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

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ofoSely s!issed VI sh6 mao hiinss
lion of aha ftion fnsf isne. ansi their deep
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\ pcstrd 'hy Nubl timenf frSn.tlss abo.
lition press, pulpit and speakers, mani.
tests itselfin way which will not likely
prove agreeable to the communities
where these disturbances have begun.--
they are not only in the North---these So
rious disturbances -even in the, city Of
Alexandria have they an existence; and
+ it is not with the people of that town that
this disposition-this feeling of antsgo-
nism to the negro race--exis,s, but among
the troops, especially Indiana, troops.
there is an abiding feeling which mani
tests itself in repeated fights and knock
downs with the negro portion Of the pop
ulation. This proves conclusively that
whatever may be New England's part to-
ward teaching negroes that they are the
equals, if not decidedly better than the
white man, the great Western population
will not be welded to any such idea.-
the raising Of negro regiments, the full
some adulations Of negro preachers, the
counting of negro society---the troo latter
plainly evident in this The capital of ohite
man $ Nation, have engendered hard feel
ines in the hearts of many white men,
which must result badly in time but Of
what use is it to pirate of the evils of abo-
lition7 What does it gain for one save
the soubriquet Of traitor? This city has
become in a space, little short ola year, a
camping ground for abolitionists, and a
nest for runaway negroes, and the guilt
of denouncing either, is good cause for
ones imprisonment. after which, in the
hurry OF business. like others who have
gone before, and who pine innocent OF
charges against them they know nothing
off, IN dungeon walls, they are all forgot
ten. These things, in very many instan-
ces the result of abolition persecution, If
allowed to continue by those who have
the pewer to stopitif TIER could, ~il, b.
productive of more serious results than
we have ever y.t dreamed of.
Z, There was time when a question was
deemed appropriate concernin the arrest
and Imprisonment Of General Charles P.
Stone but that time has past the PEG.
pie are learning patience; they have
been successfully taught that in assert.
ing their rights as freeinen, as citizens of
the greatest free nation beneath the shin.
ing sun of heaven. they are liable to ar
rest. Punishment. imprisonment. Men
fresh from the battlefield. where they
have been struggling against the existence
of our nation, have been paroled, but one
Of our greatest Generals --and we need
great Generals-not knowing the extent
of charges against him. not faced by his
accusers., but suddenly arrested, in the
hour Of night, nearly six months ago,
now, rests uneasily within dungeons
walls, without so much as athought given
him by those who put him there, and
whose injustice prevents him from that
trial TO which he is entitled by the Con-
stitution of the.land, by the dictates Of
pure policy. and in the right Of true hu-
manity. These things will not be- forgot.
ten by the people, even though our Sen.
ators and rulers do affect to think no
more Of them. The accusers ofjust men
may rest assured retribution awaits
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