, would either be preferable to
Richmond -AHquSia CHRONICLE.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
The Niagara Can be Captured.


The Columbia S6uM Caroliniaa Of Sun
day says:
The Niagara is the largest Of the men
of-war belonging to the United States
Government. She carries so guns, and is
reported to have 600mcn on board. Large
as she is, she may be captured, for such
things have bean done before. We learn
that day or two since, when the report
Of the blockade reached Charleston, q
number of maritime men offered to bet
thatif she came, she would be in posses
sion of the Confederates in less than ten
days. We have not heard Of that bet be-
ing taken but should permission be Civ.
en- them to carry out their plans, then
partly matured, we are sure they would
succeed
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
The Steam Gun.

ALKxANDRIA, May 13.--Mr. Dickinson,
the agent of Winans, for the steam gun,
was not arrested, as has been reported
A few pieces of the machinery were ia
ken by the Lincolnites under Butter, but
the essential and useful parts is safe..
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

ARnrvAL or MIDDLE TENNESSEE TRooPs.-
The First Battalion Of the Second Reg
iment of Tennessee volunteers, about five
hundred strong, reached Lynchburg early
Sunday morning last and are now quar-
tered at Camp Davis, near this city. The
following companies compose the battal-
ion.
Carolina Grays--Capt. Hunt.
Hartsvile Grays--Cept. Henry.
Rutherford Blues-Capt. White.
Sumner Legion--Capt. Tyree.
Sumner Lcgion-Capt Bate.
The battalion Is under the command Of
Col. William B. Bate and Lieut.. Col. u. T..
Coodall. and is compo ID Of the best kind
of material al--all of them being ofthe rough
and ready order, and prepared TO perform
any duty to which they may bc assigned.
The remaining Battalion Of this regiment
is daily expected. LyoeAbtf9 RtpaJiien.
wAsuiSoroY, May l6.--Many Of the
troops here refused to take the test oath
because the municipal authorities ut home
rtfr1od sustenance to their families
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

SELr-MuRDER. Some of the Northern
States have the following fundamental
declaration in their Bills OF Rights:
"All power is inherent in the people;
oil free governments are founded on their
authority ahdinstituted for their benefit;
they have therefore an inalienable and
indeIeasible right TO institute government,
and alter, reform, or totally change
the same, when their safety and happiness
require it,"
This undeniable postulato and law of
Republican liberty. embraced as il is in
State papers, refers TO the people OF the
State, as distinct political community.
1t is this inesiimable right Of self-govern.
ment that, by strange fatnity, these very
people are now fighting to destroy. They
are so blind by rage that they do not see
that they are fighting against their own
rights as well as against ours. The war
they are rollying for is war Of self-de-
structiou and sulcide.- Richmond Wiz.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

DrscRuSrrp.-Some of our Cincinnati
exchanges complain bitterly that their
people are not permitted to ship provis-
ions TO the South, while Louisville aud
81. Louis arc permitted to do SO. Tho
benefits of this unholy war are beginning
10 be felt
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

NrcEsarYvs. CoNvESiEScE.- The editor
OF the Brookhaven (Miss,) Advertiser
offers tho following unique argument in
favor Of raising more corn than cotton:
eve have always been presistently in
favor Of planting a large crop Of corn,
even If Gotten has TO be little neglected.
particularly in times Ike these, when
communication with The Ohio may be cut
olfat any moment. Corn ia n necessity.
but t'coiton is only convenience. man
can very well live without shirt, but
what can he do without whisky"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
Plant Grain and Grass.

Mr.. Ewing introduced into the House Of
Representatives Of Tennessee, on the Goth
April, the following resolution, which was
adopted and sent to the Senate for con-
curronce:
Resolved Jy tie General Assembly Of tho
State Of Tennessee That in view Of the
dearth OF the past two years. and the pro-
bable extraordinary demand for cereal
and forage, to supply the absolute wants
of our State and the entire South, that
the agriculturists Of the State beandthey
are hereby requested todeyote the breadth
Of arabic land in the State to the culture
OF grain and grass.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

FoRr PicKESs.--The Montgomery Con-
federation says:
"we learn from n gentleman who ar
rived from Pensacola yesterday, that old
Brown is making every preparation for an
attack. Gen. Bragg keeps himself well
posted about his movements"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

SEIZURE OF IIARNEy's ARTILLERY We
learn that on receiFing intelligence by
the telegraph that Gen. Harney had been
enlisting troops for Lincoln, Gov. Edward
Clark, Of Texas, Immediately despatched
n portion OF the Austin City Infantry TO
the suburban residence Of Gen. Harney
at that place, and took possession Of four
pieces Of artillery, claimed rs his property
by his agents in Austin. They are now
at the Capital Of Texas, and ready foi
active service against any Of Lincoln's
Black Republican army.--N 0. Delta.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

Beys The clearanccs ut the Boston Gus
tom House last week show falling off
in the sales oil boots and shoes of l5,l7l
on the same week last year. Wonder II
ANYBODY Is hurtY
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

l-Ss- II is said that General Scott has
laid his plans for six months campaign.
Il is thought that the seat Of war Is about
to be removed from Washington 10 Cairo.
The latter being considered y strategical
point Of the greatest Importance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

bsS~ The Senate Of Kentucky has pass
ed on its third reading, a bill to suspend
the courts Of that State until the first Of
January, 1862 by vote Of 20 10 10.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

MlscniEvous CHILDREN like mis-
chievous children for this reason they
are apt to make good old folks. Good
boys generally die in their fifth year, not
because they are idolized by their pa
rents, but their quiet habits make them
strangers to mudpuddles, oxygen, dirt
pies and outdoor exercise.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

"TmNGs ARE WORKING. "--The New
York Jornoiaef Commerce of Tuesday, has
in its advertising columns, twenty-nine
ships for sale, and forty others for rent.
The Northern ship owners have already
found out that Lincoln's blockade wifi
not nav.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

Esy" The Philadelphia Press, which is
in the confidence of the Lincoln govern
mcnt, alluding to the recent call for men
to serve in the United States army and
navy, for three and five years, says the
demand looks to "a permanent military or
gani.ation on The grdndest scale" That is the
idea. The people of the North are here
after TO be subject TO the rule of military
leaders. Those who control affairs at
the North, by their acts pronounce the
doctrine that governments rest upon the
consent of the governed, an exploded
one. From this time forth, bayonets
will in reality take the place Of the ballot.
THE TnREAT.-The National Republican,
in its issue on Thursday, in Washington,
thus announces the policy and the pur-
poses Of the Lincoln Government;
"There is to be no peace except upon
the basis of the unqualified submission OF
those in revolt. There is to be no recog-
nition of any pretended Southern Conied-
eracy There is to be no peaceable assent
TO a separation Of the States. The Gov.
ernments is to be maintained in that
plain. straightforward way in which all
Governments are maintained, by coercion
The leaders of this conspiracy are TO be
driven out Of the country or to be hang
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

bSyr Percussion caps never can become
scarce. There are two establishments in
Southern States now manufacturing
Ihcm at the rate Of 10000 per day. This
will furnish within fraction Of one mil
lion per months.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
THIRTEEN THOUSAND AIAnAxrANs OFFER

THIRTEEN THOUSAND ALAnANIANs OFFER
ED.--rhe Montgomery AdvertiSer gives the
following cheering news from Alabama;
About one hundred and thirty-five
companies have offered their services to
the Governor of this State since he issued
his first proclamation, calling for three
thousand men. In each company there
is an average of one HUNDRED men, which,
in the aggregate, will amount to about
1900. Alabamians are certainly mani.
testing something Of The Spartan spirit in
their readiness TO defsnd their country.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

The STATE OF ArFAIRs.-The New
York journal of Commerce closes a
lengthy review of the past and present OF
our country, 10y the following paragraph
as 10 the future, should Lincoln's war
policy be continued;
A successful result, G., an evident sub
jugation or cxtinguishment of the white
Southern people, cannot bring honor,
prosperity, or glad conscience to the
North. Bereavement, sickness, poverty,
and a frightful generalization, will
march hand in hand with the triumph.
Increased debt, increased taxes, dimin-
ished value of all property. The custom
of the South, now amounting to hun.
dreds Of millions, lost; its productions,
which rendered the world tributary to
us, almost annihilated; and the relative
position of this country with the nations
OF the earth, hopelessly reduced. We
cannot conquer peaceful and cordial
Union. 1t is the last mode by which it
can be done.
That is significant of return to rea-
eon
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

Coon ADVICE FOR TIE SoUTH.-We adopt
the following suggestions from the Hunts
vile Adpocate, and the South will be wise
if she heeds them;
Whatever can be made at the South
now, should be. The war may be upon
us for years, anl our people should be
prepared to endure its privations and pro-
vide for its necessities. The day for lux
uries, vain display, and foolish extrava-
gance is over. We should husband our
resources so as to be independent.
Every branch of industry inthe South
should now double its exertions to sup.
ply the homo demand. Every manulac-
turer of cloths, goods, boots, shoes, hats,
foundries, clothing, hoes, wooden ware
&C., &C., should let the public know at
once what he makes, where he is to be
found, and how he sells. The public
needs information Of this kind now, ond
look to the advertising columns OF the
newspapers for such kowledge."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

DoI- There are some Union mon in the
souih--we admit 30 much Of thruth in
the Northern journals--and two Of Them,
Messrs. Vance and leach, were lately
members Of Congress from North caroli-
m, nnd arc now Captains Of volunteer
Companies ready TO fight for the South.
ns5- A northern spy was hung al Col.
umbus, Ky, Friday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

The LONDON TIMEs.--The New York
papers publish an article from the Lon
don Times, Of May 1st, in which it express
es great surprise that Mr.. Lincoln should
think it possible to coerce tho seeding
States. The Times had not then heard Of
the secession of Virginia though it was
expected. Itsays that Lincoln may prob
ably repeat the British enterprise at Ne,o
Orleans. 1t leans towards the independ-
ence of the Southern Confederacy.
The WORKING OF THE MORRILL, TARIFF
BmL.-Of the 3S vessels arriving in New
York from the lst to the 9Th inst, not
one had cargo, all coming in under
ballast. They are all from European
ports.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24
j. Movements of Lincolnism.

ALEXANDRIA, May l3.-MMor Anderson
and Mrs. Lincoln were in Philadelphia
on Friday.
Major Anderson will not command the
Kentucky brigade.
1t is reported that Stephen Arnold
Douglas will be Lieutenant-General to
succeed Winfield Scott.
Daniel L. Sickles has offered brigade
to Lincoln.