The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-08-22

upon, and for, the increasad product Of
such Forces. A million Of men at least
is necessary for :he execution Of the new
Congressional programme, only in part
the execution, in toto. being impossible, =
as time will demonstrate. But Congress
has failed to provide this million Of pen.
The necessary. the inevitable CoSscRIp.
Tios is refused. The Evil day is put of
only because it is the Evil day. To zen.
aet," and to refuse the posse TO execute
the Enactment" Is species of moral
treason. Paper Bulletins,-mere "acts Of
Congress" mere Presidential "Proclama.
TONS" are but Chinese crackers, gongs,
papieT maehs monsters, in civil war such
as this has been created TO be for nothing
but men and arms can end such a war
The mere war meetings, where Orators
make war speeches, and decline to en-.
list in the ranks, and to lead the way for
the Common People to follow, are but
Chinese Farces. Nothing then, of course,
produces nothing, as the Common Peo-
pie are too practical to be inspired by the
mere wind, or even by the arts of Orato.
ry.
Now, all these we are aware, are any
thing but palatable Truths, but they are
not the less Truths, such as the Express
put forth the day after the firing upon
the flag at Fort Sumter, as well as often
forewsrned Of, before, and such as we
have repeatedly uttered throughout this
whole crisis. The Administration, not
even now. has any adequate conception
of the magnitude Of this war,-but little
more, very little more, than il had in
April, 1861, when it called for its $4,000
three months men. Indeed, it seems to
us sometimes, that though We have an i'd
ministration, we have lost all Government -
The Administration exists, but it drifts,
not governs. The President floats, not
tag, nor toUs. on the stream Of life. He
is the creature, not the CREATOR of circum-
stances. If he is not governed. he GER
tainly does not govern, or, il he ever gov
ems, it is the government OF spasm.-
Ones heart aches: tears start TO ones
eyes, upon seeing this great Republic
thus drifting to perdition, in the absence
OF government. 100000 men in arm, or
about to be S600,O0O,0OO expenditure per
annum, 200, 900 Office. holders. and cheer
ful and willing People, give the Presi.
dent all the elements Of the strongest
government on Earth, but it is not the
less clear, that he drifts, or Aoats on the
sea of mere Party, and that there is
scarcely what can be called Govern.
ment. Removals from Office 60 on as
ever. Post-masters here and there, Tide
walters, here and there are all the while
displaced, and mere party affairs are
thoroughly attended to,-Sut the Presi-
dent has not yet lifted himself above
Party, tOsOuern. Henry Clay, though new
er President, governed mis- Party and was
never governed'by it. Gen. Jackson gov
erned Democracy, and Democracy never
governed him. jefferson in 1900 made
the Democratic Party, and no mere
Democratic Party ever governed him.
If President Lincoln has any ambition 10
walk in the footsteps of such men, he
will cease to float and drift, and to watch
wind-viens, and govrn,-not to be gov.
erned by the Radical and Revolutionary
Grondists and Jacobins, that infest the
White House and the Capital.