The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-24
The Kentucky and Missouri Elec.
tionS,

tions.
Col. Forney, of the Philadelphia Press,
under the head of "The Doom Of the
Disunionists," says:
a man who is sentenced to be execu-
ted for n high crime, with no hope of par
don, sometimes cheats the hangman by
committing suicide; and there have been
cases in which the guilty one has de-
manded death at the hands of others in
advance of the scafiold. The Disunion
and Secession party were, as we have f,e-
quently asserted foredoomed the moment
they unliHled their crimson prate-hag.
They coulQ read their fate in the indig-
nant eyes of the American people. There
was "no balm in Gilcad' for them
They made pardon impossible by iniatua-
ted impcnitence. Maddened by their
schemes, and drunk with the idea that
the people had forgotten all affection for
the Union, they hafo almost committed
suicide, when they were rescued from that
fate 10y the friendly hand of the masses
Of Kentucky and Missouri, ,cko h1cc PIT
item 10 death IN aclcdsce Of tie ScqB6'd rai,-
ing for them IN NoccmJCr ncFt. Who that
reads the returns Of the elections that
took place in those two States on Monday
can doubt that the Southern voters are
ineXorubly opposed to John c. Brecliin-
ridge, the Disunion candidate? If Mr..
Breckenridge is strong anywhere, it ought
to be at his own home. lie was born in
Kentucky, and yet Kentucky has utterly
rcpudiated a ticket devoted to his for
tunes, and pledged to his doctrines. The
result of Mondays election in Missouri is
still more suggestive. Mr.. Breckenridge
| and his DisuniOn column seem to have
had almost no support. 1t was q ragged
regiment.
The Disunion Brcclinridgc party is
therefore dead, in advance of the election
1t has been cXtinguishcd on its own
Threshold, and in the very pa,c'raNa of
the South itself. The effect of the double
verdict of Kentucky and Missouri upon
the other Southern States will be elcchi-
cal. This verdict proves that the South
crn people are animated by an earnest
love Of the Union, and that they will
never give up the Union, even to serve
the ambition Of the most fayorte states
men. Henry Clay, with his keen know
ledge Of Southern character, saw this,
| fought Disunion, and died the idol of his
| people. Thomas II. Benton sawit. Drained
| Disunion, and expired in the midst of n
/ lll'lNi anu -. 'Vlllbull.
! himself the embodiment of Secession and
| Disunion, in the last moments of his
/ career, struggled to show his devotion to
! the very COn!cderacy to which his doc
! trincs were and are ineXorably opposed.
Can the new men of to-day-the min
nows and small craft of the small factions
effect that catastrophe which Clay and
| Benton depiorcd, and which Calhoun
feared to meet?
| Kentucky and Missouri gave double
answer to this question on Monday last.
The Southern Democracy having thus
contcmptuously rejected the Disunion
party, what will the Northern Democracy
do? What will Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Now York, and Ohio do? win North
crn Democrats touch the Brcckimijgc
ticket which has been denounced and de-
fcatCd by the South itself: When Ken
/ tuclly rcpudiatcs Brcckinrdgc, will Penn.
sylyania take him? The Northern Demo
crat who accepts this ticket will never be
forgotten or forgiven.
The effect OF these remarkable results
cannot be anticipated, except in the sense
that they prove the hostility OF tie .SopH,
cJW people to DiSWGoa. They remove Mr..
breckenridge far from the field, and they
animate all other candidates with the
strongest conservative feelings. When
the South declares for the Union, the
North cannot hold back.
Hon. Archibald Dixon of Kertucky
This gentleman, Il life long Wing, who
under the plea Of defeating Fremont, vo
ted in 1916 for Buchanan, is now claimed
in favor Of the Yanccy Disunion ticket
On the other hand the friends of Doug
las, the little squatter, claim him. Tn,
Louisville JoW7a! says:
We are indebted to friend for lettei
from Henderson, describing the Ratlica
ton OF the Douglas Democracy held there
on the 9th, and giving a synopsis of th'
speech Of Hon. Archibald Dixon. From
it we extract the following:
81 am satisfied Bell and Everett have
not been injured in this section by tht
efforts of either wing Of the Democracy
Their friends, though quiet, are confident
Courage is filling the hearts of the Unioi
men, and it will require but n single sparl
to fire them with Irresistible enthusiasm
Bell is evidently the only hope of til,
South: the only hope of the conservative
portion of the Republic, the only hope o
that class who regard the Union Of these
States as the first consideration in thi
and every other campaign: this fac
grows more and more palpable each day
and before the first Tuesday in Noyem
Der ! predict such an uprising Of the
honest, patriotic masses in behalf Of th(
Constitution and the Union as has no
been witnessed since the days of lS4O
The people will rise in their strength
they will lurl the present miserable, cor
rupt officials from power, and in thci
places they will install men of honest
and purity Of character-men who's
hearts throb for the welfare OF tlle. com
mon country"
A MEDICAL PREscRIrTIoN.-Dr. Abernc
thy did almost as much good to hi
patients by lis sharp wit as by his med
cines, and innumerable stories are told {
his dry humor. Here is good one W
do not remember to have seen before;
Ills prescription to wealthy patier
was, Let your servant bring wash-tul
| take off your clothes, get into it, and iroi
head to foot rub youlsefwel with it, an
you'll recover
This advice of yours seems very muc
like telling me to wash myself" said tn
; patient
"Well," said Abernethy, 1T is open
that objection"
| ENCOURAGING TO THE GlRLs.-Naom
the daughter of Enoch, h,was five hundre
, and eighty years old when she was ma
ried. Courage, ladies
There never was n goose grey