Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1860 — Page 3

From the New York Pny Hook. HOW WE CAN ELECT OUR :. NOMINEES. ; : In a former article we showed that success was attainable, if the proper means were used by the friends of Breckinridge- and Lane. We .ho wed by figure, that there can be scarcely a doubt that Mr. Breckinridge will sweep the! States of ''ma lina South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis",";,pi Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee Kentucky and California by a majority of the popular vote, which will cive him a basis of 98 electoral votes to start with. We further showed that, with the proper exertions, the States of Oregon, Louisiana, Missouri, Delaware, Now Jersey and Pennsylvania can also be secured to Mr. Breckinridge, givnig him an addition of 55 elec-'iw.--nd thus a maioritv- of the votes of the

Electoral College. The last six named, are really tlie ,ii,,f,Wo StniM Wb further believe that, if our friends in these States show the activity which their peculiar and important positions calls for, the I''.,noc-ra-v of New York, Maryland, Indiana, iowa, jx,uuCsota, and perhaps others, will be encouraged to make ..nu.., ,.,i, tlmlr ' resDective localities and once more place them ,in the line of reliable and thorough goin Democratic States. The stake, which is nothin " less than the Usion, is worth trying for. If our fnends in the debateable States will show the same enthusiastic determination to win, that rages like a wUdfire among the Breckinridge men of the gallant commonwealths of Tennessee and Kentucky, we shall have such a furor before November, that nothing will be able to stand before it, Enthusiasm is catching, and there is nothing that will help us as much in New York as the sight of the .Breckinridge camp-nres ui.iinc bri'htlv along the Pennsylvania and New Jersey t borders. '-.:".. tv J,. fvInnrU in the debateable States, then, we ..i t-.. ., ul....f 'Tnlm C. Riwkinridi'e and tl.rottlo this anti-slave ry lie. How ? We answer, by 'thorough and systematic organization , ;n I .er.! Tl..rin the. true secret to success. Unless i. nf snmo Trpat Ysonular upris-in::, which over-

v... j- - . 11i,,.,iar;. , an m-ea er than eitlier, pledged to anow uiu jieujuc ui throws and tramples down all rides a db likc thoseof a State, to regulate their Doorgamzed party is far more eff, c e it an a n unor- flion in thoir own way, subject to the K a X J - Z r'ota j Constitution of the United States He that is wisest 3 .5 be more potent than other parlies, no matter can penetrate the future deepest ui I J-L v JmnyPA thev may be, for we have Here we have it boldly averred that if Douglas was

the truth. The y have a lie, a sliam, cr a ciouge that there would scarcely be an atom of anti-slavery ism or Douglasism left on election day. Wp have sufficient time before the sixth of Novenv her to organize thoroughly The organization should find its headship during the canvass in the State JiX-,

Were we as e.nc..-ui., j" Chicago if he could get it, and run as the Black He-: Pennsylvania and O.u o, as tl. r . Nor t ,, ,n K, ub u. - candidate, in order to defeat the nominee of (undoubtedly he best d, pa. tj 'ei;-; i,0 De.nocracy. The two extracts from the Plain known since the organization ' e "? "., i Dinhr declare these facts in lanuuasc so plain that he

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ecutive Committees,, ana- extenu , ,,u,?'.rt"Y"si bne week before the last article above quoted in the through each County, Township and School ."c ! ltuin. Dealer, appeared, said i . Take the State of .P?nn.;S ! It is immaterial to me and to the entire Democracy county is divided m o to n,n each township n U, . Northwest wliether tho honorable gentleman school districts j1'1' .n1 Teach I v does or does not support the nominees of that Conaverage, rom filly to one md ml o te s each. It President and Vice President. We in-

,ics, acquam ed witu ne.r . c . , . w. -- j , h rf (oll sboukl (,,.ive ifwtS tfSS us the Convenlion. before nominations are

ii wniild. in the airnrecate, swell up an im mense vote for the candidates for whom they labored It; die truth can be : talked n.'"fbmXte ! district in Pennsylvania so Uiat the can be ma le to ,

turn t on, the error " '. ! table to us, but who, in their anxiety to be nominated, have the j or for any cause, have sought all manner of ways, regover the next highest . a nd,d.Uc, ' ular or ; ' !ar, ; seaso.i and out of season, to pro-

De Liincoiu. I'Vt-ij """"i"" helps to swell the mighty torrent wnicn uiumuiey sweens away all the obstacles it encounters. A Breckinridge aud Lane club, therefore, in each school district, can, in its own sphere and in its own way materially help on the great national triumph. These clubs should be in active correspondence with the township committees, which should be composed of tho hardest working, most intelligent and most enthusiastic Democrats m the locality. The township committees should, iii turn, co-operate with the county committees, which, of course; would also be m communication with the Central State Executive Organization. If care is taken that the several committees are made, up of pure and disinterested men, patriots, not politicians, this systematizing the work will undoubtedly secure the victory. By organization we mean, not merely the formation of c'lubsor associations, but the work to be done. The organization mav be made effective in three ways:

1. By individual labor. Let the member post him- , .enti011i the nominees for President and Vice Presiself thorough lv with the arguments, facts and figures, j unt Vi,jii e defeated his language being, " give . and he willfobn find himself an Alexander in a small. ,ou ,nslinPt ol;ce THAT THEY WILL BE .DEwav; perfectly irresistible. Let him tackle his neigh-1 'ifp TED as surely as the day of election comes!" bor and give "him a dose of truth and common sense, j J30th the editor of the Plain Dealer and Mr. Pugh 2. The enthusiasm in the good cause can be awak-; were Douglas delegates to Charleston, and hence the ened and kept alive by frequent political meetings. i bitter, malignant and bolting feeling which engenderThere should be a " rally " at least once a week in j e( the above, and made them vote to fill the Couveneach township. The County and State Committees j tion at Baltimore with spurious delegates, and finally ,.',..,1,1 rinniitli.uclii. triad to furnish able and effective! to declare Mr. Douglas nominated, when he was not,

speakers at all times, upon application. Let the young ': men, those who have, been distinguishing themselves ! in the village debating societies, launch forth into pol-;

itics and stump their school districts. Xhe district; every one ot thein nad cast tneir vote ior mm. club should, if uossibl'e, .engage a room, and keep it The settled determination to have " Douglas or de- . open duriii'T the evening, laying in a sufficient stock feat," " Douglas or a Black Republican," to rule the of liolitieardocuments and newspapers, to make the i party or to ruin it, is now being carried out, in the dereport attractive. ! termination to keep Douglas in the field, when the 3 The most potent engine in securing success is the ' fact is every day shadowed forth, that, in no event can press. The people need to be informed on this slavery ; he carry a single electoral vote, unless by running a question. Howc-in thevbe reached better than through ; union ticket Una is bitterly opposed because i New the medium of newspapers, both local and nietropoli-1 York and Pennsylvania be earned by a union ticket i lie, iiicui , i ' a: t..:i... F ot,.1 tho vnt i v r nil between Breckinridiie and Dousf-

tan t There should oe au cAiniMvcuitunim....." jirinted matter, for, as we have heretofore remarked the newspaper or document which the honest old tarheretolbie remarked,, ' i ,1 t.....,l 1,: l.iUnrii linllRI mer can bkc to ins uumu ,mu i-i over will, in the end, have more influence with him than any other means that can be suggested. These remarks though applied for the sake of illustration to Pennsylvania are adapted to every other State of the Union. Alabama is interested in crushhv out the dangerous heresy of " squatter sovereignty" within her own borders. It can be done by organization and the other means we have discussed. Upon the debatable Slates rests the onus of electing Mr. Breckinridge. They, certainly, have motive enough to exert themselves. Here in New York and other nmnWe States we owe it to ourselves to make the etpotsiihe otatcs, we u i , . ,

of the S"MstSe; dWewho. i"ndge and Lane would receive the electoral vote of Democrat oi otner OUHC" "a , f, t at ssue and the condition ot parties become better nnage them by apathy or backwa.duess m the great ; grQW brihter thc ,10ncs 0f the 'w'0k friends of the Constitution and the Union become If every Democrat (of the pure breed) will put his .stronger, and the spirits of the brave men of the "dark individual shoulder to the wheel, John C. Bieckin-, and bloody ground," who know their rights and dare ridge will be our next President, without the aid of umintain them, rise higher and higher. therHouse of Representatives. We behold hundreds And with each day, as the news from the country of our friends in this city and elsewhere, taking off. comes in, aud as the toice of the hardy and incorruptheir coats and baring their amis, and we feel eneour-j tjije people of the rural districts makes itself heard aged to hope that before many weeks all of our active above the din and strife of the conflict, the corrupDemocrats will be found in the thickest of the fight, j tionists and the plotters who hoped to trade off whole . ! legions of free-born voters as they would dispose of a , . i drove of hogs, to promote their own ends and to sub03 John Hickman, of Pennsylvania, and J- ! gcrve their own purjioses, sec their last hopes passForney, of the same State, were Douglas's right-hand ; jn ;nt0 emptv air, their carefully devised schemes men in the rebellion of 1857 aud 1858. lorncy now j tiiwai-tud bv the honest patriotism of the sturdy veoholds the Clerkship of the House of Representatives,: manrv an(j t10jr best laid plans gone all " a'glee f given to him by the voles of the Black Republicans, of aud dLspiritod, faint-hearted, almost hopeless, they try whom lie. was the regular nominee for the place. Jno. ;n y (() wj,;stie ,neir fears down, or to conceal their Hickman has hesitated to avow his Republicanism, t trCpjriation beneath the loud vaporing of a defeated but we see he lia- taken the inevitable step at last. (,,.. He isannnunced to peak in favor of Lincoln, at AVest-' jltiuclcy is sure for Brerkinridie. No fact yet in Chester, Pa., on the 27th inst. That is tho destination tj,c futUre is more certain than that the electoral vote ; of Drraglas and his principal followers. Louisville j 0r the State will be given to her own favorite and be-' ( 'owier. , iove(j son. No combination, no intrigue, no party ' management, no "joint" ticket can prevent it ; for the' AViiTSTLrso on Cryikg Which is .'Prentice1 people have willed it. the fiat has gone forth, and the rcmaiksof the hubabub-making by "Weed, Greelev, decree shaB not be reversed. Webb, Raymond and others: we ha'rdly know, by tlie The Breckinridge men feel it, the Bell men feel it, ; sounds emitted by the Republican organs, whether! the Douglas men feel it, the Lincoln men feel it. Men: they are happy or miserable over Lincoln's nomination j may shut their eyes to the signs of the times. This and Seward's defeat. They are like the boy who got; can't be helped, and we know none are so blind as, hi mouth puckered by a green persimmon, and i those who will not see. But wise men prefer to look couldn't make his companions understand whether he! things right in the face; and if there are those who was erring or whistling. "If you are crying," said dare not see this great fact, we will shout in their ears one of them, " you doit tolerably well ; if you arei Kextccet is certain for BRECKnfRrbGE. whistlin". it's a "decided failure." I Lonisptfle Courier.

From Iho CleTOlnml Pomocrnl. DOUGLAS OR DEFEAT" THE RULE OR RUIN POLICY OF DOUGLASISM FORESHADOWED BY TWO DELEGATES TO THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION Ever since Mr. Douglas faijf d to secure the nomination'for the Presidency at Cincinnati, in June, 1856, his friends have determined that the contest of I860 shall be " Douglas or defeat "that they would only be bound by the decision of the Convention, if their favorite was nominated if not nominated, they would bolt and run him as a candidate against the nominee of the Democratic Convention. 1 The Plain Dealer, the Douglas organ, its Editor a Cabinet nnnointment from Douglas

when elected, on the 19th of April last, had the fol lowing: ' . ' ' " As we now view the Presidential controversy from this Northern stand point, it presents to the Democratic party but one issue, " Douglas or defeat." , Of course, if this issue be so understood at Charleston, the contest will be very quickly decided there, for the South, who alone present any formidable opposition, would much prefer Douglas to a Black Republican President." ; - The issue of " Douglas or defeat," made up to force the nomination of the little " sovereign squatter," was no new thing with the Plain Dealer. Speaking of Mr. Douglas' possible defeat at Charleston, the Editor, on the 17th of January, said: " That there will be a popular sovereignty candi date in the field for the next Presidency, and that there will be a popular sovereignty party to support iimli al.e events certain as a Presidential election will j take place. , lj me L.nanesion vnveiuwn uwes mi j -1 nish such a candidate, and the Chicago Convention re- ; I fuses to do so, if the extreme sentiment North and South j'prevails in these conventions, and candidates are nomiprevails in tnesc conventions, anu rauuiuans mc uumi, ..-t,l ..nmmiiiiul tn ' Pnn (ripssinnnl Intervention.' the J IHllTU vvriiiiiiuiivi . . . - , . one pledged to legislate slavery into the Territories, the other to legislate it out, there will be a third party, , I not nominated the candidate should be defeated that; who runs may read. But we rely not on the Plain Dealer alone to prove the settled dermination to carry out the rule or ruin policy of the Douglas leaders. Mr. Pugh, Senator j from Ohio, and the only man in that body that sup- j M) p0,,iaSi jn a gp(.h on the 1 2th of January, l and Vice President, the candidates will be elected, ! . 1 -11 il. .mminnf ... ,-tliai I fit 1 : ,11111 1111 II C LI 1U11IIS1IC1111.1V AV1 WIV u i jULHiivii the Senator from Georgia and those who sympathize nominate men who are not accepfess their devotion toward the strange gods which Mr. Buchanan has lately set up to be worshipped, I give you distinct notice that they will De aejeatea as sure as the day of election shall arrive. You will thereby convince' the people of the non-slaveholding States, one and all, without distinction of parties, that no faith can be reposed in the Democracy of the South, and no sacrifice entitle any man to their generosity or admiration. .'.;.: It remains for you, gentlemen of the South, to decide whether hundreds, and thousands, and tens of thousands, in the Northern and Northwestern States, who sympathize with me, shall be your allies or be neutral .in November next." Mr. Pugh commenced his political life a bolter, and by bolting succeeded in electing a bitter, malignant Abolitionist to the United States Senate, from Ohio, in place of William Allen. , His bolting proclivities were so strong that he threatened it in the above, that, if Mr. Douglas is not nominated at the JSational Con and when, under the two thirds rule, he could not be, there not being delegates, spurious and all, acting with ; the faction, enough to give him the necessary vote, if . las, or if it could all be given to Douglas it will pre-! , , r, V :.., r i.; ;f .;u Vent 1110 CieCUOn OI Jjllicum mu pc-upi;, mm iuui done, no power short of death itself can prevent either John C. Breckinridge or Joseph Lane from being President of the United States for four years from and alter the 4th of March next. The only possible way to defeat the nominee of the Democratic States, is to give Lincoln all the Northern States, and this the Douglas leaders are making desperate efforts to do, with what success, time alone will disclose. i OLD KENTUCKY ALL RIGHT! No sane man, who could divest himself of prejudice ! 0.Al:,.twUr in lrtnL- jiflYiiin in IvpnhieVv as ihov rf "'v .,.,.: , , .1 n i, al rare, has ever had the slightest doubt that Breck-

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THE PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY. The Democratic Executive State Committee of Pennsylvauia, which, we believe, was formed before the Charleston Convention, and without reference to any contemplated split in the party, has recently had under consideration the existing rupture in the church, and has recommended that only one Democratic electoral ticket be run in the State, with the undei-stand-ing that in case of success the vote of the electors shall be cast for Breckinridge if it will elect him President, or for Douglas if it will elect him ; but if it will elect neither, then the electors severally are to vote as they may choose. The committee have also proposed that the two factions of the party do work together as a unit in the State and Congressional elections of October, as well as in the Presidential contest of No"Vember. ' These overtures are perfectly fair, and, if cordially accepted in Pennsylvania and other States by the two Democratic factions, might still defeat " Old Abe Lincoln." But, co-operating with the Douglas National Executive Committee at Washington, which has discovered that " no compromise whatever is admissible" with the supporters of Breckinridge, one R. J. Haldeman, of the National Democratic Committee for Pennsylvania, has issued his manifesto, in which he protests against the compromise policy of the aforesaid State Executive Committee, and calls for an unmixed mass convention of the Douglas Democracy of the State, at Ilarrisburg, on the 26th of this month, then and there to " take such action as in their wisdom may seem best for the Democracy and the Union." This looks a lit

tle squally. A circular to the same effect has been issued by some of the minority of the State Executive Committee residents of Harrisburg, in which they declare Douglas and Johnson the regular Democratic nominees for the Presidency, and protest against " the sacrifice of a principle and the recognition of a hostile organization." What all this means it is not very ditlicult to comprehend. Forney, in his Philadelphia Press of the 18th inst., in explanation of the subjeel, says: " There is but one course for the genuine Democracy of this State to pursue but one policy worthy of the confidence of the sincere friends of popular sovereignty and its illustrious champion, (Mr. Douglas.) and that is the formation of an electoral ticket untainted with the name of a single secessionist, and composed wholly of Democrats who will support in good faith the nominees of the regular convention." An electoral ticket of this sort, in opposition to the regular ticket appoint ed betore the Charleston convention, is unquesuoiiably the object and the fixed purpose of the Douglas , p leaders in calling this mass State Convention of their. followers at ILurisburu, on Ihursday, the iiith inst It is somewhat remarkable, however, that the leading Douglas organ in this connection should be the paper which is under the control ot Forney, the Republican Clerk of the House of Representatives. We all know that the first and last object of Forney, since he failed to get into the Cabinet or into the Senate, under the wing of Mr. Buchanan, has been, is, and will be for some time yet, revenge against the Administration and the Southern Democracy." Thus, Forney, from the beginning of the anti-Lecompton rebellion down to this day, has been using Mr. Douglas as an instrument with which to break down Mr. Buchanan's administration and the Democratic party. For his services to their cause in this direction, Forney was elected Clerk of the House by the Republicans at the last session of Congress. To be sure, they thought it very strange to find, with the nomination of Douglas at Baltimore, the flag of Douglas flying at the masthead of the Philadelphia Press as Forney's flag for the Presidency. They began to call hiin a "double-dyed traitor," and other hard names, when J he hauled down his flag. With this capitulation, the Republicans appear to be entirely satisfied, although Forney's Press continues to work as vigorously tor Mr. Douglas as ever. But why should not the Republicans be satisfied with this game of Forney ? He is playing into their hands. lie has been bought and paid for by the Republicans, and, in the convenient disguise of a Douglas Democrat, he is faithfully serving0 his masters in his labors to keep open the divisions ofthe Democracy, so that " Old Abe Lincoln" may walk in between them in Pennsylvania, as Gen, Taylor iu New York walked over the course, between Cass and Van Bureu,in 18-18. . Hon. John Hickman, so notorious as the managing guardian and anti-Lecompton associate of Forney down to the organization ofthe last Congress, has discovered the folly of wearing his Douglas mask anylonger, and so he has come out and declared his intention to take the stump for Lincoln. Let the Democracy of Pennsylvania of both factions drop Forney, and act upon the principles of common sense, which arc embodied in every article, section and sentence of the Federal Constitution, and let Douglas men and Breckinridge men agree between themselves to save Pennsylvania in October and Xovember, if they can, and they will soon discover the real position of Forney. Ho will drop his Douglas domino, and appear from head to foot in the livery of the rail-splitters, whose cause he is now so zealously serving as a Republican spy in the Democratic camp. JVcw York Herald. : WHOSE THUNDER IS IT? Tlie Albany Evening Journal and the Atlas and Argus, are engaged in a controversy concerning the resocctivc claims of Lincoln aud Douglas to certain principles enunciated in the speech ofthe latter, on the occasion of his reception in Albany, on Friday ! evening last. The Journal, in noticing the speech, declared that it was precisely such an one as Lincoln would or could have made, had he been called out by his friends. It goes further, and. decla, es that " they arc the sentiments ofthe Republican party.' To this rather impudent claim to doctrines for which ' Doualas is supposed to hold the patent right, the Alias and "Argus interposes the charge that the Republicans are " stealing Douglas's thunder ;" and that seeing the popularity of the non-intervention doctrines upon which Mr. Doimlas is fighting the Presidential battle, they have deliberately set about "falsifying their own platform, and discarding its fundameutal doctrine, c, xc. - . : Now this is a most singular controversy, whatever; view we mav take of il. Either the Evening Journal is treating "Lincoln very shabbily, by attempting to; convince Republicans that they may just as well vote for Douglas as for the Republican nominee, or else ! Mr. Douglas, in his theories and declared views, isi supporters. We are not quite sure which of these two proposi - tions is nearest correct. The sincerity of the Seward leaders, in their professed support of Lincoln, is quite open to suspicion, and it is possible that they would be willin" to convince their friends that there is really no

running quite too near the brink ot the precipice j hsn tlie ollicial report ot the proceedings oi tue meet- i the gulf which separates National Democracy from . ing held in Biackshear, in Pierce county, on Tuesday, j

sectionalism to be at all acrreeable to his Democratic to ratify the nomination ot President and V ice rresi-

difference between Toting tor the Kepublican nominee : sembled iu .fierce county. J3y its numbers, respectaand for the " Little- Giant" himself. In fact, it is not bility, enthusiasm, and unanimity of sentiment, tho improbable that their friendship for the latter is quite meeting afforded a most gratifying evidence of the

as sincere as the former, and that they would rather see him in the Presidential chair. If, on the other hand, it be true that Mr. Douglas is really advocating Republican doctrines, it may become important for those of his supporters who still distin guish a difference between the Democratic and Re-; publican parties, to examine the position, and to see " whither they are drifting" in political affairs. We think we can suggest a safe and sure remcdv, tor au who ao not care no oe piaceu in a nuuunui uutude jiolitically. It is, discarding both Lincoln and Douglas, and leaving to their respective adherents to determine whose thunder it is that now reverberates about the State capital, and to enter heartily upon the sunnortof the National Democratic ticket, bearing tlie names Ot UrecKinnago aim jane. j.ney iu wus avoid all suspected affiliation with sectionalism, and! cast their influence and strength where, if at all, it can j redound to the success of Democratic principles andj policy. If it has come to pass that the difference be-1 f It? i r ii: : ri.. ,.l n...,., 11 , n it im :n i tween uncoiii ivepuuiicmiisuj au,t iwj vciumi; cannot be determined without argument and controTersy, it is time to discard both. Journal of Commerce. Boston. Ju!v 26. Tim n.nw.n;i ?raf rpntral committee at Woi cester vesterdav voted to call a State Convention &t

Springfield on the 6th of September. j vative and manly defence ot the right, 1 am in douDt A resolution endorsing Breckinridge and Lams was; as to the propriety of resistance, if Black Repubhcandeteated by a tie vote. j i im get-" control of tlie Government.

l Frora .the fcoulsvllU Courier.LETTER FROM SENATOR FITZPATRICK, The Douglas merrhei eabout are dreadfully shocked at the disunionism of Breckinridge and Lane ! They think the Government would not be safe in the hands of the Democratic candidate for President, and such men as Bright, Bigler, Gushing and Dickinson, whom he would call around him, to aid him by their counsels and their wisdom. But they have great confidence in Senator Fitzpatrick, of Alabama. There is no man in all the South, in their opinion, so well fitted for the Vice Presidency as Mr. Fitzpatrick. His record was known. The views he entertained had never been concealed. His votes in the Senate, his speeches in Congress, his addresses to his constituents were before the'pcoplc, .They knew what he had done, and said, and wrote. Still they indorsed him in the Convention. They nominated him for Vice President without an opposing voice, Their press and their people applauded the nominations. A hundred guns were fired by the Squatters i f Louisville, if we are not mistaken, to announce the tidings of the selection of Douglas and Fitzpatrick, the candidates for President and Vice President. Mr. Fitzpatrick, being thus indorsed, will not be accused of being a disuuionist. He is not a fire-eater. He is not a secessionist. He is, the Douglas men say, and we honestly believe, a sincere and loyal friend of the Union. And occupying this positio by the consent of all parties, the following letter, recently published, will be carefully read and duly weighed by the people of the whole country. Wetumpka, July 12, 18G0. Hon. J. M. Curry : Dear Sir Your favor of the 8th instant has just beon received. You say that there is a good deal of speculation as to my "preferences for the candidates now before the country for the TVau'ulmii-v ami Vie Presidency "and that VOU "would

be glad, if not inconsistent with my feelings, that I would indicate them." The office of Vice President is a high position, a nomination for which, if tendered me by a united Democracy, upon a proper platform, I am frank to say, I would not have declined. I could not accept the nomination with Mr. Douglas, for the reasons set forth in my letter of declension, and for others, which I said in that letter, I would not then ininose. I differ entirely with him on the Terri torial question, as set forth in my letter to Mr Iludg-j ins last fall, and as indicated bv my vote on the Sen-1 ! ate resolutions, commonly called the " Davis resolu-1 tions," which passed the Senate at the last session ot.j Differing as widely as we do upon the question of popular, or squatter sovereignty, and the protection oi slave property in the Territories, I could not have acrented the nomination with Mr. Doujlas on the plat form presented, without subjecting myself tothe imputation of having abandoned well matured opinions for the hope of obtaining power and place. I would have supposed that these opinions, publicly expressed, and my declension tor the nomination oi j the Vice Presidency, would have been a sufficient , guaranty that in selecting from the candidates 1 would at least vote for those whose political sentiments conform most nearly to my own. I have always been a Democrat, and adhered with fidelity to the principles and usages of the party. The divisions and disruptions of the convention at Baltimore should be, and I feel assured are, deplored and regretted by all Democrats, and by none, I am sure, more than myself. According in sentiment with the platform upon which Breckinridge and Lane have been nominated, I shall, as a matter of course, yield them, my suport. Very respectfully. Your obedient servant. BENJ. FITZPATRICK. PROGRESS - OF THE CAMPAIGN. NEW YORK. A New York correspondent of the Oswego 'Times, (Repub.) says; The Breckinridge and Laue meeting at the Cooper Institute was a perfect success, large and enthusiastic. iiivery one laminar witn our cuy count uui wn iu iiutice the presence of a large number of solid men, who j have seldom, if ever, attended any political meeting.j There is a niaiked difference in the social position of j the friends of Breckinridge, and that of the. friends of j Douglas in this vicinity. I It "therefore becomes the imperative duty of all Re-! publicans to be truly "wide awake." Let them spend !' their time and strength among the wavering. VIRGINIA. From a Friend in the Valley. The annexed is from a friend, well acquainted with ; the people of the Valley. We pla :e much reliance . on his information : . The lower Valley is almost a unit- tor Breckinridge j and Lane. . , We had a noble meeting to ratify their nominations ; in Winchester on the 14th. J. M. Mason, J. B. Hoge, i Andrew Hunter (the old AVhig orator,) J. R. Tucker j and T. M. Isbell all spoke. I In Warren and Shenendoah, the party is all right for Breckinridge and Lane ; so in Paris. I In Rockingham, public sentiment is fast changing to the same result, i learn. liicmnona examiner, GEORGIA. The Daily True Democrat, James M. Smytlie, editor, iiaa mado its first amiearahcc in AuL'iista. to advocate , j tnc cau5ie pf Buecki.nhidge aud Lane. The leading j d , co,lcludcs as ,bl!ows . ! , T t i it i What do the tnends of Breekinndg e and L ne dewhich nominated them for President and Vice Presi dent ? Did they demand the establishment of slavery ! in the Territories ? No. They demanded an cxpli-j cit declaration of the status of slavery in them. They t demanded that when the slaveholder goes to the Ter-i ritory with his slaves, he shall be protected there in i his rights of property. Was that haughty, imperious , or unuist ? Was it a wanton claim of unconstitiitional power ? You, people of Georgia and the South, i. !:,, f tl, f.t;M: will nnmir m anrl '. v --"-.--- that answer will be made m view of your homes threa-. fed with nivas.on, and your honor treated as though , t were a bursting and foolish bubble. , Bkeckinridge and Lane Ratification- Meet- ; ing in Pierce County. In another column we pub-j ! dent, and to appoint delegates to tne onvemion io . ' be held in Milledgeville to nominate Presidential, 1 Electors. i j The meeting brought together a large number of , the citizens of Pierce, Ware and Appling counties, j and was by far the largest political gathering ever as- j : . . ,i . ,i . n earnest and zealous devotion of the people of all par ties in the Southwestern section of the State to the ! platform of sound, constitutional principles on which i I Breckinridge, and Lane have been nominated. Sa- j vannah Sews, Thursday. ,j Mnitr. TTfi p. Tho Aniriista Dimatch. which has j eQn neutral in politics ever since it was first stalled, ' I come3 out for Breckinridge and Lane, and hoists their : ; n;tmeij at tue hj tl0 ,m,r. Well done, friend : ; Atkinson. ! NORTH CAROLINA. I ' From a Subscriber. I Pl.YMOfTH. N. C, Jiilv 20. ! North Carolina will go for Breckinridge and 1-ane . t i : oy a large majority. There has been spine speculation in the newspapers relative to the position of Senator Clingman,of North Carolina. But he now most nnequivocally declines to gUnport Mr. Douglas, and his influence will be given ' : ,. , . 0 ttie jjrecKinnage tictet. Enfield, N. C July 14, 1860. , We are almost unanimous in North Carolina for Breckinridge and Lane. If such had been the ticket of a unanimous Convention, what a glorious future i misht we not anticipate ! As it is, I am full of doubt and dread, for, with all my admiration of your conser-

HON. DANIEL 8 DICKINSON, OF NEW YORK. We conclude to-day the admirable speech of Daniel S. Dickinson, of New York, one of the noblest citizens of the Republic, delivered at the monster meeting ofthe Democracy at the Cooper Institute, in New York. For this speech, Mr. Dickinson has drawn upon his head the billingsgate of the time-serving of the Douglas class the bitter invectives of those he denounced with truth as the " political gamblers." And who are the men thus assailed ? As a Democratic Senator from the State of New York, he and the late Daniel Webster, while serving in the Senate, came in frequent conflict, and were not friends. In 1850, when the country was menaced with intestine commotion, when the Union and the Pnnalifiirinn wro nlik in rwril. danirer to the one be

ing danger to the other the destruction of the Constitution being the dissolution of the Confederacy, party feelings were lost sight of, and the nation then, in its hour of peril, saw the rainbow of promise iu the tmion of such men as Dickinson, Cass, Bright and others, on the one side, and-Webster, Clay, Clayton and others, on the other, striking hands and forgetful of all party animosities, rallying to the rescue of the country. After the storm had passed, Mr. Webster wrote Mr. Dickinson a note, which we give below. It does equal honor to him who wrote and to him who received it. Each had mistaken the other, for they had met but as partisans. But mingling together at the council board, where a conntry was to be saved, and seeing the deep patriotism exercised by the other, thev. at a moment when death, bv callina Mr. WebQtnr tn it a iev embrace, was about to Dart them, began tn learn how much each had mistaken the other. It was this feeling that, unasked, brought the following note from Mr. Webster to Daniel S. Dickinson. He may well regard it as a trophy more to be proud of 41 4.uft. .I an.. ,fft,n m-Mild mvi. fiv monarch be11U11I LUOI. niuii "., uiuv y V. . . stow : - " Washington, Sept, 27, 1850. 11 My Dear'tSir: Our companionship in the Senate is dissolved. After this long and most important session, you are about; to return to your home, and I shall try to find leisure to visit mine. ' I hope we may meet each other again, two months hence, tor the discharge of our duties in our respective stations in the government. But fife is uncertain, and I have not felt willing to take leave of you without placing in your hands a note, containing a "few words which 1 wish to say to vou. " In the earlier part of our acquaintance, my dear sir, occurrences took place which I remember with constantly increasing regret and pain : because, the more I have known of you, the greater has been my esteem for your character and my respect for your talents. I'tit'it is your noble, able, manly and patriotic conduct, in support ofthe great measures of this session, which has entirely won my heart and secured my highest regard. I hope you may live long, to serve your country, but I do not' think you are ever likely lo see a crisis in which you may be able to do so much . either for your own distinction or for the public good. You have "stood where others have fallen ; you have advanced with firm and manly step where others have wavered, faltered and fallen back, and for one, I desire to thank you, and lo commend your conduct out ofthe fullness of an honest heart. " This letter needs no reply. I pray you, when you 1 Xl l.l,l Mn.mtn.l.oM mtM ITnt reacn vour own wirtrMtuici, iu h.-iih.-uil kindly to your wife and daughter ; and I remain, my dearest sir, with the truest esteem, " Your friend and obedient servant, -DANIEL WEBSTER. "Hon. Dan'i. S. Dickixkox, U. S. Senate." Upon the head of such a man the abuse of partisan malice can pass as the idle wind, unheeded. Cleveland Democrat. THE PRESIDENCY. We are happy to fiud that our article the other day, proposing a plan of co-operation by which the friends of Breckinridge, Douglas and Bell, in the State of New York, can unite upon one electoral ticket, meets with general favor except from the Republicans, whose approval was not to be expected. Ave invite attention to the article which we copy to-day from the Albany Atlas and Argus, the leading Douglas paper in the State. It will be seen that that able and influential paper substantially indorses our plan. The New lork Express, one' of tho principal Union " papers in the State, has also spoken well of it. The New York Ikrald, ("which supported Fremont for the Presidency at the last Presidential election, and is doubtless In favor of Lincoln now, though it does not distinctly avow it,) opposes the plan, because it sees that it "would inevitably defeat Lincoln and elect Breckinridge. The Herald has discovered that a formidable conspiracy exists between the Journal of Commerce 'and the. Albany Atlas and Argus, in favor r I- .-.i.stlrt nnmn nrirt vlcinrv. riml nirainst Demo cratic distraction aud defeat. The key to this conspiracy is found in the fact that a brother of one of the editors of the Albany paper is connected with the editorial department of the Journal of Commerce. The Herald sees tricks and management where none exist. It is sufficient to say, that not a line of the article in question was written bv Mr. Comstock, (brother .... , 1 1 - . 1 At ot the Argus editor,; nor cuci ne see or near mure ui.ui half of it before it was printed. So much for that mare's nest. We wish there were some bond of union between all the Democratic editors and voters which would constrain them to co-operate for the common good and the good of the nation, and not destroy themselves for the sake of destroying each other, like the two men recently who, after drinking lovingly together till thev were'half drunk, got to fighting on the track of the jludson River Railroad, and held each other upon it when they saw the train coming, so as to be sure that the antagonist of each should be made mince-meat of on the sjxt, and sent to perdition. This is the kind of wisdom which the Herald recommends to the two branches of the Democratic party iu the State of NewYoik. We trust they are not foolish enough to take its advice. Journal of Comm"rce. POLITICAL. New York, July 25. The Breckinridge and Lane general committtee, of this city, organised this evening at the Irving Rooms, Gus'avus W. Smith in the chair. Every ward in the city was fully represented. Primary ejections were ordered to choose delegates to the Breckinridge State Convention, already called to assemble at Syracuse on the 17th of August. A resolution was passed requiring all members of this committee to retire from both Mozart and Tammany Halls, or from any other organization that sustains Stephen A. Douglas. New York, July 26. The New Jersey Douglas Convention adoped resolutions thoroughly in favor of Douglas and Johnson, and in reprobation of the prescriptive policy of the present Administration, also condemning the personal interference of the President in the choice of his successor. The Breckinridge Convention adopted a resolution recommending a union of all parties opposed to Lincoln and Hamlin, the whole electoral vote of the State to be cast for either of such candidates whom it will elect. The following electoral vote was reported: For Senatorial Electors Edwin A. Stevens and Peter B. Brown. For District Electors John R. Sickles, C. G. McChesney, Peter I. Clark, Benjamin Williamson, Wm. McDonald. The report was adopted unanimously, and the Convention adjourned sine die. We have sent a large number of prosiiectuse to our friends throughout the State. We hope that each one will exert himself to procure as large a subscription as possible. Let the people be thoroughly informed in regard to the true position of parties, and Douglas' doctrine of "Squatter Sovereignty" will fall as if touched by the spear of Ithuriel. Advertising. As our paper will have an extensive circulation throughout the State of Indiana, we solicit advertising on the usual terms. From the assurance of our friends, we believe that our circulation will equal or exceed that of any paper in Indiana.