The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1859-08-19
The renneaaee EleatIon'

and not to that Of the President onlv
but to that Of the party leaders who net
With hin, in the national legislature. as
wen as IN the executive branch Of the
government. We say it is decided and
most emphatic roproof, expressed in lasi-
gnage not 70 be misunderstood. The oI,.
position have probably elected seven out
Of ten members of Congress; which gives
them a clear. admitted gain Of foue--mofe
than one third OF the entire CongressIonal
Representation.
If those opposing the administrator
party had elected their Governor, BY a
majority Of ten thousand. and had se.
cured a-majoriiy of twenty, on joint bal
lot, in the State Legislature and had al
the same time left unchanged the repre-
sentation in Congress, the Victory over
the administration would not have been
half so decisive; nor would the repfoof
Of the peoples present public servants
have been half so clear and emphitic.-
II is easy to imagine local issues, in q
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me ieg'o'e INSCRIPTION says @ those those
wn0 nave sought 70 screen an .unialtfiiul
administration from the csnsures OF an
abused people, by harpilg upon the
dangerous and exciting subject Of Afri-
can slavery, "TEkEl.',-- Ye are weighed
IN the balances, and are found wanting.
And we have strong confidence, that II
the opposition will go into the Presiden-
tial campaign OF 1860 with mature deli
beration, wise forecast, and an unfiinching
determination to make the inyiolable
union OF these States the cardinal tenet
,of their faith, and thewatchword Of their
sentinels, the patriotic masses all over the
country will rise up and write that other
word, "MENE'--God hath numbered
your Kingdom' ana nnished H.
ne struggle " tennessee mas. been no
siSirmish OF foraging parties; but "a close.
deadly, hand-to-hand hght, IN which every
men VI ground mas peen stuppoiniy con-
tested; ana the administration has
Drought upon the hsid us choicest vet
Grams. Three Of thoee defeated for Con-
gress' Messrs. Smith,sAtklns, ana Savage,
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NOT siiouiu lO''i'u IL oe lorgo'teh' tna' wiiie
inns contest was pehoiiig' 'he TWO ueino-
crasc senators We're mere WIN all the
weign'oi their innuenee' ana that men
CAME over from helghooring otates, 70 as
sist tne aaininis'ratioh party. Ana IN the
critical hour' immediately on the eve OF
.ne eieetlon' tne opposl'ion' out recently
oaioeo 'oeeiher' ana strangers 70 victory
were disheartened by uniayoraole news
from ihe SISTER state OF AentuclSy' wnicn
was SENT as iass as steam power ana
i'ghth'hg couid carry IT. 10 every portion
Of the state, on haming extra slips, at the
head oil which the banterlng bird Of de-
moeracy crew terrific defiance, and point
ed the affrighted opposition to routed
ally, nom whom they had fondly antici-
pated snccor in the hour OF peril
IL will be borne in mind, too, that
throughout the entire struggle, the adj
ministration forces were cheeredaon and
stimulated to desperation, by the war cry
used with signal success on so many bat
tle-neids' iney were persuaded that
their opponents were IN alliance with the
enemies OF the South. The rawhead aud
bloody bones of that terrible Seward.