The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-07-18
RATIFICATION MEETING AT MADI.
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FOR the Post.
Mr.. Editor As this Isl day Of politics,
hope that your readers will bear with me
whl'e give you short sketch Of a Rptf.
cation meeting, held by the Buchanan demo.
crnts OF monroe county, Tenn, on Monday
inc TN INST. Alter the County Court nd.
yourned Tor dinner, the sheriff announced that
there would be a Buchanan ratification meet
ing held immediately In the Court house, and
'nat h'i tne friends vi Buchanan were request.
ed TO come In, and all opposed TO Back Re.
puoicanlsIn were also requested to come in
dld not consider myself invited by the first
call, and should not have been present If the
last had not been made. For fear Of being
called Black Republican,, |, in company with
others OF my own faith, repaired to the scene
OF nction. We did not get IN ~ see the meet.
ing organized, but Judged that Jas A. Haire,
Esq, was Presidentirom the fact that he was
explaining the object OF the meeting when
we entered. His speech was briei, beginning
oacK ~ the garden ct Eden, and ending with
tne obstruction OF Know NothingsIn. MIR.
Hn,re ~ quite gentleman in his manners,
ana said noth'ng TO wound Tho feelings OF
,he opposition, lie wound up with short
out spirited exhortation to The Know Moth
,n9s 10 turn ana come up to the help OF old
DUCK against tne Back Republicans, nssur-
,ng mem that there was yet chance. WIN.
VI. otake'y next appeared, 10 flre the big gun
OF 'ho occasion. we were all looking for
something, ns ne sa man OF considerable
cn"'"c'er ana taeht' we were somewhat
disappointed IN our expectations. j took no
notes. out mere Is Inc sum ana substance OF
KNOW No'nings nj inc North had Tor their
candidate Tor inc Presidency Nathaniel +.
4 panks--ne sn,a another faeton OF The same
PaI'y hao :. Y. FREMONT ana Wm' l.. Dayton,
1 n .ne same party s0nth had Tor their cam
e c.: ','" ', al" Dohelsoh; ana announcer
,"o.'n '',u co"'n9uore otochtoh' making
, ,I", I'mu'u".es ne INSURED ms audience
.'s v"''I vas o"' o"e "u'y n"uonai "eke',
."'.ey' nuo''''"." anu Df'cNcnr'oee.that
ivy me,. .'e na''o''n' ue'nocrat'c candidates.
INV "v 's"o' VT '''''on.', NEITHER c"",o e''
,me. VI we o''ers ee' " ''cket w nan oI the
S". S'n's Is ohe sP"! on 'he iawh')-
- ne ,',':uo wo"oer'u, appear 10 the
M.n" N1'"'"g SmnerS sout"' 10 come up
w.. W. nv "1'P VI a,e southern oe'h"cracy against
Wv, ,hs. ,,' ,p"one'h Munster OF the worth
u .". ~ =. Inv" vas W 'h",e ''',ni,'e"' ""hser
."' WV ""u oe."' anu ''''' ',e'e was no
| hopes except Buchanan was elected, that
there was no turning to the right or to the
left that IT they threw away their votes in
voting for Fillmore they were to blame, ns
they very well knew that he could not oct
State in the Union, and thew in voting such
vote was not votinr indirectly for Black
Republican, but it were no less crime than
voting directly for one, not that Mr.. Fillmore
was Black Republican, but all who voted
for him knew that they were throwing AWAY
their votes, us he could not get ticket nj
the north, nor State at the South. Now
for consistency. Mr.. Stakely surely thought
he was addressing a truly knoap nothing. al all
meeting, or he would not first have made il
appear that the opposite party was split into
-four factions and was truly no party at all.
that they were n mere cypher. and next wind
up with his exhortation to the Know Moth.
ines south to not throw AWAY their votes
and come up and helm defeat the mighty
that there was danger and imminrnt d,nusr
too. Persons more advanced in modern do.
mocracy than |, NAV see how this can he. hi
| confessI cannot. If bis irst ASSERTION IN.
true, the last cannot. He boIdIv tnId n. tb,t
the four candidates of the four f,ctions war;,
a'i OF course Know Nothings, but he failed to
yen the people That Banks in answering Gen.
lDtprrnOutOrias na,ln ann, an