Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1860 — Page 1

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H H LLd A THE CONSTITUTION, THE UNION, AND THE EQUALITY OF THE STATES!

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THE OLD LINE GUARD. IS PUIJhISHKl) xx i - w m m u: l , .A Tu I J I A. IV Al'OLlS lw JV D I A N A BV EL.DEK & IIAKKNESS. TERMS, 1. 00, until after the Presidential Election. In advance, in all cases. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. From a Special Correspondent of the N. Y. Dny-Hook. The Abolition Raid iu Texas. Fort Worth, Texas, August 12, 1860. By the last mail the Secretary forwarded you a copy of the proceeding of perhaps one of the largest meetings ever assembled together on a similar occasion in Northern Texas. I propose to give you a short history of the past few weeks the state of public sentiment, so far as I have been able to appreciate it, (the feelings .of those present pre portrayed in the 4th and 5th resolutions sent you,) and to make a few observations on t he state of parties here, the necessary consequences which must follow the election of Lincoln to the Presidency. ' About five weeks ago the town of Dallas was burned; on the same day Denton shared the same fate, and several other towns in Northern Texas were fired. In quick succession there were a number of country residences set on fire. Quite a number of our citizens had all they had on earth burnt up wheat, corn, rye, oats, fencing, &c, &c. ' ' .'. A few weeks before these things occurred, a lire had been discovered about 12 M. in the store of Messrs. Field & Kennedy, of this place. These circumstances led to the formation of Vigilance Commit tees in almost every county in Northern Texas. In the county of Dallas the discovery was made that the negroes had fired the town of Dallas and the residences and farms of its citizens; that there was in each county a leader who was a white man, whose name was kept secret from most of the negroes, and that slow matches wore furnished by him to the negroes, which they applied to the houses which they determined to destroy. There was also found a large quantity of poison in the possession of the negroes, which, when gathered together, would have filled a half barrel. It was abo discovered that these Abolition incendiaries had been sent here by Abolition Aid Societies. In Fort Worth, a suspicious character, recently from the State of Minnesota, was carefully watched. He was betrayed by one of the negroes, detected, and hum? without an hour's warning. He had told that he expected a large number of six-shooters on every day, and since he was hung the revolvers, 300 in number, have come to his address, marked "clocks," in three separate boxes, 100 in each. These discoveries are not confined to Dallas and Tarrant counties, but extend to a very considerable portion of Northern Texas. The first Monday in August, (election day,) was the day of general revolt. I wTll add that the man hung in Fort Worth was not the only one who shared the same fate, and there has been a general stampede among the suspicious, several of whom could only save their necks by flight. The Vilance Committees have determined to order no one to leave, but to hang every man who puts his feet on Texas soil, avowing the " doctrines" of the Abolitionists. To appreciate the feelings of our citizens, you would have to be in our midst at this time. Our houses, &c, were not only to be burned and our citizens murdered, but the young women and little girls were to be saved to become the concubines of these fiends of hell. Our citizens look upon an Abolitionist as a murderer and incendiary as one who advocates principles which must necessarily lead to every species of iniquity known in the catalogue of crime. They know there is an Abolition Aid Society forwarding six-shooters here, with which to murder us. and then commit every species of enormity on the mothers, sisters, wives and daughters of Southern citizens. The scene is too revolting to contemplate. I would to God it was untrue. . .' , , The great heart of the people here is with Breckinridge and Lane. They look upon Douglas' " popular sovereignty" doctrine as "freesoil" in tendency and practice, and consequently destructive of the rights of the South, incendiary in practice if not in principle. They believe that Lincoln is the head and representative of this Abolition Aid Society, which sent John Brown to Virginia, and which is now giving us so much trouble here. We desire to preserve a Union of free, equal and sovereign States, with that protection which the Constitution guarantees to us; just such a Union as is represented by the party which nominated Breckinridge and Lane, and in no oilier way can this Union be saved. Yours, respectfully, J. AV. S. FURTHER ACCOUNTS. ritOM AX OLD CORRESPONDENT. J Marshall, Texas-, August 12, 1860. Editors of the Evening Day-Book : The wildest excitement prevails throughout the north-western, north-eastern, and the central portions of Texas, in consequence of Abolition incendiarism. I have no doubt but you have 6ecn, ere this reaches you, the burning of Dallas, Denton, Black Jack Grove, and quite a large number of stores and mills. Loss estimated at between 1,500,000 and 82,000,000 ! Since then the Abolitionists have been detected in attempts to fire a number of other towns south of the above, and in an extensive plan of insurrection among the negroes, headed by these demons of hell ! On some plantations the negroes have been examined, and arms and ammunition in considerable amount have been found in their possession; they all admit they were given to them by these Lincolnites. Every dav we hear of the burning of some town, mill, store, or farm-house. Henderson was burnt to ashes on the j 6th instant, being the general election day lor State and county officers. We hear of two or three other towns burnt on the same day. i Women and children have been so frightened by j these burnincfs and threatened rebellion of the ne groes, that in several instances they have left their homes in their flight, and when found were almost confirmed maniacs! Military companies are organized all over the State, and one-half of our citizens do constant patrol duty. The plan was to burn all of the towns, thereby destroying the arms and ammunition, also country stores, mills, farms, corn-cribs, &c. Then on election day they were to be headed by John Browns, and march South for Houston and Galveston city, whero they would all unite, and after pillaging and burning those two cities, the negroes were promised by these devils incarnate that they would have in readiness a number of vessels, and would take them forthwith to Mexico, where they would be free. The credulity of the negro is so great, that he can be induced to believe almost any thing, no matter how impossible it may be, particularly when lie is informed by a shrewd white man that the thing can be done, and that he will lead them on and accomplish the object. But the end is not yet It is now lieeoming a settled conviction in the South that this Union cannot sulsist one day after Abe Lincoln has been declared President, for they (the people of the South) have made up their minds that tliey had rather die, sword in hand, in defense of their homes, their wives, their children, and slaves, in defense of the Constitution, the laws, and their sacred honor, than tamely submit to an organized system of , robberr, a degraded and Inathtome wherae or amal

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gamation, a breaking up of the compromises of the Constitution, and a total exclusion of the South from the common Territories of the country won by their blood and treasure. AV. R. D. AV. Hon. John II. Reagan, M. C, has written a letter to ills brother, Morris Reagan,- which is published in the Austin Gazette. Here is the letter: Palestine, August 18, 1860. . Dear Brother: I was called to the court house yesterday, when writing to you, to attend a meeting in relation to the negro disturbances, and did not write to you what is going on in that respect. A plot has been discovered in Tennessee colony, and extending out from there, between some white men and nearoes, similar to that in Dallas, Ellis, and Tarrant counties. Indeed, it is regarded as part of the same plot to poison as many people as they could on Sunday nisht before the election, and on the day of the election to burn the houses and kill as many of the women and children as they could while the men were gone to the election, and then kill the men as they returned home. On last Saturday two white men, who lived up near Catfish bayou, were hung as the ringleaders of the plot in this county. Our vigilance committees and patrol have been active here in guarding against other dangers and in investigating this matter. One negro has been hung in Henderson and one in Cherokee county, and we are informed that the town of Henderson has been burned supposed by incendiaries but no particulars yet. I am strongly persuaded, from all I can learn, that these things must be the result of an abolition plot arranged elsewhere than in Texas, and that its execution has been committed to the desperate set of Kansas outlaws or similar men. And I do not think one of them ought to be permitted to leave the State alive where his complicity can be clearly shown. Your brother, John II. Regan. The New Orleans Picayune says that the burning of towns in Texas will fall heavily upon New York merchants, they having enjoyed the greater part of the trade of the State. The Prospect of a Union in New York, We were of opinion that Democrats ought not to divide, for the benefit of the Opposition, by nominating a candidate at Baltimore, the presentation and clamorous pressing of whose claims at Charleston had already divided the party, and whose withdrawal was alone necessary to restore unity. When the evil was accomplished we .were of the opinion that the two wings of the party should still act together, so as to carry a majority of the States against Lincoln. The Douglas managers determined that no such union should take place, and his central committee, through Mr. Miles Taylor, issued their imperial decree to that eflect. Mr. Douglas himself repeatedly denounced the idea of any action based upon the idea that Democrats should "not divide for the benefit of the Opposition," and only a few days ago, in Newark, after misrepresenting the position of the Breckinridge branch of the party, said : "I will torm no fusion, no coalition with any body of men who hold opinions on this leading issue (squatter sovereignty) in contravention of my own." The fact is self-evident that the Douglas-Bell coalition is a combination not against Lincoln, but against Breckinridge. If that is not the object, why does Mr. Douglas dragoon his forces in Kentucky to vote for the anti-Democratic candidates, and chuckle over the result? W hy do his supporters unite with the Bell party in every Southern State where the combination is expected to defeat Breckinridge, and to run a separate ticket where that seems the most effectual policy to accomplish the same result ? Why does the following dispatch appear in the New Yoi k News, Douglas' organ, this morning, as "good news," if the object of the coalition is not to give the State of Pennsylvania to Lincoln ? "Not only the National Commiltee, but Mr. Douglas himself, sustains Col. Forney in his opposition to the Breckinridge fusion ticket in Pennsylvania. Having united with the Union party, any amalgamation with the seceders will be considered a breach of contract." V Mr. Douglas and every one of his authorized agents, having scouted the idea of any union with the Breckinridge party in every shape and form, the game is now to talk union at the Breckinridge men in this State with such blustering pertinacity as will drive some weak-kneed members of that party into the Douglas camp, after that gentleman himself has declared that he will not have their services. There is no sane man pretends to imagine that the Douglas and Bellmen can carry this State, without the earnest co-operation of the supporters of Breckin-j ridge. And yet Mr. Douglas declares that he will "form no coalition with them." The object of himself and his agents seems to be, as we have said, to keep up the two organizations in this State, but to brow-beat timid Democrats into his ranks, and thus, with the aid of his Know Nothing supporters, be able to show a heavier vote than Breckinridge, It is against Breckinridge that he and his Bellite allies are working. He is stumping the South now. Who is he opposing there ? Lincoln ? Is he afraid the Republicans wilt carry Virginia or the Carolinas ? No, it is Breckinridge he is opposing; and he hopes to place him in a minority in the Southern States by the aid of the Bellites, and at the North ho will give Pennsylvania and every State which a united Democracy could carry, and whose vote might, in any contingency, be given to Breckinridge to the Republican candidate. Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle. Mr. Douglas don't care particularly about the Presidency. In a recent speech at Newark, New Jersey, Mr Douglas said: " I talk plainly to you, but there is no reason why I should not do to. '. To me the Presidency is a matter of very little importance. I confess that my ambition, my individual choice, would be to retain a seat in the Senate in preference to the Presidency. And if I am elected, I shall deem that I make a great sacrifice in accepting the office, rather than gain by the change of place. If, therefore, I consent to accept your votes, I shall do it expressly on the condition that I render you as great a favor by accepting the gift at your hands, as you do in offering it Laughter. I do not want the office, except it is for your good and the good of your children, and of their posterity." It is really a good thing Mr. Douglas cares so little about this matter. Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed 1 It was no doubt the same teeling tnat preyea upon him at Newark the feeling of utter despondency which caused hiiu to write to confidential friends at Washington in favor of a declension, but which liisj Trivate Secretary and others prevented, by starting the Roorback that Mr. Breckinridge, whose cause is every day brightening, had it in contemplation to do the same thing. If let alone, Mr. Douglas would decline within the next thirty days, and we are not certain but that ho will any how. If lie remains a candidate, he will not be known to history as tueli, for he will not receive a single electoial vote. . - - - Missouri. The Republicans have not elected a sinle member of the Legislature outside of fct Louis count v. The idea of the Republicans earning the State" is akin to the ridiculous. Breckinridge and Lane will carry it beyond a doubt. J. DePeyster Ogden, one of the Bell men put on the Douglas-Bell fusion in New Yoik, has declared his intention to withdraw if Douglas is to have all the advantage of the coalition, and Bell none of it. The Virginia Argus says that Hampshire county will be earned by Breckinridge and Lane by at least 250 majority.

INDIANA, THURSDAY,

Honesty is the best Policy. There are nianv Northern Democrats who are as much opposed as we are to the doctrines of Black Re- , i. 1 i . i n i .i. 1. 4-' . puDiicanisui, ana wno .wouiu .jcguiu mumpm. m Lincoln as the greatest calamity that could befal the country, who, nevertheless, are deluded into the belief that if they boldly and honestly advocate the protection of the constitutional rights of the South in the common Territories, they will lose Democratic votes in the coming election, and add to the numerical strength of the Republicans. If these men are asked whether they do or do not believe that Southern rhen have the same right as Northern men to settle in the Territories with their property, they unhesitatingly answer in the affirmative. If they are asked whether they believe that, under the Constitution, the power is denied to Congress or a Territorial Legislature to prohibit slavery in any Territory, they at once reply that neither has that power, and that they are convinced that the people of the Territories alone can determine whether they will or will not adopt the institution of slavery when they frame the Constitution under which they seek admission into the Union as a State. If they are asked whether they belief that the decision of the Supreme Court in thcrDred Scott case is an authoritative exposition of the Constitution, to which all good citizens are bound to yield implicit obedience, they promptly answer that they do so believe. But when they are asked why they do not, therefore, admit that" if a Territorial Legislature usurps power which the Constitution denies to Congress, and which it is obvious Congress cannot confer upon its creature and passes laws hostile to slavery, or refuses to pass laws necessary for the protection of slave property as well as any other species of property, it is the duty of Congress to remedy the evil, and prevent the commission of a clear violation of the Constitution they answer that they have agreed to non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the Territories; that if they allow that Congress has power to intervene even to nrevent a violation of the ri'dits of private property, or a practical denial of the equal rights of the several States, tliey open the ooor tor congressional intervention ; and that if they go further and insist that the tiroprietarv rii'hts of a master in his slave must bo nrotected, it would be said that they are advo cating a "slave code" and intervention "in favor of slavery," and thus drive olFinto the camp of the Black Republicans all the weak-kneed Democrats (?) who are opposed to the institution of slavery, and whose votes it is expedient to retain. To these men, thus de ceived into a sacrifice of truth and principle to a mis taken expediency, and who, from laziness or weakness, have failed to examine the subject thoroughly we would address a few words of truth and earnest advice, with a view to show them that their argument is false from beginning to end, and that in politics, as in everything else, honesty is the best policy, and truth and principle far better and safer guides than self interest or mere expediency. The South does not ask for, and never would consent to, any abandonment of the doctrine of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States or Territories. She adheres tenaciously to that doctrine, because she knows that the Constitution denies to Congress any authority to establish or prohibit slavery anywhere. She maintains that she has equal rights in the Territories with the North; that her citizens have, therefore, the right to take with them into the Territory of the United States their property of every kind (slaves included) recognized as such by the Constitution; that neither Congress nor its subordinate, a Territorial Legislature, can defeat or abridge that right, and that if the latter does, directly or indirectly, attempt to violate the supreme law of the Republic, and prohibit, impair, or destroy the proprietary right of a master in his- slave, it is the duty of Congress to interfere to prevent the commission of a crime and enforce the law. The South does not ask for the immediate passage of any law by Congress to protect her property. She only asks that, it experience should prove that constitutional rights of property have been outraged by a Territorial Legislature, and that the laws now existing on the statute book should prove insufficient to enable the Executive and the Judiciary to remedy the wrong, it shall then be the duty of Congress to supply the deficiency within the limits of its constitutional jurisdiction. No honest man, who believes in the Constitution, as expounded by the Supreme Court, cm say that this demand is unjust or exacting. No one can say that it ought not to be granted. How can it be tortured into ademand for a "slave code," or a departure from the principle of nonintervention? Suppose the Legislature of a Territory were to pass laws prohibiting the introduction of mules, or reaping machines, or to refuse to pass laws rendering the robbery or destruction of mules and reaper a crime, or to impose a tax of one thousand dollars on every mule and reaper introduced into the Territory, would it be considered a dangerous violation of the principle of non-intervention by Congress in the domestic affairs of a Territory were that body to repeal the unconstitutional legislation of its creature, and afford adequate protection to the property thus sought to be prohibited or impaired? Could it be said that because Congress lias power to protect private constitutional rights, it must follow that it has the power to prohibit the introduction of mules or reaping machines into a Territory, and forbid the constitutional right to hold them there? In other words, does the admission that Congress has power to prevent a violation of the Constitution, imply that Congress has power to violate the Constitution itself? Is not such an argument manifestly absurd? What expediency can there be in sustaining such a fallacy? Nothing was ever gained by any individual, party, or people, by concealing the truth in order to conciliate those who have espoused falsehood. If there are men who, calling themselves Democrats, will vote for the Black Republicans, unless the principles of the Democratic party are hidden or diluted., the sooner they throw off their sheep's clothing and expose their wolfish nature the better. The man who admits that the Territories are open alike to the citizens of all the States ; that Congress cannot prohibit or establish slavery there, and that slaves arc property, but maintains that, no. matter what the Constitution directs on the subject, the people of a Territory, by their Legislature, may directly or indirectly prohibit slavery within their limits, and that Congress has no power to protect private property in slaves if assailed by a Territorial Legislature is no Democrat His doctrine is as subversive of the equality of the States as the AATiImot Proviso, or any other abolition dogma of the Black Republicans. To assent to his doctrine is as criminal as to subscribe to the creed of Lincoln or Seward. It may be called Democracy, and covered over with the plating of non-intervention ; but it is a bogus representation of the principles of the glorious old Democratic party, which no Democrat can help to pass without being guilty of a crime against his party and his conscience, and," if attempted iu order to catch Black Republican votes, without being guilty of an act of egregious folly ; for it is certain that whenever the Democratic party dilutes its creed so as to resemble Black Republicanism, for the sordid purpose of maintaining place and patronage, tho-e who are wavering in their allegiance to our standard will join the party that boldly asserts its faith rather than continue in a party which has not the manliness or the courage to stand by the principles which it affects to profess. The expediency argument is as false as it is futile. It will disgrace those who adhere to it, white it will not effect the narrow purpose for which it is nsed. tr- orwl Anir in. the n"st. miiilpn. Kxnedicncv. when opposed to principle, is sure to mislead. If, those who are afraid of kuing votes by telling the j truth and maintaining what they know to be justice, i will only divest themselves of their fears, and pro- j claim openly what they know in their hearts is right, j they will find that they will not lose as many rotes as, thev pprehend. Wn'thinglon Cental itvtion.

SEPTEMBER 6 , I860.

Breckinridge and Lane Meeting. " ( Pursuant to previous notice, the National Democra- ; ey met at Bray's building, in the city of Evansville, on the evening of the 30th day of August I860, and organized by calling John Hewson, Esq., to the chair, and the appointment of G. W. McBride Secretary. The meeting then proceeded to organize themselves into a Breckinridge and Lane Club, to be known and designated as " the Old Line Guard Democratic Club," of the city of Evansville. John Wesley Hughes was elected President; G. W. McBride Sec retary, and John Gavisk Treasurer, to serve as permanent officers during the campaign." , John AV. Hughes, C. R. Rudd, M. J. Bray, John Kehoe, and John II. Bofandick were appointed permanent committee on finance. John Gavisk, John Hewson, John Kehoe, John B. Hall and James Emu's, were appointed a committee to procure a Breckinridge and Lane pole, and to 'superintend the raising of the same. The committee, on resolutions, consisting of Sam. M. Gibson, C. II. Rudd, and G. AV. McBride, reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the Old Line Guard of the Democracy in the Pocket, in accordance with the constitutional motto of their choice for the Presidency and Ariee Presidency, The Constitution, and the Union, and the Equality of the States, are pained and mortified at the exhibition of the sectional and unconstitutional opinions advocated by Stephen Arnold Donglas and those who with him adopt the anti-Democratic doctrine of squatter sovereignty in the Territories.' ''' Resolved, That we, of the Old Line Guard, do hereby solemnly denounce and repudiate all demagoguisin, sectionalism, and fanaticism, emanating from whom they may, as dangerous in their tendency, antagonistic to the spirit and the letter of the Constitu tion, and utterly subversive of the principles of true Democracv. Resolved, That the platfoim adopted by the Demo cratic party at Cincinnati, in 1856, with the explanatory resolutions as set forth by the Baltimore Conven tion, be re-affirmed and re-adopted, as the platform of the Old Line Guard Democracy of the city of Evansville, and the Pocket generally. Resolved, That being fully persuaded that " truth is mighty anil must prevail, the. Ulu Line uuara win cfnnrl "ariunra.lv nn their nlat.fnrm. defend its nriucinles. UVj ..... ...J ' J 1 . ' and under the expansive folds of the glorious old Flag of the whole Union, which has braved the battle and the breeze, march forward to support the men of their choice Breckinridge and Lane as the exponents of true Democracy, and to elect them to the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States. Resolved, That tliis meeting reflects with mingled feelings of shame, sorrow and indignation on the unblushing frauds perpetrated by the willing tools of a Janus-faced aspirant, tqecure the nomination of Stephen Arnold Douglas, and that we will henceforth use all available means to publish to the world those frauds, in such a manner that all who run may read. Resolved, That having made overtures to the supporters of Stephen A. Douglas,' without, 'however, compromising that dignity which true principles inspire, with the view of forming a jointelectoral ticket, to be voted for by the adherents of both parties, so as to insure the defeat of Abe Lincoln in this State, but those overtures having been rejected, we recommend to this meeting he calling of a Convention, to be held on the 7th day of September, at 2 o'clock P. M., at the house of George Daum, in German township, for the purpose of nominating a county ticket, if deemed expedient, by the friends of Breckinridge and Lane, when so convened. . Resolved, That we, the National Democracy, cordially invite all the friends of Breckinridge and Lane of A'anderburgh County, to meet in Convention on said 7th day of September, at said place, for said purpose. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Evansville Journal, Evansville Enquirer, Volkshote, and the Old Line Guard of Indianapolis. On motion of Dr. M. J. Bray, the following additional resolution was adopted : Resolved. That we, the National Democracy, do hereby pledge ourselves to use all honorable means to secure the election of our State ticket, and the election of John Law for Congress. JOHN" HEWSON, President. G. AA". McBride, Secretary. The Douglas Game. The great object of the Douglasites is the defeat of Breckinridge, and the entire overt brow of the Democratic party. All of their movements disclose this fact, as we shall see, by a glance at what has been done. In Missouri, Senatoi-s Polk and Green, Judge Price and others, proposed, immediately after the disruption of the National Convention, that the paaty should be kept united m this State by the intervention of a convention in which all who claimed to be Democrats should be represented. Such a convention would have agreed upon a compromise electoral ticket, which would have secured the vote of Missouri to either Breckinridge or Douglas, as the majority of the voters might determine. The Douglasites rejected this proposition in the most insulting manner, becauso they knew that it would result in giving the vote of Missouri to John C. Breckinridge, who is the choice of an overwhelming majority of the Democratic party of this State. They are, on the contrary, hatching up an alliance with the' Bell and Everett men, in order to secure, if possible, the defeat of Breckinridge aud Lane. So in New Jersey. The Breckinridge men, who constitute the majority of the party in that State, held a convention ; proposed to the Union and Douglas parties to run with them one electoral ticket, in opposition to the abolitionists, so as to secure the voteof that State against Lincoln, as might have been easily done. The Bell party acceded unhesitatingly to the proposition. The Douglasites rejected it, and artusing every effort to detract as many votes as possible from the Breckinridge and Bell ticket, so that Lincoln may defeat Breckinridge in New Jersey. So in Virginia. The Breckinridge party held a convention Fast week at Charlottesville, appointed a committee to proceed to Staunton, where a Douglas convention was in session, and to agree with them on an electoral ticket, for which the Breckinridge and Douglas men might both vote, in opposition to Bell, and carry the State for the one or the other. The Douglas men rejected every proposition which was thus made to them, and nominated a Douglas electoral ticket, because they knew that Breckinridge would receive ten times as many votes in A'ii-ginia a-5 Douglas, and that he would, consequently, receive her electoral vote ; and they are determined to prevent that, if possible. So iu North Carolina, where Douglas has comparatively no strength at all, they are trying to get up an electoral ticket to defeat Breckinridge. So in Arkansas and Kentucky, Tennessee, and all the Southern States. So in Pennsylvania. Every well informed person knows that the abolitionists are in a decided minority in that State, and that Lincoln could be easily defeated if the opposition would nnite upon one electoral ticket. The Democratic State Committee, threefourths at whom at for Breckinridge, decided by a strict vote, all the Breckinridge men favoring, and all the Douglas men opposing it, that there should b but one set of electors run by the Democracy; that the ticket should be headed by the name of either Doug-

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las or Breckinridge, and that the vote of the State should be cast for that one who received the most votes. This proposition was rejected by the Douglasites under the influence of the infamous Forney, because tliey knew that it would result in giving the nlfpf(i'.ll vntn nf Pninim-lunni.1 1r Jnhn C Breckin-. ' ridge. So iii California and Oregon the Douglasites there refuse all co-operation with the Breckinridge party. AVhile acting thus in all those States where the Breckinridge men are more numerous than the Douglasites, and where, consequently, the union of the party would result to the benefit of Breckinridge, they pursue an opposite course in those States in which they claim the ascendancy, as in New York, for instance, where they have fused with the Bell men upon a common electoral ticket, and now urge the Breckinridge men to help them give the vote of that State to Douglas. AVe hope that the Breckinridge men will spurn their propositions, until the Douglasites shall have consented to withdraw their electoral ticket in every Southern State, and in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Let the Douglasites do that, and thereby insure the votes of a majority of those States for Jno. C Breckinridge; and then the Breckinridge men may honorably consent to unite with them in carrying New York, "and in attempting to carry all the other Northern States for Douglas. But Timeo et dona ferentcs. AY'atch them well. Louis Bulletin. , Political News. The 'Jacksonville (Oregon) Sentinel announces its support of Breckinridge and Lane, one of its editors retiring. Of Gen. Lane, the ixntiiiel says : "This State is his home here he is best known. His record as a public man, every man, woman and youth almost in Oregon is acquainted with. There are none who surpass him in fealty to the Union, integrity of character, in disposition to do onlv what is right.'" There is a Democratic victory in AVashingtoii Territory. Tho election for members of the Legislature has just been held, and on joint ballot the next Legislature will stand as follows: Democrats in the House, 23 ; in the Council, 831. Opposition in the House, 7 in the Council, 1. Democratic majority, 23. A Breckinridge and Lane Club has been formed at Charlestown,. Massachusetts, by residents around Bunker Hill. The Barnstable Patriot says of the Stale Convention which has been called : "AVe believe that every town in this county will be represented, and we anticipate a glorious gathering on that occasion. A strong and united and powerful influence will go forth from that convention. The mass ratification meeting in the evening will be addressed by some of the most distinguished men in the United States men whose reputation for oratory and statesmanship is not excelled. Trcmont Temple will be packed and jammed with as enthusiastic a gathering as has ever met within the walls of that Temple. Three cheers for the brightening prospects of the National Democracy !" The Boston Post has a letter from Hallowell, Maine, in which the writer says that if Mr. Breckinridge's friends had not granted eo many concessions for the sake of harmony in the party, Mr. B. who was always a popular man in Maine, would be in the ascendant there." The Bangor Democrat says that as soon as the Maine Stale election is over, the Breckinridge and Lane Democracy will put an electoial ticket in the field, and make an active fight for the cause of the Constitution and the equality of States. The Breckinridge Democrats in Maine will vote for Col. E. K. Smtirt for Governor. The Montgomery (Ala.) Mail says : 'The Dadeville Banner was sold last week to Senator Rowe, who has taken down the clam flag of Douglas, and run up tho "Equality of the States and Breckinridge and Lane. Tallapoosa will give a thundc ring majority for Breckinridge and equality." , Keep It Before the People ! That Stephen A, Douglas dodged the vote on the compromise measures in 1850. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE ! That Stephen A. Douglas voted for the Wilmot Proviso. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE! That Stephen A. Douglas was a competitor for the Cincinnati nominatioj in 1856, and being defeated by Buchanan, bolted after the election, and made war on his party friends in the Senate of the United States, and on his successful competitor, the Democratic President. KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE; That Stephen A. Douglas, when Kansas asked to be admitted into the Union as a slave State, stood up in the Senate with Hale, Seward, Sumner, AVilson, and all the other abolition Senators, and said, "Keep her out; don't admit Kansas as a slave State." KEEP IT BEFORE TUB PEOPLE! That while Buchanan, the Democratic President, urged to have Kansas admitted as a State, and thereby settle the trouble about slavery in that Territory, Stephen A. Douglas made Tins the pretext for Opposition to a Democratic Administration, and threw himself with the Abolitionists against the Democratic party during all of President Buchanan's administration. PROSPECTUS OF THE DALLY "CAPITAL CITY FACT," AND "WEEKLY STATE CAPITAL FACT." ; Tin' paper for the Democracy of the Union will be published Daily, every evening, and AA'eekly, evenSaturday. It is unnecessary to tell the Democracy that if they would conquer in the great contest in November next, they should exert themselves to circulate papers which sustain their principles and support their candidates. AATe hope that every friend of Breckinridge and Lane will assist us in giving the widest circulation to the Daily ami Weekly Fact. 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