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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
The Treasury Ten Million Loan.

We are not disposed to look with alarm
upon trifling signs of disturbance in mon
etary affairs, but notice of the sale, at
Washington, yesterday, of the Sl0,000,-
900 Federal Five Per Cents, at the low
prices reported, is not of this character,
and this notice should arrest the serious
attention of every careful man. In the
midst of profound peace in Western
Europe, and with every element of ma
tional prosperity at home, the paltry ma
tional debt cannot be renewed at any
thing in the way of premium over five
per cent.
A part of this decline may be attribut-
ed to the ill;judged course of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, who selected the
height of an excited political canvass in
which to borrow money; but there is no
denying the hard fact, that public conf
dence has been so shaken by the anti
slavery agitation, that New York, backed
by all the European capital here, did not
bid enough at any price to ease the wants
of the Treasury. -.E- s'"
The City Bank Statement is also one of
the signs Of the times, which conserva-
tive men should note. Although the
banks carry q greater average of specie.
by nearly two millions, than last week.
they have loaned little or nothing of il,
and have called upon the merchants that
owe them to pay up 100000 of loans
Excessive caution is the order of the day.
IN, Y, ErDress
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Is Mr.. Bell Sound on the Slavery
Question

The Cincinnati Commercial, the prin-
Black Republican organ of Ohio, holds
the following language in reference to the
position of Mr.. Bell on the slavery aues-
ton:
fortunately the country is left no lon
ger in doubt. BY characteristic indiscre-
ton of Mr.. John Bell himself, we are
placed i'm possession of his doctrine of
slavery extension. He has written letter
to Mr.. Dawson, of Alabama, referring to
his record as Senator, to show where he
now stands, and conveying to him the in
formation that he esteems it the duty of
the Federal Government o protect slavery
in the Territories. He denied that either
Congress or a Territorial Legislature could
rightfully exclude slavery from the Terri
tories, and summed up his creed on the
matter as follows: Humanity to the
slave, no less than Justice to the master,
recommends the policy of diffusion and
extension into any Territory adapted to
its condition.
Here then is the policy of the Bell and
Everett administration clearly foreshad-
owed. THE Union, the Constitution, and
the enforcement of the laws means Civ
ing TO the few shareholders of the South
the unrestricted right to spread slavery
over all the Territories now free, and pro.
tecting them in so doing, by the whole
power of the Federal Governments.
1--WE do not charge that the supporters
of this party in the North are in favor oil
all this. We know better. But with all
their power of ignoring things they can
not ignore the fact that the above is the
recently avowed creed of their candidate,
and that the policy of his administration
would be distinctively pro slavery, and
consequently adverse to the interests OF
free labor. How any man who has pref
erence for free labor over slave, can vote
for a slave-extending candidate for the
Presidency, we confess ourselves ignor,
ant"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Mr.. Buchanan Alarmed

A letter from Washington, addressed to
the editor of the Savannah Republican,
says:
1.-The President has at length become
thoroughly alarmed. Secretary Cobb,
lately returned from Georgia, has brought
to him heavy tidings, that from the indi.
cations of public sentiment pervading
your State, no doubt remains, that she is
prepared to join with South Carolina and
withdraw from the Union forthwith, upon
the election of Lincoln. Hitherto, the
President has reposed in confident belief
that such a crisis was not to arise during
his term; but the signs of the times are
now disturbing even this questionable
consolation"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
A Clincher.

The Chattanooga Advertiser, by way of
recommendation and endorsement that
no one would presume to dispute, gravely
and religiously announces, in the last de-
spairing throes of dissolution, that "Ihr.
buchanan is FOR breckenridge When
the handsome Kentucky Major comes to
be President of Bill Yancey's Southern
Confederacy, which was part of the pro-
gramme laid down at Richmond, if he
don't make that young man Of the ADDER
tiser a member of his Cabinet, we shall
always think he ought to. "Mr. Buch-
a,an is for BreckiridgeW Oh, Lord! %"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
What Mr.. Toombs is going DoP

We find the following in the Sumter
Republican, as purporting to come from
a gentleman in Oglethorpe county TO his
friend in South West Georgia:
81 heard Georgia Senator say the 9TH
er day in private conversation, that in
the event OF Lincoln's election, he would
resign before Buchanan's time was out,
come home, raise an army of ten thou
sand men and when he crossed the Po-
tomac again it would be with his drawn
sword. The Senator said there were
thirty members of Congress pledged to
that position, and would 60 with him,
some from every Southern State. He
talked about it like it was small matter;
it looks very gloomy, indeed, to me-"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Plan of the Seceders.

An agent privately sent from the South
reports to the President that Alabama
and Georgia will certainly secede in forty
days after Lincoln's election. Confden-
tial friends of the President assert that
in that case lie will remain inactive, and
permit the thing to 60 on. The Rich
mond Eap.irer to-day exhorts Virginia to
go with the South, and thus present a
solid front. 1t is for disunion without
waiting for an overt act, and says, "if that
be treason, make the most of it,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Douglas ut Chattanoopa.

Persons whe were at Chattanooga last
Saturday represent the crowd there to
see and hear the Hon. STEPHEN A. DoU-
GLAs, as the largest ever assembled in
East Tennessee. lie arrived on the o.
clock train from Nashville, and was re-
ceived with the widest enthusiasm by q
great multitude which no man could
number. After m interval of 90 minutes,
he was escorted to the stand prepared for
the occasion, with banners and music,
and delivered a speech, occupying an
hour and half, which his friends say
was not only a successful vindication of his
policy and the position he Is occupying
before the country, but the ablest eluci-
dation of the question of slavery in the
Territories, ever made by any man. His
friends and supporters in lower East Ten
nessee, ofwhom there seems to be a good
ly number, have cause to be proud of the
manner and magnitude of his reception
at Chattanooga, although, we suspect, the
fact that he is engaged in battling against
the Disunion element and Sectionalism
in both divisions of the Union, contribut-
ed no littleto the noble and generous out
pouring and hearty enthusiasm which
greeted his appearance last Saturday. No
matter how much they may differ from
him upon questions of strictly political or
governmental policy, or how firmly deter
mined majority of them may be to vote
against him, such an appeal as Judge
Douglas made for the Union of our faith
ers, will always strike a responsive chord
in the breasts of the patriotic masses of
East Tennessee, and receive their warm
est appreciation.
We heard the crowd varously estimat-
ed at from ten to fifteen thousand, but
think eight thousand would be near the
fiuurp
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
~ The Chattanooga A ,Jr,rt;,,r ~ \,

r6r The Chattanooga advertiser of last
week says. in type appropriately large
and black, that John Bell has not the
ghost Of chance to carry any Northern
State" What sort of chance does
Breckenridge have in that direetion9-
II he gets an electoral vote North of the
Potomac, outside the seren the Douglas
and Bell men nave kindly consented to
give him in New York in order to prevent
his friends there from voting for lincoln,
we will agree to foreswear truth and cult
yate that talent in which the Secession
editors have SO excelled throughout the
canvass. b.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Tom Clingman.

Report says that Tom Clingman is ROY.
ing over North Carolina, advocating the
Secession TICKET. We recollect of hear.
ing Thomas, at Knoxville, in 1874, pre-.
diet, in very emphatic language, that il
this government should ever be destroy.
ed, the democratic party would do it,
That was sixteen years ago. Now Thomas
is engaged in the rather questionable bu.
siness of helping one wing of that party
verify his prediction. To borrow fowl
expression, we are afraid Thomas is bad
egg.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Beware of Spurious Tickets.

We have good reasons to believe that
systematic attempt will be made in
East Tennessee, on the 9th of November
to impose on Bell and Everett men spuri-
GUS tickets, headed for the Union and the
Constitutions" Look well to your tickets
ard see that they have on them the Bell
and Everett electors, headed with the
names of Peyton and Taylor, for the State
at large-the District Electors following,
commencing with Deaderick and conclud-
ing with Majors.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Important Letter from John G
breckenridge.

Brecklnridge.
In the Alternate ,Southron, published
at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and in
its issue of Friday, the 10Th, we find o
short letter from John c. Breckenridge TO
DR.. Cohoon, the Mayor of Elizabeth City,
which is a beauty and wonder indeed
1t appears that the aforesaid DR.. Cohoon,
anxious to obtain a reply to the Norfolk
questions, and nothing daunted by the
ill-success of the Breckenridge elector fof
the Norfolk district, undertook, by him
self, the peculiar task of pumping an
answer out of the distinguished leader of
the Disunion forces, and has actually sue
ceeded in drawing forth from Mr.. Breck-
inridge an epistle of great magnitude and
marvellousness. We agree with the ed-
tor aforesaid, that the eminent success of
the aforesaid DIR. Cohoon, in unsealing
the lips of poor Breckinridge, has inn
mortalizcd his name, and henceforth he
will be known as the man, who succeed
ed in extracting an answer to the Nor
folk questions, from John c. Breckin-
ridge. The following is an extract from
Breckinridge's letter to DR.. Cohoon, as
we find it published in the ,Sout,ron news
paper:
LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 4th, 1890
Dear ,Sr:--Yours of the first instant
has been received. The questions you
ask, are answered in my enclosed speech,
| ESTEEM Mr.. GANCEY HIGHLY AND HAVE
| KNOWN HIN LONG AND FAvoRABLY.
Mr.. Breckenridge is not Mr.. Yancey.
love the Union, but the South better.
If elected, the Union under my care,
shall never be disseminated.
Yours, Respectfully,
JOHN G. BRECKENRIDGE.
DR.. j. r. P. G. CouooN, Z. City, NC.
In commenting on the foregoing, the
editor of the Southron says: 1.-THE letter
has been shopn us, from which ,cc took the
ADORE extracts. In the ADORE ertracts, we have
quoted The language Of Mr.. B. verJatim.-
What Mr.. breckenridge means by the
concluding paragraph in his letter, we
are scarcely able to comprehend We
think that a gentleman who aspires to
fill the high and responsible office of chief
executive of the United States, ought to
be competent to express himselfin in
telligent manner. Why did not Mr..
Breckenridge declare, that if elected, UNI
der his care the Union should not be dis
united. That would have been so plain,
that the wayfaring man, though fool,
could not have erred therein, As it is,
we think it exceedingly foggy; and fur
thermore, we think Mr.. Breckenridge an
exceedingly foggy candidate. lie does
not intend for his real sentiments to be
known.
"Now, we would suggest to DR.. Cohoon,
to write again to Mr.. Breckenridge, and
endeavor to ascertain, whether or not, he
means that # elected, the Union shall
not be disseminated as he wrote it. or
whether he meant to say, the Union
shall not disunited' in the event of his
election. BY the time an answer is re-
ceived, perhaps the election will be over.
1--WE again warn the people not to vote
for candidate who is afraid of his real
sentiments to be known. Breckenridge
is the candidate of a sectional party that,
seek to dissolve the Union. He is, there.
FORE a dangerous man to be elevated to
the chief magistracy of this nation"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
The Latest Lie.

The last lie put in circulation by the
Secessonists is, that the Bell and Doug
las folks in Kentucky have Withdrawn
their electoral tickets and are going for
Breckenridge. There is not the semblance
of truth about the story. Next Tuesday
will show that the only ticket Withdrawn
in Kentucky is the Breckenridge ticket.
Breckenridge and his friends will all be
out hunting that day.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Canvass Subscribers.

This is the last paper we can issue be-
fore the election. We should be pleased
il canvass subscribers would continue
their subscriptions. But whether they do
or not, we trust every one of them will be
at the polls next Tuesday, the 9th, and
vote the Union ticket-vote against Dis
union-yotc for Bell and Everett.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Tickets! Tickets!

Next Monday is County Court day
and the day following is the Presidential
election. We hope every voter of McMnn
who may be in town on Monday, will call
at the printing-olfice and get supply Of
good Union tickets, and then see that they
are distributed and voted on Tuesday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Speaking at the Court House.

The appointment for Messrs. House
and Houston having been recalled, the
crowd that assembled at the Courthouse
on Tuesday, was addressed by DR.. w. w
Alexander, Hon. r. B. Brabson, and M.
p. Jarnagin, Esq.--sll of whom, we learn,
made good speeches.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Chances in Alabama.

The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer says:-
"The Breckenridge Mass Meeting at Sell
ma, Ala, last week refused to pass res
olution authorizing the Electors of their
party, in case they are elected, to cast
the vote Of Alabama for any candidate
for the Presidency whom it can elect over
Lincoln, though called upon so to do by
members of the party. We learn from
the Montgomery Post, that "quite num-
Der of tho most respectable and mtelli-
gent gentlemen of the Breckenridge par
ty at Selma have renowned their con-
nection with it on account of the refusal
offhe party to pass the resolution" The
refusal makes it evident that the Breck-
inridge leaders will not make any sacri-
flee of party for the sake of preventing
the election of Lincoln, but are ready to
satrifice the Union itself if he is elected
byltheir treachery. They persist in policy
calculated and designed to permit the
triumph of Lincoln, and avow their pur-
poses to revolutionize the Government in
thf event of the success of their own pol
icy! Is it a wonder that conservative and
Union-loying men are fast deserving them,
after so unmistakable an exposure of the
game they are playing?"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Singular Punishment,

Disunionists are shown but little favor
in Northwestern Virginia: "Aman named
King was egged and run out of Piedmont,
Virginia, last week, for avowing himself
in favor of the dissolution of the Union"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
------------
Tuesdav. the Sixth.

Next Tuesday, the 9th, is election day.
Every friend of the Union--every foe to
Disunion-should be at the polls and vote
for Bell and Everett.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

Why DO THEY PRAISE HIM?-Yancey is
known to all men who have any knowl-
edge of his political history, to be rabid
disunionists, and yet his praise is now
generally in the mouths democrats
Why is this if they are in favor of the
Union? Ia. --r.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Getting Ready for a start

A despatch from Cleveland, via Deca-
tur, Meigs county, reports Bob of the
Banner, as packing his duds preparatory
to start for the Salt River Diggins.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

On next page will be found a column
of pure, unauthorized Union Tickets
Cut out and vote them next Tuesday,
Tennesseans! f-,s .....
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

p@- Amy Southern man, who pro.
nounces John Bell unsound upon the
slavery question, is himself unsound up.
on the personal veracity question.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Vote Down Disunion.

Every old man-every young NANCY
cry middle aged man-every man who
loves his country, his wife and children,
should be at the polls next Tuesday, the
9th, and vote for the Union--vote against
Disunion--vote for Bell and Everett.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Bell-Eyerett Club.

We are requested to give notice that
the Bell-Everett Club of McMinn county
will meet at the Courthouse tomorrow
evening atGl o'clock. A full attendance
IL 1asira1
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

ls@- oh, the hypocrisy of Breckenridge
Yanceyism in Tennessee! Whilst its
supporters in Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Flori-
da, are demanding the disruption of the
Union, in the event of the election of
Lincoln,-an event which cannot happen
unless according to the provisions of the
constitution,-here, they are asking votes
as Union men. "Oh, shame, where is
thy blushw trt -fa7i oH'a
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

say The Breckenridge mass meeting,
at Selma, on the 18th, were requested by
their own friends to pass resolution
authorizing the electors OF their party, in
case they are elected, TO cast the vote OF
the State for whoever it would elect
against Lincoln, and they refused to do
it.-Moatgomery Ata.) Post, Oct. l8.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Ben Hill
Constitutional Union Tickets.

Hon. Ben. III. Hin will speak at Dial
ton, on tomorrow, (Saturday.)
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

b6- Union Men! Remember your
country, in the hour of her need, if you
would preserve the Union and the Con-
stitution. @
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

SS- The Tribune's Washington dis.
patch says: Orders have gone ont hence
to the States of the Northwest directing
the administration Democrats TO vote for
the Douglas electoral ticket. 1lonA 7qyG
% The same correspondent says, j hear
of the default of the postmaster at Keo.
kuk, Iowa, and also of another in a Lead
ing town in Illinois either Alton or
Quincy. III -,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
2theus gost.
TERMS

Two DOLLARS A YEAn, payable in advance.
Announcing names of candidates for Office 50 90,
Cash.
Obituary Notices over twelve lines, charged at
the regular advertising rates.
All communications intended to promote the pri-
vatc ends interests of Corporations, Societies,
Schools or Individuals, will be charged as advcr-
tisements.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

People who were at Chattanooga last
Saturday, report the Cleveland Banner
man there, running after and hurrahing
for the Little Giant" If DIR. Brown and
Mitch. Edwards don't watch that chap,
he'll vote for Douglas at last We know
he has no real sympathy with the Dis
unionists. Look out for a shut ticket!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Disunion-Its Advocates.


There has been crowd of men run
ming over the State, trying to persuade
the people to vote the Secession ticket,
thereby giving aid and comfort to those
who deliberately avow their intention, in
certain contingency, which they conf
IDENTIFY predict, to break up the govern
ment and destroy the Union. We can
imagine state Of affairs that would jus
tify Secession and Revolution But as no
such state of affairs exists now, nor is
likely to exist, we cannot help regarding
the man who counsels or aids resort to
extreme measures--a resort to violence
disunion, and revolution-as q traitor in
intent and purpose, not only to the gov
eminent and laws which shelter and pro-
tect him, but to the memory and achieve
ments of his fathers, to the teachings and
religion of his mother, to the best inter
ests of his children and society - no
matter whore such man may live or where
he was born, whether North, South East
or West. Surely no rejecting mind can
calmly contemplate disruption of the
Urion, with it's horrid, desolating results.
May the hand that tears it asunder be
withcred, and the tongue that pronounces
its dissolution, be stilled forever. His
name should perish in the minds of mem;
or if remembered, to be thought of only
with the horror that attaches to the gull
tv matri,;de,-- -~A
ellis warm blood the wolf shall lap,
Ere life be parted!
His wing shall the buzzard flap
Ger the false hearted.
Shame and dishonorsc
BY his grave ever;
Blessings shall follow it,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
To sheriffs and voters,

/: Attractions of Counties composing new
Counties, will vote in this election, with
the old Counties they were taken from.
Let this be kept in mind, that no votes
may be lost, or set aside as Illegal.
D0- Give one day to your country in
this its time Of danger. Go and vote.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
New York
Extract of a business letter received at
this office, dated

New York, Oct. 90, 1860.
= Zone thing is certain-the
democratic party of this State will act as
a unit, in the defeat of the black republi-
can candidate for the Presidency, how
ever great may be their differences on 9TH
er matters; and when this great party acts
all together, there is nothing more sure
than victory. The only danger of defeat
rests in its own bosom, and SO far as the
Presidential question is concerned, all
democrats in this State are agreed, to de-
feat Lincoln: so consider il done"
The writer of the above is merchant,
and democrat. We hope he speaks
adyisedly
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
sey-The Savannah Republican says the

Berthe Savannah Republican says the
breckenridge Democracy are likely to
have merry time of it with some of their
new converts. DIR. Miller, in a speech
the other day, said he was no Democrat,
but stood still, and the Breckinridgers
had come to him, and were standing on
the Know-Nothing platform-an announc-
ement that was not so we'll received by the
Hardshells present. The Doctor clinch-
ed the nail by telling them that the first
truth that was ever put in Democratic
platform burst the party to atoms! ar
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
Election Day.

TUESDAY, the 9th of November, is
Election Day. Remember it, and be at
the polls early. .......
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02
JERE CLEMENS.
TO Chm. Cor. Com. Marion b. & E. Club
The Proudest Recollection of his

Yancey said, in his speech at Rich
mond, Virginia, lately, that the proudest
recollection of his life is in having re-
fused to vote for Gen. Cass, in lS4S.-
This is, he is proud of having bolted
from his party in lS4S, but he is no doubt
still prouder of his big "bolt' in 1860.
Let it be remembered that Breckn.
ridge "bolted" in 1913 also. And he and
Yancey, and all the other seceders, are
boilers in 1860. What think the old
line Democrats of their "bolting" leaders
siunol
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-02

pSr See that every Union man in your
district comes 10 the polls, q. o.,.r-'