The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-03-07
HON. WIN. B. CAMPBELL.

rs 'he w hIS canuIuute TOT UOVeTnOr III leu
ne'see, than at present for the Hon. VIM. B.
CAMPBELL. We have not filled our columns.
as we might literally have done. with the
various expressions of this sort, from our
| whlg contemporaries, and other sources; this
has been wholly unnecessary, fo- no fact is
better or more generally understood. But.
until recently, our friends Eave been op-
pressed with the fear thai he would decline
the canvass-such is his known absence of
thai ambition which is sometimes so OK
cessive with political men as to tempt them
even to divide urd distract their party friends
~ desperate efforts for self. pronotion.-
Judge Campbell. too, in consen,ing to be-
come a candidate, would do so at great per-
soual and private Inconvenience and sacri-
fee. Yet there is hope in the fact that he
has never refused 10 respond 10 his country's
call. When the news reached us in 1896,
that the women and children of Georgia and
Alabama were being 5utchered by the Creek
Indians, he was among the first to mise o
company to march to their rescue. He
moved ut his country's call. and CALAMITY
went through the seven months cn nmpaign in
Florida against the SeminoIes. And in
1916 ne again became a volunteer in the
Mexican war. He has always been a vol.
unteer. He has never waited for a com.
mission from high official sources. before his
blood got hot. Ele offered himself as pri.
vaie, and his commissions have been written
IN the hearts Of his comrades. His eagle
eye, flushed cheek, and manly bearing. have
ever. when the rattle of the drum has called
to arms. set their signct upon him. "hrra is
man, every inch man." His friends tin
the line" have ever placed commission il
his hands, aud he has in return led them TO
where danger and glory were most terrible
and most rcsplendep'. We need not recount
the thrill of joy which electrified all rennes.
see when fame's trump resoundcd with the
daring of his regiment at Monterey. On
The terrible Black Fort. smiGst fire and
smoke, and hail of iron, and clash Of steel,
The flash of his sword in the sunlight was
like tho meteor in the nighl.stnrin. and his
men looked upon him and loved him. willis,
their hearts bounded vehemen,ly under thu
anima,ing shout with which he had just
beckened them to the walls. "Bo1s. FOLLOW
MEL! We need nat trace him through that
long campaign. through which he lead his
regiment to other gInrious tields-bo,h in
the North under Taylor. and in the South
under Scott. The lus,re of his regiment
lives in the grateful pride of Tennessenns.
We have irlcsistib!y been drawn into
more than we meant to say no,o. We only
intended to say. TINT there is hope in the
past history of the man. that he will mol
refuse TO obey the call Of his coun,rymen,
who have ever delighted to honor his prin-
coIes and his name. and who now ask for
an opportunity 10 d" justice to another of
rennessec's distinguished generals. We
will not permit ourselves to doubt. We feel
Tint we can almost venture TO send out 10
our friends the words Of confidence, "ali's
wel-all's right" We are not Of the tenn
perament to doub, or look back. We must
say to our friends "gct ready for the con
f,ct"-we may possibly be too snnguine in
the belief of whn, We feel should unques-
,ionabIy happen. but we venture on the ex.
preston upon the faith that is in us. thst
from the Battle Of Kings Mountain down to
this good day, the blood of a Campbell never
ran cold when his friend. were heated about
him.
P. S.-Since writing the above, We have
Just been shown letter from a reliable gen.
,!emun who saw Judge Campbell at Sparta
last week. and who says she is d'sinc'Ined
to run, but his old friends are pressing him
50 hard IN the mountains he is compelled to
yield. Campbell in the field success is sure;
he will beot General Taylor in oil this upper
county. ry."-Nashrille Banner.
MOTHERS AND observation-disclosures
make great mistake. " hen in their inter-