The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
War with Spain.

war with spain.
There has been some sensation in the
papers since our last issue about posi-
bic with Spain. We suspect, however,
it wont amount to much, and that WHAT |,
ever troubles and complications may |
exist will be arranged and adjusted
without q resort to the dread arbitra |
mcnt of arms. The Louisville Courier
JouWdl treats the subject thusly: j
There may be something a little mqs,t
serious in this Spanish SENSATION tl,ad-l
appears upou the surface. 1t is Just pos
siblc that Grant has come TO the concll-
sion that his bayonet game in the South
won't wiu-that the votes gained by the
combined agencies Of terror and manip-
ulation viii be more than balanced by
the votes lost through the discomfort
and disruption which the despotic and
bare faced cruelty of his Southern poll
cy threatens to cause the Republican
party. There arc no means at hand Of
knowing whether this Cuban crusade is
iustiiiable or not. 1t is Just possible,
we say, that Grant has struck upon
new plan for making certain his own
reelection. And it looks alarmingly
like success. Suppose he should plunge
the United States into a war with Spain
upon plausible prctcXt, and come ont
with flying colors. Military glory car
ried him to thcWhite House before. and.
having miscrably failed in all things
else, it is u very plausible presumption
that he will resort TO it again. Incipient
disruption is everywhere evident in the
Republican party, and. unless something
is done to stop it and preserve the unity
of that party, the reelection of Grant
| is hopeless. a foreign war would serve
the purpose admirablv,and it is Just s0s-
siblc, again, that poor, dccrept, down
fallen Spain is to be made the victim Of
Il cause for which South Carolina and
the South have been made to suffer.
Resignation of Judge Nelson.
1t will be seen by the following para
graph from the Knoxville Chronicle OF
the Goth utimo, that the Hon. Y. a. r.
NELSON has resigned his seat on the SIT
prcmc Bench. Our readers will all re-
cognizc the justice and appropriateness
of the language with which our Repub-
| lican contemporary clothes the announce
mcnt:
ro.itinn 80 nnn - Of ,Io tT%ns '''n nT ho g.,
prcme Court. and will he succeeded by
Mr.. James 7. Shields, Of Granger coun-
/ tv. who has been appointed bv Gov
Brown TO fill the vacancy. The Cover.
nor consented to the request of judge
Nelson with reluctance, and the latter
gentleman received the official acccp'
tancc Of his resignation only Yesterday
During the time Judge Nelson has
been on the Bench lac has won golden
opinions from the members of the Ban
with whon he was brought in contact
His ability was known and recoGuiIcC
before his accession To the Supreme
Bench. but his profound knowledge o
the law in all It's intricacics, together
with the soundhcSS Of his opinions de
livcrcG, were realized only after he haC
demonstrated the possession Of those
qualifications which make the cmncn
juri>t.
Judge Nelson will carry to his retire
mcnt the good wishes of his friends an,
the hope that the step he has taken ma,
not prove Il source of future regret (,
him, as it is now with them.
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-, ''''',"'' '''''' ',"''a@'' 40,
Ihe memphis IPre"t OF the -oll
says:
The amount of the notes of the DauI
OF tennessee, outstanding Is unknown
!, seems ,hat fe"oraI NG'o''cl' n't'''c'
@o~cd in thc ORGANIZATION and soIc +,
New England of negro regiments, tounc
in the vaults of the branch bank at Rog
ersVl'ic, or A'ntls' y 'T2. nH"iut' y
tho trnIn in mc%ro soIdinrs and hnrom
: banker. His issues are inlistnguish
able from those loaned 10 the Conicdcr
ave s9Nert'''lcht, anu "S1u ~ P"Glli'
ond c''I5[u ot Por,,in, lG-'ot Gr"oN Unn of Il,