The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1856-09-26
AMfRrCANs!-FoRwARDlM ARCp,

AMERiCANS!-FORwARD! MARCH.
| we are proud to b. able to saw TO the
friends OF Fillmore every where throuphou,
the Union, that our cause here In Tennes
see, IS now largely in the ascendant.
Our gallant squadrons, "armed and eouip.
ped as the law Directs" nrc taking n firme,
and proidef tread. Odr Union American
standard possesses d magnetic charm thu,
lew true men will be able TO resist ill the dov
OF the election-the day when the DESTINY
OF this country is to be decided.
Fillmorci is gaining ground all the time. in
every State in the Union. The people. the
PATRIOTS of all names and parties, begin to
see that the Union is in danger, and tina,
Fillmore is the ONLY man in the field thu,
can save it mud "quell the sections"
Let every friend of the "NIodel Pre.;de,, /,
therefore, be ofgood cheer. WE REGARD
Ills ELECTION AS POSITIVELY
CERTAIN! The facts, as they now stare
us in the face, force this CONFUSION upon us.
Fillmore is he only man that can be elect.
ed oy The people, for the reason that Buch.
anan cannot carrya single Northern State,
and that Fremont can in no conceivable
event carry either New York, California.
New Jersey, or Massachusetts; or any number
sufficient to elect him.
Were the election to come Off to morrow,
there would probably be no election BY the
people; but Fillmore is gaining ground ev-
cry day, and when it Is seen, as IL soon will
be- that Buchanan star;ds no chance whatec
or, either before the people or in tho HouA
OF Representatives, conservative men, North
and South, will unite on Fillmore, and by
the middle of October, or by the first of No.
vember, any how, will be able to elect him.
But should the election 90 to the House,
we regard Filmore's election there MS certain.
and we are strengthened in this opinion by
the emphatic declarations to that effect of
several American members of Congress re.
Gently returned from Washington. After
few ballots, without an election, the consery.
atlve and Union'lovng members of Congress,
Of both the Democratic and Republican par
ties, will be compelled to unite on Mr.. Fill.
more MS the only compromise man before
them, in order to prevent continuation of
the disastrous Pierce dynasty on the one side,
aud the Inauguration Of Northern sectional
administration on the other. The Buchan-
an men regard the Fremontcrs, without ex.
ception, with loathing and contempt. The |
Fremonters, though looking upon Buchanan
as u good enough Freesoier for them, per-
sonaliH yet regard him us tho candidate of II
sectional party which sets itself up us the pc.
culiar protectors and defenders of slavery,
without reference to the Constitution or the
Union. The truth is, that in the House of
Representatives Fillmore will occupy mid.
die ground between Frcesolism on the one
hand, and States Rights Disunion on the
other, and either extreme can better travel
half way to settle the matter, than to make
the whole trip from North to South or
from South 10 North.
we, therefore, say to our American friends
everywhere, "Be of good cheer!" You have
everything to encourage you. In any event.
FilImore's election appears to us to be Ger.
tain. Let US be sure TO elect him BY the
people, and let us strive to make the major.
ity as large MS possible