The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-10-02
EDITORIAL BREyITIEs.

EDlTORIAL BREvITIEs.
The municipal contest al Nashville
last Saturday, resulted b, the re-elec-
ton of Alden to the Office, of Mayor.
Ii is charged thu q .nuihbers of good
GRANTEES were refused certificates be-
cause they were known to be in
favor ofthe oppos y. candidate. Wher.
ever radicalism attains rulc-whether
in Municipal, State or National affairs
the result is the same tyranny, -oppros-
sion, corruption, and destruction to all
the best interests of the substantial and
better portion of the people. ..iso,s b.,
Governor Yarmouth, of Louisiana.
has been regarded as among the most
morbid and rabid radicals of that unfor-
tunate State; but it seems he can't quite
90 the entire aniniule, having recently
vetoed the negro equality bill-thercby
creating CONSERVATION among the brcth-
rem and subjccting himself to their UNI
measured maledictions. The Louisiana
negro must be growing more than usu-
ally fragrant when such radicals as Gov.
Yarmouth refuse to sleep in the same
bed with him. The House of Repre-
sentatives sustains the veto.
IN Int In n n
more reliable accounts, has assumed for.
midable proportions, and several severe
engagements have occurred between
the insurgents and the Queens troops,
the advantage generally being with the
former. The voluptuous and warm-na-
tured Isabella. whose love for the OPP
posite sex is said to be of very liberal
character, is reported to have taken the
alarm, and signiticd willingness to abb
dictate upon terms which the other par
ty decline. The Spanish people have
sadly degencrated from the spirit of
chivalry which characterized their ear
ly history, and the chances are that the
insurrcctionary movement will ulti-
matcly fail.
In the debate in the Louisiana Leg
islaturc OH Gov. Warmouth's veto of
the equality bill, one sable orator said
that when he should see colored men
sitting in the Halls of Congress, he
should be ready to eXclaim: "Oh!
Lord, have lived to see thy salvation"
The wool on that brothers head will be
whittier than the driven snow before
the object of his aspirations will be at
tanned. Under the manipulations of the
carpet-baggers and scallawags the ne
gro has got so far ahead of the game,
the probabilities are that when the re-
dictionary current fairly begins to move
he will lose the political rights already
secured to him, and his last state Will
be worse than his first. ..
a day or two ago the Chattanooga
Republican occupied some three coli
umns Of its editorial space in painting
the future of that City. 1t is q rich
and cheering picture for the oppress-
ed and tax-ridden people to gaze upon,
and we hope the writer may live to see
the grievouS burdens and malpracticcs
which are obstructing the growth and
advancement of Chattanooga removed,
and all his glowing anticipations real
lied. ...
Some days ago two or three enter
prising and patriotic young men Of
East Tennessee gave notice of their
desire to recruit estate Guards" under
Governor Brownlow's late proclama-
ton. So far they seem to have met
with but Indifferent success. The Ku-
kluX sensation has exhausted itself, and
it is thought the United States troops,
under honest and competent officers,
will be able to "keep the peace" with
out the invaluable assistance of the
mclish.
Several of the radical editors in East
Tennessee seem to be afflicted with q
disease described in some Of the older
books as "mental diarrhea," and dis
gorge nothing but filth and scurrility.
If they can't work themselves up to a
higher standard of journalism, they
should sell out to somebody who can,
and fall back to other and more nat
ural employment.
A gentleman who attended the Tour
nament ut Knoxville on Tuesday, rep
resents it as having been grand and
success. The day was beau
tiful, the crowd present very large, the
riding splendid, and the entire affair
passed off without single unpleasant
incident to mar the harmony and pro-
priety Of the OCCASION. We learn that
tire first prize was carried off by r. S.
Payne, Knight of Rock City. l
Reports are whispering about of
parties in East Tennessee, hitherto re-
garded rs men of probity and integrity,