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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The Legitimate Result.


An act regulating public education in
the State of Louisiana will be brought
before the Legislature by special order
on Friday next. 1t is ultra radical and
lcvcling in its character, and, looking
at the political complexion of the Leg
isaturc, it will probably become law.
1t is one of the most attrOcious meas
ures ever conceived by any of the Jaco-
-bin rhaSagOvcrnmcnts of the Sou
thcrn States. 1t not only proposes to
mix the negroes and whites together
without distinction of race or color
and prohibits separate schools, but it
makes the attendance of the white chill
drcn with the black compulsory at such
schools or places as the Board of Edu-
cation may designate. For this cduca-
ton, too, the parents are to pay, unless
they arc too poor. and then they will be
educated. if the Board thinks proper,
out of the school fund.
We do not see how such law TO force
white people to send their children to
school with the negroes can be carried
out. The Louisiana radical misccgcna,
tors, however. may think they can car.
nv out such IN atrocious and dcSpotiC
law. The pride, instinct and sentiment,
of the white people VIII revolt at tn,
proposition II. they can not be cocrccd
the law win simplyNbe one to cdrcat'
the negroes and TO Leave the whites. IN
educated, and that. too. Ny~t The imonc
raised by taxation from the white poo
pie. What do the people of the North
cm States think Of such disgusting leg
islation? Would they submit to such
forced amalgamation of their children
with negroes? Such is the result o
Radical Congressional reconstruction
If we mistake not, the Northern pcopl,
at the coming election will rcpudiat
the Radical Congressman and all thci
infamous doingS, and give their whit
brethren of the South hope in the FIJI
| tire
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
More Truth Than Poetry.
The Natchcz (Miss.) Courier saws

The NatchcZ (Miss.) courier says:
We hear that quite dcputation of
the dark-colorcd waited upon one OF
their whitc-skinncd brethren the other
day, to enquire whether it was really
true that they, 'mcn and brcthrcn," had
been beaten. "Arc you really beat p
"Oh, yes fraud, fraud, fraud !" was the
reply. "Wcll, what are we to do" said
the negro spokesman. "Wc have Of
Tended our old friends; voted against
them, and got nothing; what are we to
do?" "Why, do as | have to do" said
the scalawag. "Wc must all grin and
bear it," "Do very well for you to
talk dat way" was tho rcjoinder.-
"You got our money, and never had no
friends. You can take your carpet
bag and travel any Of these dark nights ;
but Yves born here got no other home ;
got to stay and starvc. Our old friends
mad; new friends running away
Your Id no account, triiing Yam
kcc." And Mr.. Yankee left with Il
small sized bug in his car.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
What Mrs. Grundy says About
her NcighbOrS.

"Wcll, do declare, them Tompkin-
scs is queer folks any how. They goes
in and comes ont at all hours, IL sr ,,,.}p 10
hours at all of the dalSs43,r ,n, nioHt I docs
rea''i WonsA.I-what they is about $"
liTu'sS. And them @als-what on airth
is they u busting and skipping and dri-
wing about so much for? Dear me, !
wish | could find out who as is the man
As wears bit of Il brown hat and white
pantaloons. Then, too, there's them
Browns, up the block. Mrs. Crum. TT
Just like TO know what sort of folks as
them is? a little starch, little putty,
and an awful sight of soap-vcry soft
and frothy. What in the world does
them seven full grown dartcrs do but
/ sit and loll and NOPE and lay round the
hull day, jest doing nothing Whatsum-
ever. Wish had 'cm in my Kitchen,
Mrs. Crum." "Dont get picked of, ell,
Mrs. Grundy," said Mrs. G. picked oil
not much in a hurry, reckon. Eel
lcrS knows II thing or so sometimes
Some mcrlasscs there but no flies, surc''
you're born. All the young chaps as is
round amt quite fools yet yon know.
They knows the odds between eggs and
shells, they does, you bet, Mrs. Crum.
Then the Podgcrs oppositc-nasty snIlb-
by critters! My father didn't drive u
hack, and my mother didn't pcddlo
socks. My lovclic dartcrs don't go out
of nights all alone with nobody and
nothing-not if Mrs. Grundy knows
herself and she thinks she do. The
Gibwclls tool doesn't care snap for
the whole on EN-" "What do You
think of tLn Smnnihfouc ," yruturnI
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The Old Line Wing.

We invite the attention of Old Line
Wings, who arc wandering i'll the de-
vious and deadly ways of radcalsm,
to the followingappcal from the pen Of
GEORGE ID. PRENTICE, of the Louisville
JOUrRdL: e..
If there be solitary human being
within our reach who, by some whim-
steal hook or crook of heart or brain.
has cot on the wrong side of the line of
INDEPENDENTLY if he has been an
old Wing or Union man. and considers
it sort of duty to go against the DEM
ocrats-wc cntrcat him TO pause and re-
fleet what he is about to do. Why
should he 60 with the radicals; and
what reason can he offer for not going
with the Democrats? All the issues
over which VIC used to fight are dead.
The Democratic party itself is rc-or-
ganizcd after division Which COM
plctcly destroyed and rccrcated it. In
1860 it fought within itself rs rcsolutc-
" as VIC ever fought against it. Times
have changed; men have changed; is
sues have changed. Clay, if he were
living now would be q Democrat Web
ster could be nothing else. All the rep
utablc old line Wings that remain arc
Democrats, from Fillmore to John Bell
and God knows, if these can afford it,
there is no one of their followers in the
by-gonc time who has any excuse to
hold back.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The Ku-I[luX on IL New Trail.

The following amusing account is
copied from late number of the Gin
cinnati GdzcftC:
Not long since an organization was
started near Crab Orchard, Ky, for the
suppression of laZincss and drunken
ness. Tho "Klan' us it was called, was
said to be made up Of both Union men
and rebels, the Union men prcpondcra-
ting, and their object was to regulate
the labor and manners of their country.
Ii q fellow was found loafing at IL cross
road or grocery too much, he was mott
fled to stop it, or he would be logged
within an inch of his life; if Il fellow
was drinking too much, he received no.
ticc to clcw up, or take thrcshing; if u
man neglected his family, or run after
women, threat Of rope or q rawhido
generally brought him to realizing
sense of his duty. These men, in the
administration of their justice, were
perfectly impartial, thrcshing rebels and
Union men alike, and failing utterly to
discriminate on account of color.
When the doings of the band were re-
ported to the military authorities at
Lexington, they refused to Interfere
with them, and an officer expressed him
self so highly pleased with the opera
tons Of the gang that he declared, If he
knew the chief, he would invite him TO
Lexington.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The Louisiana Murders.

Gov. Yarmouth, of Louisiana, in his
application to the President for troops
to preserve the peace and enforce the
laws in that State, stated that there had
been one hundred and fifty murders
committed there in the previous six
weeks. 1t appears that the Frccdmen's
Bureau authorities in Louisiana have
been investigating the matter, and for
ty-onc officers in sub-districts report
that they have been able to discover
the evidence of only fourteen murders
having been committed in the time de-
signated by the Governor. 1t is re-
markable that the officers of the Bureau
have assisted in exposing the misrcprc-
sensations of this Radical Governor.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
Poor Old Ben.

There is unboundcd JOY in tho Radi-
cal camp at Ben Buffers announcement
that he will support Grant. The moro
moderate Republicans don't see how
the acquisition will benefit Grant, OK
ccpt so far as ono cote may be of ser
vice. Says Thurlow Weeds New York
Commercial:
"Gencral Butler has mcorkcd HIM
self and announces that he will support
Gen. Grant for the Presidency. We
Acannot say that we congratulate Gen
, Grant on this acquisition; but feeling
with the Tribune that every vote Is
wanted to elect Grant, we welcome Gen
Butler, and shall not ask him to do pen
ancc for his many political sins.
A proposition has been made by ;
Radical in the Louisiana Legislature To
make il u criminal oncnsc to refuse u
employ negro.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The Negroes of Georgia.

The negroes in the South are desert
ing the radical party by hundreds and
thousands. The Atlanta correspond
ent of the New York Herald says:
''What has been written of this State
can be applied TO every Southern State.
Even in South Carolina the Democrats
boast they will carry the State by ten
thousand if the Legislature does not
take the election from the people,
There is nothing in the political line so
plainly evident rs the utter panic of the
Radical leaders at the extensive dcscr-
tons of their negro allies. If we take
the county of Chatham, in this State,
as an example, this detection will be-
come all the more apparent. There, nj
the election for Governor, no negro
could vote the Democratic ticket I'M
less escorted to the polls by white men.
all armed and ready to protect the Con-
sentative darkcy at the risk of their
own lives. To-day there arc several
colorcd Democratic clubs in Savannah
which meet openly without fear, trans
act business, admit new members and
express their political sentiments unrc-
scrvcdly and plainly. AT every meet
ing their Numbers arc increased, and
now three out of every four negroes
who apply for work produce their
badges and certificates as proof posi-
tive that they intend to vote wild dal
white frcnS,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28

Tho Hon. $. S. Cox in his speech at
the Brooklyn Ratification Meeting, drew
the following parallel to which we in
vito the attention of our readers, cspcci-
ally those who, either by birth or de-
cent, have Irish blood coursing through
their veins:
ENGLISH CARPET-BAGGERS.
"Radicals! go you to Ireland, that
Poland of the scasW Green in her soil,
and alas! ever green in her bleeding
wound. Go to her seven hundred wears
agonc! Go to her, when England
boosted of her charter wrung from
King John by her potential baroncts.
Read our future miscrics i'm her past
history and her discomfort in Radical
philosophy! After one hundred and
fifty years of perpetual harrassmcnt, at
last, the Irish chiefs, tired of lust, of
plmdcr and powcr-appcalcd to Pope
John MIL; 1--WE hail. They said, "a
written code Of laws, according to
which our nation was governed hithcr-
to they have deprived us Of those laws,
and have established other Ubiquitous
laws, by which justice and inhumanity
are combined for our destruction.
They announced their determination to
shake off the dctcstiblc yoke and clear
out the English carpct-baggcrs. Ever
since, till the last lrishman was hung ON
an English gibbct-llttcring his prayers
for old Ireland and his curses for Eng
land-has this condition Of foreign and
| tvrannolls misrulc continued. Pcsti-
lcncc and poverty, poverty and pcsti'
lcncc--troublc and tyranny, tyranny
and troublc-contscation and cruelty
cruelty and contiscation-Cromwcll,
and Stailords-Puritan and Round
hcads-all mark the cras of this rule o
English carpct-baggcrs y
"Thc parallel is painfully accurate
Spoilation, oppression, coniiscation
statesmen unlcarncd and unlcarning. pa
gans in religion and devils i'll politics
arc in this land following the Englisl
lesson to the misery and destruction o
onc-third of this people. Their vcr!
tactics are the same. In seven year
: our Radicalism has learned all the prac
tees of seven hundred years of Englisl
tyranny
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The President.

The following, confirmatory of our
statement last week that the President
was watching the progress of events in
Tennessee with keen and anxious eye,
Is contained in special to the Louis
vile Journal:
"In recent conversation the Prcsi-
dent expressed himself unrcscrycdly
and warmly OH the condition of affairs
in Tennessee. In regard to the calling
out of the militia by Brownlow, he
pointed to the constitutional provision
that no State could organize standing
army in time of peace, and said that II
these militia were thus unlawtully call
cd out they would be confronted by the
National troops. In order to carry out
this line of policy a new Commander of
the Department in place Of Gen. Tho
mas was canvasscd, and the names of
Generals Rousseau, Gordon Granger
and Gillcm mentioned prominently
Herewith"
The following is later and addition
al:
WASHINGTON, August 10.-Tho con-
dition of affairs in Tennessee, as init
lhulCu Ill Ill. 'llSPi'Ni VI l'S' iis'H' i"
being carefully considered by the au-
thoritics in this city, and enough is
known of the course intended to be
pursued to warrant me in saying that
Brownlow's scheme to organize q mill
tia, composed of ignorant negroes and
desperate white men, some of whom
have been pardoncd out of the pcniten-
tiary for the purpose, upon the prcteXt
of their presence being necessary to
preserve the peace, when their mission
really is to pcrpetuatc the power of the
Radical minority, will not be allowed
by the General Government. The be-
ginning Of the end of Drownlowism with
all its attendant evils is making itself
apparent.
General Thomas known hostility tc
the view of affairs indicated above, it is
thought, willncccssitatc change in tho
Department Commander, and General
Hancock is regarded as the one mos
likely to be assigned to the Department
of the Cumberland in the event o.
the removal of General Thomas. Gen
Hancock to-day, in company with Gen
cral Rousseau, called upon the Prcsi
dent, and this among other matters was
freely discussed.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
More Indian OutragcS.

A dispach from Hays City, Kansas,
August 10Th, says:
The body of Bill Comstock, the IA
nous scout has Just been brought in
lie was murdered yesterday by Indians
Eighty Indians drove or one hundred
and ten mules, within n mile of Fort
Hays yesterday. Tho Indians are re-
treating toward Arkansas River. The
military and volunteers are in hot pur-
suit. The Indians abandoned several
white children in the road, but have
still six white women prisoners.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28

We quote the closing portion of tho
report of tho great speech of oX-Gov-
crnor BHAMLErTE, of I<cntucky, doliv-
cred at Jacksonville, August 10:
The Democratic party, planting them
selves upon the Constitution as tho SUI
prcmc law ofthc land, as the only grant
and limitation of power, have present
cd the man you want---a man great and
wise, acknowledged by all parties as
among the first of living statesmen,
ranking with the departed Jackson,
Webster, Clay, Benton, Douglas, Cass
and Wright say you have that man
in Horatio Seymour, of New York, the
wise statesman and patriot, who wants
his country delivered from the evils
now surrounding us. We should rise
above party and vote for that man who
is capable Of guiding our ship of state
and ut last bringin" it to anchor safely
in the constitutional horbor of our coun-
try.
Some objc't TO the Democratic party,
because, They say. the rebels vote with
them, and Yet these very men propose
to take all rebels who will join them.
If you follow the Republican party, you
will follow IL TO the ruins of our coun-
try. Don't go with the party that is
leading you on to negro suffrage. | APP
peal to you, by all the hopes you have
cherished from infancy; by the blood
of your children who went down III
battling to save this country; by every
hope and memory by which u Christian
can be invoked, to throw aside party
ties and party bondage to save youl
country. Oh, save your country! Don't
let it 90 down overwhelmed by the
waves of party faction. If you fail in
this, then
"Wccp on! weep on: your hour is past,
Your day Of pride is DER;
The fatal chain is round you cast,
| And you are men no more.
"In vain the hcro's heart hath bcd,
| The sagc'S tongue hath warned in vain;
Oh! Freedom. once thy flame hath He'd
1t never lights again.
Fcllow-citizcns, I bcsccch you I,
throw Off party trammcls, cast off par
titan prcjudiccs, rise to the dignity o
the patriot and freeman, and, in thi
hour of our country's peril, save you
free government from being over
thrown. Save our heritage of freedom
"for ourselves and our postcrity."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
West TenncSSce.

The negroes in West Tennessee ap-
pear to have awokc to q realization of
the political situation, and the papers
from that section bring us accounts OF
the organization of Democratic clubs in
various counties, composed exclusively
of colorcd voters. The Bolivar Butcttn
reports the organization of one in that
town of the 18th inst, and on the same
day preliminary steps were taken to
get up similar club at Grand June
ton. Several Of the most Intelligent
negroes in Memphis have recently made
speeches at different points i'll West
Tennessee, and very favorable results
have attended their efforts to show their
race that their sympathics should be
with the Democratic party.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
Moro of ROSccranz.
A Washington dispatch says:

General Rosccranz is on short visit
to Virginia, and intends To call on Gem
cral Lee before returning. Notwith-
standing the prominent part he took in
putting down the Conicdcracy, the
Radicals have no more earnest oppo-
ncnt than tho General. In n cOnvcrsa-
ton tho other day, he remarked that
the Radical policy had about as much
Cancellation in it as the action of the
butcher who cndcavorcd to conciliate
the calf by knocking ii on the head.
A rumor which has gained some cur
rcncy here that the government con-
tcmplatcd establishing protccioratc
over Mexico can be traced to no reliable
source, and is probably without foun-
dalton.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
ThG I.ltc TIladIems Stevens.

The short sketch of the "Grcat Com
moncr" whicl, follows is from the Bal
tmorc Lcmlcr. Though harsh perhaps
in two or three of its expressions, il is
n history in brief of the man and the
the politician, who exercised u large
pnytiSon influence in tho later days Of
his existence, but whose works die with
him. We say harsh expressions, be
cause he is now beyond either the cen
sure or the praise of his fclow-man,
and VIC only care to remember that he
livcd--and has passed away; and that
we all have need of that charity which
teaches silence and forgctfulncss.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The 2nst.
Athens, Friday. August 2%. sSGs
Right.

The President has ordered the release
of Tolar, Powers and Watkins who
were sentenced to death by Military
Commission at Raleigh, N. c., for the
alleged killing of a negro who was gull
ty Of q rape, which sentence was COM
muted to fifteen years Imprisonment by
General CNnDY.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
General Van CIcaNc.

A New York dispatch says: General
Van Clcvc was dangerously stabbed in
Brooklyn last night by VIM. Collins,
who has been arrcstcd. Van Clcvc will
probably die.
Some of our readers in the direction
of Pikcvillc will probably remember
Gen. Van Glove.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The Way it Works in Mississippi

LILO w tJ IL "cthS III NN i'''i''S'RI'i'
We learn from the C(0iTOR, that at Il
recent Barbecue and Mass Ratification
Meeting in Copiah county, and attend
cd by an audience of six thousand pco-
plc-whitc and colorcd-onc hundred
and sixty animals were barbccucd and
consumed. The asscmblagc was adj
dressed by Hon. a. G. Brown, who was
followed by two colorcd orators in sup
port Of the nominees of the Democracy
for the Presidency. The speeches and
sentiments uttered were received with
great enthusiasm. No wonder the car
pct-baggcr Eggloston skulkcd off from
Mississippi in disgust at the thought OF
retaining the State to Radicalism.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
Gold.

In March, 1866, gold was selling at
12i. After moro than two years of
peace ii is now selling at l47, or about
twcnty-thrcc percent. higher. Such is
tho Radical progress towards specie
payment.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
Labor VS.. Bonds.
Tho Lancaster Pa.) MteHigencer

Tho Lancaster Pa.) MteHigcnccr pro-
pounds the following problem: ..
"Why should Richard Roc, who
works by the day for living, and who
has house and lot worth, say 1000
pay moro taxes than John Doe, who is
worth sixteen times as much, and has
his money in Government bonds? That
is the question for laboring men?
Tho laboring men propose to an
swcr lhis question al The polls. in No
vcmbcr by voting for Seymour and
Blair. 4 =
Italy hasrcalizcd in eight months S32,,
OOO, 600 from sales of church propCIty.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28
The FIuX.

The FluX is raging in the most ma.
lignant form in portions of Washing
ton county, Indiana. Adults and chill
drcn are attacked with the disease, and
in almost every instance it has proved
fatal. In ono ncighborhood, near Fan-
bee Station, nearly every person is sick
with the disease, and many arc dying,
Tho skill of the best physicians so far
has been bailled to find II remedy for
the malady.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-08-28

T'nE South Carolina Radicals express
the highly amhblc and humane desire
to cut Governor SCOTS heart out. Not
the least KukllN in that.