Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1860 — Page 2

the student in the fable, which gave up the lead for a time to the tail instead "of the head, to prevent its clamor, and in attempting to go tail foremost it stuck fast, and thus remained the tail refusing to give up the right to go ahead. And thus will the Democratic party remain until it sheds its tapering extremity, which insists on being honored with command. For the purpose of turning attention from the weakness and absurdity of their own position, (or the mad and selfish prostration of the Democratic party, to alarm the fears of the timid, shake the knees of the weak, and minister to the morbid cravings of a lingering and dormant Abolitionism, they proclaim that the National Democracy, who have placed in nomination Breckinridge and Lane, are the advocates of a slave code for the Territories. " This ideal bantling was begotten by design upon ignorance, and is supported by empty noise and brazen clamor. The platform asked tor, and insisted upon, by southern States, was just what the Constitution -entitles them to, as construed by the Supreme Court, and nothing more. Here it is in all its length and breadth as adopted in the. Convention of Democratic States which nominated Breckinridge and Lane. It is the same non-intervention which every true Democrat has advocated, and giving effect to the decision of the Court, and nothing more. Let every Democrat read it with unclouded vision and not through the smoked glass of incipient Abolitionism; let him analyze it carefully, and then tell us in what section, or sentence, or syllable this terrific since code reposes; and when read, and weighed, and understood, let all ; who cannot subscribe to the great principle of personal and State equality there enunciated, as established and guaranteed by the Constitution and authorized and vindicated by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, remember that he has taken the first

lesson in Abolition Republicanism, and is already on his way to that organization in his sympathy with a sectional bigoted creed and narrow political belief. But here is the platform of Democratic principles, which will speak for itself: Firs'. That the government of a Territory organsized by an act of Congress is provisional and temporary, and d;iring its existence all citizens of the United St v'es have an equal right to s;-ttle with their properly in the Territory, without their rights, either ot' person or property being destroyed or injured bv Con riv-isional or Territorial legislation. Second Tint it is the duty of the federal government, in all its departments, to protect the rights of person? and property in the Territories, and wherever else it.s constitutional authority extends. Titird That when the settlers in a Territory, having an adequate population, form a State constitution, the right of sovereignty commences, and beinj; consummated by their admission into the Unionj thev stand on an equality with the people of other States, and a Stat : thus organized ought to be admitted into the federal Union, whether its constitution, prohibits or reeogniz-M the institution of slavery. . Resolued, .That the Democratic party arc in favor of the acquisition of the Island of Cuba, on such terms as shall be honorable to ourselves and just to Spain, at the earliest practicable moment. lleolv"d. That the enactment of Slate Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law are hostile in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in their effect. Heso'ved, That the Demo. -racy of the United States recognize it as the imperative duty of this government to protect the na'uralized citizen in all his rights, whether at home or in foreign lands, to the same extent as it.s native born citizens. W-hirta, One of the greatest neeesities of the age, in a political, commercial, postal and military point ot view, is a speedy communication between the Pacific and the Atlantic coasts: therefore be it . Resolved, That the National Democratic party do hereby pledge themselves to use every means in their power to secure the passage of some bill, to the extent of their constitutional authority, by Congress, for the construction of a Pacific . Railroad from tin; Mississippi river to the Pacific Oceau, at the earliest practicable moment. Lot us hereafterhcar.no more from any one professing the -Democratic creed and -pretended devotion and obedience to the Constitution and laws, in denunciation of southern Democratic States, or asHtrtiii" that they have either proposed or' demanded a slave code, or that the Convention of Democratic States which nominated Breckinridge ami Lane have adopted one; but let such foolish fabrications he left to the rantings of Stunner, and Checvcr, and Giddiiigs, and their somber associates. The public and private history of our nominees con-. siituU-s 'their eulogy. Both are now, and for' years have been, in high places in the 'government, ' Mr. Breckinridge is an able, intrepid, and popular statesman, and General Lane has written his name upon his country's history with his sword. They are true friends to the. Constitution, and free from tiie expediency clap-' raps of the; day. They were placed in nomination by the operations of public sentiment, and not forced' upon the public by the process of political machinery. They will carry seventeen Slates by acclamation, with a fair chance for others in addition. When all other expedients fail, we arc reminded that the nomination of Douglas and Johnson is entitled to support over the other ibr its regularity ; and I have observed that certain gentlemen who were regular members of the speckled Buffalo Convention of '.13;, are most emphatic in swearing allegiance to regularity. The convention which made, this nomination had no sign nor show nor shadow of regularity. The delegated convention at Charleston had no power to adjourn to Baltimore a distance of hundreds of miles, in another State, and nearly two. months afterwards. No such thing was ever contemplated; no such power or dis -refiou was delegated, even by the mo! fir-fetched implication--. A good nomination at Babimore would have been entitled to respect and support, but not on the score of regularity, ibr it had not even the semblance of it. The regular delegations for a large number of States 'we x- rejected, and bogus con'est tuts, ome of them without pretence of regularity or delegated authority' were admitted in their places, while regular delegations from numerous other States, because of this outrage, withdrew, and : this pretended regular conven i m was a mure .fraction of one, partly, but not wholly filled up with unauthorized persons fro.u the ouNide. It .acted in violation of the uniform rule of Democratic National Convention?, which it had itself adopted, requiring two-thirds to nominate, and then disregarded it in making; the nominations, for at no time, hojn- delegates included, did the vote reach near a two-thirds vote. It- nominee for Vice President was Mr. Fitzpatrick, who declined to accept such a nomination, and the regularity of Mr. Johnson, who now runs as Vice President with Mr. Douglas, consists in the re pies.' of some half dozen individuals, after the adjournim-n', that he should run, and-jn which request, it seems, he cordially united. (Cheers.) Tiie regular President of the convention, i Gen. Cushiug, left his chair and went away, and presided over ths convention which nominated Brock inridge and Lane so that the regularity of the nomination of Diujr'ns and Johnson uny be summed up in this: that Mr. John -on was no and has not yet ban nomina'cd by any convention ; that Mr. Dougl.u was nominated by delegates of an irregular, fractional, bmkeu up convention, without a head, without a TV...,.,-.!.,. u t,- tnif a m. w. ctnlotnr, L-.lf Str. Lit! Republican State del ations ' and a bo.Mis tail.' No one pretends that the nominations of Breckinridge and Lane have the authority of a regular Na'ional Convention, according to the usages of the Jiarty ; but they have more claim to regularity than the other. This convention had a head in the President of the who'c convention. It hail a Democratic body in ihe regular delegations from all the sun' Democratic State-1- ma jori'yof the States of the L'nion it had no bonis extremity, and it bad a platform of manlv principles of liberty, equality and fraternity, upon which every true Demo, rat of the who'c Union can stand together. The question recui, what shall we do? Do! Why, stand resolutely by principle, and let the torm raze on there is sunshine beyond the clouds shun all entangling alliauces of every name and kind. The readiest, surest, spcedie-t, most honorable way to fu-ces is to repudiate all fusions, all factions, ail patchwork, all device, all expedients, all effort to be upon both sMes, and stand by our -andi-dates and our creed. We shall then commence to deserve slices, and if we persevere in this stern path of constitutional rectitude we shall preserve our $c!l-l-pspcct. command the repct of all others, and our effort will be crowned nitli triumph for our jartr BJjd our principle, the g-xxl inlbieiici-s of which will

last when party managers and tricksters and their vile,

schemers arc forgotten, or remembered only to oe hated and execrated. The delivery of this speech was interrupted every minute by applause. During ius delivery, sensation was created by the entrance tit the doorways of great delegations from the 14th and 10th wards. They were not able lo get into the meeting. A few of the banner carriers succeeded, with great difficulty, .in forcing their way up the aisles, so that the audience might seo what associations they represented. Just before the close of the speech, somebody called for three cheers for Douglas. The request was met with a storm of hisses. Mr. Dickinson sat down timid the liveliest applause. TIIE OLD LIXE GUARD. SATURDAY, T7 ...... JULY 28. National Democratic Ticket. FOR PKESIDKNT, JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, OF KENTUCKY. FOR VICE PKESIDKNT, JOSEPH LANE, OF OREGON. DEMOCRATIC 1ST ATE TICKET FOR GOVERNOR, THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, of Shelby. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DAVID TUKl'IE, of White. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, WILLIAM II. SCHLATER, of Wayne. FOR At'DITOR Of STATE, JOSEPH RISTIXE. of Fountain. j you TREASURER OF STATE, NATHANIEL F. CUNNINGHAM,' of Vigo. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, j OSCAR B. HORD. of Decatur. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. SAMUEL L. RUGG, of Allen. FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT, CORNELIUS O'BRIEN, of Dearborn. FOR REPORTER OF SUPREME COURT, M. C. KERR, of Floyd. THE STATE TICKET. The Journal, of Thursday,, has a lone; article, des canting on the inconsistency of the Old Line Guard's having the Democratic State ticket at the. head of its columns. As we have before intimated, we ask for "non-intervention" by the Republicans with the affairs of the Breckinridge and Lane party. Let them attend to their business, and we will attend to ours. Thus far, we have said nothing in our editorial columns for or against the State ticket. There are some men on it for whom we have a warm personal regard. Circumstances may arise lo induce us to cordially support the whole ticket : other circumstances may incline us to the contrary course. But we are not to be influenced one way or the other by the wishes of the Republican party. BACK NUMBERS. Up to this time we have been supplying all new subscribers with the back numbeis of the Guard, but some of the numbers are now exhausted. We printed large editions, anticipating a good list, but the demand lias exceeded our expectations, and the early numbers are all out. We will furnish all the back numbers we have to each new subscriber, and when they are not received the reason can be understood. Our receipts the past week have averaged S 70 00 a day,- for subscriptions alone, and there is no appearance of slacking up. The Guard will have a large and very general circulation in every county in the State, and will be a good medium for advertising. $3?" The Cincinnati Enquirer, from which we expect neither truth nor decency, charges directly that in 1848, Mr. Breckinridge "favored the election of Gen. Taylor in preference to Gen. Cass, the regular Democratic nominee." A usual with statements in that organ of D.Higl isism, the charge is false in whole and in part. Mr. Bueckinkidge supported General Cass earnestly, and made -several speeches, after his return from Mexico, in behalf of the "regular nominees." We doubt not the Erujuirer knew the facts when the paragraph to which we have alluded appeared in its columns.- Louisville Courier. How it stands in Louisiana. The New Oilcans Delta gives a list of twenty-two Democratic papers in Louisiana, which support Breckinridge and Lane, while but three hoist the Douglas flag, or advocate the little squatter's election. This, it will b? recollected, is the State promised by 40,000 majority, by ex-Governor Wickliifc, to Douglas, if a slave code plauk was put in the Douglas platform, which was done, II. B. Payne, of this city, demanding ihe previous question so as to gag it down. A Sign in Connecticut. The Northern Courier, j of Hartford, Ct., a paper of many years standing, edited and published by Isaac X. &;!, Esq., has flung the Breckinridge and Lane flag to the breeze, and ' is giving the ticket a hearty support, i The Hartford Times and the New Haven Register, two of the most influential papers in all New England, ; also support the Breckinridge and Lane ticket, i . . German Papers in Pennsylvania. The Democrat, ihe only German Democra'ic paper in Philadelphia, is out for Breckinridge and Lane, and in op position to Douglas. The Reading Ad'.cr, the oldest and most influential . German paper in Pennsylvania, flies the same glori ous fla. CS" We arc reliably informed that Ed. Ilerrod. the Democratic candidate for joint Representative of Boone and Hendricks counties, during the noon recess of the court at Lebanon, on Wednesday, made a speech, in which he declared himself " now, henceforth and forever," for Breckinridge. j Ks?" L'pon the authority of the Washington Star, we ' announce that W. A. Richardson, of Illinois, the right hand man, and particular friend and manager of Mr. , Douglas, proclaims openly that between Bbeckin- ) RIDGE and Lincoln he prefers the flection of the lat- ! tr. This is sirnificant ! 0"The Douglasites have a hard time in Virginia. Their meetings are not attended, and co s n pathy if . manifested for the cause of ihe LitJe Rebel. The ' are-omits of Doog! enthusiasm in the Old Dominion are manufactured out of whole cloth.

POLITICS IN INDIANA.

The call for ft Breckinridge and Lane State Convention, at Indianapolis, on the 81st, ha fallen like a bomb among the squatter sovereigns. They thought they had matters a'l fixed up, and while the leaders had no hope nor expectation of earn ing Indiana for Douglas, they at all events expected, in certain localities, to create a popular effervescence that would raise them to power and place. They knew full well, that the old guard of the Democratic party were opposed to Douglas; but they relied upon the whipping-in process, under the specious but false plea of a regular nomination, to get Democrats to go contrary to their convictions of right. That bubble has burst ed, The people now undcrstand that Douglas is not the regular nominee of the Democratic party. The squatter sovereigns, when driven from their position of a " regular nomination," take their stand on the ground of expediency that it is best to unite on Douglas to defeat Lincoln, overlooking what is patent to every intelligent man, that Douglas cannot possibly carry Indiana, any how. But whence this new-born zeal of expediency " to beat the Black Republicans?" Who arc these advocates of policy f They are the men who for two or three years have been in active co-operation with the Republicans to break down and ruin the Democratic party. What was the " policy " of the Douglasites two years ago in Indiana? After the State Convention of the 8th of January, 1858, had made its nominations and platform, the friends of Douglas called another State Convention, or mass meeting as a high court of errors, to revise the action of the 8th of January Convention. They pa-scd counter resolutions, and were with difficulty restrained from nominating a separate State ticket. After pouring out the vials of their wrath upon the heads of Buchanan, Bright, Fitch, Willaid, Voorhees, Dunham, Jo. McDonald,' and Other " corrupt tools of the Administration," (as they were pleased to call them), they went home, and then in every county, city and town in Indiana, we heard "the slogan of Doncdas and his men," in full and harmonious chorus with the shrill pipes of the freedom-shrieking Black Republicans. In the First Congressional District, Alvin P. IIovey, a " Douglas Democrat," was run by the Black Republicans ' and squatter sovereigns for Congress, against Wm. E. Niblaek, and the Democratic strength of that district was much reduced. In the Third District, Hon. James Hughes was the unanimous nominee of the Congressional Convention, represented by every county in the district. The Douglasites bolted and brought out Geo. W. Carr as an independent candidate, who received just votes enough to elect William McKee Dunn, a " Black Republican," which was the precise object to be attained. Tn the Sixth (Indianapolis) District the Douglasites did not bring out an independent candidate. But they were so fully enlisted in the Black Republican cause, that they voted straight out for Porter, (B. R..) and defeated Martin M. Ray, the Democratic nominee. We do not say that nil the Douglas men bolted, but enough did, to defeat the party overwhelmingly. Marion county gave Forte r about 1000 majority. It is true that a few of these Douglas gentlemen, just before the election, startled at the mischief they had wrought, came in, and voted or pretended to vote for the nominees of the party. " But that comfort came too late ; 'twas like a pardon after execution." They had raised a spirit they could not allay. Like the spirit iu Manfred : "They were the riders of the wind And the stirrers of the s'orm, ...... The hurricane they left behind, Was still with lightning warm." , In the Seventh District the Douglas men and Black Republicans formed a coalition and beat Henry Secrest, the regular nominee, and elected Jno. G. Davis. Not only in the Congressional Districts, but also in the Senatorial and Representative Districts the same shameless coalitions were entered into. But we are told that there ought to be a statute of limitations that we should "let by-gones be bygones " that these things occurred a long time ago, to-wit: tiro years.' That we ought to unite for the sake of the public plunder ! In other words, we ought to hold out a premium for Treason I That we ought to begin with the chief, " Little Giant," and reward hhn with the Presidency that the subordinate "little giants" should go to Congress, to the Senate, House of Representatives, and fill all the county offices that Old-Line Democrats" should vote for them as a reward for striking down the Democratic flag and trailing it ignomiuiously in the dust for the vile billingsgate (enough to make, even a fish-woman blush.) with which they have abused the chosen nu n of the Democratic party, "the driveling and corrupt old fools, Buchanan and Cass," Bright and Filch, Hughes, Nib-lack,-English, Willaid, Gregg, the Senators of .the United States, and all the chief men of the party. Where the Irish and Germans still adhered to the Democratic organization, these Douglas gentlemen turned the Know- Nothing batteries upon them, and denounced them as " red-mouthed Irish and lop-eared Dutch." Never were the Republicans or Kuow Nothings so bitterly abused as the Administration men have been by the friends of Doughs, during the last two or three veal's. Douglas and his friends have disorganized, denationalized, and disrupted the Democratic party, and brought it to the very verge of ruin and annihilation. And for these things Democrats are called upon to reward him with the highest office in the Government ! Should not every Old-Line Democrat say: "Is thy servant a dog, that lie should do this thing ' " For these ihings w e are called upon to sing poians to the little squatter. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered the Zion " of the Democratic party. " We hanged our harps on the willows in the midst thereof: For there, they that had carried us away captive, required of us a song, and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, sing us one of the songs of the litde giant. Yes, Democrats of ludiana, we will reward Mr. Douglas and his satellites. AVe demur to the plea of the stature of limitations. The "little Dodger" is about to meet with justice. As Dickinson says, "there is no fox so crafty but his hide finally goes to the hat ters." The hour of a just retribution is at hand ! u For time at )at sets all things even, j And if we do but watch the hour, ' There never yet was human power Who could evade, if unforgiven, j The patient search and vigil long. J Of him w ho ti-easun s up a wrong." This plea of the statute of limitations, set up as a j bar to punishment for Dongla? and his friends, is rkh t and ludicrous in the extreme. The reason of the law j

for allowing the statute of limitation to be pleaded, is founded upon the presumption tli.it the debt hits been paid. But we know that, as a matter of fact, it has not been liquidated, and this is the first opportunity for "settling that little account." But it was made, away two years ago I This is like the plea set up by a

young man who had fallen in love and wnnted to marry. His father tried to dissuade him, representing the lady to be of bad character, &c., and also reminding him of an occurrence by which she had become the mother of a nullius Jilius. " I know that very well, dad," was the reply, "but that happened awuy last winter " ' ''' THE DOUGLAS MEN CONFOUNDED Events within the last week have advanced the cause of Breckinridge and Lane far beyond the expectation of thousands of people. The great meeting at the Cooper Institute, the solid men of New York who lent it their names and support, all combine lo convince the people that the sideof Breckinridge and Lane is the side of Democracy, tho side of law, order and the Constitution. The Herald has boldly taken hold of the battle, and shows what all will very soon see clearly, that there are but two real candidates in the field Breckinuidge and Lincoln. The Sunday Times, tK, an influential newspaper of large local circulation, comes out in effect for Breckinridge, and referring to the state of the canvass, significantly remarks: To sum up, therefore, in a few words, the purpose of these two branches of the Democracy, the Breck inridge division, as we gather from its acts and declarations, intends, if it can, to defeat Lincoln, the canornate ot rue nepuoucans, ms aspuations lor tt.e eracv, if we interpret it bv the diction of its National Executive Committee, seems to be to defeat Mr. Breckinridge. The truth could not be more forcibly stated. The Atlas, which has been rather inclined to Douglas, concedes that it is no use lo deny the fact that the meeting of Wednesday evening was composed of men whose " influence is necessary to the success of the Democratic party." Thus we go. These are one week's developments in New York alone. About the only paper now left in New York which supports Mr. Douglas, is a weakly, and as its Munchausen stories arc about played out, we suppose- it will soon confine iiself exclusively to its original field of flash literature A SPECIMEN SQUATTER. All who were present at the Charleston and Baltimore Democratic Conventions, will recollect a fussy little man, who was dressed in the extreme of the i i fashion, and who insisted upon bothering the President, Mr. dishing, upon all possible occasions, with irrelevant motions, questions, &c. Whether his factious behavior excited any admiration for him from bis brother delegates, may be doubted ; his conduct was certainly very undignified.- liis name was Sittings, aud he was a Douglasitc, from Maryland. We did not believe that he would ever allow his light to be hid under a bushel, and we were right. He has turned up in Harrisburg, Pa., and the Telegraph, a Republican paper, gives the following account of a speech ho made at a Douglas meeting. It was characteristic, to say the least: " His denunciation of the Breckinridge wing of the party was terrific and scathing. In the course of his remarks ho alluded to the " compromise " tendered them by that faction, and emphatically declared, " I spit upon the compromise." This was received with mingled cheers and hisses by the audience. The speaker 'further said that he would " rather see the party sunk in hell" than compiomisc with such men as tlie Brcckinridgeites, and that the country would be safer in tlie hands of Mr. Lincoln, or any other " Black Republican," than in the hands of the weak, bad man, whose name heads the Disunion ticket. In plain English, Mr. Giltings gave the meeting to understand that he preferred the election of Lincoln to the success of Breckinridge, and the sentiment elicited the most enthusiastic applause. The speech throughout was the most bitter and violent we have yet heard iii a Democratic meeting." Personal vs. Party Nominations for the j Presidency. Of the candidates in the field for the j next Presidency,: only two represent living party or"anizatioiis. Mr. Douglas stands at tho head of a ra?-1 ed and broken column ; Mr. Bell was nominated by j

a convention of fossil V tugs and broken down Know- i of the earliest practicable opportunity to reply. Nothing politicians; Sam Houston's ai my is of the i There is probably no family whose authentic history Fallstaflian order, and so on through the list, up tofcan be more closely traced through every period of Breckinridge and Lincoln, both of whom aie backed i the annals of North Carolina, than that of Gen. Lane's, by poweiful party organizations, and have a certain i In proportion to numbers, comparatively few of its amount of definite support. That Lincoln will carry I members have aspired lo or obtained political distinctly bulk of the electoral vote North is beyond perad- j lion, or local distinction of any kind. On the other venture. That Breckinridge will be equally strong in : hand, there are probably few that have enjoyed greatthe South admits of no reasonable doubt. The other j er average respectability. candidates are all personal representatives of cliques, j Gen. Lane's great grandfather, Joseph (who signed and have no strength beyond the support of their im- i his name Joseph Lane, Jr., in 1727.) died at his resiniediate friends. Choose, then, between Breckinridge ! dence near Halifax, on the Roanoke, in 1 776. His and Lincoln. A,)'. Herald. I three sons, Joel, Joseph and Jesse, were pioneer set- ' -. i '..''; -. i tiers in the neighborhood of Raleigh, in 1 741. . Of W Parson Brownlow, who is usually chaste and ! these, Col. Joel was (he wealthiest and most conspicpious in his expressions when alluding to the Demo- ; nous. He conveyed to the State the (540 acres of land, cratic part v, says of it in a late issue : the site of the present t-ily of Raleigh.. His dwelling "Democracy is on its way lo its grave, and in No-1 h"" l''.11of its trcc,io". !i,e bef l,a a vcmber next, "either by the friends of Bell or Lincoln, ! bundled miles, is I he present residence of Andrew will be precipitated to its doom in hell, where it oughl aylcr, Es,p, and they were AMugs during the Revoto have been vears ago, and where, with rogues and ' lHO". aul Col- M J ""lrvicc in the army, liars, it will spend an eternity of just such enjoyment i the latter as a private. - .

as it. hnd-a foretaste of at Charleston aud at Bat-! more." - - - uan't crowntow oe mrea to m . eever s place, in l l;niOii OfJUtuUj uunuji wv wait ui nits laitcr iu xjjivi Hall? Political Journals in Alabama The Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser, having given a politi cal classification of the papers in that State, says: " It will be seen that Bell and Everett have nearly twice as many newspaper supporters in Alabama as Douglas, and that Breckinridge and Lane have six times as many paiers as Douglas, nearly four limes as many as Bell and Everett, and more than twice as many as Bell and Douglas combined." TO CORRESPONDENTS. Wc solicit our friends in all pai-ts of the State to favor us occasionally with communications short, but to the point so that the public may be informed of the strength, and ppirit of the Breckinridge movement in this State. HALF FARE. The Railroads have ageed to charge but half fare to persons attending the National Democratic Convention at Indianapolis, on the 31st inst. What Vermont is Doing. Five hundred Democrats of Vermont, representing every county, and who never flinched in a conflict with the enemy, have signed a call for a Breckinridge and Lane State Convention. A few days ago the Democrats of New Jersey met in Stato Convention, at Trenton, to select electors; The Douglas men being in the minority, bolted, and held a separate convention. Wherever the squatters can't rule, they alwav bolt !

LETTERS FROM RUSTICUS. No. 3. - Indianapolis, 25th July, 18G0. Mr. Editor: Your occasional correspondent, Mr, Rusticus, professes (note) Mr. R. does not fay posi

tively that lie is, though lie believes himself to be, essentially, a conciliator; and as such hails witheestacy the near advent of that most available virtue "conciliatiou," so prayerfully invoked in ,tho following brief article clipped from the Sentinel of Wednesday. Here it ia : - . . " Conciliation and Harmony. Mr. Breckinridge is for conciliation in the Democratic ranks. He is opposed to running separate Democratic electoral tickets," regarding it as suicidal policy. - The New York ourm of Commerce, of the 10th, reliable authorny, says " a letter from Mr. Breckinridge himself has been received in this city, urging conciliation and co-operation. AVe have not seen the letter, but a friend of ours has. It urges the importance of carrying the. State for somebody anybody besides Lin coln." We know this coincides with the views of Gen. Lane. Thev both know that the effect of runnin" separate electoral tickets in the Northern States will bo to promote the success of Lincoln. Will the peculiar friends of those gentlemen in Indiana heed their judgment and wishes ? " Now, Mr. Editor, Mr. R. would like to see the " peculiar friends" of Breckinridge and Lane in Indiana, who would refuse " to heed the judgment and wishes of those gentlemen." The Sentinel m n say that Mr. Breckinridge has certainly written a letter, urging " conciliation and cooperation," and they, (the Sentinel men.) "know that this coincides with the views of Gen. Lane." Mr. 11. holds that such being the fact, the duty of the friends of those distinguished standard bearers, , 600m3 f)la!n en Thoy must conciliate and co-op-(r"le- Mr- K-IS l'C1' fectly satisfied on that head, pro vided he would be distinctly advised how the co-opci-ation could be most judiciously performed.-' To conciliate, is to draw or bring together to unite. No one, certainly no democrat, should object to that. Let the Douglas men come to our side, Mr. Editor, and the thing is done; let them 'co-operate with us, and it is done. Yours, RUSTICUS. Covington, Ind., July 25, 1860. A. B. Carlton : Dear Sir Enclosed I send you six dollars, for which you will please send The Old Line Guard to Six names omitted. Send me another prospectus; I canget you a number of subscribers, so soon as we have a few numbers of your paper for the people to see. The Douglasites had two representatives from this county at the late ' fizz ' at Indianapolis. One hundred sound Democrats from our county will be at tho j Breckinrid e mecfin on tlie 81st. Truly ye J. A. G. '. , . .. Bain-bridge, Ind., July 24, 18G0. j EdUor 0f Guard: Enclosed please, find one dollar, for wi,;,., you will 1)lease send the Old Line Guard to j Sfcphen Owens, Bainbridgc, Putnam county, Ind. . j (V,u,.e you t,c Old Line Guard is a welcome visitor in this locality. I have no trouble at all in getting subscribers for it; the old life-long Democrats here say that it is the only paper of the Jackson stamp that has been published in Indiana for several years. Democrats are taking it here that have nof taken a paper since 1852. : Your friend, W. Cambridge City, Ind., July 23, 1860. Editor Old Line Guard Things are working finely for the good old cause of Democracy. The second number of the Old Line Guard has thrown the Douglas camp into great confusion, and we should not be surprised if within thirty days we shall have a clear field. You will soon receive a further draft of volunteers to the Old L.ine Guard. Opinions are, our cause, is just. Then let us roll on the ball. Wo must and shall Succeed. There is no such word as fail. GENERAL LANE. The following notice of General Lane is from the pen of the President of the University in North Carolina: - - Chapel Hill, October 23, 1850. Dear Sir Your letter of the 13th, owing to my absence in the discharge of official duties, did not reach me until a day or two since, and I avail myself ecttoewas u.e g.auuuumM v.r... o.T.. mi , .. it- ii.. i - ot mvself. He was born in llalitax.dulv 4, 122, and i married Winifred Awex. Thev had sixteen children, c- jit sons an(1 el2,lt ltffl all o(- vhom liveil to bear lamines. in lif-a my iainer enugraieu 10 i iikcs, near Oglethorpe county, Ga.. where he resided until 1 S00, when lie removed to St. Louis, where he died in 1801, in the 82d year of his age. Gen. Lane is the son of John Lane, the eighth child and fourth son of our grandfather Jesse. At the time of the removal of the family to Georgia, (1 789,) Wilkes was a frontier county, and, during a series of years, subject to frequent invasions from the Creeks and Cherokces. There were no members of the family lo bear arms, whose services w ere not put into requisition, and no one, male or female, w ho was not familiar with the horrors of w arfare. My mother beguiled many an hour during my infancy in the recital of hair-breadth escapes, which, delicate woman as she. was, rendered her personal history one of remarkable suffering and adventure. I have no rceollectiou of my grandfather or my uncle John. The former visited my father on his way to Missouri, and the latter was an inmaleof my fiunily for some time previous and subsequent to my birth. I heard much ot him in my boyhood, and suppose that in all respects the son is a counterpart of the father, brave, enterprising and generous. He was a universal favorite iu the midst of the men who were at the Cowpcns and King's Mountain, and who considered a foray among the Indians as little less than a pastime. Gen. Lane's mother was Betsey, daughter of James Street, the first sheriff of my native county (Bunconib.) The descendants of the sixteen children of Jesse arc dispersed thiough all the Western and South ern Nates. Judge O. H . Lane, ot lluntsville, Kichard A. Lane, of Georgia, in '47, George, the former Mayor of Atalanta, Ga., anl Lr. Jones, recently oi the House of Representatives, married his cousins. I enter into particulars simply to satisfy you that while the family of Gen. Lane have no just pretensions to the pialse of heraldry, there is no cause on the other hand, whv they should blush for his country or his connections. I write in considei-ablo haste, but will be ready at any time to communicate more special information it it should be called for. Yours, very ivpectfully, D. L. SWAIN.