davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

ny Since the State elections in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, the friends
of Mr.. Breckenridge in the Free States
concede Lincoln's success, and give up
the hunt. In the Cotton States, his friends
yield the election, and are mounting the
blue cockade and preparing for revolu-
ton. In Tennessee, however, the Brock
inridge leaders are still travelling over the
State, shouting "stand By the party" What
party?) Poor devils! They have been
serving party SO long, at the expense OF
their country, that they can think, speak,
nor dream of anything else. What a
crushing weight of responsibility these
men are accommodating upon their heads
and the heads of those who blindly fol
low them!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

GEN. LANE DISAPPOINTED THE Crowd
After heralding, in all directions, the an
nouncement that Gen. JOE LANE would
address the people at Marietta on Tuesday
last-and after several hundred persons
had congregated there to see the General
Gen. LANE was not there-the enthusi.
attic concourse was disappointed. and they
had to be satisfied with speeches from
Hon. HOWELL Conn and DR.. MILLER, "the
Demosthenes of the mountains" and ga
bountiful barbecue for which the appeti
ties of all present were we'll whetted."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

THE RESULT IN THIS STATE.-We have
the most cheering news from the result
of the late county elections. In every
instance where party lines were drawn,
the Union men triumphel. The Demo
cracy have been united in these county
elections, and the result looks very much
like the Bell and Everett men have
majority over both combined. In At
tella, Tishomingo, Yazoo, Marshall, and
other counties, the secessionists have
been signally put to route. Roll on the
ball. Let our friends elsewhere be assur-
ed that all's well in Mississippi Vicks-
burg Wig.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Don't Throw Away Your Votes |

The following article from the Athens
Watchn,an, is in the right spirit. The peo-
pie ought 10 "~pite upon the strongest man."
so as TO defeat the most exceptionable one.
When IL is evident that the race is mar
rowed down TO two, there is then but one
wise choice 10 be made, and that is the
better Of the two. "lf Bell be the strong
est man" to beat Lincoln, then to vote for
Douglas or Breckenridge. is simply to
throw away votes" and endanger the
election of the man least to be desired:
Why Throw YOUR VorEs Away.
"Day unto day" adds strength TO the
conviction that the Presidential contest
has narrowed down to choice between
John Bell and Abraham Lincoln. Brock
inridge is distanced at the start, and IL is
the madness of folly to talk about the pos
sibility of his election. Douglas, too, is
clear out of the question. He may carry
some of the Northwestern States, but his
election is impossible.
Why should patriotic man hesitate
for one moment as to his duty? We all
earnestly desire the defeat Of Lincoln
This can alone be done by uniting upon
the strongest man. Every intelligent man
in the country knoos John Bell to be that
man. Everybody knows that he will car
ny nearly every Southern State. while that
very fact will give him greater strength
among the conservative masses of the free
States than any other candidate.
Inasmuch as in Georgia amajorify instead
Of q plurality, is necessary to elect electors.
this is one of the few States considered
doubtful. We believe, however, that the
patriotism and good sense of the people
will give the Bell electors majority
This is no time to talk about party names
and the interests of party. The enemy is
laundering at our gates-the temple OF
our liberties is threatened with destruc.
ton. The blind Sampson of party has
laid hold ofits pillars Will the people
permit him to pull It down?
you would not, don't throw away your
votes upon Breckenridge.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
A Madnan.

There is n paper published at Mont
gomery. Alabama, called the Mail. It
supports Breckenridge and advocates
Disunion. Its editorial columns contain
the following paragraph:
Let tie South A,m IF the slave States
intend to protect their rights of property
in slayes--if their citizens intend to re-
sist every form Of instruction and incen-
diarism which Northern hatred can in
tlict-let them proceed at once to ann
There is no time for delay! Every
breeze that blows from the North, brings
to our ears" intelligence of the onward
march of Wide-Awakeism and free ne
groism!
The South must move! Submission is
death; and none know it better than
those who counsel it!
'Strike for your affairs and your fires!
Strike for the green graves of your sires
God and your native land
Let the buys arm. Ercry one flat cun point
a shotgun or reuoher ShouM hare one. Let
crcry community supply Itself ,cih munitions
and store them sqfciy. AJohionism, is at yosr
doors, wiM torch and knife in hand!
There is noble and patriotic advice for
you!
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
East Tenn. and Ga. Rail Road.

We are requested to give notice to per-
sons who may wish to go to Chattanooga,
on Saturday, the 9th inst, to hear
STEPHEN A. DouGLAs speak, that an Ac-
commodation Train will leave Knoxville
on that morning, arriving at Chattanooga
in time for the speaking, which will COIN
mence at o'clock.
Persons wishing to attend, will be car
ried by railroad, to and from the speaking,
for one fare.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Hard Times in Alabama.

A private letter from Wetumpka, Ala,
to gentleman of Athens, says:--
"Times are very hard here. All classes
are suffering. And the Banks utterly re.
fuse to discount or loan any more money
until after the Presidential election"
The same cry comes from other direc'
tons. 1t is the premontory warning
that precedes the gathering storm. The
Hotspurs whoa clamoring for and threat
ening Disunion, will be fortunate if they
escape the whirlwind their mad policy is
raising.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
From Pennsylvania,

Attention is invited to the following
despatch. By the Regular Democratic
State Committee" we presume is meant
Breckenridge Committee:
Reading. Pa, Oct. l2.-The Regular De-
mocratic State Committee met yesterday,
and resolved, "That this Committee re-
scind its action at Philadelphia on the I'd
of July, and at Cresson on the 9th of Au-
gust, recommending that the Democratic
party stand by the electoral tickle. of the
Democratic State Convention at Reading
on the LIST OF March. Amendments re-
commencing conference with the Bell
and Douglas parties were rejected"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

tV' One great truth the people ought
now tocommit to memory, wear it in their
hearts, and never once forget it: o..
"This introduction Of slavery into polir
tics, North and South, has heretofore had,
and has now, but one purpose, and thai
is to promote party, and party ranters, BY
exciting sectional prejudices. Its only
end, II not now indignantly and promptly
rebuked, will be the permanent alienation
of the sections-the complete victimizing
of the people to party demagogues, and
the destruction Of the Governm emit. The
great remedy Is TO vote for Bell and Eve
rett." B. II. HILL.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

w. We learn from the Louisville Jour
nal that the Democrats of Rhode Island,
In State Convention, nominated an Elec-
toral ticket, and that every nominee is an
old line Wing. We are pleased to see
this evidence of desire to carry the State
against L,nooln, and II the Democrats will
stand by their nominees. and the Wings
heartily unite upon ticket made up Of
their own men. the State will be saved
from the clutches of Black Republican
ism .lfr
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

pY- They have had another tremend-
GUS storm at New Orleans, involving loss
of property to the amount of $50. 000.-
Several lives, likewise, were lost In the
southern parted Georgia, too, there has
been similar visitation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

HD- Since the late elections in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana, the Breckin-
ridgers are going over to the support Of
the Illinois Railmauler by hundreds
In Pennsylvania, where terms for fusion
to beat Lincoln in November had been
arranged, since the result of the late
elections, the Breckenridge men have
backed square out of it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Speaking at Athens.

49, Esq, Of Winchester, ac-
vme residential contest last Friday
There was a respectable number i'll at
tendance, though not as many as wccould
have desired, as Mr.. Colycr made one OF
the strongest and ablest speeches we have
heard during the canvass. His manner
is earnest and convincing, and he deals
alone in facts and arguments. lie was
peculiarly effective in picturing the dam
gers that environ the country, and in ex-
posing the designs, avowed and ulierior,
of the men who have conjured up the
storm. We wish every Breckenridge man
in the county could have heard him. 1t
would, perhaps, have walked some of them
up to the character of the company they
are keeping, and the dangers of the road
they are travelling.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

A FINANCIAL CRISIS CLOSE AT HAND IN
TExAs.-According to a correspondent OF
the New York World, Texas, is upon the
eve of financial CONFUSION, owing to the
drouth and the consequent failure of the
cotton crop. 1t is generally admitted
there that there will not be sufficient
food raised to keep the people from starv-
alton. Stock will not be wintered, the
drouth having been so severe that there
are no acorns in the woods. The people
are holding meetings to memorabilia the
government to convene the Legislature
in extra session to pass relief laws relating
to the collecting of debts.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

CocKADEs.-It will be seen from the fol-
lowing paragraph from the Augusta (Ga.)
COns'itutionahst, that South Carolinians are
already mounting the symbols of trea-
son: 4,.5..
Cockaaes.-We notice number of the
young gentlemen from South Carolina,
and many from that State daily visit our
city, each wearing on their hats n very
neat cockade. Such emblems remind us
of the days of notification.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Florida.

The majority for the Breckenridge can
didate, in Florida, for Governor, is 1900
"a falling off in the democratic vote
since last election, according to our
Southern exchanges
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Election Tickets.

Persons in the different Civil Districts
of McMinn county, are requested to call
at the Printing Office and supply them
selves with tickets. Any orders from
other counties will be filed at the rate
of s.. so Der thousand
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

Fusion IN ALABAMA.-It was rumored on
the streets yesterday that the Bell and
Douglas men of Alabama had fused on
one ticket giving Douglas three and Bell
six electors. This budding the BIRDS
Montgomery Mail.
The acknowledgements can't rest
unless they are getting up some story
about Bell and Douglas fusions. The ru-
NOR mentioned by the Mail is an atrocious
falsehood. The Bell and Everett organ,
the Montgomery Post explodes it as fol-
lows:
A friend at Nixburg, in Coosa county,
writes to inform us that some one has
started report there, for the purpose of
injuring Bell and Everett, that O grand
fusion is to take place between the friends
of Bell and Douglas, and that the time
and the place is already arranged for the
meeting of the parties. We can only say
to our friend that there is not any truth
in the report, and for the purpose of put
ting him on his guard, as the election APP
proaches, we would caution. him against
believing any report of any kind what
ever, that is calculated TO injure our tick
ct. All these injurious reports are put
out by wicked men for the worst of pur-
poses, and the only way Of safety is not to
believe any of them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

bd- A new counterfeit on the Bank Of
Charlotte, N. c., is thus described SIS
altered-vig. locomotive and cars
bridge and hills in the back ground, fig
and mans head on the left. The
spurious has woman with scale, swords
&C., on right.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
The IMPENDING CRIsIs.-We find the 70

1HE IMPENDING CRlsls.-We hnd the fol-
lowing paragraph in an exchange:
The Central Bank of Montgomery, Ala,
has determined not to discount any more
paper until after the election. The Mail
says that fears of a depreciation of proper
ty, in case Lincoln should be elected, has
led to this course.
At meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Georgia Air Line railroad, recently
held in Atlanta, Ca, the following resolu-
ton was adopted
Resoiced, That in view of the unsettled
state of public affairs, and the depression
in the financial condition Of the country
consequent thereon, that the progress OF
the Georgia AIRLINE railroad be suspend
ed until the next meeting of this board,
and that this board now adjourn to meet
at this place on Tuesday, the 9th day OF
November next, at ten o'clock, a. IN.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

Bag The Democratic Sentinel, pub
lished at Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, and
formerly supporting Breckenridge, has
come out for Bell as the only means Of
defeating Lincoln,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

~ The Breck-Lincolnpoomp papers in
this State are charging that Douglas visits
Tennessee by invitation of the Bell men.
There are some lies too gross and palpa-
BILE to need contradiction. Judge Dou-
glas comes by invitation of thirty thou
sand Tennessee democrats, and the Brock
editors know it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

AUGUSTA, Ca, Oct. 1.-THE receipt of
election news from Pennsylvania and In
diana has caused a profound sensation
among all parties. The Carolinians are
mounting their hats with eockades.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

aE- The Nashville Union and american
is filed with articles eulogistic of the way
in which Col. Whitthorne has been using
up his competitors in the District If
true, all we have to say about it is, that
Whit has improved very much since he
was over this way.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

=
idence Post, writing few days before the
late Pennsylvania election, says:
The election in the old Keystone State
takes place next Tuesday. The contest
is for Governor members of Congress, and
Legislature. The Democratic nominee for
Governor is Foster; the Republican NOM
inee is Curtin. The Democratic presses
are predicting Fosters election. We on.
ly say to our friends, don't be too sure OF
it. Foster was anti-Lecompton in 1857
and 1858, thought by no means bitter
partisan. He is now a noninterventionist
and is understood to be an earnest friend
Of Douglas. He is not supported by the
Administration and its friends, no matter
what may be said to that effect. They
are just about as much his supporters as
they were the supporters of Smart in
Maine. They would regard his election as
Douglas victory, whatever they may pre-
tend to the contrary and we need not
say that the Administration does not want
Douglas to carry any other State than New
York,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

~ Tho Tribute of Respect, from
Jacksonville, reached MS too late for this
week, II shall appear next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

bW The Telegraph, Murfreesboro', says
Col. Sneed was on visit to that place
few days ago, and that the Democracy SER
enaded him, Good by, Col.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

B6- The Minutes of swestwater Bap-
tist Association will be printed as soon as
the Presidential election is over.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

SALEM, OREGON, - Both Houses agree to
vote for two United States Senators on the
first of October.
The Indians are troublesome on the
Albuquerque route.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Bas- Hon. Edward Everett, when in the

United States House of Representatives,
uttered the following noble sentiment:
"Neither am one of those citizens Of
the North, who would think it immoral
or irreligious to join in putting down a
servile instruction at the South. l am
no soldier, sir; my habits and education
are strictly unmilitary; but there is no cause
IN Ohich T1ouid sooner buckle A KNAPP
SACK TO MY BACK AND PUT n
MUSRET on MY SHOULDER, than
that"
And yet the dirty Breckenridge prints
say that Edward Everett is an ablitionist.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Sthens fsst.
TENMo !:

Two DoLLAas A YsAR, payable In advance.
Announcing names Of candidates for once $500,
Cash.
Obituary Notices over twelve lines, charged at
the regular advertising rates.
All eemmunicat,one intended 10 promote the pri-
vatc ends interests Of Corporations, Societies,
Schools 81 Individuals, will be charged as sdver
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

~ The Cleveland Banner, of last week,
charges that q bargain has been struck be-
tween Douglas and Bell, by which, in the
event Of the election of either. the pub
lilo Offices and patronage is to be divided
among their respective adherents. If that
was the first lie that chap mad ever told
it would have choked him TO death.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Crutchheld House.

Attention is invited to the advertise
ment of TON CKUrcHFIELD, on next page.
The property offered for sale, the Crutch-
field House, Chattanooga, is the most
valuable in the South, and if we had any
ambition for making money we would
rather own it than Fremonts Marriposa
claim in California. There is, also, other
valuable property offered. Particulars
set forth in advertisement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19

New YoRK.-The fusion in New York
is complete, and if the Administration
will keep hands off, there is little doubt
the Electoral vote of that State will be
secured AGAINST Lincoln
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Excitement.

There is q feature in the canvass in this
section not usual in a Presidential con-
test the utter absence of anything like
excitement among the people. it is true,
there is plenty of talk and controversy in
the towns and villages, but when you
leave there and get into the country
among the real people, you find them, Of
all parties, having but little to say upon
the subject. Some persons would argue
indifference or apathy from this, but we
do not. We hail it as an earnest, harbin-
ger Of an overwhelming victory for the
Union. We believe the people see and
feel the danger which party prejudice
and party excitement has brought upon
the country, and that they are resolving
silently and sternly to disregard party
dictation and party bias, and pronounce
against the men and the measures by
which all our troubles have come. We
have not, for the last twelve years, felt as
hopeful and sanguine Of an overwhelm-
ing victory as now; and we say to our
friends, in truth and soberness, be of good
cheer. If we all do our duty here in the
middle tier of States, the gloom and
clouds which have been gathering in the
North and nj the South, will be dispelled
in November, the Union will be main
tanned and preserved, and the gallant ship
of State will outride the storm of section
alism, and once more anchor safely in
the haven of peace and fraternity.
Important Post Office Regulation.
The following order has been handed
to us with the request that We give it a
place in our columns for the information
of all concerned. 1t will be seen that
after the first of November all unpaid do
nestle letters are to be sent to the Dead
Letter Office:
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT, OCT. 8, 1850.
Whereas, by the act of Sd March, 1860,
the postage upon all letters, except such
as are entitled to pass free between places
in the United States, is required to be
prepaid; and whereas the Department,
through courtesy, has hitherto, at consid
cradle labor and expense, notified the
parties addressed, in all instances in
which the writers failed to prepay, that
their letters would be forwarded on receiv-
ing the postage due thereon; and whereas,
instead of diminishing, the number of
such letters continues to increase, thus
showing that the omission to prepay is in
territorial, it is therefore ordered, that, from
and after the first day of November 1860,
all unpaid letters be sent to the Dead
Letter Office, to be disposed of in like
manner as other dead letters. j. HOLT,
Postmaster General.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Madness Rules the Hour.

1t is hoped by every patriot, says the
Selma ALA Reporter, that the great ex-
element that now distracts our country,
will be speedily allayed, and the minds of
the people restored to peace and harmo-
ny. Everywhere the public mind is deep
ly agitated, but we are pleased to notice
the returning reason, and determination
evinced on the part of the people to ele-
vate to the Presidential Chair, honest
John Bell, of Tennessee. If elected, he
will effect an entire change in the man.
agement Of the governmental affairs
Your property in the territories will be
protected, and the rights of the South
will be duly recognised by him. Being of
mild and equitable disposition, the af-
fairs of the government will be conducted
on a safe and elevated grounds, to the
satisfaction of our fellow countrymen of
all sections of this mighty Republic. We
have every confidence in the intelligence
and public virtue of our citizens, and be-
lieve the masses conservative, and will
pursue the best mode to secure their coun-
try from the devastating effects of civil
war, or the ruinous consequences that will
inevitably result from disunion.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
HN FOR PRESIDENT,
] 0 n n ELL,
OF rENssssEE.
Athens, Friday, October 10, 1880.

The Constitution, tie Union, and The
Enforcement Of the Lars.