The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-24

Meeting at Mouse Greek.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the people,
without regard to party, was held at Mouse Creek,
McMinn county, on Saturday, May Is, 1861, to
consult upon the hest manner of preserving our
Southern homes and fircsides. On motion of i.
r. Hurst, Maj. WILLIE Lowry was called to the
Chair temporarily.
A Committee on permanent organization was
then appointed, consisting of the following named
gentlemen: l.. Il. Hurst, Sterling Neil aud ]. F.
Lane, who, after consultation, made II report as
follows, which was adopted by the meeting:
Maj. WILLIE Lowry, of Athens. Prcsilcn,.
ii. b. YEARwooD, A. STAKELy, DAVID CALD-
WELL, THos. PRTGMoRE, JoHS NEIL, Sr, j. II.
REAGAN, j. W. BLACKWELL, ELISHA SHARP, j.
X. Johnson, j. A. TICKER, lice Presidents.
FRANK S. HALE, Secretary.
Maj. Lowry, on taking the Chair, made patr-
otto speech, in which he said he hal been u Union
man as long as there was n Union, or any hope of
one, but the wanton aggression and trcachery Of
Aboli,ionism had driven him from his position
and that now he was for the South, first and last,
and ahiured his friends to stand with him in this
the hour of peril.
The audience were then entertained by speech
es, which will be remembered for days to come,
by Chancellor Van Dyke, Prof. II. +. Smith, of
Kentucky, Gen. James T. Lane and L. X. Hurst
Esq.
On motion, the Chair appointed VIM. H. Bal
lew, Frank S. Hale, Thomas Iloyl, John R. Neal
and Sterling Neil, Committee on Resolutions
The Conmtte (John II. Neal abscnt,) at the close
of the speaking, reported the following which
were adopted:
Resolred That tho war proclamation Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, the tyrant and usurper at Wash
ington, meets with our unqualified disapprobation;
that if carried out it would lead to the subuga-
ton of the fifteen Sodthcrn States, and that we
will resist it to the drest extremity.
hat for tbo lot, yl,; al
Governor Isham G. Harris has taken, lie deserves
tho gratitude not only of Tennessccans and South
ern men, but of lovers of independence through
out the habitablc globe.
Rcsolred. That we commend the course taken
by our Legislature, which has just adjourned,
upon the great issues which come before it for
consideration and will endorse its action at the
ballot box.
Resolred That we pledge ourselves to look af-
ter and protect the families of those who may
volunteer to defend the rights and honor of our
glorious South.
Capt II. b. Yearwood with his "IIomc Guards
in full uniform, were on hand, who are ready ut
any minute, as we arc informed to repair to the
battle field to defend our Southern institutions.
Several ununiformed volunteers were also march
ing to the tap of the drum and the scream Of the
shrl fife.
To say that the ladies were there is to say that
good order prevailed. | imagine they looked as
beautiful and as Low fy as those who on different
occasion "Strewcd their IIero's way with flowers
Southern ladies, whose rosy cheeks are kissed by
the sweet zephyrs of the South, can never consent
for Old Abe Lincoln to butcher and kill up their
fathers and brotheIs. and were I to record such
as n fact it would he an imputaon upon-thcir
character that I could not wipe out in a thousand
years.
A portion of the Athens Brass Band. under
charge of Prof. Knabo were present, giving us at
intervals some of "the best the country affords"
After requesting the publication of these pro-
coedings in the Athens Post and Cleveland Ban
ner, the meeting adjourned.
WILLIE LOWRY, President,
FRANK S. HALE, SecY.