The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-04-19

to show how the inauguration of civil
war" is regarded by the Union men of
that section. The Express is one of the
lew old wing sheets OF the North which
has held out against Black Republican,
Ism from the first. The following is the
article:
The WAR BrGuN.-The Irrcpressible
Conflict" started by Mr.. Seward, and en-
dofS'd by the Republican party has at
length attained to its logical, ioreseen, re-
SUIT. That conflict, undertaken "for the
sake oil Humanity" eliminates now in
lnhumanlty itself, and exhibits the aiilct-
ing spectacle OF brother shedding BROTH
er's blood
Refusing the Ballot, before the Bullet
these men, flushed with the power and
patronage of the Federal Government,
have madly rushed into a civil war, which
VIII probably drive the remaining Slave
States into the arms Of the Southern Con-
!edcracy, and dash to pieces the last hope
Tor re. construction of the Union.
To the gallant men who are so nobly
defending the flag of their country within
the walls Of Fort Sumter, the nation owes
a debt of eternal gratitude, not less than
to the equally gallant and patriotic spl-
its, who, in like obedience to the demands
OF duty, are perilling their lives and shed
ding their blood in the heroic but, as yet,
unsccessful endenvor to afford them sue
cor. But to the cold-bloodcd, heartless
ucmagOgues, who started this civil war
themselves magnanimously keeping out
OF the reach OF bodily halm,-we can only
say,-you must find your account, if not
at the hands Of anindignant people then
III the tears OF widows and orphans. The
people Of the United States. it must
be borne in mind, petitioned, begged
and implored these men, who are become
their accidental masters, to give them an
opportunity to be heard, before this un-
natural strife was pushed to II bloody ex.
treme but their petitions were all spurn-
ed with contempt, and now the BULLET
comes in to decide the issue!
The New York Nc,cs, Specializing upon
the probable result of sending the war
fleet to the South, remarks:
There are those who gloat over the
prospect of coming butchery-who, like
vultures, scent in anticipation the carnage
about Fort Sum err. and glory in the fatal
blow that divides the Union, rs they hope,
forever. Their horrible exultations at
this moment. when civil war is about to
commence, show that the party to which
they belonged had this very end of disun-
ion and war in view when they initiated
their political argressions against the
South. Upon the Republican party and
the Republican Administration will fall
the deep condemnation which must follow
this most wicked and unnecessary pro-
ceeding.
I'VE care not to speculate upon what
particular point Of Southern Territory the
expedition is to be hurried. We have no
interests in the storming of the beleaguel-
ing batteries around Sumter, or of con-
veying to it reinforcemen.s under the
protection OF vessels shielded by sand
bags. These floating MllalloFi;s may prove
a match for the cordaroc batteries of sand
and iron rails that have been got up to
command the approaches to Sumter but
in the experiment we take little interest.
There is one horrible reality which swal-
lows up every other consideration; it is
that war may have already broken out
That the crime Of Cain may be repeated
here, and our American soil may be Grim.
soned with blood shed in lraternal strife
1t is well that the grave has closed over
Washington and his companions of the
revolution, and that the men who found
ed this republic do not witness its fall"
SgARcntHG BAGGAGE, &c.-Wc were pleas
ed to learn Yesterday, through the cour-
tesy of Mr. j. w. Sloss. of Athens, Ala,
President Of the Tenn. Is Ala. Railroad,
that he has just returned from Montgom-
cry, having effected an arrangement with
Mr.. Memmiuger by which goods can be
shipped from Nashville into the Contede-
racy under bills of ladng and pay duty
at the point to which the goods are ship
ped under control Of the Railroad agents
and conductors without any detention
whatever; and goods passing into and out
of the Confederacy again, pay no duty
and are not detained at all.
Trunks, baggage. &c, will be under the
charge of the conductors on the trains.
with no detention or examinations, cX-
cept in cases where smuggling is suspi-
cioned. There will be no ware-housing
or Custom House officers, the whole being
attended to by the railroad officers.
Mr.. Memminger shows every DISPOSE
ton to facilitate business and accommo-
date the travelling public, and it is to be
hoped that the hue and cry Lately raised
about stopping baggage and trunks will
now easc.- Union and american.
Who is to do the FightingP
Nearly three hundred and thirteen
Thousand American citizens voted again /