The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-04-19
Teb. yauce--tn Old Liner.

StD' tuHce---hn DIu bil'i'
Ex-Governor Vance made speech in
Statcsvillc, North Carolina, against the
Radicals. lie Iikcus the di'franchiSc-
mcnt of the leading Southern men TO
tying up the bulldogs to rob the smoke
house.
The following is good, and has Pc
cuiar and pointed application at this
time, when the Radicals are larping on
Whigism to break up the Democracy:
Now, | want to tell you some Of the
symptoms of II fellow when he begins to
turn over. lie first begins TO talk about
being "indcpcndcnt.' lie is not tied
down toany party, will vote for what he
thinks best, etc. According to the dag
nosiS Of the most skillful political doc
tors,this symptom means the same thing
as the sheriff there says when he leads
n horse out to the block and cries out,
"Who bids, gentlemen, and how mnch?'
"This is an Independent horse" In 9TH
or words, he's for sale. A man who is
devoted to principle cannot be indcpcn-
dent. His principles consirain him to
vote with that party which W III carry
them out. The next symptom is an IN
tense love Of old Whiggcry. When this
comes out strong you may appoint the
funeral Railways Ready Relief cant
save him. ! do protest and beg that if
any man wants to Join the Radical par
| ty he won't prostitute the name Of the
old Wings. The old Wing party was at
least decent party, The Democrats in
old times use TO CaV it aristocraiic, and
to some extent it was. ! can sec now
many of those old fellows who used to
dress with scrupuous ncalncsS, their
boots so black and shiny that n puppy
would bark at his image in them all
day; his shirt collar white as paper and
stiff as pastcboard; in his pocket he
carried copy Of the Nntjono' MfcNi-
gcncer, and bowed his nose with the
sounC of trumpet in n red bandanna
handkerchief. Such men were the very
salt of the earth for personal and polit-
ical uprightncss. They elevated no
thieves and public plundcrcrS to high
positions in the government; they
made no Littlciiclds the guardians of
their State bonds: they had no Sam
Watts nor .Jaybird Jones on the bench.
| They associated politically with no Cuff
fee Mavos, Dcwccse, A. j. Jones, Win
Nv Billys and Jordan Chambers.
Their proianc use of the name Wing
reminds me Of "A circumstances that hap
pcncd once in my law office. A fellow
came in one day. and taking a seat with
very shecpSh countcnancc said, "Gov-
crnor, me and another gentleman has
rot into little scrapc and ! want you
to help me ont of it," "What sort of a
scrapc?' said |. "W-c-l.l its u kind OF
dispute" said he. "Wcll.' said he. again
dts matter consarnin' hoes" "Wcll
how concerning hogs 2" said I. "WcIl.
said he. she accuses me of taking one
of 'cm" He didn't want to call it Lv ii'
rich, name. Now, if any Of YOU want
to 90 over TO get your share ofthi, plum.
der that's going around, don't put il
cold Whiggcry," Dom call it ~ mat
ter of hogs.' but come out openly and
call it by its true namc--a matter OF
stealing.
Some men pretend TO find great sim
| ilarity between the doctrines of the old
Wing party and Radicalsm. There
never was u greater mistake. There i,
no Whiggcry in any of these violations
of the Constitution and outragcs upon
civil liberty that have mcntioncd.-
Light is not more widely separated from
darkness than are the principles which
distinguished these two parties. Just
| imagine, if YOU can. Henry Clay wal.
lowing in the same bed with Billy Ilol.
den. Hon. Guilty. MAYO and Windy Billy
Henderson. and Daniel Webster stirring
them with stick. repeat, if YOU have
any inkling for the ilc,hpotN of Egypt
say 50 and oc dono with it. BE like the
girl when her bashiul sweetheart. asha.
med to speak his mind, sat and swallow
ed his spililc in stupid embarrassment
and kept pressing her foot with his nm
der the table. She finally exclaimed
"John, if YOU love me, why can't YOU
say so, like n man, and quit dirtying my
clean stockings"