Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1860 — Page 2

THE OLD LINE GUARD,

A. B. CARLTON, . . . EDITOR SATUKDAY, AUGUST 18. National Democratic Ticket. FOR PRKSIDENT, JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, OF KENTUCKY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, . JOSEPH LANE, -.- PP.-'OREGON.: L.; ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE: James Morrison, of Marion. Delana R. Eckels, of Putnam. DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1st District Richard A. Clements, of Daviess. 2d Dr. William F. Sherrod, of Orange. 3d " David Slieeks, of Monroe. 4th " Ethelbert C. Hibben, of Rush. . 5th " Samuel Orr, of Delaware. Ctli " Franklin Hardin, of Johnson. 7th " James A. Seott, of Putnam. 8th " Col. William M. Jenners, of Tippecanoe. 9th " James Bradley, of Laporte. 10th " Robert Breckinridge, jr., of Allen. 11th " John R. CoflYoth, of Huntington. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. 1st District J.B.Gardner, 2d Levi Sparks, 3d 4th Stli 6 th-: Geo. II. Kvle, Dr. B. F. Mullen, ; Alex. White, John R. Elder. James M. Tomlinson, Julius Nicolai, James Johnson, James M. Oliver, Thomas Wood, Thomas D. Lemon, G. F. R. Wadleigh, Dr. E. B. Thomas, ; 7th 8tii 0th 10th 11th , W. II. TALBOTT, Chairman. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET FOR GOVERNOR, THOMAS A. HENDRICKS, of Shelby. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, : ; : DAVID TUllPIE, of White. FOR SECKKTAKV OF STATE, WILLIAM II. SC11LATER, of Wayne. FOR AUDITOR OF STATE, JOSEPH RIST1NE, of Fountain. FOR TREASURER OF STATE, NATHANIEL F. CUNNINGHAM, of Vigo. FOR ATTOHNKT GENERAL, 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, 11. C. KERR, of Floyd. Congressional Mass Meetings " OF THE NATIONAL IEMOOKAOY, FAVORABLE TO THE ELECTION OF BEEOKINEIDCtE and la n e . Hon. JESSE D. BRIGHT, Hon. GRAHAM N. FITCH, Hon. W. II. ENGLISH, Hon. JAMES MORRISON, Hon. DELANA R: ECKELS, And the Electors for the District in which the meetings are held, will address their fellow citizens at 1 he following limes and places, commencing at one o'clock P. M.: Anderson, Monday, Sept. 17. Wabash, Wednesday, Sept. 19. Fort Wayne, Thursday, Sept. 20. Laporte, Friday, Sept. 21. Lafayette, Saturday, Sept, 22. Greencastle, Monday, Sept. 24. Vinccnnes, Tuesday, Sept. 25. New Albany, Wednesday, Sept. 26. Seymour, Thursday, Sept. 27. Napoleon, Friday, Sept. 28. Franklin, Saturday, Sept. 29. Centreville, Monday, Oct. 1. Connersville, Tuesday, Oct. 2. Brook ville, Wednesday, Oct. 3. Distinguished speakers from olher States have been invited, and it is confidently expected will attend, of which due notice will be given hereafter. U- THE TELEGRAPHIC REPORT THAT BRECKINRIDGE HAS CALLED A CONSULTATION OF HIS FRIENDS TO DECIDE UPON THE PROPRIETY OF HIS WITHDRAWAL, IS FALSE! Notice. There will be a meeting of the Democracy of Warren Township, at the Town house, on Saturday, the 25th inst, at 2 oclock, P. M. All are invited. Come and let us reason together. Organization is necessary; aud good speaking may be expeetcd from some of our candidates. Henry Brady, Chairman of the Warren Club. Attention, Rangers! The Joe Lane Rangers will meet to-night (Saturday), at early gas-iighting, in the third stoiy o -Blackford's building. A punctual and full attendance of all the members of the Club is earnestly desired. t?"The Douglasites of New York, at Syracuse, Wednesday, nominated candidates for Stat officers. AA'ill'iam Kelly, of Duchess county, is the nominee for Governor. C" We learn by a telegram from Harrisburg thr. the Douglasites of Pennsylvania have determined to nominate a Douglas electoral ticket.

3The Republicans of Kentucky generally Toted lor General Leslie Conibs, as' did also many of the DouJ ashes.

The Bell and Everett State Convention.

, . . , t . When our last issue went to press,, the Bell and Everett Convention had not completed its labors, and we gave but a brief account of the proceedings. This Convention, though exceedingly small in numbers, is of sufficient importance, in some respects, to require attention and comment. Col. A.' II. Davidson, of Marion, was elected temporary Chairman, and Dennis Gregg, of Floyd, tem porary Secretary. A Committee was appointed to report the names of permanent officers, who reported for President, Col. A. II. Davidson; Vice Presidents C. II. Baily, of Vigo; John D. Thomasson, of Lawrence; Henry Rodgers, of Switzerland T. E.Garvin, of Vanderburgf Captain MeekiD, of Floyd; G? W. Thompson, of Parke; John D. Stephenson, of Hamilton; Judge Crane, of Jasper; Col. S. S. Bass, of Allen; Elias Con well, of Ripley ; W. C. L. Taylor, of Tippecanoe. Secretaries Dennis 'Gregg, of Floyd, F. Y. Carlisle, of Vanderburg. The following persons were appointed a committee on resolutions: R. W. Thompson of Vigo; W. II. Dixon, of Clark; J. J. Hayden, of Ohio; F. Y. Carlile, of Vander'g; J. P. Early, of Laporte; Convention adjourned until the afternoon. AFTERNOON. The Convention re-assembled at half past 1. The following persons were appointed as SENATORIAL AND DISTRICT ELECTORS. Hon. J. E. Blvthe, of Vanderburg, and lion. R. W Thompson, of Vigo ; Alternates, John A. Bridgland, of Wayne, and Gideon Putnam, of Lawrence. First District John Baker, of Knox; Alternate, Thos. E. Garvin, of Vanderburg. Second District AV. II. Dixon, of Clark; Alternate, J. B. Hinckley, of Perry. Third District John Riley, of Lawrence; Alternate, John W. Wright, of Switzerland. : Fourth District J. J. Hay den, of Ohio; Alternate, A. (i. Dennis, of Dearborn. Fifth District J. H. McConnell, of Wayne; Alternate, Adolphus AAoodward, oi avne. Sixth District-Col. A. II. Davidson, of Marion: Alternate, Jas. L. Bradley, of Johnson. Seventh District Thos. B. Long, of Vigo ; Alter - nate, Dr. J. AV. Smith, of Owen. ' '.Eighth Diistrict Henry Frv, of Montgomery; A1 - ii' o r t i ' ei" ternate, A . C. L. lavlor, of lippecanoe. Ninth District J'. P. Early, of Laporte ; '".Alter - nate, Judge Crane of Jasper. Tenth 'District S. S. Bass, of .'Allen;' Alternate, Eleventh District John D.Marshall, of Grant; Alternate, W. R. Hale, of Wabash. Hon. R. AV. Thompson desired to say, before the vote was put, that he had for thirty years been devoted to this cause, had spoken many times in its defense, but at no time had tie arisen to speak under sucti cusi advanges and such embarrassing circumstances. For the first time in his life he had found his devotion to the nrincinles of the Union naitv susDected. An in- ' ferenee that he was not with this' party, and that ho had declared for Lincoln. He had no such thought, ! had uttered no such sentiment. (Cheers.) Had said in a speech at lerre Haute the other evening that he . .f ... liai known Lincoln. had served with him ill ConL'ress. and that he believed him to be an honest man and a gentleman. All who knew him knew that he made it I a rule to always speak well, in a personal sense, of the l lcadin men of the, dav. however much he might dif-

j fer with them-politically, and it was in this light the j Douglas men, and they were in high glee at the prosj remark was made. He could not divine how the ut-, pect of the "Americans" being turned over, body, soul i tering of such opinions incapacitated him from serving amJ breeches, lo the Douglas party. But all' those in this partv. He was a member of the Convention ... , , , . i which nominated Bell and Everett, and never in his i fond ll0Pes were dashed, to pieces by the speech of

waking or sleeping moments had he entertained a! thought or wish that they ought to or should be aban-. doned. tie should stand as he had nlwavs heretofore stood, on that political ground, and in defense of those ; ; i i u i i'. i.. TJ ; i principles upon which this Lnion can only stand. lie ! had doubted the expediency of some movements made j Oy some OI Ills luui.'ai lliuuus,uiiuil iuibiic umv pressed his individual opinions, The suspicion to which he had alluded embarrassed him, and he asked it as a personal favor, upon that ac count ana or oiuer leasous W e-xcuseu i.u v-j request from a lack of devotion to the cause. His : private business was such that it might call him out of! the United States before the Presidential election, and i this might embasrass the party and he did not desire j to be placed in a position which might seriously interfere with his private affairs. ! Hc assured the Convention that the fact of his being i left off would not prevent his rendering service to the - party, whenever occasion offered. j Considerable discussion ensued on Col. Thompson's : request, and finally a motion was put and carried that : he be excused, for which he returned his thanks, and said that on any occasion, when called upon, he would address the people, and would fight as zealously as any one for Bell and Everett, The District Electors were I then confirmed. GOV. MOltEHEAD's SPEECH

Gov. Morehead, of Kentucky, was then introduced, ; of tI,e Parl' were for disunion, although a few and addressed the audience. He is a good looking, ' the Gulf States may be for a Southern Congood humored man, of considerable ability, but not federacy. much of an orator. We have not space to give his! 1Ie tben Pa!d his resPccts to t,,e DouSIas A speech in full. He glorified Old Kentuckv-uIogized ! Sreat man)' sfl"attei-s were present, all agog, waiting Bell and Everett-abused the Breckinridge party, ! see what wou,d UP" nd t0 hcnr lt the and soft-soaped the Douglas men. Having lately speaker had to say about them, and hoping he would come out of the canvass in Kentucky, where the warp j U ut the Bul1 m,!n to Do- ImaSmc their-cha-and the woof of the speeches of the Bell and Everett ! g and mortification, when Col. Thompson declared speakers consisted in the most fulsome praise of Doug-! thut the Douglas faction tea, a sectional party. It fell las and his men, he only spoke his same Kentucky ; and bursted like a bomb among the squatters. The speech-abusing Breckinridge, and tickling the ' Col. continued : " Douglas was nominated exclusively Domdasmen. j by the North. No bona fide delegation from any

. n - rt ' ,1 j u j v , i Col. R. W . Thompson was called upon, but declined , . - . , owing to the lateness of the hour. Jas. G. Bryant moved that the Executive Committee be authorized to fill any vacancies which might occur in the electoral ticket. Adopted. The Committee on Electors then reported the name of Wm. K. Edwards, in nlace of R. AV. Thompson, as j

Senatorial Elector, which was confirmed by the Con-J Ryan "Alabama and Louisiana." vention. I Mr. Thompson " My friend says Alabama and The Committee on Address and Resolutions report-j Louisiana ; but I tell you that the preiended delegates ed the following, which were unanimously adopted: from those States were Iwgus, and had no more right Utsolved, That we accept and ratify the platform! to act for the people of those States, than the Canadiadopted, and the nominations made for President audi ans who represented Texas in the Chicago Conven-

v ice l'resident, at iSaitimore, on me iuin uay oi iuay last, and that we pledge ourselves, collectively and individuallv, to supK). t John Bell for President, and Edward Everett for Arice President, at ihe approachV ice JL'residcnt, at liaitimore, on the lUth uay oi juay ing Presidential election. Being resolutely opposed to fusion or alliance with any other political organiza tion, we are resolved to adhere to our ticket ana platr form, through good and evil report in defeat or vic tory regardless of the allurements ot one party, or the" denunciations of another honestly and fearlessly following our own convictions, and doing our duty to the Union, whatever may be the effects of our course upon the fate of other parties leaving the consequences to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, who has guided our country safely through all its past perils. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIANA. Led by our long-cberished principles, and impelled by apprehensions which the course of violent sectional parties have awakened, of serious danger to the country, we have united in the formation of a Union party in Indiana, and adopted the comprehensive platform and ticket of the National Union party, for the pur pose of bringing all conserv ative and Union loving j meu in the Stale under one standard, mat mey may act efficiently together for the preservation of the Union, and to promote the harmony and peace of the country. Having no affinities with any of the sectional parties that have unfortunately arisen within the past few

years, and excluded by our convictions of public duty from any connexion or action with them, we should,

without nnv organization and tickef of our own, bo I . aWmin ,li.ienl disfranchised in one of the most alarming political crises and important elections that have ever occurred in our history. We must stand the silent and idle spectators of the destruction of the government and the Union, or raise our banner and rally under it for the support of the Constitution and its sacred institutions. We can make our numbers and our sentiments known only by votes. Ou our numerical strength will our moral influence to stay the mad cause of fanaticism and to arrest the designs of sectionalists, depend. Every vote, though it may bo east where it will not elect or defeat any one, will count for something in the aggregate numbers of those who in every State will pledge themselves by their votes in the coming election to stand by the Constitution as it is, and to insist on the execution of the laws. If we should not elect our candidates ns we now believe we shall we shall array before the country a body of a million and a half of independent voters, living in every hamlet, town and country throughout every region and section of the land, who cannot be swayed from a fearless performance of duty by the fanaticism of one section, nor the sectional spirit of others. Our candidates are tried, able statesmen, devoted to the interests of the whole country, on whose brilliant and spotless record of public service for forty years, fanatical zeal and party prejudice cannot find a fault on which to utter a slander. They are such men as every good man would select from his countrymen to present to the world and to history as the noblest specimens of the American character, and of the statesmen produced under a Republican Government. If we do not triumph in this conflict, we shall, if we are loyal to our cause, form a nucleus around which the honest and conservative men of all parties will find it necessary to rally, as dangers to our Union thicken, and in the next contest that shall involve the integrity of the Confederacy, its safety and defence will be our keeping. The unanimous thanks of the Convention were returned to Governor Morehead for his able address, and also a vote of thanks to the proprietor of the hall for the use of the same. After music by the band, and cheers for Bell and Everett, the Convention adjourned sine die. i In the evening, about 8 o'clock, a large number of j p(.rsonSi of ali pities, assembled at the Palmer House j ' , , ,,,, .... conler to ear Col.. R. . ihompson. After music by t'e band, Mr. Thompson was loudly called for. It ; had been arranged, however, for Robert G. Hamilton, j Esq., of Louisville, to speak first. Being a young man : , , ,. ... ... T ,. and a stranger, we have no disposition to criticise Ins c. 1 ; speech. It is enough to say that the conclusion was the best part of it, and was highly gratifying to the 1 audience..'- -The .'.young man is a Bell and Everett Elector in Kentucky, and made his same Kentucky speech by which .he persuaded Douglas men to vote for Combs to defeat the Democratic nominee for Clerk of the Court of Appeals. One incident, however, is worthy of notice. Mr. Hamilton was bragging in spread-eagle stjle about beating McClarty by 20,000 majority. "Who helped you ?" asked a Brkckinniiir.E man iu the crowd. " Honest Domjlas men j was the reply. Evidently Governor Morehead and jjr Hamilton were so well pleased with the Douglas ; men for ho, them boat tlc Democratic partv in ' . ' ; ki.ntm.L-,. flifif thru ronlli' fliicim 1 1 r. I mpn nf ln- ' vv "v ! diana to vote for Douglas. " You tickle me and I'll , tickle you." ! Such, indeed, was the hope and expectation of the Col. Thompson. Gov. Morehead and Mr. Hamilton had spoken so kindly of the Douglas men, tW. they iloped to KCt Col. Thompson and the whole American .' . . A, , ' party : uui soon muir iuv was uiriieu muj uioui miig, ' 1 . . . b' and their rejoicing into lamentation. COL. THOMPSON S SPEECH. None but a skillful stenographer could give an adequate idea of Col. Thompson's speech at the Palmer H Qn Wednesc ; ht We have heard him op ten from J 840 to this time, but never heard him make a more able speech than on this occasion. After an eloquent exordium of considerable length, in which he streteh(,d tlie w5 of t,,e great American bird as n. , -'l,, j . . , onl.v Dlck Thompson can do it, he took up the argument, and discussed the position of the various parties 'with great ability and ingenuity. He contended that a1 the parties were sei.t jona exCOpt tie Ben an( v. erett party that the convention Which nominated ti,cse candidates was represented by delegates from every one of the thirty-three States of the Union. lie exhorted the Bell and Everett party in Indiana to form no coalition with other parties, but to stand to their own flag, and vote for their own candidates. He indulged in no low-flung abuse of the Breckinridge and Lane party; he did not believe the Southern btate participated m the H ront-street 1 he1 . ' ... ater Convention, which brought out Mr. Douglas. Here the inevitable Dick Ryan spoke : " Thai's not true, Mr. Thompson .'"'-. Mr. Thompson " I tell you it is true, and I want the gentleman who denies what I say to name any one State,;on) or Horace Gn , .' , t; ,s a Puru T , Lincoln and I tell ,;on) or Horace Greeley to represent Urcgon. Dougtional candidate as much so as Mr. 11 you further, that Douglas cannot receive a single electoral vote in the United States!" The Col. then went on and poured volley after volley into the Douglas men, and told them not to stand out in the cold they bad no chance of success. But he invited men of all parties to come and vote for Bell and Everett With 'a thrillingly beautiful perorition, the orator concluded, amidst the greatest applause and enthusiasm. O The Danville (Vt.) North Star, says it seems pretty evident that either Lincoln, Breckinridge or Lank, must be our next President Therefore, why should not every National Democrat prefer the success of one of the two latter than the former ? AATe do. And it is only the extreme men of each wing of the Democratic party that will oppose such a co-operation on union tickets as will prevent their carrying doubtful States against the Republicans. 43T Hon. Jesse D. Bright was in this city yesterday.

The Cincinnati Enquirer and its Washington Correspondent " Cleveland,"

AVe have more than once warned our readers against the lying statements of the Cincinnati Enquirer, a paper which, for unblushing, brazen-faced mendacity, has no equal in the United States. Not only so, but it keeps a correspondent (Cleveland) at Wash ington city for the express purpose of communicating lies by telegraph to the Enquirer. That paper of yesterday has the following editorial: A private note from AVashingtoli informs us that good authority there states that Mr. Breckinridge had already sent his resignation to the Secession Commit tee at Washington, and that through the influence of senator liright, who was sent for, and taken from the canvass in Indiana, to come. toAVashington,Mr. .Breckinridge s letter had been suppressed. Also, the following despatch from " Cleveland," its correspondent, at Washington City : " A shameful declaration was made the other day by Jesse Di Bright. In a conversation with some gentlemen, all of whom he supposes are actuated by the same spirit that moves him, he said that he had no sympathy with Breckinridge, nor never had, either with him or the crowd with whom he is trained ; that Breckinridge answered a good purpose in helping to defeat that demagogue, Douglas, which was all that was required of him," Mr. Bright happening to be in this city, we called his attention to the above paragraphs, and he pronounces each of the above statements, so far as they relate to him, to be FALSE, WILFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY FALSE AND CALUMNIOUS; nothing having occurred at any time or place upon which to base even a 'shadow of cither one of the above statements. lie does not choose to notice the Enquirer, or its lying correspondent in a public manner. But we deem it due to the cause of truth, to brand and blister the Lie upon the forehead of the lying editor and its equally mendacious correspondent. The Enquirer has, for a year or two, been lying and calumniating every leading man of the Democratic party, .who is opposed to Douglas, parti iiilarly Mr. Bright, because it is aware of his power and ability and influence with the Democratic party. Population of Indiana. U. S. Marshal English, and his Assistants, are rapidly finishing up the taking of the census of this State, and we are informed that all the returns are expected to be in by the first of September. Thus far, the returns received approximate very closely to the Mar shal's estimate when districting the State, which made the population 1,440,000. The population in 1850 was 990,258, The cities and towns generally fall below the estimate, but the country comes fully up to it. Below will be found a statement of the comparative population in 1800 and 18G0, in several of the coun ties, viz.: 1S50. . . .10,354 . . 8,25 7 .. 10,9 70 . . 5,St)4 . . 6,U6 7 .. 7,850 . . 3,424 ..15,049 . .14,822 . .16,445 . .10,955 . . 3,534 .. 6,881 ..12,109 T,420 . . 5,190 18G0. 13,319 13,485 1G,000 10,000 12,393 14,704 4,440 15,800 19,531 17,200 18,808 8,000 7,200 17,620 io,Of4 10,750 Daviess.. V . . . . DeKalb. . . . . . Delaware. Fulton ... Howard. . . . .. Huntington. . . Jasper. . . . . , Parke....... Ripley. Rush"... . ... St. Joseph.. . . Tipton. ... .-. . Union . . .... . Wabash Warren. . . -i Whiteley. . . . Newton County taken off of Jasper since 1850. Douglasism wishes to Fuse in Illinois ! In Illinois, the home of Mr. Douglas, the State he was to carry by countless thousands of a majority, the tide has so changed " the sober, second thought " has been so efficient, that the Douglas men are now exceedingly anxious to run a mongrel Electoral Ticket, composed of Breckinridge, Douglas, and Bell men, in order to prevent Lincoln from carrying the State. Dr. L. D. Boone, of Chicago, is said to be one of the leading men in getting up this fusion, and is willing to pledge that the Douglas Electoral Ticket shall be withdrawn if the supproters of Breckinridge and Lane, and those of Bell and Everett will agree to a Union Ticket, to bo composed of four Douglas men, three for Breckinridge, and three for Bell. Democrats should watch the Old Line Guard, the Pennsylvanian, and papers of that stripe. They teem with falsehoods and misrepresentations against the Democratic party and its regularly chosen standardbearers. Logansporl Pharos. Democrats need not watch the Logansport Pharos, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and papers of that stripe. They teem with falsehoods and misrepresentations against the Democratic party and its regularly chosen standard-bearers, Breckinridge and Lane, to sue! an extent that they need no watching, for everybody has found out they arc totally unreliable. Hon. 0. L. Dunham, Douglas elector for the State at large, is advertised to make a speech at Foster's school house, in Lawrence county. He has also spoken at several precincts in that county. The cause of Douglas must be getting desperate indeed, which requires a candidate for the high position of elector for the State at large for the Presidency, to speak at cross-roads and district school houses. The First Squatter. Douglas, in his speeches, represents nearly everybody, who has been of any impoitanee in the world, to have been squatter sover eigns. The first squatter, the Philadelphia News thinks, was mentioned by Milton: " Squat like a toad, dose at the car of Eve Essaying, by his devilish art, to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, phantoms and dreams." Am. Right but Two. A State Convention of the Maryland Democracy was held at Baltimore on Tuesday, to fill vacancies in the Presidential electoral ticket A report was presented stating that all the electors nominated, save two, have declared for Breckinridge and Lane. The electors had been nominated before the disruption at Baltimore. .Georgia. On the 14th ult a meeting one of the meetings we read about was held at Ringgold, Geor gia, for the purpose of ratifying the nominations ofl Douglas and Johnson. There being only three not three hundred nor three thousand, but only thre? men present, the meetLig was unanimously adjourned, sine 'die. C3A Chicago correspondent of the Cleveland Leader writes : It- is a positive fact tliat most of the Douglas meeU ings in this State have been slimly attended. The squatters arc discouraged, djsniayed.

A Voice from Tipton County. Mr. Editor: In the last issue of the Tiplon Democrat, under the head of flying converts, I sec that the editor has issued his manifesto, or bull of excommunication, and is preparing himself to read me out of the Democratic party. Perhaps it may look becoming for this gentleman, whose sojourn in our State has not been of sufficient length of time to entitle him to citizenship, and whose Democracy is not of that a"e to admit of running at large without being bundled up in swaddling clothes, to talk of reading me out of the Democratic party. I would caution the gentleman to be exceedingly careful while issuing his bull of excommunication, that he does not sign his own deathwarrant.I wouy aM j;te to know jf jg paper bull -is capable of reading or butting me out of the party?

Jiut, says the gentleman, that I should have gone down to Indianapolis and there become suddenly enlightened I I admit that I was in Indianapolis, yet it was upon business not so much for myself, but my friend, the editor of the Democrat, who was sick, and that nigh unto death ; cause oimaludy, a large tubercle forming in his imbecile brain, which was liable at any time to collapse, and sink him into an abolition pit. I was told by a learned Doctor to go home and administer lobelia and vomit him out of the party, and sliould that fail, give him a purgative and purge him out. I am now admin'stering the antidote, and sliould it fail, it is not because there is no virtue in the medicine. Again, he stigmatizes ine as being one of the camp followers of Mr. Douglas in '58. I admit such to be the fact, and for his special benefit would add, that it was with great reluctance I then supported him, for he never was my particular favorite or choice. In '58 I had the honor to represent the county in which I then lived, as a delegate to the State Convention, and after going into that Convention as a consistent Democrat, I was under obligations to support whoever was the nominee. Mr. Douglas was endorsed, and I enlisted for that particular .campaign, but not for all time to come. And should Mr. Douglas have been nominated at Baltimore, according to Democratic usages, and not forced upon an unwilling Democracy against their known will and just sense of right, I should have considered it obligatory, not alone upon me, but every good Democrat, to rally to his support. But he is no more the nominee of the Baltimore Convention than John C. Breckinridge, and I claim not that for him, AVhen the party separated, and took issue upon a great National question, and agreed to appeal to the Democracy of the country to discriminate who was right and who was wrong, I considered that I had a right to exercise my supreme sovereignty, discriminate and vote for whom I pleased, without having my Democracy called in question by an editor of an eight-by-ten county paper, whose Democracy is as much appreciated as his editorial balderdash. I would refer the editor to the catalogue of distinguished gentlemen who supported Sir. Douglas in '58, and inquire 'where they stand to-day? Hickman, Morris, and a host of others have abandoned Mr. Douglas, and consider him a sinking and foundering vessel, not capable of standing the shock of the present political storm. They look upon him as a dangerous and uncompromising demagogue, who would sacrifice his country and his friends to reach the goal of his ambition. They have parted with him, mounted a Lincoln rail, and rode into the Republican camp, while I have acted the better part of wisdom, and returnod to my Fathor'a Koueo to receive, bis pardon and benediction. My candid opinion is, that there is no possible chance of Mr. Douglas' election, as the contest is between John C. Breckinkidge and Abraham Lincoln. In November next, my friend Hendry will discover that Stephen A. Douglas ends his political existence upon the same scaffold that' Martin Van Buren made his exit. Mr. Douglas, in his speech upon the Compromise Measures of 1820, declared that the said "Compromise was canonized in the hearts of the American people, and that no ruthless hand would dare to disturb it ;" but thirteen days had only elapsed, when, with the nonchalance ef Satan himself, this same Douglas presents a bill for its abrogation ; and when my friend Hendry doubts my consistency, I would refer him to the above facts. I am for the gallant Kcntuckian, John C. Breckinridge. ED. AVALLACE. From Vanderburg County. Evansvillk, Aug. 15, 1860. Mr. Editor: Enclosed find three dollars, for which send three copies of The Old Line Guard to the addresses of . Judge Eckels speaks here to-night. Preparations have been made to give him a full house, to hear the exponent of truth, honesty and equal rights. Tho first Congressional district is all right; all that is required is good, sound Democratic documents. Send on The Old Line Guard. Yours, Buck and Breck. Democrat. Sullivan, Ind., Aug. 16, 1860. Mr. Editor: "Still they come!" Enclosed is one dollar for The Old Line Guard for -. AA'e are doing the work out here still, smooth and even along, without parade, bluster or blowing, but I think, certain. It is said a little leaven leavens the whole lump; so mote it be. AVe have some of the sfdt of the earth out here, that never flickers ; who are ever ready to give a reason for the faith which is in them, and contend for justice, the Equality of the States, and the protection of person and property. Yours, &c. C. P. S. Arery dry here. AA'e had a fire in town last night ; a confectionery was burnt down. From Bartholomew County. Colvmiivs, Ind., Aug. 15, i860. Mr. Editor: I sA it announced by posters through out the country, that Joseph E. McDonald is to address his fellow citizens at this place on Friday next, and it struck me as being rather inconsistent, as (if I remember rightly) he is the same J. E. McDonald that was a candidate for Attorney General in 1858, who was so severely scratched by the " originals " of this county, and Judge Otto voted for instead ; and is it possible that he is here by the invitation of these same men who so abused him two years ago, to try to make proselytes to their cause ? But I presume that the allurements of office have carried him, too, along with many others, into the ranks of the enemy. Last night we were regaled with a Douglas-Aboli tion speech, from one Col. E. Dumont, which I think was calculated to do good in the cause of Breck. and Lane, as the Republicans say that it contained just such doctrine as they have been preaching all the time. His main effort seemed to be to convince the people tliat the Constitution did not recognize property in slaves, aud of the abuse of the" National Dem ocratic party. A few such pop-gun speeches would do