The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-03-20
The London Times on the True
Cause Of tie War.

The LONDON I'm on the True
Cause Of tie War.
The London Tnl,s in dissenting from
thefesent speech Of NJ Miner Gibson,
President Of the British Board of Trade,
claiming that slavery was "the truc and
only cause of the present American war"
says;
Wesee an imniese and utter disparity
OF character ana circumstance between
the North arri The SCUM. Nature has
mads,fihe climate, the soil. aud hy thi-
times the people, different. Slavery is
only part OF this difference. The an
tagouism. long growing up mas come to
n head, and they who are on the spot feel
it lrreconciiable. A, with every other
war we are acquainted with. the causes
are one thing and The alleged reasons
another. The UnUed States would have
declared then indie end-nce of the In
perial sGovernment even 10 had never
claimed TO tax them FOR Imperial purpos
es, or to maintain its navigation laws N
their eXppn+e; our own civil war would
have eenfwaged and the Sluarts even
fually detlironrd, even il c aries /. had
ton would baye taken place, even if Tet-
eel had never sold indulgences in the
open market II was not for the liberty
OF the press alone or even at all, as the
event shows, that our uelgnhors rose
against Louis Philippe. Ia all these
changes. the heat and lro tOf the offence
as it appears ia acts and documents, may
be only one OF many real causes and may
not even be one of them 1t is the
American Constitution winch has broken
down. A mere federailon for external
purposes has been unable to keep togeth-
er those who suff,r domestic discrepan
cies FIR gteater than any external cause
and alienation and war. As long as the
balance lay pretty even between the
North and SOuh so long both tolerated
the Union which answeIed their purpose
an was not very oppressive to either
That equilibrium has BEEN DIES royed ny
Immigration and Other causes. The South
finds It must be .elther independent or
crushed, and 1t prefers the former.
Stampede of lArnod Contrabands.
H,too He,d NJ .rch 2. Tine negro exne.
diton from st Miry's has just returned
IL was tOlnppsth bl i1ul C'lIl DlfN Ol NE
negro rpginl MS Fuey went after ne
gro recru an Iumbrr rney g,t to
grther loj|o negroes. but they refused
10 com away, and we're left behind.
They did not SUCCEED in getting any
lumber. fffe Transports were fired at
from the shores. Captain Jack Clifton.
of the steamer John Adams, was killed
by ball through the head. H." was
well known all over Nv York. He was
brother of the celebrated actress, Jose
phine Clifton, and was very much liked
for" bis social and cheerful qualities. HIS
wife and daugher are at Beaufort. His
loss is regretted by all.
The expedition succeeded in bringing
off four non combatunts. The town Of
St. Mary's was burned Y thu negroes
The negroes landed and encamped at
st. Mary's. During the night twenty reb
els on horse back IN tie a dash into their
camp, when the negroes fled in every
direction. and then Stampeded for the
TRANSPORTS. throwing away their guns
They rushed peIl-nell on board, and ere.
ated tthe greatest confusion. The rebels
fred from high bluffs and our troops
could not elevate their gum enough to do
much execution Report says that two
rebels were killed ana five wounded
Hartford Co"a) Times