The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-08-17
From Virginia.

ALUM SPRINGS, RocKDRIDGE Co., VA,
August 10, 1860.
Ed. PosT:-Tho interests of Bell and
Everett arc being well,carcd for in the
Old Dominion. A large meeting was held
In Lynchburg, filing IIolcembe Hall to
its utmost capacity, OIL the evening of the
Sth inst Mr.. Flournoy made a thrilling
speech for the Union; and Mr.. Goggin
displayed the duplicity, corruption and
treachery of the Buchanan Democracy.
Both speakers showed the miserable and
forlorn condition of this party, lately
called National Democracy; and fewspeeches
were ever better received. am satisfied
from all can see that Bell will carry
Virginia. The Douglas and Breckenridge
Conventions, to be held on the 10th inst.
at Staunton and Charlottesville, will al
most certainly Organize full tickets for
each, and enter the canvass in irreconcila-
bic hostility. The Lynchburg Republican
says it will stand neutral, if the wings
fail to harmonic. Nearly all the Brock
inridge papers talk about terrible results
to the Virginia Democracy and the Union,
if two tickets should be brought out by
these Conventions. 1t is very clear that
they are completely dispirited, and they
are now scheming for a Southern Con-
fedcracy. This will be the death of the
party here; and believe that Douglas
will beat Breckenridge in Virginia and
Tennessee both. You have of course OBJ
served that the Herald now comedies that
| the South is MOI "unit" for the Admin
istration candidate, As he vainly said it
was ten days agJ. A visible revolution is
going on, and immense majorities for the
Union ticket in nearly every State South,
will reveal the astounding fact that Demo-
Gratis have once in life time found a
chance to vote independently. How re-
freshing it will be-how novel the sensa-
toni The "dry rot" SO feelingly re-
ferred to last May at the Cleveland Demo-
cratic Electoral Convention seems to have
pervdded the Democratic party in this
State to very alarming extent, as shown
by an incident that occurred at Lynch
burg last Wednesday evening. The Bell
men attempted to raise a liberty but
it broke and would not be raised. The
crowd was disappointed, and the Office
holding gang was disposed to revile and
rejoice; but when it came to be known
that it was the old Letcher pole, which
the Union men, in their haste, had
bought from the split-Democracy, the
mystery was solved-the pole by lapse of
time had cracked; it had the "ciy rot;"
and, like its party, J,rSted, just as it was
about 10 enter the canvass. The present
owners will, of course, have it worked up
into crutches, and present a pair to each
one of the crippled "wings" of the anti
Quatcd Democracy. Otherwise it will
afford good material for building Brock
inridge Southern Confederacy. There arc
great numbers of old Letcher poles in
Virginia that do not now belong specially
to any party, that Mr.. Yancey could get
very cheap.
Knowing your special fondncss for short
articles in the Post, will desist; though
| could tell you of various places and
things that have afforded me good deal
of interest-more, no doubt. than they
would afford to the mere reader. Actual
observation is necessary to give he highest
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