The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-03
A Nashville Black Republican in
Lincoln's Army.


We find the following in the Nashville
Union and american, of last Friday. The
Democrt was quite favorite with some of
the ultras short time ago:
A NASHVILLE BLACK REPUBLICAN IN LIN
COINS ARMY.--We clip the following par
aeraph in the Cincinnati Commercial of
Wednesdays
1T. j. Kelly, an assistant editor of the
Nashville Daily Democrat, which office was
recently destroyed by the secessionsts
arrived in this city on Monday, and en-
listed in the Montgomery Guards"
We never had the indispensable pleas
ure Of personal acquaintance with the
aforesaid T. j. Kelly, but understood that
| some such man was connected with the
Nashville Duty Democrat, n paper publish
ed for a short time in this city. The Dem.
ocrat was established last summer for the
purpose of advocating the claims OF Mr.
DouGLAs for the Presidency. After the
Presidential election, the gentlemen who
had controlled il during the canvass re-
tired, and left it under the control Of DIR.
Hurley. We never read but two or three
copies, but we are credibly informed that
soon after the election of LINCOLN it be
gun to advocate many of the doctrines of
the notorious HELPER. Receiving nosup-
port it was soon compelled to suspend. Ii
again began its labors and in few days
thereafter finally suspended. The asser-
ton that the office Of the Democrat was
destroyed by the Secessionists," is utter
ly false. We presume that Kelly has cir
culated that report in Cincinnati for the
purpose Of exciting Black Republican
sympathy. We are not surprised to hear
OF his having enlisted in the Lincoln Ar
N.Y. Can't he obtain for his senior the
position of surgeon in the same corps?
Letter From Neill s. Brown.
We find the following letter in the
Knoxville Daily Register, Of last Satur-
day:
NASHVILLE, April "a, 1861.
Gentlemen: -Your letter has been re.
cieved inviting me to address the people
of Knoxville, at some early day, upon the
impending crisis. would take pleas
ure in doing so, mean melancholy
pleasure, but for the press of duties that
are upon me in this locality. We arc all
here in blaze of excitement, and com
panies are being formed with great rapidi-
ty to meet what is believed to be near
emergency. have taken the ground de-
liberately, that the State ought to be arm
ed as speedily as possible, not to attack
anybody, but to aid in resisting any at
tempt on the part of the authorities OF the
government, to invade or subjugate the
South.
have hoped obstinately against such
an alternative, but the conviction is fore.
ed upon my mind, that it is the settled
policy of the Administration. and so far
a. can see, of the whole north, to wage
war Of determination against the
South.
The clouds are gathering in every direc-
ton, and the signs now are, that the bor-
der States are to be the battle ground. In
this view. the first duty is to arm at once
and 10 talk Of keeping out Of such contest
if it comes, is simply idle.
Ours is q most painful duty, but il is
one we cannot shirk il we would. and we
hazard our very hearthstones now by delay.
To arms, then, one and all 4! Let by cones,
be by cones. Ii possible. let Tennessee be
united to man. Let no time be lost,
and let no powder be wasted.
Yours, &C.,
NELL $. BRowN.
Messrs. Wallace, Charlton and others.