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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
The Disunion Movement.

We learn, says the Richmond Wing,
that the Hon. T. L. Clingman denounces
as "mean and base" any man in North
Carolina who would hold Office under
Lincoln if elected. OF course then, the
Fayetteville Observer remarks, Mr.. Cling
man Is for disunion in that event. For,
If you shut up the Post-Ofllces and stop
the mails, close the Federal Courts, and
discontinue the performance Of all the
necessary duties under the Federal Gov
eminent, disunion follows: Mr.. Rodman,
Breckenridge Elector in the Newburn
District, is out for disunon in case of
Lincoln's election. The Breckenridge pa
per at Tarboro takes the same position.
All through the South, we hear Of Breck-
inridge men declaring for disunion in
case of Lincolns election, and at the
same time declaring that Lincoln will
certainly be elected We should be sor-
ry to see this if we had any idea that
Lincoln will be elected. We do not De-
l;eve he will be. The managers of the
Breckenridge movement are doing their
best to secure that result; but the people
will disappoint them. In the meantime
it would be much more to the credit of
these fire.eating gentry if they would adj
vocate dissolution nor. After the cleo.
ton, decided constitutionally, we are in
honor bound to abide its results, and
wait for cause of resistance. The con.
sttutional election of no man constitutes
that cause.
Many of the Breckenridge orators here
in Virginia, are, also, out for Disunion in
the event of Linco.n's election. Such
we understand to be the position Of
Lieutenant Governor Montay Ne, Attor
ney General Tucker, Hon. Willoughby
Newton, James Lyons, Esq, Breckin
ridge elector for this district, and many
others. Will not the people open theil
eyes to these startling facts?-Richmond
Win
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
Washington Correspondence.

M IN. la.
STRANGE as have been the moves ON the
noliticaf cbess.board this campaipn.
Stranger vet are to take place. The two
sectional parties--the Yanceyites and the
Lincolnites-are drawing gradually closer
and closer together. and will soon be in
fond embrace. Indications. North and
South. point with infnllible certainty 10
that conclusion. Throughout the South-
ern States the Disunionists are Welding
their extreme opinions hacking down
from their threatening attitude. and even
Yancey has turned TO mnking Union
speeches. The causes of this nre of easv
exclamation MI. Doup,as' speecb M Nor-
folk. Virginia. has mainly produced tho
stnmpcde, His bold defiance of the Dis.
unionists. and his openly-avowed determi.
nation to give his official mid IN hang
them should thew he conv;cted Of traao
son. opened their ewes TO their danger
and determined them to nursue n ditier,
emf line of policy. nroyided thew had GER
tain assurances from The headers Of Tho
Repub)icnns, That thew have 90, Won
will have nerceivcd witbin n weel, or az
past how aololv the sneeches Of Mr. Sow.
ard nre received i,y ,ha nn,,,,ors 81 tho
Renublicnn nortv and The "ss,,yances that
are made of tho ca,,s,,,o,;,e charocter Of
NJ I;ai, -, w. , ~
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

JUSTICE TO Mr. BELL.-The editor of the
Memphis (Tenn. "Avalanche"-a Brecl-
inridge paper-is the compiler of the Po-
litical Textbook. We invite the atten-
ton of those who are charging John Bell
with being in favor of the abolition of the
Slave Trade in the District of Columbia,
to tho'fuct here stated by the compiler
aforesaid.
"The compiler of the Political Text
Book desires to call attention to two en-
rors he has discovered in his work. On
page ll9--last edition-Mr. Bell is repre-
sented as absent on the vote abolishing
the slave trade in the District of Column
bia. lie voted against the bill.
ION page $50 the vote on abolishing
peon slavery is transposed. The negative
vote being recorded as the affirmative
The intelligent reader would easily detect
this"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

WoN'T BELIEVE TnEM.-It is very hard
on the Breckenridge orators and newspa-
pers that the people won't believe word
they say against Mr. Bell. They foam and
rage, and howl and denounce, but all in
vain. Mr.. Bell still goes on from hundreds
to thousands. They assume that he is a
freesoiler but nobody needs them. They
assume that he is willing to have slavery
abolished in ths.Djstsict of Columbia, but
every boy of ten years Of age understands
that he never did and never would sup
port such proposition. lie voted against
the bill of 1850 to abolish the slave trade
in the district, and never did, upon any
occasion, 60 for aJolishing slavery there
or anywhere else.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
The Leaders of the Factionists.

The Washington States and Union, demo-
cratic, gives the following pen and ink
portraits of the four prominent leaders of
the factions now arrayed against the Re-
public:
The leaders of those factions-whose
means is deception and whose end is dis
union Yancey, Seward, Breckenridge,
and Lincoln, display callous celebrity in
trilling with the rights, hopes, and pas
sions of the people. So long as they keep
up the agitation which floats their names
upon the public ear, just so long are they
the enemies of the Republic; for to be
led by them is to follow not the doctrines
given to us by those from whose purity
and manhood we derive the nobler por-
ton of our greatness.
With less ability and astuteness than
Seward, his rivals are rot less determined
and politically dissolute. They are not
equal to him in the managing line. They
cannot even manage themselves, while
the control which Seward possesses over
himself is one of the greatest aids in the
leadership of the Republican party.
Iancey is passionate and powerless,
Breckenridge variable and valueless, Lin.
coin loose and lively, and Seward serene
and seditious-all anti-Democratic, mis-
chievous, and depraved by personal am.
bition. They are strangely forgetful OF
their own political records and volumni-
ously well-posted in the Misrepresentation
of Others.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

VINO OuGuT TO DE HuNG.-Mr. John
Forsyth, in a letter to the Mobile Regis
ter, abiding to certain threats of disunion
in case Lincoln should be elected, says:
"If, in spite of the loyal efforts of mil
lion. and n half of northern democrats,
who stand fast to the regular nominees of
the national democracy, against the Chi
cago nominees, the latter are elected
through the deliberate boiling and treach-
cry OF the men at the South who claim to
be its champions par excellence, then say
the case not only does not justify rebel
lion, but these champions, as the authors
of the calamity, should be held as traitors,
first to the South, in comprising this cleo
ton, and second as traitors to the govern
ment, for taking advantage of their own
wrongs" they rebel; and in both cases
should deserve to be hung as high as Ha-
man."
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

The NORFOLK QuEsrToNs--H
MARsuALL-MR. BREcKINRIDGE.-Hon Hum
phrey Marshall made a speech in Lex
ington on the 10Th inst. The Lexington
Observer says
In response to voice in the crowd
asking for an answer to the Norfolk ques-
tons, he said, his candidate might an
swer for himself, but he (Mr. NJ. would
not consider the election OF Lincoln suf-
ficient cause for dissolution of the
Union. Mr.. Breckenridge, we understand
was on the ground, and heard distinctly
the questions put to Mr. Marshall, and
Of course could have answered for him
self, INT lie didn't do il.
Mr.. Breckenridge does not dare to an
swer the questions. He is afraid either
to answer as Mr.. Marshall did, or to take
the opposite side. Can't some of his
friends induce him to "screw his courage
up to the answering point?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
R6E. The work printed here last Oeto

D6s' The work printed here last Octo-
Der, by order of Rev. John Welkins, was
"The Proceedings of Convention of
Baptists, convened with the Sweetwater
Church, Monroe county, Tennessee, on
the 18th and 18th days Of August, 1859"
We make this statement at the request of
a member of the Association. The num-
Der printed was 1000-and the amount
charged $1,000, about half what the job
WAS worth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

BeAp Whilst John Bell is denounced as
being untrue to the South, his whole
course as public man gives the lie to the
charge; and whilst Breckenridge is lauded
as the peculiar guardian of southern
rights, during his whole public life, he has
been the advocate OF squatter sovereignty
and non-intervention, and no where on
his record can be found one word from
him in open and manly defence of the
institution Of slavery. fact ought to
arrest the attention of the people, and
teach them the folly of giving credence
to the ISLANDERS of interested politicians
upon the fair fame of the Union candi-
date
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

LET EVERY MAN DO his DrTY.-Wc would
earnestly appeal to our friends everywhere,
says the Richmond Wing, to be up and
doing now, while it is day, for the night
speedily cometh-the night perhaps ; Of
civil war, and bloody revolution. Go into
every nook and corner, and serve your
country while you can, in order that you
may still have country, to serve hereaf
ter. Let every Bell man feel it to be his
duty to make one vote for our common
country, and never feel satisfied till he has
accomplished it. Barbecues, speeches,
and mass meetings, all do good, but at
last it rests upon individual e&erton to
secure votes, Give the people light--re-
veal the plottings Of those who unneces-
sarily plunge us into ills we know not of,
ard let us make one mighty, universal
effort to dethrone party, and set up patri-
otism in its stead
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

We learn there was large crowd at
Sweetwater last Saturday. The speaking
was first-rate-and good time generally.
There is no sense in making a noise about
it, but our private opinion is that Monroe
will throw a majority for the Union tick
ct on Tuesday after the first Monday of
November.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

PROPOSED FrsIoS.-The Union and Amer
ican publishes proposition from Mr.. Jas.
Briton, Jr., Douglas Elector for the First
Congressional District, which is concurred
in by w. II. Malone, the Douglas Elector
for the Second District. The proposition
is as follows:
"That we have but one Democratic
Electoral ticket in Tennessee, and if that
ticket should be elected by Union of the
Breckenridge and Douglas men, then the
vote of the State shall be cast as follows:
lst. To be cast for Mr.. Breckenridge pro-
vided il Will elect him. Int if il will not
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
Democrats, Your Attention.

Are you fully organized in every county
and in every district? Have you seen to
the procurement and circulation of docu-
ments, or have you been resting quietly
on your oars expecting that everything
would be done by a few here in Nashville?
Have you seen that the false charges
made by the Opposition against our prn-
ciples and our candidates have been re-
iuted? In word, are you at work? or
do you intend TO stand idly by and let
the JonN BELL party walk into power in
this State? There are hundreds of men
in Tennessee who never gave Demo
cratic vote that are willing to aid you in
keeping John Bell out of power in Ten
nessee ifyouwill only exert your strength.
Then 60 to work in earnest.
The above is from the NaShvWe Uuiot
and american. We reprint for the bcne-
fit OF those democrats in this region who
don't take that paper. Boys, there is
the order, from head quarters. You
must 90 to work-not to elect Breckin-
ridge, of which there is no earthly hope,
but to defeat citizen of your own State
"A native Of your own soil-John Bell.
Yes, to defeat John Bell and identify
Tennessee with the movement in the
Cotton States which is to follow the
election of Lincoln.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

Double MOUNTAIN IN THE Moos-A
correspondent of the New Bedford Mer-
curry claims to have discovered double
mountain on the moon, at III. l0m., on
the evening of August Goth. The tele-
scope aspect of the mountain is not that
Of the double order. II appears like q
minute mountains top of one of larger
base-and were it not for the shadow, no
one would ever suspect it other than an
isolated peak. 1t portrudes a strong
shadow towards the margin of the moons
limb, and is well defined cone, athwart-
ed from base to summit by slender well
defined vein of sunlight, which latter fea-
ture establishes the fact of its duplicate
order. At 7h. 26m. of the evening of Oc-
tober 24th, the position of the moon will
again be such as to afford those who are
fortunate enough to own telescope, an
opportunity of witnessing this interesting
phenomenon.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

BREcKINRIDcE IN MIssouRI,-The Seces-
sionists of Missouri held Convention at
Jefferson City on the Goth. A despatch
says:
Mr.. Thurston, a delegate to the Charles
ten Convention, spoke nearly an hour
The most noticeable feature of his speech
was the expression of a belief in Lincoln's
election, and he advised the. Convention
to prepare fora defeat, after which the
parry would be purged and ready for Il
Democratic victory. -" ...@'....'
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

DzJ" How very quiet everything remains
since the speech of John C. Breckenridge!
His friends expected such an effort as
would be followed by an upheaving of the
political worll-a sort of earthquake that
would convulse public opinion and lift
him to the very pinnacle of his ambition.
But, instead of this, his speech has fallen
like shower of ice upon the hearts of his
adherents, and added to the apathy with
which his cause was upheld prior to the
great failure.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

"THE CovoDE."-We understand that
one of the speakers at Mouse Creek, on
Monday, rather uexpectedly sprung the
Covode document, which so disguised
another of the speakers that he imme-
diately retired. That Coeode is very in
teresting document when properly inves-
tigated. If ore fourth of it is true there
is corruption enough in our government
to dam half the nations of the earth.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

BRIGHAM YouNG A DEFAULTER.-A dis
patch from Washington says the accounts
of Brigham Young, as er-eIfcio Superin-
tendent Of Indian Affairs in Utah, have
just undergone long and searching
scrutiny, and that they show he is a de-
faulter to the Government to a consider
able extent. A special agent has accord
ingly been dispatched to Utah to under
take the recovery of the money.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
The Constitution, The Union, and the
Enforcement of he Lars.
Athens, Friday, September as, $500.

Eay- The editor left on. Wednesday
morning to attend the Great Gathering
of the People at Knoxville. Per conse-
quence, a portion of the makeup for
today's paper had to be assigned to the
dcrii, which will account for any apparent
irreverence or wickedness that may APP
pear.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

n&- Texas exchanges say that the re-
cent reports of the insurrectionary move
ments, are greatly exaggerated, and ma
ny of them utterly false and without found
alton, and circulated mainly for political
effect.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
fR- The Bellies claim to be the on

IV Tic BeIIItes Claim TO be The only
national party in the field. BY way of
proving the claim, they polled | 200 votes
the other day in Maine, against SIXTY thou
sand Black Republicans and forty thousand
Democrats! That looks national" don't
it?-Erchange.
Well, not very much. But still, 1000
better than the Breckinridgers, who, if
they polled any votes at all, polled them
with the Black Repu blicans. The "forty
thousand democrats" were Douglasites-
every one of them.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

rs1- That thorough-going Union man,
Col. VIM. S. Galloway, brings us another
list of subscribers from North Carolina,
46 in number. lie represents old Rip
Van Wrinkle to be wide awake, and the
enthusiasm among the masses as unparal-
leled. Indeed the news from every di-
rection is of the most cheering character
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
Cane Creek Camp Ground,

The Campaigning at Cane Creek COM
menced last Friday. Fifty.two families
were encamped, and it was estimated
there were more than thousand persons
present on Sunday.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

MYsTERIous.-we sent special repor-
ter TO the mass meeting at Prigmore's
last Saturday. Up to the hour of going
to press yesterday he had not returned
'Fraid the young man has got slhpsed,
and lost bis reckoning.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
Texas,

The Bell and Douglas parties in Texas
have nominated joint electoral ticket.
The New YORK FUsIoN.-We find the
following telegram in our exchanges of
Thursday morning:
Ne,o York, Sept. 24.-The Union ticket
against Lincoln, it is understood, has been
finally arranged. Six Breckenridge district
and Henry Randall for the State at large
in place Of R. II. Walworth, have been
placed upon it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

SoLLoQuY OF DRUNKEN DEMocRAT.-
ScENE-,Saqgering along tie Road- Pretty
maudlin) Huarah for Douglas NO Hur-
rah for Breckenridge! These young fok's
is got things so mixed up--a man do
kno'- (stumbles-- hiccups)- do kno,
what he is!-What dus keer about their
Interventions-and their S9uatter Sov-a-
rinty !-Hurrah--a man dosent know who
to holler for, Doctor Randall-he's for
Douglas-The Colonel--he's Cor Brcckin-
ridge-Halloo -(buts against tree) All !!
IF old Richie was alive, instead of that
young breake-neck far-cater, he-a-he-
a-would-a place fellur.
They say how the ole party's busted
Busted-?-ch? Hurrah for jackson the
ole days-is gone Never has-a-fite
NOVA mama cant git-a drunk--in
peace.-Hallo! (another tree thar's SOM
thing the matter with this-a.road-The
Kote ought-to-be-a presentcd-for havin
all these trees (hiccup)-in the road
Hurrah .-(falls down)-here we are ch .
hurrah .--hurrah for Douglas and Brecll-
inridge That's all the idea-hurrah for
Douglas and Breckinridge IN vote for
one for Vice President VERY faint. u FaNs
asleep. Charlottesville Reriew.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

BS- The Bristol Nsws has "keard of sew
eral prominent Bell men of Knoxville
who, after hearing Yancey's speech at
that place, avowed their determination to
support Breckinridge and Lane" The
auricular nerve of the News is wonderful
ly sensitive.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

D1" If the election of President de-
wolves upon the House, and Breckenridge
is left out-as he certainly will below
will Capt. Yancey's men vote? They are
trying to elect Lincoln by the people, will
they vote for him in the House? This is
nm interesting enquiry just now.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
Speaking At Athens.

We understand there will be public
speaking at the Courthouse next Mon
day. Let the whole county come up.
Come as the winds come,
When the orm-king rides by;
Come like the lightning
When the TEMPEST is nigh.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28
Election Tickets.

We shall commence printing tickets
next week. We hope orders will be sent
in at an eraly day. Price $3.50 per thou
sand.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

To Posr-M AsTERs.-The Postmaster Gen
eral has recently decided that if the Post
masters do not give publishers of newspa-
pers notice when their papers remain in
the Post Office without being taken out
by subscribers within five weeks, they are
liable for the pay.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

VIRGINIA LEGIsLATURE-Ertra Session.
Gov. LETcHER has determined to call an
extra session of the Legislature of the vir-
ginia on the 18th of January next.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

B9"Do the ladies, dear creatures, know
that the wire for their hoop-skirts cost
81, 464,OO0 per annum. OF course they
don't, so we tell them, and add more
over, that, for about three years past the
consumption of wire by the crinoline
workers in this country has not been far
from one hundred tons per week.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

BILLY YANcEY.-Wm. l.. Yancey, ac-
cording to the National Iatellgcncer, made
II speech at Washington City few nights
since. That paper states some three hun
dred persons were out to hear him.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

p0- We are requested to give notice
that JOHN r. NEAL, Esq, will address the
Bell and Everett Club, at the Courthouse,
on Friday night next, 5th Oct. Let us
have large crowd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-09-28

STILL THEY CoME!-lIon. William A.
Ashley, of Conecuh, one of the Montgome-
ry Mails Breckinridge men, is out for Rel
and Everett.