The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-13
FROM BL0yNT COUNTY.
For the Post.

For the Post.
BLoUsT COUNTY, July 7tb, 1855.
Mr.. Eaitor.-I notice in the last East Ten
nesseeafI, a communication purporting to hail
from Eden Vale" do not know whether
IL is in this county or not, rs the oldest inhabi
tant does not know Of such place. am In.
clined to think that It is in North Carolina.
II has been said that when His Satanic Males.
ty holds correspondence with the gullible
world he invariably heads his letters Para
disc, and from the amount of would. be gull.
BILE matter in the above named communication,
If not from His Satanic Majesty himself. it
shows sharp chance of what the old gentle.
man is largely accused of-that is, misrepre-
senting facts. Please tell us, Mr.. Osvin, what
points the Hon. Sam. A Smith made that
made his speech compare with Col. Ander-
sons in the same proportion that pile Of
chips would beside wood.pilei Was it in
tile abuse of the American party-was it in
accusing Col. Anderson Of being an American
What better right has Col Smith to accuse
Col. Anderson of being Know Nothing than
Anderson has to accuse him Of being Sag
Nichti Each accuses the other, and each
denies-now which will you believe, or will
you believe them bothl No, you will only
believe Smith, and whyi Is it because he
carried out his promise that he made the PEG.
pie two years ago, when he told them that If
he was the successful candidate they should
have million and quarter acres of land
for the purpose Of building their Rabun Gap
Railroadi Did he carry out that measured
No, sir. Well, what was his reply when Jo
Anderson called on him to give an account Of
his stewardship in the last Congressi Why,
as to the land for building the Railroad there
was kind of bogus bill passed by Congress
for something like the same pun pose in other
places and il so disgusted the members that
he never thought once of introducing his bill
afterwards; and as to the rest of my acts, be-
hold, they are ,oritten in the Journals of Con.
gress, that the people may see for themselves.
Now, Mr.. Osvin, let's hear something about
the Abolition party at the North, who are not
Know Nothings-the most prominent ones
and who is likely to receive the nomination
for the Presidency from the Abolition party.
Well, there is Mr. Seward--is he a Know
Nothingi No. sir, but denounces them as be-
ing the Slave party Of the South in the strong
est manner. Horace Greedy, the editor Of
the Tribune, is known the wide world over as
being nm Aboltionist Of the rank sort, and
opposed to the American party, tooth and
toensil, up to the hub, and no mistake. No
Mr.. Osvin, the speaking at Maryvile on the
23d of June resulted in a complete victory
for Col. Anderson, as far as argument ant
good sense was concerned. Wings and Dem
ocrats both admit that, and l cannot tel
what sort of mist has come over the spirit
of your dreams that you could not see ant
hear it. You must have just come out of ,
Sag Nicht Council, where you had been freely
imbibing Schiedam Schnaps, or some othe
Dutch drink, that turned your cerebral func
tions topsy turvey-that made you get thu
wrong side Of the question. But Osvin, ar,
you certain that you will get to vote for thu
Hon. 8. A. SMITH l think that extremel
uncertain, for they say that there is a switcl
attached to the Congressional Railroad dow
about Athens, that if the SWITCH tende
don't like the candidates he just changes tn
switch and throws them off and gets on him
self Don't you remember the fate of Black
we'll and Lillard, and how they were gettin.
along, as they thought, fnely-but the new
switch tender sent up from Brady seen thei
train coming and was envious, and all hi
pressing business had been suddenly and sat
isfactorily closed, and he was ready for anoth
er trip. But, Osvin that engine wont wi
this trip--the failure of it TO make the trip o
the Rabun Gap road has put the people Of oil
Blount out of conceit Of its motive powe,
and on the second day of August they are &c
ing to try another that don't promise SO large
ly, but has got good driving wheels andes
run like the devil. CorrER.