The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-09-16
Progress of the Union Movement.

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The New York correspondent of the
Charleston Courier writes to that paper as
follows:
THE Hon. W. II. Seward was in Paris
about the first of this month (August.)- -
Thurlow Weed has written to him to
come home and watch the phase that has
taken place in national politics. +. W..
don't like the lowering of the National
Convention cloud. 1t looks as though it
might rain down an Old Line Whig Presi-
dent. If the Opposition nominate can
didate for the Presidency, it is certain no
Black Republican can he elected in 1860
This is u future fact, well canvassed by
that shrewd manager, Thurlow Weed"
Commenting upon theabove paragraph,
the Wadesboro' IN. C.) Argus says:
We oSSs Srs thanktq,s. twiee frs, c,a,, is.ture
tqc,,rs in b.l.. .nd,a. - ',em-
Dry Goods, in boxes, balcs lind trunks Joi
Furniture, set up and boxed, twice first classf,ve
thesiture, Iln1 -deyl tied a. lkt1ected
Black III ~ rrnor in Virginia? !?
There mustN |ll be-a National
Opposition Conn There will be
a national Union call6idate for the presi.
dency! There will be a union of all
union-loving people, for the sake of the
Union. The Union-it must and shall
be preservedw Let the States hold con-
ventions and appoint delegates to Ma
tional Convention to be held at some CEN
tral point. Let these delegates be men
who think more of the Union than any,
thing else on earth; who prefer the Union
to their own existence; who are unselfish
enough TO prefer the good of the people
to their own advancement: who will look
to their country's. future, and blend with
that future the happiness of their child
rem and their chldrens children: men
who believe that upon the perpetuity and
prosperity Of the Union depend not only
their own, but the happiness of all man
kind--for the 'lwid is looking upon the
American Union as its only hope. Let
the American Union be destroyed, and
their hopes Of liberty are destroyed for
ever Send such men to National Con-
vention. and we will have national can
didate and a national President.
PoTLrlcAL STATUS OF GEN. lIorsToS.-
The Crockett (rexas) Argus, has para
graph on this subject. 1t says:
Perhaps the annals of popular caprice
DO not showa more complete change of
front than that accomplished by the pco-
pie OF Texas within the last three years.
So far as national politics are concerned,
they have just passed upon the identical
issues which We're submitted to them in
1886, when their verdict was overwhelm-
ingly in favor of the Democracy. Again.
in 1857, the same national and local ques-
tons, with the same men to represent
them as now, were before the people, and
democracy was largely in the ascendant.
There is no pretcnce that the representa-
tives of either set of opinions have
changed. Runnels is as purely Demo
crat to-day as he was two years ago, and
General Houston is rs purely Know
Nothing. To the extent that principles
OF any sort are involved, it is an out and
out Know Nothing victory.
The Memphis Bulletin has an extract
from private letter written by gentle
man in Texas which says:
Gen. llOnston is elected Governor by
5000 majority over the Democratic nomi-
nee, Runnels." 1t also says that Run
nels beat Houston in the last election by
about the same majority, making IA gain
for Houston of $4,000 votes" The wri-
ter adds that "lloustons vote ON the
Kansas Nebraska bill was not propealy
appreciated in the last election hence
the majority against him in that election.
The people. after mature reflection in re-
gard to Mr.. HIS course. place themselves
Alright before the world by giving him
the handsome majority with which he
goes into the Gubernatorial chair of that
State"