The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-07
Bell and Eevrett Club at Harrison.

According to previous appointment, a
large number OF the friends of the Con-
stitution and the Union, met at the Court
house in Harrison, on Monday, Septem-
.ber 3rd for the purpose of organizing a
Bell and Everett Club. On notion y
c. Trewhitt, Esq, was called to the Chair
Samuel McCalebb and James Rvran.
Esus., were requested to act as Vice-fresi-
dents, and J. N. Aikens, as Secretary
The Chairman having explained the OBJ
jects of the meeting, and earnestly APP
pealed to the conservative men of all
parties to rally to the support of the only
national candidates in the field, announc-
ed the Club organized for business. On
motion, the President then appointed r.
ii. Kroft, James Roddy, G. w. Vinson,
3. F. Clark and j. n. Alkens, a commit
tee to draft constitution and bylaws for
the government of this Club, to be re-
ported at its next regular meeting. Col.
A. G. Welcker then being loudly called
for, appeared upon the stand, and for an
hour held the audience enchanted by
most powerful appeals in favor of the
Constitutional Union party. He demon
strated most clearly, that the election OF
Bell and Everetts Is the only means OF
preventing the disunion aims of the
Yancey- breckenridge party in the South,
and the abolition aims of the Lincoln
party in the North, as well as the con-
tinuation of that wild, mad agitation OF
the slavery question, which must inevi-
tab!y follow the election of either OF the
candidates opposing John Bell and Ed
ward Everett. Col. Welcker's speech was
an overwhelming appeal to the reason
and heart of every man present. ID. G.
Trewhitt being called upon, made few
timely remerks in his usual able manner
but excused himself from addressing the
Club at length at that time.
On motion of r. II. Kroft, Esq, it wa;
resolved that these proceeding be publish
ed in the Chattanooga Gazette and Athens
Post. The Club then adjourned to mee
on Saturday evening next, the Sth inst.
d. G. TREWHITT, Chm.
j. N. Atkins, Sec'y.
A Tennessee Caucus in Washington
The Democrat, the new paper at Nash
Vile, gives the following account Of a eau
Gus held in Washington by delegates from
Tennessee to the Baltimore Convention:
We had the high honor of being a mem
Der of this caucus. We say high honor
for it is always a high honor to be associ
ated with gentlemen who have cut {
figure in the world. We presume it viii
not be disputed that the Governor of Ten
nessee, Isham G. Harris, has made hi
mark. Well, he was there. Not far from
him were Messrs. Huntington and Burch
of the Nashville Union and american. Thi
trio constituted spike-team Of immens,
power. When we saw the direction the,
wished to give the Tennessee delegation
in the Baltimore convention, our mine
was filled with painful apprehensions les
they might be successful. Gov. Harris
backed and sustained by the editors o
the Union and American, took the bolC
ground, and maintained it with zeal, tina
the delegates from Tennessee shoul'
withdraw from the Baltimore convention
on the refusal of that body to admit Yam
cey and his fellow-bolters. He even wen
SO far as to deny that the eight seeding
States had left any vacancies behind then
that they were still members OF TIM
democratic national convention unde
their old commissions A single word
and we will drop this disagreeahle subject
1t is our deliberate conviction-a copvic
ton that will go down to the grave will
us-that if Gov. Harris and the two gen
tlemen we have specified had remained
at Nashville, there would have been n
Tennessee stampede from the Baltimor
convention.