The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-19
Aiding Lincoln.
The Washington correspondent of the.

The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati EaTirer says: z iva i.sa a,si
The position of Mr.. Breckinridge is be-
coming daily oneof grave responsibility to
him. Four years ago we carried Illinois
and Indiana and Pennsylvania and New
jersey. These also, II possible, are to be
abolitionized. Every one of them would
be swept by Douglas by immense majori-
ties if the Administration and its friends
would leave the feld.-Every one of them
is to be given TO Lincoln, if the secedcrs
can carry out their plans. If Breckin-
ridge polls ms many votes in the North AS
his friends claim for him, every Northern
State will give its electoral vote TO Abro-
ham Lincoln. IL he polls three times us
many as are claimed for him, he will not
carry for himself a single State north Of
Mason and DiXon's line. What, then, in
the name of common sense, is he in the
field for, il it is not to elect Abraham Lin
coin. if 1t is not to abolitionize the North?
These questions should be sounded in
the ears OF honest Breckenridge men ut
the South-of honest friends Of the Adj
ministration everywhere. Let them tell
us, ii they can, what they can reasonably
expect OF Northern conservatives while
they are aiding to elect Northern fanat-
ic to the Presidency.
The Breckinridge party is every day
growing weaker, since its purpose is so
well understood. The day of reckoning
will come, and Northern and Southern
ianaticism will share a common fate.
UNION ENrursrAsM.-An old resident of
Richmond, Virginia, who is about to es.
tablish himself in our city, has just arriv.
ed from the North and East, and finds
almost the whole country ablazo for the
Union and Bell land Everett The very
highest authority in political guessing.
says that New York will vote the fusion
ticket by majority of at least a hundred
thousand. Virginia is certain for Bell.
and Pennsylvania for the fusion ticket.
which is equivalent to voting for Bell.
At Tuscumbio the people stopped our in
formant to ask the news, so excited are
they about our prospccts-and heard his
account with unbounded delight: for he
had seen most of the signs between there
and New York, and had heard Bolts and
Wisse and fancey and Hunt and Critten-
den. Here follow few words of his
own:-Ncmphis Eapiirer.
THE OLD DOMINION"
The accounts from this great State are
encouraging beyond all expectation. The
people are excited upon the present state
OF affairs, and see the importance OF uni
N N fb,, t;,1.,. Al.
and that is Bell and Everett.
The Hon. John NJ. Bolts made a most
powerful speech of near four hours i'm
Richmond the other night, and convinced
the people the time had come to 20 for
our country and not party. a gentle
man who come in the cars could see at
every town Bell and Everett pole, and
tie enthusiasm for the Union party
BzJ' Henry Clay Dean is making Doug
las speeches in Iowa. Dean was once
Chaplain of the Senate. On recent oc-
cas;on he was repelling the charge that the
Democratic party had ever misgppropriat.
ed the public money. "Toll me-" said he.
"who can, where the Democratic par
ty ever misopplied a dollar" II can tell"
said piping voice at the rear of the hall.
Stand up then,' cried Dean, "and let us
hear your answer" Up popped the owner
of the voice. "Now, sir, tell me if YOU
can, where dollar has been wasted ?''-
"When the Democratic Senate paid Hen
ry Clay Dean for his prayers !" was the re-
ply that brought down the house.
DIRECTION TO A LARGE SALARY.-Minis-
ters in our day rarely object to an increase
of salary, out we find in an exchange a
capital story of an old Connecticut PASTOR
who declined it for substantial reasons:
His country parish raised his salary
from three hundred to four hundred dol
lars. The good man objected, for three
reasons.
First" said he, "becausc you can't ai-
ford to give more than three hundred"
Second, because my preaching isn't
worth more than that"
Third, because | have to collect nv
salary, which, heretofore, has been the
hardest part of my labors among you. If
| have to collect an additional hundred.
it will kill me-"
BEECHER AND TIE BoxERs.-On dit, that
the Benicia Boy, with his trainer, Jack
Macdonald, who have recently been Civ
ing the Brooklyn people taste of their
quality, called upon Rev. Henry Ward
Beccher, a few evenings since, to pay their
Mr.. Beecher received the emf
nent bruisers with his usual politeness. -
lie said he perfectly agreed with them as
to the necessity Of improving the Ameri-
can physique by the development of mus
Gle, bu, he had serious objections to the
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