The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-11-22
The Voice Of one Crying in the
Wilderness.

The New York Times, in q late issue.
thus raves and bewails the condition Of
the North, and exhorts the people to do
something:
Are we to be overwhelmed, like unhap-
py Greece, in the putrid waves OF domes-
tic corruption? Heaven forbid that this
inquiry shall bc consSnifhatcd. We have
not yet eliminated to the meridian; We
are not yet manacled for the scaffold; we
are not yet .shrouded for the grave Of
nations. Weshave committed dreadful
errors, we have walked in the valley and
the shadow OF death, but there is beauti-
full sen, shining like the "cross in the vii.
derness," reckoning US to loftier and
prouder destiny There is one whose
pavilion is dark cloud"-one, Mt whose
voice the universe was summoned 70 ex-
istence-who is still the guardian OF the
land OF Washington. VirginisYl Let us
not despair.
Now Is the time for actionl The eyes
of the world are upon you; the shades OF
one hundred and eighty generations OF
men are looking down upon you, an6 L
is for you to fight or die. Boojoom!
As we hsve said, you have election; you
must fight. or consent to be a kissing and
Ia by.word through every century to come;
YOU must meet the dreadful issue, or your
children will deny their parentage, A
great many are already in doubt about
that, and blush when your names shall
be men.ionedl
The greatest questions Of the world are
to be decided at once. Hare zoe 0orsrr.
nesnt or tbs Continentf-[ Certainly--sover.
nj This is the momeDtous issue--more
than thirty millions Of people are directly
| interested in the result, and all the m.
tions Of the earth will be involved in the
general ruin. Such a struggle as shis 10
not limited to any special age; the highest
interests Of humanity are concerned. and
the pulse of the world beats with thst Of
America. Not Yankee America.
We have not yet approached this tremen.
dous subject; You have approached sever
al times-at Bethel, Manassas, Leesburg,
&C., but you didn't seem to like its looks,
and SO ran away from it; we have not
realized in remote degree. the awful
responsibilities resting upon US; we are
attempting to perform. in few short
months. task which cost Spain sight
hundred years of incessant hber. We
began wrong upon this subject, and We
have continued wrong. We were afraid to
take the high. unimpeachable ground
upon which this war must be settled; We
are lingering in the low, degraded valley
Of compromise and ExPEprENcr, instead Of
declaring in favor OF abstract right. Com.
promise" is q word which is not in our
dictionary; it is an invention Of cowarssice
and crime, and we repudiate it with con-
tempt and scorn. No compromise with
the agents of the devil. fIe won't let
you of with a compromise, but rar. stern.
unrelenting rar, to the knife. Close tho
column and let the battle rage with Ma
poleonic fury; while the earth shall open
to accommodate the spirit of those that
shall fall m defence Of the imprescriptable
and inalienablc Rights Of Man. So we
Rppe--and the other place will yawn for
those who fight against them.
IN end to all cornpromise! Lot us
meet this issue like men! fla ha ha j
Let us assert our rights as did Isreal,
against the Roman Empire, and let us
bid defence to the world in arhss. What
right has Europe, hoary with crime, to
dictate terms Of peace to American
What right hass she to look down. with a
condescending air, .upon America?