The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-11-07
The surest Way to "save the Union"

IRON the Richmond Dispatch.J
The notion which is expressed by many
war Democrats Of the North, that "vig-
orous prosecution ofhostHtes," on strictly con-
sotationaiprinciples is a sure way to preserve
the Union," is about as unmitgated piece
of lunacy as ever emanated from mad.
house. The mere announcement of the
proposition is its own answer. It is like
saying tina. the surest way to preserve our
planetary system Ito which it was once
the fashion to liken the Federal Union)
would be to withdraw all the centripe.
tai forces, and give full play to the Gen.
trifugal; for the central sun to pitch into
the stars, and smash them into an eter-
nal conjunction with himself. Or to
adopt another figure, !. is like man un-
dertaking to restore the love of wife,
whose affections he had alienated by
pounding her to jelly. We eau COM
prehend the Black Republican logic
When they say they mean to subjugate or
exterminate us, there is no more difficult
ty in understanding them than there is
in understanding hyena, or wolf, or a
| rattlesnake. We know that they have
determined to make us slaves or have our
| blood. But the Democratic iargon of re-
storing the old Union. and by force plac.
ing the States just where they were be-
/ fore secession, is such rank absurdity that
they can scarcely expect anybody to be-
/ lieve what they say, not even excepting
themselves. Any other supposition inn
plies such ignorance of the sentiment and
human nature of the South, and of hui
man nature in general, as is scorcely con-
ceivable among men Of ordinary intelli-
gence. especially adroit and long-headed
politicians.
Do they expect the South ever to for
give the unspeakable wrongs she has suf.
fered in this invasion? Do they imagine
that she could ever consent to sit down
at the same national table with the muir.
derers whose hands are dripping with the
blood of her children? The question is
not, can we be subjugated; can we be
held under the same Government by
force; can we be kept down as Austria
keeps down Hungary, and as the Black
Republicans openly propose to keep us
down-but, being subjugated, can the
old Union, which had no other cohesive
power than the mutual love and conf
dence of its people, be re-established?-
Even if the South could consent to such
Unreasonable degradation, what would
be the value of her action when she has
no longer will of her own? How can
she be at once enslaved and free? How
can the States be at once subugated and
sovereign? 1t is obvious that all this is
sheer nonsense, intended to deceive, and
that the Democrats of the North are as
thorough Consolodationists as the Black
Republicans. -.
We do not charge the Northern Demo
cratic party with being as thoroughly de
moniac and devilish as the Lincolnite.
proper and the Abolitionists. With tn,
exception Of the Robespierre faction, al
bloody and remorseless set of hell
, hounds never before howled for human
, blood as the Northern Abolitionists.--
, But, practically, what is the differenc,
, between them? Mcclellan, who is
, Breckenridge Democrat, calls upon tn
army to sustain the Lincoln Government
no matter what policy it may proclaim
What more could the Abolition Genera
Hunter do, if he were in Mcclellan
place? We have lately had on the Jane
River the first fruits of that hideous proc
lamation. In what respect is Butler, tn
vilest beast IN human form that eve
walked the earth, any more acceptabl
than Black Republican, We put n
dependence in any Northern party. Tn
} South should look for help only to Hea,
en- and herself, not to any Norther
party. There is a just God that rule
and God who has proclaimed tina
, though "clouds and darkness are roun
I about him, righteousness and judgmer
are the habitation of his seat" In Hir
we trust, and by His aid and our ow
e strong right arm we are certain to cor
q quer.