The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-08-23
The North not Unanimous for tho
"A War.

a War.
One Of the largest Democatic meetings
ever held in Bloomfield, Conn.,, say our
latest Northern papers, took place there
on the 9Th inst. Resolutions were adopt
ed expressing sincere and devoted attach
ment to the Constitution and the Union;
among them were also the following:
Resolved, That immediate steps should
be taken by the Federal officers who have
in charge the destinies of the country, to
cstaJiish suspension Of hostiiihes, to the end
that u National Convention of all the
States composing the confederacy may
be held for the purpose of devising means
for such amendments to tho Constitution
rs will guaranty the rights and equality
of each and all the States, and thus bring
peace and harmony to our people, and,
If possible, reconstruct now discovered
Union.
Resolved, That the Democratic State
Central Committee be requested to cali
mass meeting of the Democratic cleo
tors of the State, at the earliest possible
moment, that their conservative voice
may be heard touching the great ques-
tions which now agitate the public mind,
and to devise and recommend such meas
ures as will promote the best interests of
the people of this and the other States.
The resolutions were cloquently advo-
Gated by several speakers, and unani-
mously adopted. The Hartford Times
says:
The meeting shows the deep-seated
feeling that Is pervading the public mind
in favor OF n peaceful settlement, especi-
ally among the thinking and reading
people of the agricultural towns. The
| meeting was the largest ever assembled
i'll the town, not even excepting those in
! tho excitement of Presidential nlaniions-
No expression was made, and l believe
no sentiment was entertained by any mon
| present, that was not friendly to the gov
ernmcnt of the United States and the
| Union. But the idea that q suffering
| people, in honor and by all the reasons
| that are embraced in the consequences
Of ruined business, and the want of prop
er means to supply the needed comforts
| of families, demand a peaceful settlement
of existing troubles, pervaded tho assem-
bled masses.
At similar meeting at Rockport, in
Maine, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted
Resolved, That we will vote for no man
at our coming election who is in favor of
this unnecessary, impolitic, unholy and
fratricidal war.
| Resolved, That we view with extreme
regret the fact that presses, always con-
sdered reliably Democratic, and many
individuals, who have heretofore acted
with the Democratic party, have been in
husnced, either by interested motives or
deluded by the sham cry of patriotism, to
yield their support to black Republican
Abolition Administration, which, if sue
cessful, must result in shedding oceans of
blood, and the establishment of military
despotism.
Resoired, That we will on all occasions,
when and where we please, comment
| freely on the misconduct Of our rulers,
and freely express our opinions on all
| subjects relating to the awful situation of
our sutfereing country, on Republicanism,
Abolitionism, universal liberty, impartial
| freedom, white niggers and black" the
threatenings and menaces of black Re-
publicans to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Resolved, That it is with the deepest
feelings of modification we see the glori-
GUS flag of our country, which for more
than eighty years has waved over the
happiest people on earth, now desecrated
by being used to hide the cloven foot OF
black Abolitionism.