The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-07-16
Calculations of the Result.

We find in the New York Herald of
the 10th instant, a letter from Knox
vile, dated the 9Th. We don't attach
any large degree of Importance to its
calculation and speculations, but we
propose to give our readers an extract
or two from it. The writer commences
with the close of the canvass in East
Tennessee, aud says:
From the general tenor of the news
I from all parts of the eastern division OF
the State, gather that the eloquent adj
vocacy of the liberal principles on
which Senter based his claims for sup
port has worked wonders among the
ardent "loyalists" of East Tennessee.
/ 1t is estimated that under fair regis
tration, OF which there is now no doubt,
65.000 votes will be cast in East Ten
ncssee on the day of the election. The
! heaviest radical vote in the eastern di-
vision was polled in August. 1867.
when Brownlow received 2l,16l votes.
! The conservatives, owing to a number
of reasons, have heretofore failed to
poll over half their numerical strength.
| But they are aroused and eXultant now.
The registrars in all the counties are
! friendly. and. aided by liberal republic.
cans, they will give Senter fully 10000
votes, being majority OF 1000 in
East Tennessee alone.
Further along the letter speaks of OK
President johnson, and says:
. IT'S undorstood, that Andy will make
a number Of Speeches in tine St"tr be-
! ,lnn,;n, To-,
is potential in Tennessee. East Tonnes
seeanS have vivid recollection Of his
! famous stump campaign Of 1861 in be-
half of the Union, while Middle and
| West Tennessee regard him as having
been their only bulwark during the
| dark days Of reconstruction. His "pol-
icy," so long derided, is about to win
in Tennessee. He has not changed, yet
! Brownlow and his "loyal" cohorts are
to-day found advocating his "policy."
Brownlow and his organ, the wig,
may talk derisively of johnson and in
! siSt that he has no influence. and that
they have Il rcpugnance to being asso-
cated. even by implication. with the
"rencgade and traitor;' but in the new
condition of affairs which will follow
| Sentcr,s election. Andy Johnson will be
Il power in the councils of the State.
while Brownlow will be dStrusted and
neglected. The conservatives Of Ten
nessee consider that they have debt OF
gratitude to pay to Andrew Johnson,
and the first Legislature which assem-
| blCs in Nashville after the election will
certainly elect him to the Senate Of the
| United States. The walls of the SEN
ate chamber will yet rc-ccho to his
clarion voice, and the men who coward
~ bounded him during the last three
years of his administration will yet
have cause to regret that they provoked
his wrath. Johnson is good hater and
always bidcs his time. Impersonal pop
ularty among TenncsSccans, he is head
ard shoulders above any living man.
His talisman-The Constitution--wii
prove the rally ing cry Of II host Of adj
nirers. who will urge his claim for the
succession in 1872 to the position now
| tilted by Grant Brownlow is II good
Halter, too. and Ulysses has reused his
indignation in the matter Of appoint
nGnts to Office in Tennessee, and YOU
need not be surprised TO learn that
b: ownIow will actively forward john
sons claims to the Senate as Il rcbuke
| to Grant.