The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-02-14

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President Johns(
take decided actid
making General 8
Southern States. s
his mind that Con =
create Dictator 4 : s
country, and as tn s
law take away frOl +
flee powers expires!
the Constitution, Nh
fectly willing to let ma
crisis, and for that pul
up his mind to make a
bill above alluded to. II 4
of said action General q
the way, he will be set asl Y
Ell man put in his place.
Ever since Congress re-:
ter the holidays, it must h, Ii
ticed that the radical majo
ing all in their power to e. 4,
provoke the President int
overt act, by which good "
be obtained on which to sc
impeachment furore, and !
installed as temporary Pl
President, thoroughly
le1,oeo.tarS15 "s.lneqa cry -
ftainingtto the Stante, YIN 4 :
then was not ready to Nnbrogtio IN
them, neither was the ques 1ssuG XXI
should administer the clelcaMVd " Of
a Department of War in tue of aact
considered of sufficient inorta ne MI
on which to appeal to tt eo,ntry.-
Since then time has advand and tbN
revolutionary schemes of .aoress n
coming bolder and bold and ieI
Presidential battle approang slowly,
Mr.. johnson is about to ame theof-
fensive, return blow for bI and as /
understand those we'll pos2on mat
tiers pertaining to the We House,
will, whenever the Dicta Bill be-
comes law, startle the coun by some
bold stroke, which will eq,any coup
d et0t ever heard of in thiountry.-
The President has we'll calated the
results of such Il coIlisioFith Con-
gress, and is not unwilling be elected
from the Presidential chairs he then
will, of course, be nomind by the
Democracy and triumphantre- elected
by people who are over-iiing from
indignation at the doings ethe Con-
gress now in session at Wangton. In
fact, Mr.. Johnson thinks tn he alone
is entitled to the Democrat nominal
ton, and considers it a mate of simple
justice that, owing to the btles which
he has fought almost sigle-handed
n cf no. hn al rrht tn he
the candidate Of the Conservative party
of the country.
Taking thus all these matters into
consideration, and having tiken cen
eral survey of the field,as we'll whf il
best to be done for the South, for thu
Union, and for himself, Mr.. Johsol
has finally agreed to crafty CongrsS il
furnishing them with a capital e2us
to impeach him. Only let the Saat
pass that Dictator bill, and CORES
will have more than they bargaindtol
That bill is the Presidents great ard
Upon it he is willing to go befoI TIL
country. Nothing more, nothing less
Let them pass that bill and Mr.. JGSfo o.
will show them that the Preside @
the United States, and Command pm
Chief of the Army and Navy, shai n
longer be broW-beaten as such. 7h
overt act then to be committed bT hiI
will of course lead to impeachmet bn
election from office, but as alreadl sta
ed, ON such an issue, Mr.. JOhnsOns pc
fectly willing to be depOsed and % |
returned to the people. If impache
he must be, then let it be for some q
startling in its nature, which will NAL
the people rise in their might and II
umphantly carry him back to Washin
ton. Such are the actual opinions
the President and his most ntima
friends.
We give the foregoing to our reade
for what it is worth. Commentil
upon the article quoted above, the 4
lonta MteUige'acer says:
Should the COu1Ter's corresponds
be correct in his foreshadowings r. co
illusions, then the race for the Preside
CIV will be between Grant and andre
johnson. Indeed we feel assured til
to this ':.compleXion it must com
should Congress persist-and that
aUtU we have no doubt-in its attemI
TO SuDYerG Tic CONSTITUTION 'tHu
to overthrow the government under
On the one hand then, the contest W
be "for Grant and Despotism," and
the other, " for johnson and the &c
stitution''-the former sustained by
Radical-Spoils Party, and the latter
the PEOPLE; the former by the pa
who 90 for Atrjc0nizi9eg the South. !; !!
latter by those who are for maintain
this to be white mans .gOVernm.'
such as has been bequeathed by the 81
of rs to their children as a legacy ?
petual in its nature, and OF all OF
gifts, most precious unto them !! !.
such contest we will go, andSo WI
large majority of the American peol
| confident of the oVerthro$Vs ct IlsfT&,s
| err upon whose banner must beis1Scrl
the despotism he will lend himself
fasten upon the country.
The Alabama Constitution.
1t would seem that the Constitut
in Alabama is defeated, and that all
| work Of the Recon ct,.uctio,:4 III