The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-01-03
The Right of Suffrage.

all right of suffrage. representation ana
office holding, about sixty thousand OF ?
our most intelligent aud cntcrprising
white men, and extends the sacred privi-
/ legc to about an equal number of ne 4.
crocs-thc children Of ignorance and
pauprriSm. Never before in the civil
lied world has such policy been adopt :
ed, or such an experiment been attempt
ed, or such n project been put in rNecu-
/ ton. This law i in the highest degree
oppressive and unjust. 1t Is contrary To
/ the teaching of all history, DOES history
show that ,ubducd rebels have always
, been DISTINGUISHED Not at all, but that
the universal practice hats been, where
ever popular suffrage obtained, to grant
i, Immediately upon the renewal of al
lrgianrc This has been the settled poll
cN of all other countries. and heretofore
it has been the policy of the United
States. Al the close of the revolutionary
war the whole tory party were arknoW-
lodged a, citizens, and were entitled to
all the rights and privileges of the
wings of that day. The course OF the
tory party, or those who rallied ~ th"
king. was marked by unrivallcd bar
bariiy. especially in the Carolina> hut
when our father, had captured the
kings armies and had driven away hi
fleets from our shores. they did not dis
franchise the tories, ar prohibit them
from taking part in elections. When
the war was over. and peace had re-
= turned. they allowed the strife to cease.
In reply To- violent speech by Judg"
; Tyler, immediately after the clo>r of the
= revolutionary war, in the General A.
Scmbly of Virginia. against conccdin@
all the right, of citizenship To tories and
refugees. Patrick Henry said: "Thc
J,rSJHm feelings of members ought not
to enter these walls. The question i a
national one, and If We act wisely moth
inc will he regarded but the interest Of
the nation. On the altar of my coun-
trv'> good / an wUj8y ~ $0"IJfc'
all D.rSDU0i rcS.Hfm"HtS, all yTC0tr
: rroDq,: and tattcr myself that am
not the only man in thi, House capable
l Of making such q sacrifice. The rcla-
ton which we bear to these people and
the country has now changed; the king
). has acknowledged our Independence
: the quarrel is ovcr-pcarr has returned
= and found us Il free people, and let Us
. now have the magnanimity to lay aside
y our personal antipathicS and prcju'
Z dices."-- SporkS' BjogophA.l
It England has suffered from many r.,
Is bclliOns, and fierce contests for IN,
2, crown on the part of rival aspiranl-
t. This was particularly 50 in the contest
l. between the houses of York and Ian
easter. in the rebellion of 1912, the rcN o
J. luton of lGSS. and again in the rebel
l. lions of l7lJ and l1I9. I'm view Of thcs
n. civil contests, The historian, Macauly
d. SAWS: "Whcn the slaughter of the trl,
IA of battle j. over. the ma>>cS of the PEG
- nile ran ScuI'cciy be trcutcd too icRitnNM
ID The French revolution was, perhaps
nj the most terrible one Of modern times
~ The historian saws: 1t came like In
IN bursting of II volcano, and lis waves q
j. blood and fire rolled over nearly tn
,d whole earth. For almost thirty year
lis Franrc-indccd, nearly all Europc-Cn
i'll durrl the mortal a@oniCS of that convul
al sion. On the dreadful field of WAtcrlo
the star of Napoleon went down, an
, the Empire passed away, and France II
49, ncwcd her allegiance again to her an
of crnt kings The historian adds: VI
,o there were no laws passed TO diSirar
=, chiSr any Frcnrhman who had born
-. arms against the BourbonS, or held con
in munication with rebels, or sympathiSc
n with traitors
-, Another notable example in hi,tor
-. is the Hungarian rebellion of lSlS. W
i are told, that "thcrc have been few il
J., surrcrtons against lawful authority fC
. less cnusr-nunc ever called forth dccI
y, or rcscntmrntS. The house of Hap
n, burg, proud old dynasty of three hun
area years, 1OUllV llStll ull'Nl'ttl'Nl
confronted Ivy Il hostile popular NOV,
u mcnt of tremendous proportions. III
~ rebellion pcrvaded every part of Il
- Austrian dominionS, but in llungal
~ rcigncd supreme. Great concession
Nv were made 10 appcaSc the spirit of r.
~ volt, but were made in vain. The An
VI trian monarch was driven from his cap
~ tai, and his government brought to Il
IT. very verge of destruction. The accc
IL sion, on the l7th of June, of scvcni
~ thousand Russian veterans, led by Il
e" Prince Paschcwitz, turned the sea
~ against the rebels, but still they tougl
lis several desperate battles. More thu
w. fifty thousand Magyars fell in these la
VI ter conflicts, but before the followii
September the last of the rebel armi
l@- surrendered at discretion"
ar Mr.. Allison adds: Here the sever
"" ties of the victorious government cndc
=! The inferior officers and private soldie
'h' were all dismissed, without plmiShmcl