The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-11-01
The Approaching Elections.

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Chcalham and Maynard. We have not
since been abc to discover any reasons,
have rot been put IN possession Of any
new facts, sufficient to induce us to
change that opinion. On the contra
ry, all the adviccs subsequently received
from different portions of the State are
calculated TO strengthen and confirm It,
We still believe Chcaiham is much the
strongest man in Middle and West Ten
ncSscc, and that johnson will not lead
him more than 5000 In East Tennessee,
If so mitch.
We will not repeat wha. We said last
week about Maynard's strength, though
we have met with nothing to change
our view in that respect. We know his
friends are actively at work in all drcc-
tons, that they express confidence in his
success, and that whatever strength the
party has in the State Horace will get
it all, white and black. There may be
danger Of his election; there may no,
be. We think there is.
We have said we believed Chca,ham
10 be The strong man-strongcr thnn Mr..
johnson. The former is the nominee of
the party. Mr.. johnson is an "indc.
pendent candidate" himself
as such Immediately after the nouina
ton of Chca'ham. Hundreds Of can
did voters in the State regard the OK.
President AS IN n false position, and that
the tendency of his canvass is towards
disorganization. though it is possible he
may not 50 have designed it. They al,
admit his ability: they don't question
his integrity; many would have given
him n warm and earnest support had he
appeared before them in different role
and under other circumstances. They
don't want the party disbanhcd and bro.
ken up. They remember wildly what
, Radical rule in Tennessee means, and
they don't desire that the State shall be
thrust back into the grasp of that hard
and unrclen,ing party. either now or at
the next election. Hence hundreds and
. thousands who otherwise would have
voted for Mr.. johnson feel disposed to
stand by the organization, conform to
its timc-honorcd usages and practice,
and support Gen. Cheutham, the nomi-
nee.
The above is all we have to say about
the three corncrcd fight, which seems
to he absorbing more of the attention
and interest Of the politicians Il an all
the other elections together. IN regard
to the gubcruatorial canvass. Governor
Brown we think will receive larger
vote than he did two years ago. and
that he will be fully up with the Presi-
dental ticket. In this CongrC ssional
District, we have no doubt of Judge
Keys election by handsome majority.
Col Edwards for the State Senate we
rcligiously believe is safe by at least
five hundred majority, and we know
we ran elect Simon Boggcss to repre-
sent McMinn county in the next Lcgis-
laturc if we will make the right sort OF
effort.
In reference to the Presidential con
test throughout the States, the friends
Of Greeley and Brown seem to be hope.
full of success, though perhaps not as
confident as before the recent October
elections. There is no doubt about New
York. none about Indiana, and il is
claimed that in several of the doubtful
States the Liberal element will lcvelopc
much greater strength than was antIci-
pated u few weeks ago. 1t is battle
between corrupt and tyrannical power
on the one hand and reform aud Il re-
turn TO honest rule on the other-a con-
test between centralism and free gov
crmmcnt. In such struggle, with the
facts aud tendencies staring them in the
face and forcing conviction upon their
minds, it is hard 10 believe that ma
Ijority of the people will not be found
acting on the side Of the best Interests
Of their country aud Cor the restoration
of civil supremacy over military rule.
This is the last number we can issue
before the election. and We conclude our
labors with an expression of confidence
that our friends in this county and with
in the bounds Of the circu lalion of this
paper, will all repair to the polls and
vote: that they will not permit their
minds to be distracted from other aud
= more important interests by the unfor-
tunatc cOntcs. torCongressman at large ;
and that they will rebuke. as il deserves
to be rebukcd, the attempt TO destroy
the organization of the party aud rem
der it powerlcss hereafter. 1t is easier
to pull down than to build up, easier to
preserve than TO restore. The enemy is
in the field, united and massed, hoping
to profit BY our disscnsions. We may
lose the Presidential election but let
us stand fast and maintain our snprc.
macy in Tennessee. United we stand,
divided We fall. Unity now is essential
to success hereafter. Stand fast. vote
as conscience and judgment and the in
stinct of sclf-prcscrvation tell YOU is
right; aud, then, if disaster comes, il
Horace Maynard should 20 back to
Congress, not as the Representative OF
n District, but of the State at large. the
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