The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-03-28

'N NM fa,a.., ~
II was tba ,ar,s,,, - o'"lulne' ''t's
experienced state,man H.. 49, nan an
sions of bad Governments consisted r ~,
ly in the pcrversion and abuse 81 q,
power Of taxation. nc the Soutb co,,,
be subjugated by the North. o,,r ,,s,,,,,
would be literally taxed to death I,
the first place, their slave property wo,,,,
be liberated, and their cotton. tobano,
and other agricultural products se;za,
and confiscated. This, Of itself, woul,
be ruinous 70 large proportion of on
citizens, butxthis.would be only "the he
!, on, ming OF Forrowst With resource
| thus 80 di,ii.. Wished that the former rat
of taxation kould be q cruel burthen
they youlds roou,rea ~ ,os the entir
| expenses attendant on the war 20 s,,s,
CATION. Upon this point The p,,rro.n :,
the North is fixed and openIv rroo,a;n,od
If the war were to end to.morrow Al,
war debt of the United States would 40,
fall short of twelve hundred r,;,,;o,, :,
dollars The annual interest nnon ~.
vost daht wo,ld h. at sevep nor non.
a;oh,u Co.. .,;,,,o,. ~ :. .,-h;oh ,o,,,,
he WIRING from "a hv tovot;o, PIT this
wouId not ho all M. ,or,l
ne'
quarter upon U.s. "' our expense 10 keep
,oo 600 S VI ,'o' ios' 'i'ai'
% ''A '"'' "o"'' oos' US u
49, ~. 49,, NV ~, "nnun' Dc.
49, S..s.S % ~ oo.pe'eo ~ pay all
$3.50 .,' " oui pioV'hoi'', uoVern-
/. IL, '''"' "ouio
10 "o"eN e"ha Nor'herh manuiac-
/, ~. - was nv" ~ iie"iS vi pro-
n'oi'ory 'arilis upon all the articles fab
by them and consumed by us.
We, and our posterity for untold oen-
erotions vet n como WILL .o;I -
l.. - ~ ,.c ~ 80 "o"io 'oi' nopeioss-
~ through lie lof q scanty and precari-
Gus existence. Our beautiful land would
be the desolate abode Of white slovos
who would bo ru,od &C ,,;,, = .eS % .
l.. - 49,, ~" VI ioh
W s'oe"y, anu pi'iless Nofthern task
Better, far better, and thou
sand times more honorable. that orr man
should II, ,,r;sh
-, ~ si'ou'y upon .ie oa''
Iie-neid' ana that our wives and children
s !, immediate themselves upon the
aeao oooies OF Cnelr natural protectors.
The Merrima,c-..Her a rmomer+
S;roo .ho Mo,,u;r.a ~ 49,:
o'o0 'ne "e'fiiac' or 'ne virginia.
mas been the means OF gaining such a
glorious victory, the following from the
Richmond oorres nondence of tho Now
,u,o.. Ill, ....,,
o'ie"'o VI sS'Son' WIZ oe ieau Win ihter-
'st: y
As it is almost certain that the Merri-
nae will either have proved o brilliant
uccess or miserable failure before this
caches you, il will not be improper in
ne to give your renders few facts in re-
,ard to her. In the first place, her en-
ines are $40 horse power; and in spite of
Ter great weight, it is thought she will
make from. twelve to fifteen miles an
lour. She does not draw by foot and o.
Ialf as much water as was expected
When afioat she p presents to the enemy
My roof above the water. All OF her
is below the water line. Her
ides and roof are, composed of oak %
nches thick, cove red with six inches of
late and railroad. iron. She has an an
aratus for throw ing hot water on board
rs. Her armam ent consists of ten guns
My, all rifed.
The guns in he sides. four in number
re 80 Founders. Those at the bow and
,n throw lG9 pound solid shot or
,yee norts wb;c h emab ine'I ba guns nave
roadside Of six nnns She has fi,r seo
II heating shot, Her crew consists of
N lieutenants md three hundred and
Fty picked neil. and among them are
lie best gunner, in the old navy. She
rs under water wedge-shaped prov of
TX and iron 80 feet long. Commodore
achanan comm lands her, and the second
command is 'Catesby Jones-both men
the highest order of courage. Buchan-
has confidence in her, and says he is
ing to glory or grave in her; Jones is
IS confident, hut says she is as good a
ace to die in s.s man could have. The
jection to her, and it is serious one, is
Q fact that sl Q is entirely dependent on |
" machinery; if that gets out of order.
o becomes mere log in the water
1t IT that holds out, it is fair to expect
at she will do some damage to the two
ankee irigates now lying off Newport
'ws before this week ends. Let us not
too sanguine, but hope for the best
g msy help to help US out of our great
hculty,
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