The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-12

| the people have eyerywhe read with admi. |
ration and delight, and byis own pure, un.
sulied reputation and spoIss character. or
these the people themselvhad the means Of
forming an accurate judsent, aud to that
Judgment both he and hisIiends have been
at all times, and are now, ady to bow with
respectful submission-theask no appeal to
any other tribunal.
But the arts and falsehdis which have
been resorted to by the tw sectional parties
oil The country TO weakehlr. Fillmore, by
inducing the belief that Q was without
strength elsewhere than inhe place where
the falsehood was told, th(people have not
been so well able 10 undernnd. They have
heard these assertions gensllly with surprise
and incredulity, though therequency of their
repetition, the confident toe in which they
were asserted, the variety forms in which
they have been made to apfar, and above all,
the perfect concurrence of Republicans and
Democrats IN these INTERPRETATIONS, and
the readiness with which IL one sustained
the others fabrication, hay made some i'm
preston upon the public ind, or ut least
upon the minds Of such aeonsult their fears
rather than rely upon thegoodness of their
cause.
Upon the eve of our ajournment, these
and similar assertions are gain renewed, With
n view no doubt of sowing the seeds of
alienation aud distrust belveen our friends in
different sections Of the Union, and these
wicked and false statemats are sent to the
country by railroad, by telegraph, and by
missionaries and emissarIs, with zeal and
apparent confidence worher of better
cause, and the assertion i; now added that
Mr.. Fillmore will be now withdrawn.
In addressing you now we wish definitely
to contradict these untruereports, and correct
as far as we can the false Impression to which
they have given rise, and thus to strip our
en- emies OF their mostfpyorite aud nearly only
remaining means of warfare.
None Of these chargei and insinuatons are
true. We speak to all actions Of our com.
mon country in saying 30. The friends of
our candidates, both Moth and South, are
standing firmly by thercolors and by their
men, and will do so unit the contest is decid-
ed in November. They do so both from
choice and from duty. They choose it, be-
cause their men stand on the only truly na.
tiona platform, rs broad us the entire Union,
aud exactly co-extens We with the constitu
tion, recognising the rights of the States on
the one hand, and of the Federal Government
on the other, and holding each sovereignty
within its proper sphere; and their duty re.
quires that these geographical, these sectional
parties both Republican and Democratic 80
called, shall be driven from the field. Who
ever aids either, aids one section of u common
country against another.
We can say to our friends in all sections,
that from hencefOrth until the election in
November, they should work in good heart
and spirits, that stories of lukewarmness and
abandonment of our candidates must be based
upon something in the future different from
the past, to be true; that North and South
the friends of our candidates are true rs well
tempered steel; and are working with more
heart, zeal, and confidence MS the canvass
progresses. The hearts of true national men,
North and South, beat in unison with each
other; and their hands are being vigorously
applied to n common labor, and for common
result; and there is not the least reason, in
any section, for distrust of friends in any
other. Let not the enemy reap any fruits
from the insdious policy pursued by them.
We say to you that il appears to us from this
point of observation, that ii all who in their
hearts prefer Willard Fillmore for President
shall vote for him, he will be triumphantly
elected
We do not pretend to direct, govern, or
control the movement in favor Of The Amerl-
can cause. That is matter solely in the
hands of the people nj large. 1t is theirs;
they originated it. We believe our candidates,
however, are infinitely stronger amongst the
people than among politicians who happen at
this time to be in power, or struggling to ac'
quire it. Let their friends be of good cheer.
Let them do their duty, and they vii! be
astonished ut their great strength at the polls.
Let each man 60 to work and confde in has
friends elsewhere, and the riciory is sure!-
No cunningly devised stories induce them for
one moment TO think of taking sides between
the candidates Of those dangerous sectional
organizations which are now struggling TO
concentrate the North against the South, or
the South against the North They should,
and will, both be overthrown. The country
requires repose and demands safety. The
friends of Fillmore and Doneson are the
friends Of the Union. They have the power
to elect them, ard thus strengthen the bonds
of that friendship and confidence between the
North and the South which in other days ad-
ded such power and glory to the Republic.
Let us now pledge ourselves each to the
other that every man ,oill do his duty to our
candidates and our cause, and you may rely
upon it the country will be saved from the
dangers that encompass IT., and restored to the
quiet and confidence which blessed it at the
close of Mr.. Fillmore's administration.
VIM. w. Walk, W. r. Smith,
Humphrey Marshall, w. l.. Underwood,
s. G. Haven, A. X. Marshall,
F. X. Zollicoffer, Thomas Rivers,
Henry Winter Davis, +. s. Edwards,
o. F. Moore, w. II. Sneed,