The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1863-02-20
Cincinnati D.ly Commercial-Ken-


from Yankee mail captured near par
louisville KY, coming IN the difee1ioh
of East Tennessee. The paper mas
printed address, pasted on the margin, as
follows: "W. B. Tracey. e. Tenn" Our
Cumberland Gap friend thinks there is a
regular line of mail communication be-
tween the Yanks on the other SIDE OF the
borderand their friends in East Tenpessee:
Of course there is, and has been ever
since tho war commenced hstand- |
ing East Tennessee is and has been un-
der what is called marital lao, with Pro-
vost at Knoxville, and a deputy IN al
most every county, with, most OF the !
time, cavalry and infantry enough within
its limits To lam half Of Lincolndom out
of its boots. What else has kept alive all
this time the spirit of disloyalty. and dis
affection in East Tennessee, but an unln-
terrupted communication with the enc
N.Y.. and oft,repeated assurances from
him that he would soon be along IN force,
and that the rebellion would speedily be
Fcrushed out-that those who renamed
loyal to the Federal government would
be protected in their. persons and proper
| ty, while HE alsloyal would be punished
as traitors and their goods and chattels
be confiscated andgiven up to plumber?
That's the whole secret of Lincolnisn in
East Tennessee at this day. Stop this
communication-cut it off effectually,
and change IN popular sentiment in the
disaffected regions would soon Occult
But it is idle to talk or write on the sub
iect-the thing will never be done-and
the disaffection will continue TO exist
and more raids will. be made and more
bridges burned, and so on.
| We copy a few items from the paper
IN question, the Commercial. First from
its Frankfort, KY, correspondence, Of
the I'd. 1t says:
In the House of Representatives Mr.
j. R. Thomas introduced a resolution,
which was duly deposited in the capa-
cious tomb of the Committee on Federal
Relations. Here it is:
Be it resolUed, That the Governor of this State
| be- and he is hereby authorized by the Legisla-
issue his proclamation to recall the troops
!
to the limits of this State for the purpose of
maintaining the laws of this State, whenever the
| Governor may deem the interests Of Kentucky
| require he recall of said troops.
The Abolition correspondent then walks
into the author of the resolution, and the
"Uaion" men of Kentucky generally, in
the following ferocious style:
Mr.. J. +. Thomas is a man of a great
deal more hair than head, which may &C
count for the foregoing hair Drained reso-
lut;ons. For aught l know, he may be a
candidate for Governor. [ understand
there are some "a in this Legislature
True to the instincts of Kentucky poll
tician, they are all expecting to be elect
ed by means of the niger. a Kentucky
politician is a study. You must know
him 10 appreciate him. His creed APP
proaches the Oriental. There is no Cod
but Office, and niger is his prophet
He is ever solicitous about his record"
He imagnes that the whole world perus-
es it night and morning. Hence he new
er votes to adjourn from one day to an
other, but is continually offering sine die
resolutions of adjournment to save 1.-The
peoples money" On most subjects he
is apathetic and ess,-lolling, with
his legs over his desk, chewing his tobac-
co and disseminating the juice thereof
If you want to arouse him. whisper mig
ger" in his ear. He Immediately raises
himself to his full height sends for a
pitcher of water and jumps into the pc
culiar institution with will. He proves
to you that slavery was constitutional
nine hundred and fifty years before Christ.
He exhausts himself i'll clarifying its
benlfcent effects, and in calling down
curses upon its enemies, and finally sits
down covered all over with glory and per-
splratlon.. 1t makes no difference wheth-
er he owns negro or not. He believes
that in niger are centered all our relig-
ious and civil liberties. He is forgetful
! OF all outrages perpetrated by. eff. Davis
| and his mlnlOns. He remembers moth
! ing but niger. And with niger in
scribed on his banner, he will relinuuish
! the home he lives in, the property he
has Accumulated, and his right of free
speech and free action, and throw him
self into aSchaos of anarchy and death.
Again this correspondent says of the
| Union men:
Some of them are so insane as to cla.
sire to place Kentucky in antagonism
with the United States. do not believe
| majority of the Legislature will be so
tooIhardy, but | should not be surprised
at anything. Is not the resolution of the
small Thomas aforesaid directed to that
end? Is is not open rebellion and seces-
sion? 1t s'il -net=i'ass, it is true, and is
only important as an Indication of what
is said by the big-bugs of the disaffected
wing OF the Union party in this Legis-
lature.
And this panegyrlc upon the Un;on-n,en
OF Kentucky who object to Lincoln's
Free-nigger proclamation, comes from
an Ohio wooIly-head- the sort of creature
with which the Unionites of the Dark
and Bloody Ground have been associating
and sympathizing for the last two years.
Verify, they have their reward.
The Commercial, it must be remembered,
is a rank. dyed in the wool and double