The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-04-15
THE WING CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTION.

j ne Wul0 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WV
VENTlON.
This body met in the Court house in this
place on Friday last, and with entire unan'm''
ty nominated DR.. JAMES W. GILLESPIE as
the Wing candidate for Congress in this dis
trirt. We have never Witnessed more en-
thusiasm in any convention Of delegates,
and when the worthy President proposed the
name of DR.. Gillespie, the announcement
was received with long continued applause,
and the proposition ratified with shout Of
reclamation. All the counties in the district
were represented except Blount, Bradley and
Marion. Our friend Parham, of the Gazette,
however, spoke for Marion, and assured the
Convention that the indomitablc wings Of
that gallant county would stand to the nomi-
nee with heart and soul. Other gentlemen
spoke out for Blount and Bradley, and gave
assurances that they too would not falter in
the coming contest.
Monroe was fully represented, and one Of
her favorite sons, Col. HElsxELL, whom she
has delighted to honor, was called upon to
preside over the deliberations Of the body
Another of her sons was here acting in the
capacity of private in the ranks, whom
many, very many, would have delighted to
follow in the coming contest We allude, Of
course, to GEORGE Brown, tho able, stern,
and unyielding elector in the canvass Of 49,
We say he had many friends in the Conven-
ton, and has many in the district who would
delight to see him in Congress; but his name
was not suffered to 60 before the Convention,
and on no account would he allow his
friends to urge his claims. And SO Of Coils.
BRADsox and ANDERSON, both of whom the
wings of the district admire for their ability,
integrity, and unfinching adherence to the
principles of the party. The former had
publicly announced his intention not to suf.
fer his name to come in competition with his
friends, and the latter whose county was
unrcprescnted, was withdrawn by Mr.. Par
ham before the Convention met. But the
friends Of all these gentlemen are no less the
friends Of Dr.. Gillespie, and from the enthu.
siasm manifested by tho delegates from all
parts Of the district the nominee will re.
ceive most hearty, united and vigorous
support. This was indicated beyond the sha-
dow of doubt by the action of the Con.
ton. Dr.. Gillespie is presented to the peo-
pie of the district as the rcpresen tative of
that spirit Of conservatism which always
stands in opposition to factions of every ma
tmc-to those petty divisions of parties
knownas free soiism, filibusterism, disunion.
ism, and all those isms so dangerous to the
country, md so discordant in their elements;
-he is presented to tho people as man of
the people-pure, upright modest, and ready
to obey the summons Of his friends and his
country, either in the councils of State, or
to bare his bosom to the shafts of the enemy
upon the "tented iield"-as man plain, un.
assuming, and whose sympathies are all with
the people, and every act of whose lite in
every station he has ever occupied, has been
prompted alone by the good of the country.
The friends Of Dr.. Gillespie are not con-
fined to any party, but are found in all, and
wherever he goes the impression he makes
is most favorable and all bitter opposition is
at once disarmcd. Such a man has always
been invincble before the people-he has
always been true to his constituents and to
his country, and will inevitably succeed in
the coming election by a majority which will !
oven astonish his most ardent friends.