The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-09-18

sakes, do not provoke, by fraud or force,
an armed collision. 1t depends OH
yourselves, alone for the men of intel
ect i'm the South-those men who will
ut last, control its destinies, in spite of
al, the disabilities you have imposed
upon them-have determined TO endure,
and induce their people to endure all
that you have yet inflicted. in the hope
that the people of the United States, to
whom the appeal is now made, will re-
store their States the republican form,
and also substance, of government
which you have destroyed while pre-
tending to guarantee.
Mr.. Morton casts in, with the want
of republican form of government,
the alleged fact that they do not in the
South treat Northern men with cordial
ity and respect This, to some extent,
is true. A large proportion of North
ern men who have come among them
were commissioned as spies, and were
paid, principally out of the public purse,
to SANDER and vilify, with the Interior
object of misrepresenting the South in
the two houses of Congress. 10 these
your missaries-Southern men are
generally not partial. In their political
nomenclature they are called "carpet-
baggers :" as chemists call by way of
distinction, genus of gases cdcodWeS;
and it is not surprising that they arc
J both in like bad odor. But honest
men, those who visit the South upon le-
! climate business, are generally-not
: diwdys-treated with civility and kind
: ness; for the masses Of men do not
always readily take note Of the distinct
$ i've characters of men. General Lees
| opl-c n cd 1x-
Grams, are full on the point of submission
f to the Union, and confirm all that 1
Y have heard on this subject from other
/. reliable sources. General Lee denied
| that the people of the South are inim-
| ical to the Union. They want peace
/ and long for it. This is their universal
h sentiment, as far as he has been able to
!, ascertain it, and his opportunities have
: been many, from frequent conversations
: and extensive correspondence with rep
: resentative persons in all parts of the
!, South. AS to their luminosity to tho
y negro, nothing could be further from
e the fact; and why should there be?
n Said he: "Therc is no rivalry between
the races, but reciprocal interest,
growing out of the fact that each is de-
pendent upon the other to certain ex-
l. tent--one needing employment and the
S other employees. Apart from this they
4 have been reared together, and there is
: a natural affection and sympathy be-
, tween them"
: The leading men Of the South, if suf-
: fered to do SO without insult and OPP
preston, are evidently willing to await
= the healing effect of time. 1t is, there
4 fore, for you to determine and pray
;, you be mcn-be not led by importantly
o or driven by clamor, but determine
: wisely and nationally whether you will
/, force the renewal of civil war in
d which you will be the aggessor. Ono
IS thing is certain: if the South attain
e self-govcrnment, Gas they will, soon, in
i whatever way it may be brought about,
st for a majority of the people will it, and
1t they will be heard,) they will not, for
e they cannot, restore slavery and make it
IL profitable; they would not, if they
= could, for its abolition will give them
10 a very large accession of power in the
v House of Representatives and the Elec.
st toral College. ...t.
hit But | must hasten to close. Unit
lie recently had intended to support Gen
b. Grant for the Presidency, and would dc
- so still in the hope that the Democrat!
IS, will obtain majority in the House o
i'll Representatives, and thus hold res
of training power; but facts which l hav,
I'd shown above render it impossible. Ba(
ge men with more intellect and more fore,
IS. of character than himself have posses
he sion of him and if he be elected Pres
SIS ident will, probably, continue to rul
Nv him and some of the worst eXistin:
lie, abuses can not be corrected against EX
or ecutive opposition. In looking owe
o. the whole ground most carefully, an,
i'll weighing consequences well, hav
We come to the conclusion that it were bet
TT ter that the Democracy prevail in tn
is coming election, and thus divide, TO
to the present, the Legislative, while W
ay restore the Executive and Judicial pow
Sc ers. No evil can cnsue. We shall hay
to a season of repose and time for retlec
lie, ton before called on again to act
uf- There is profound philosophy in the oil
llc scotch proverb-
re- 1.-The showers fall soft when the wind is still.
ent have already shown it will give II
GU a season for inquiry and reflection, am
- the same conservative power which ca
re- now give success to either party can, a
re- the end of two years, do the same thing
els and place the government in the hand
ize of those who may be then found mos
'ur worthy to coatrol it.
)se ----.------
hat ELEAzER FITCH, of Lebanon, Connect
rn- icut, attempted to chastisc Mrs. Fitc
Ilv the other day, but she rebelled, master
nd ed him, stripped him of his clothes
IN drove him to bed, then packed up he
lch things and the family funds, and depar
ar ted for Hartford. The broken-hearte,
for Eleazer there-upon took strychnine, bu
It'll the doctors pumped him out. .
20 "John! John! you fop-earcd youn
o Nv scoundrel, what are you crying about
we what do you want ~ asked an indignan
81 father of his young hopeful, who wa
,ot making day hideous with his howls.-
i"0 .I,un not tho hnllnr ncha THAT'S what