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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
The Civil Rights Bill.

he Atlanta Methodist Advocate hai
atengthy article upon this subject from
Which we extract the following:
4 good beginningi in public schools has
eten made in most of the States In
he Sou,h, and they are generally gain,
i.g favor, but there is not interest sufii'
eieM ip many of them TO continue the
iyster on the plan OF mixed schools
Governor Brown.ow shows the choice
" be between separate schools or none
Ihe Abstract civil fright" 10 mixed
schools must probably be admitted un.
der the Constitution, or at least would
be affirmed by the passage of this bill.
IYut The right 70 have them docs not
&ovia them, neither does it furnish
Tthe npney for their support. This
rights simply an idea, a nothing but
what IS conceded on every hand now
an empty shuck. A man has right 10
I. be rich, but that does not mata hi.'
rich. Notwithstanding the right, he
may work hard all his days and die
poorht last. All of the citizens of the
Ulind States have the right TO be Pres.
idut but that does not make them so.
If my suppose that the adoption of tho
civil rights bill will give them mixed
sclOls, let us advise them that it will do
nosuch thing, but simply recognize the
rigt to get them If they can. They have
tha now. But if TO claim that right
anC to attempt TO have mixed schools
void destroy those we now have, who
wotld be the gamer by the change? No
on, but Satan and the enemies of the
cobred race, who wish TO keep them in
iglDrance. So this mere abstract right
10 ave mixed schools if we can get
thm 10 not worth contendiug for on
genera! principles, aud certainly not
whn by SO doing we endanger our
highest interests. That would be grasp
ing at shadow and losing the sub
STAGE. Weought to be more wise aud
thoughtful than to.pursue such course.
IL here are States or sections where
miied schools are practicable, where
theY are the choice Of both parties or
whrc the col0red people are so few in
number Gas in the North) that they can
do 10 better, let them accept this ar
tiEChICuis lbut lOl TIC COull HCUtIul-
ly, here is q more excellent way--that
is, maintain the schools we have and
MAKE them better as we eau. If TO
maHtain an abstract right would in
voEe a practical wrong, the right should
be waived.
Strange as il may seem TO the people
of he North, the South has u perfect
horror of the phantasm Of social equal.
ity. Nor is this repuenance founded
in mere prejudice, but rather in the re-
latDns aud patent immoralities of ev-
eryvariety heretofore existing between
theraces. This can only be overcome
slowly and by association as frcemeu
AM citizens. 1t will give way in time ;
buthat is not FASTENED bv .unwise and
compulsory education in Washington.
| does not originate in personal ami
psity or hatred so much as in false
philosophy Of society and fears OF COR
npting tendencies which are TO be
caccked and finally eradicated by ole-
vting tho moral tone Of the people
Ibtead of promoting social equality, or
anity, the passage of this bill will
aouse more intense bitterness toward
Tie North aud the Government and be-
tween the white and colored people
tim now exists.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
8 yisIt to thc sayanna Farm.

DKAR .Posr.-Iour correspondent,
having a little leisure took accession 10
visit the dairy OF Mr. VIM. l.. Raht, on
the Savanna farm, lst district Polk
coan,y, aud will briefly give your read
ers what ho there saw.
Mr.. Raht leased said farm for the
term OF five years, with tho privilege of
leasing for another similar term, and
with further privilege of purchasing
should tho owner, Mr.. George +. Wet.
more, wish TO sell during that time. l
merely mention the above facts to show
our rural friends what practical busi-
ness farmer does in leasing. Having
thus secured coutrol of this fine farm,
he began sowing clover and grass, and
at once established dairy operations,
He Is now mu9ng ns.,y ssrs. .oms,
from which he makes seven cheese
weekly, weighing near forty pounds
each. At the same time he makes near
half that amount Of strictly choice but
ter. lie keeps also large number Of
hogs on the whey alonc, and informed
me that he had sold lot of shoats for
butcherlng that were grown and fatten-
ed exclusively on this whey Ofcourse,
he raises quite lot Of young cattle each
year, What he prizes most, howeveri !
is the vast quantity OF manure made,
by which he will double his crops and at
the same time greatly improve the soil:
To sum up, he is making an eminent
success Of what most OF our farmers
would make significant failure. Not
because, as would be expected, hc was
practical dairyman, for am informed
that he was machpist up 10 tho closo
of our late war, but because he Ia not
afraid TO haul out a load of manure lest
he benefits his Landlord. lie also
works in the lead, and when a hand fails
TO perform his duty he promptly dis.
charges him aud takes his place. Whei
your correspondent was there ho was
making cheese, turning the eurd and
putting them in press. lie does not do
this of necessity, for he is a man of
ample means. In all his operations d
perfect system is manifest, and any of
your readers would be greatly benefited
by visit TO this farm. 1t is proper to
say, however, that his dairy building Is
as yet incomplete, and does not show
the many conycniences that il will
when flushed.
In tho future -'"' BNo !ou iur.
ther facts in refeacncc 10 this young
yet important business, aud would be
highly pleased If Mr.. Raht whould give
us an article now aud then on tho VA
riod questions pertaining TO the dairy
aud farm through tho POsT. "a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
From the New York Herald.

We learn from the Kansas City (Mo.)
Tines that the democrats, graugers,
literal republicans, and all other ele-
mnts opposed to the republican party,
hive united on common platform for
TIC next campaign, which occurs in
November. Kansas has been republic
can for twelve years, but this oombina-
zion is likely TO revoluiionize it, and
bn6 the era of corruption that has won
or the State the title OF the 'rotten
FommonReath." II is propable that
SIMILAR coalitions will bo made in many
& the other Western States that will
rove disastrous to the dominant party
and largely affect the complexion OF
'oliticai parties in the next Presidential
ontest. This last combination is espe-
Ilial!y significant in that ii shows that
he grangers cannot be counted upon
by the republican party in the elections
Occurring this fall. A convention Of
hll anti.republicans has been called to
meet at Lansing, Michigan, August, g.
iu n similar purpose, and with the
mre direct view Of defeating Senator
Clnnder's recollection by the ncxt Log
islature.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
The School Law of Ohio.

The common school law of Ohio
framed by Republican legislators, does
not recognize mixed schools. In 1871,
in test case, the Supreme Court OF
that State, composed of five Republican
Judges, decided unanimously that the
fourteenth amendment to the Federal
Constitution does not require such
schools. The court said:
Equality of rights does not involve
the necessity Of educating white and
colored persons in the same school, any
more than it does that OF educating
children Of both sexes in the same
school. Any classification which pre-
serves substantially equal schoo, ad-
vantages is not prohibited by either the
State or Federal Constitution, nor
woufdit contrVene the prOvioione OF
either.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Taking Their Shirts on.

New York Tribune.
When u. L. Butler offered bin ts
the House of Representatives the othei
day to convert certain negroes into
Chociaw Indians, . Democratic mem
Der enquired, in q timid sort OF way
whether The Government had any right
10 do what the General proposed. "ThC
Government" was the prompt and con.
temptuous reply, "has the right TO dc
what it pleases with any body within
its jurisdiction. The General Govern.
ment, If 1t chooses, can take the shirt of
your back"
We feel very much obliged TO Gener.
al Butler for his frank aud compact
statement of the political principles OF
which he is such conspicuous repro.
sentative. II seems TO us that the Ad-
ininistraiiou has been running on The
Butler plan for some time; but we have
neyor bnfn~4 sS~" tuie tbvviy OF govpln
Inent so tersely and so clearly express.
ed. In the matter OF the Custom house
management, for example, IL has been
the habit OF the Government 10 raise
immense sums Of money for election
purposes by mulcting importers in
heavy penalties fol- technical violations
of intricate and confusing laws. Halt
the faes thus obtained went into the
Treasury, and The other half was divid.
ed among certain revenue officers who
were expected TO give large part of II
TO the political fund. And now that the
outrage upon the mercantile communi-
ty has been exposed, now that the mis-
chievous aud domoralizing conse.
quences of tho system are sho Hn so
clearly that no one prcsumcs TO qucs-
ton them, the foremost members of the
Administration faction in the Senate
arc working with the greatest industry
and adroitncss to prevent any reform
in the law. The Government has no
doubt OF its right TO take the shirts of
the merchants backs II it has any use
for them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Agricultural Profit.

lfwith unusally high prices for wheat
consequent upon poor harvest In Eu-
rope, the farmers are not satisfied, and
complain Of the unprohtablcnoss OF
their labors, 1t becomes question how
the large prospective crops at home and
abroad, and necessarily lower pticesi
will affect them. Tho Chicago Tribune
thinks that the Western limit at which
wheat production pays has been reach
cd. 1t says;
If our agricultural limit has boelf
reached, tho development of tho West,
save In the neighborhood OF tho mines,
will hereafter be very slow. The west
ward way OF the course Of empire must
be q railway, or canal or pneumatic
tube. Until science manages TO shorton
the distance from ocean 10 ocean, the
prairies OF the far West cannot be brok-
en- u2 into grain.iields. The tide OF
immigration has flowed near tho limit
Of successful agriculture. There arc
two lessons TO 30 drawn from this fact.
The first is, the inoxpcdiency Of en-
couraging further Immigration, cspo-
cially that Of the thousands of English
agricultural laborcrs who are now beg
ging passages TO this dclusivo Canaan
The second Is, the necessity Of concon-
irating scientific attention on the ques.
ton OF cheap transportation. Tho dis
covcry Of somo practical way OF short
cning the distance between Chicago
and New York would push tho limit OF
agriculture nearer the Rocky Noun
tains, aud wvuid 80 tnrow vpeil anothor
groat belt OF our Western land 10 set
tlemcnt and development.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
"Faint Whisperings."
We clip the following from
Grange Outlook of last week:

We clip the following from tho
Grange Outlook of last week:
We hear some faint whisperings 10
tho effect that there is quiet but de-
termined purpose on the part OF the
farmers of Tennessee TO call u convcn-
ton about the 4th Of july for the pur-
pose of inaugurating measures looking
10 the nomination of state officers.
We can't say from whence thoy came" "
or how they got into the air. but nov.
crthcless they are floating around! II
is even mooted that Dorsey j. Thomas,
Of Humphreys county, would likely DO
their choice for Governor How those
are we cant pretend TO say, OF course,
and only publish what we hear as a
matter Of news. We shall see what
we shall see One thing is certain, the
farmers could not vote for better man.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Good Times Ahead.

The Chattanooga Commercial says
"Probably the best indication that we
shall all soon see better times is the fact
that the laboring men are all now able
20 get work. When the people have
work at good wages, the merchants and
others have business. We have printed
posters calling for 700 laborers within
the past two days, to work on the Gin
cinnati road. Besides this the building
and other operations in the city have
greatly increased the local demand fol
labor. The shadow which the good
time coming casts before il is here, and
the indications are that everything will
be lovely in the immediate future"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Grant and the Democracy.

Commenting upon the reputed de-
claration of Judge Pierrepont, thai
President Grant Will not only be re.
elected, but get the support Of the Sou.
thern Democrats, the Lynchburg Vir.
ginian, conservative organ, says:
lie may return to his first love and
determine, like Andrew johnson, to be
new Moses for the suffering, burthen.
cd people of the South. lie may do all
this, and unite in himself the requisites
of an available candidate even for q
third term. He has done much to alien.
ate the South from him aud TO subvcri
the confidence Of this people in his good
intentions. But they might be content
to accept and use "tho conqueror of tho
rebellion" TO chast.se the bra2en.facod
party that is the chief cause of all that
they have suffered since the war.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Third Term Talk.

Utica n, " ohscrycf.1
Edwards Pierrcpont at the close OF
long conversation with casual ac.
quaintance, remarked lately, Il may not
see you again before the next Preden-
tial election. wish therefore, that YOU
would mark this prediction. Grant win
not on ly be renominated aud reelected
in 1876, but ho will get the support
of the Southern Democrats" Mr.. Pier.
rcpont met all criticisms on the Prcsi-
dents course by m answer comprc.
hensive, If not satisfactory. He said,
"Grant represents the average morality
aud intelligence Of the country" None
but fool predicts the political future.
But we may reasonably assume that
Mr.. Pierrepont is not hazarding any
guessos, bat is simply revealing the
programme of the Administration. In
attempting TO tell what. Grant wants,
he advertisUs INC oeois"' y. .,lo rosi'
dent under cover Of a prediction. He
speaks as one having authority aud not
as Tie scribe who edit the organs.
Chicago Tribune.l
The capitalist class Is much cnamorod
Of President Grant just now by reason
of his veto Of the imitation bill, and
much alarmed at the strength and clam
or OF those who arc demanding more
currency" President Grant has, during
his six years of office, permitted, sane.
toned and participated in more demor-
alizng and dangerous acts than all his
predecessors combined. Nevertheless,
having done one good thing at criti-
cal time, the class most likely to hold
him to account for former tran9ressions
have suddenly become the ones most
likely to give him an active or silent
support for third term as an alterna-
tive to something worse which they
apprehend.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Enlarged.

That excellent Daily, the Knoxville
Chronicle, has been enlarged and other.
wise improved, afl'ording considerable
addition to its reading department.
Knoxville has q reputed population OF
from twelve to fifteen thousand inhab.
itants, and we don't know why its
dailies should not compare favorably
even with those of more pretentious
places.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Nonsense.
The Athens Georgian gives this ad-

The Athens Georgian gives this ad-
vco:
We would respectfully suggest to all
former slavc.owners TO preserve n cor
rtct list Of their slaves, and have their
mines .ccorded in the clerks Office OF
their respective counties. This will re-
qlire but little time aud cost, and the
day may come when nations return
ipg sense Of Justice might make this a
wise precadtion. Stranger things than
the payment by the general government
for our cmaacipntod slaves have hap
pcncd and improbable as IT may now
seem yet II may be. Let tho record be
made il will serve as u contribution tc
history, if not as step towards secur'
Ing our correct and Just deserts
IL one or two leading prints woulC
now incidentally suggest that tho mcgee
would ultimately be restored TO slavery
Il would no doubt have considerable in
nucncc in oxtinguiShing the opposition
TO tho civil rights bill and fix tho Rc
publican party in power for anothc
dozen wears.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Keen House or Board.

While youthful couple were being
joined in wedlock In justices court in
New York, recently, the damsel rather
astonishod n number Of spectators, by
suddenly breaking ont, Il want to
know whether we are going to Keep
house or board before going into this
ihing27 The Judge ruled The question
out Of order, and The ceremony pro-
ceedcd
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
I" Re~UniOn."

Singularly enough comes proposi.
ton for "Re-Union Of Abolitionists,
without distinction Of party, TO be held
in Chicago on the 9th, 10TH, and 1lth OF
June" If the ghastly skeletons of all
who fell in The late war which the Alb
olitionists invoked could be present, il
would add greatly to the impressive.
ness of the occasion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Premium.

A Mississippi Grange is Offering S25
for the best corn and the largest num-
Der Of bushels from one acre of land
Sl5 for the best and largest number OF
gallons from one acre o: cshe : and $40
for the largest and best hog Of any age
raised In Winston county.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
North and South Carolinn.

Tho Raleigh Crescent says: We In
North Carolina cannot well appreciate
our good fortune in having driven the
carpct-baggcrs out of tho State except
by comparison Of our situation with
that of other communities still cursed
by the sinister presence of those birds
Of evil omen In lSGS-G9 our taxes
were enormously high-morc than the
people could well pay-but since the
Conservatives have been In power, wo
apprchcnd that no people are less bur-
dened by taxation for State purposes
than we are. In South Carolina the
public thieves have held on to the crib
with dcath.like pcrtnacity, and the pco.
pie are irrctriovably ruined.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
The Methodists on Temperance.

Inc mctnOulStS on temperance.
The Southern Mcthodists lately in
conference at Louisville took decided
position on the temperance question,
adopting by very large vote-325 to
3S, being more than the necessary two
thirds--a minority report that any per-
son making, buying, selling, or using as
a beverage, intoxicating liquors shall
bo, upon conviction, debarred from
membership in the Church. This action
will be sent round to tho local confer
encos, aud il the majority of three
fourths concur it will become law. AS
test OF the feeling in the conference,
ono of the most prominent members,
Rev. Dir. REGISTER, Nof tho Baltimore
Conference, declared himself in favor
of this social legislation, even II IL
struck $4,000 members from tho roll.
This action of the Methodist Confer
encc will probably have moro pcIma-
nont effect in behalf Of temperance
than the more demonstrative crusade
movement
Massachusetts has now two Judges
Al. .f 4
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Raising Hogs.

Keep no moro hogs than you arc will
ing to furnish with good bedding. A
hog will keep himself nearly as cloan
as d man IL he has chance, but II he is
poorly beddod, no will DO suro to mako
himself filthy. ] think that dry ground
for o yard Is to DO preferred, and "a
couple of pals OF water on each hog
in hot day will do him good even II
there ia no danger Of his melting. If
we raise pork to sell, we must raise our
our own pigs aud not pay $3.50 in tho
fall, md much higher In tho spring. 10
will be well to keep in mind that u VIC
compel our hogs TO lie constantly In
their own filth, even in summer, VIC
may not expect TO fattcn we'll, aud they
will not bo Gt to CAT.
Brooklyn has abolished It's system OF
educating young men aud young Voc
men in the same school-room. Tho
reason given for The change Is that tho
system has proved promotiye OF Inn
morality.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12
Che 2ost.
Athens, Friday, June IL, 1874.
Gerritt Smith.

This gentleman has recently printed
a letter in favor OF the civil rights bill.
He believes that the millennium will
never be attained until the negro and
the white man lie down together.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12

G.. u. Mcclellan, Of Sullivan, is q can
didatc for Congress in the First District.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-06-12

Massachusetts has now two Judges
on the bench Of the Court Of Claims
Loring and Richardson.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-01-01

91 inches in circumference; and some of my neighbors had them stil larger. Pears find a genial home in the soil and climate of Vineland. Our people bear of the palm in all the Fairs, when they compete with them in fine fruits. Our strawberry beds, pear and peach orchards, and vineyards are getting to be quite extensive, and are moro and more coming into bearing, as they put on age. We have some three or four thousand acres of grapes in the open field, and they have produced about one thousand tons of luscious fruit this sea- son, and about seven hundred tons of these have been poured upon the Phila- delphia, New York and Boston markets. The crops the pastSeason have been ad- mirable, and Vineland people never so contented and happy in their new homes, ln Southern Jersey, as now. The water is excellent and little impregnated with the oxide of iron. The climate is free from the miasmas of the Sout h and West the air IS very pure, and our east winds are not rough and irritating as in New England, and persons who are affected with catarrh, sore throats, and 1rritated lungs find great benefit to their health on removing to Vineland There are many lnvalids among our citizens, who are com fortable here, but cannot live at the North. Our winters are about eight weeks shorter than Tn Massachusetts, abridged four weeks at each end, and the average cold is about twenty to twenty-five degrees less than in Worcester.
 We have built over twenty free, graded schools, and are now erecting fine brick high school house. On the tract there are twelve or fourteen religious meetings of different varieties. The Baptist have two churches. The central church is un- der the vigorous leadership of N. B. Ran dall, and numbers 258. They have fine brick house, all finished except the tower above the bell-deck, and that will soon be done, an audience room capable of seat ing about eight hundred. It is the best house in this part of the state. We have little church in South Vineland, three miles south of the center, of forty-five members, and Q chapel paid for, seating about one hundred and fifty. Of this lit- tie flock your humble servant is the un- der-sheperd
 V1neland IS now prospering; the exper- lments of the past have now eliminated Tn victory, and satisfaction, to most of the working settlers, and new corners are constantly seeking Q home among us; but Mo uato JeG hu aDunuance or room, ana cheap houses for few more of the right sort. Vineland is the banner town of temperance in the United States, all par ties in politics and religion vie with each other to exclude the tippling shop, and gambling saloon, from the place, by with holding licenses, and enforcing the local option law. Our ultra temperance laws, so well sustained, afford us great quiet, good order, and but little crime or pau perlsm. P. R. R.