The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-10-04
From the COuricr-JOlIrnal.

TToin INC tO'ITI'T-JOiiFnal.
Mr.. Wendell Phillips IN speech at
Lynn, Mass, said:
Long live Ulysses Grant! May he
continue 10 be President of the Unilnl
Slnics until every white man over forty
vclr- Of ngr who lives south OF Mason
mud DiXon's line has been forever put
into The ground.
Mr. Wendell Phillips has always been
m ocont coHrier Of the party with
which he has acted. He claims to be n
sort OF John the Baptist. lie does not
live indeed on locusis aud wild honey.
nor yet does he spend his time in the
wilderness, bu, his claim is not TO be
dcspiscd for all that. Though an OK.
tIcmst he is shrewd man, and n very
excellent Judge OF the direction in which
the party wind is blowing, His extra
ordinary declaration at Lynn is there
fore full Of significance. II is not 10 be
taken ns the uuconsihcrcd nonsense OF n
''''IN" ''llbW 'nl IN>lO>'IC WITHOUT Wn-
dcrsianlng tor Grant, bu, rather rs the
deliberate uiicrancc of n praciiccd poll
liclan perfectly posted MS to the pro.
grammc Of his party.
Some years ago n paper was publish
ed in New York which advocated the
erection Of an empire, with Grant n
emperor. It's editor. more adventurous
and less prudent than Mr. Phillips, Went
too far ahead, 2nd his enterprise proved
a failure. ThSconversion of republic
into an empire isa thing that cannot be
done at once. II accomplished at all
it must be accomplished by degrees
The change is too great to be affected at
n single stroke. Cesar. though all Rome
was at his feet, found il necessary 10 re-
icct the crown :hricc ut the Lupcrcnl.
and. after all, hi. lite was forfeited 10
his ambition. Poor Macmillan. in our
own generation. fell Il sacrifice to the at.
tempt TO give Mexico relief from her
revolutions by the establishment Of an
imperial government.
Even the Rndica. masses are not vc,
quite prepared to look with approval
ON the substitution OF imperialism for
There is sort Of pre-.
iudicc still lingering among them in Ia.
vor Of something at least remotely re-
scmbling the form OF government cstab-
lishcd by our fathers. Though they
have shown themselves very apt sch0l.
ars in the school Of progress, the, have
not aS yet been educated up to the point
Of accepting outright monarchy. The
great Napoleon found it necessary to be
n Consul before he dared to assume the
imperial sccplcr. and his nephew. now
in exile at ChiSclhurSt. never aspircd to
imperial power until he had served a.
of the French Republic.
The proposition to make Gen. Grant
permanent President iSn step in advance.
The Radicals are almost. il not quite,
up TO rhc point that Mr. Phil. .
lips proposes. They ar" 'uIly prepared
to c0univc ni any mean. Tor securing to /
Grant n second term. aud few of them
would object after The second term. to Il
third. Il fourth. n nith aud So ON To the |
end Of Gen. Grants life. Not IA great
many Of them would perhaps be bold
to JOIN Mr.. Phillips in his cX-
preston Of hope that Grant will con.
Iinuc to he Pre-, idrnt until every white
j. in his grave, but they have gotten
dong so for that the idea does not at all |
shock them. A pcrmcnenl Prcsidcn- |
" acquicsced in. the transition would be
Easy to imperialism. Nj. Phillips is, as
we have said, the pioneer of the Rndi. |
ais. Where he snow the Radical par.
y will very shortly be unless its pro.
5rcs. i, checked in November. If Rad /
rnli>m continues in the ascrnicmcv. Mr..
Philips or some other pioneer will after
| while, propose another shor, step in
ldvancc, aud the change OF the pcrna-
rcni Presidency into hereditary mon
lrchy may be easily accomplished.
From the GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
1t is apparent from many circun-
stances, that the Radicals of Tennessee.
ire buoyed up with the hope of elect
ing six members of Congress, and Of
the Legislature. and we con-
csS that things look that way. Upon
what is the sangninc expectation based ?
Simply upon the course pursued by the
Independents, who are all practically
working to bring about that result, and
upon the additional fact that all who
oppose organization are effective allies.
The Radicals know this, and taking adj
vantage Of the circumstance, are con-
their energies to secure the
success promised them by every Con-
'crvaIive independent, and every
honghiic>s opponent OF party orgam-
,alion. The division created in the
Congressional Districts, is apparent in
he snb-dislricis and counties from
which must come members of the Leg.
stature, and even the staunch and here.
oiorc reliable county of Montgomery
5 fallcrng in the discharge of its
tern duty by inviting di>cord and de-
eal-yielding an easy victory to the
tadical party by pulling down the bull