Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 26, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1860 — Page 2

THE OLD LINE GUARD.

A. B. CAKLTOS, . ' WILLI AM Cll.MV, SATURDAY, . . . EDITOKS. . SEPTEMBER 15. National Democratic Ticket. FOR PRESIDENT, JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, OF KENTUCKY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOSEPH LANE, ,, OF OREGON. ELECTORS FOR TIlFsTATE AT LARGE: James Morrison, of Marion. Delana R. Eckels, of Putnam. . DISTRICT ELECTORS. Is District Dr. G. G. Barton, of Daviess county. 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th:-' 9th 10th 11th rti- William F. Sherrod, of Orange. David Sheeks, of Monroe. Ethelbert C. Hibben, of Rush. " Samuel Orr, of Delaware. " Franklin Hardin, of Johnson. " . James A. Scott, of Putnam. " Col. William M. Jenners, of Tippecanoe. " James Bradley, of Lanorto. " Robert Breckinridge, ir., of Allen. " John R. Coffroth, of Huntington. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. 1st District J. B. Gardner, 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th Levi .Sparks, . 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. W. II. TALBOTT, Chairman. 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th Meeting of the State Central Committee. . At a meeting of the National Democratic State Central Committee in Indianapolis, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, an interchange of opinions was given as to the wishes of the friends of Breckinripce and Lane throughout the State, in relation to the presentation of candidates for the State offices representing their views, and who will support their candidates for President, and Vice President ; and there not being a majority of the committee present, owing to the insufficiency of the call, it was, therefore, Resolved, That the Chairman of this Committee be directed to call a meeting of the State Central Committee, to be held in this city, on Monday, Sept. 17th, for the purpose of nominating a full State ticket, and to transact such other business as may come before the Committee. Resolved, That the State and District Electors on the Breckinridge and Lane ticket be requested to attend said meeting as advisory members. W. II. TALBOTT, , Chairman National Dem. State Central Committee. Meeting of the State Central Committee. : The State Central Committee of the National DemvMwy of Indiana, will meet in this city, on Mondav, September 17th, at 2 o'clock P. M , in the front room over W. II. Talbott & C'o.'s jewelry store, No. 24 East Washington street. W. II. TALBOTT, Ch'n Ind. National Dem. Central Committee. The Ball is Boiling. The reduction in the price of subscription to the Old Line Guard has given a new impetus to the cause, and the "miterial" cviden-e received by every imil, shows that our friends are at work. Keep it rolling we know the Guard is doing good work, and ndding numbers to the supporters of our cause wherever it is taken. Circulate it, and let the people see the principles we contend for. In the next number we will commence the publication of Mr. Breckinridge's speech, at LexingtonWhat we published heretofore was only a sketch of it. It should be read by every lover of his country in the Union. Joe Lane Eangers in Favor of Another :' State Ticket. ' v ; We publish, in this day's paper, the proceedings of the Joe Lane Ringers of Indianapolis, at their last meeting. It will be seen that they parsed a resolution approving of the call for a meeting of the State Central Committee, for the purpose of bringing into the field another ticket for State officers one of the Breckinridge and Lane stamp. This appears to be in accordance with the wishes of a large majority of the true Democrats throughout the State, who have expressed themselves on the subject. , It is now too late to call a State Convention to nominate such a ticket; and if another is nominated, the Central Committee must " take the responsibility." The members of that Committee are all, we doubt not, animated by the spirit ot true Jacksonism, and will not shrink from such a responsibility. Our principles cannot be sustained without candidates in the field who will openly and boldly support them. " Hang our banner on the ow'ward wall." How is it in Indiana ? The cause of Breckinridge and Lane is rapidlygaining ground all over the State. AVe understand that our prospect in the Seventh (Terre Haute) District are extremely good. That District has been canvassed by J. A. Scott, Esq., our candidate for Elector and Congress, with a vigor and ability that has added a considerable number to the National Democratic party. There arc, we learn, at least 800 Breckinridge voters in old Putnam, and in one Township in Green county, (Centre.) there are at least 300 true National Democrat. Breckinridge and Lane will receive a large vote in Clay, Owen, and Sullivan counties. In the last named county the reaction in favor of the true Democracy is so great that there is now no doubt but the rote will be largely in favor of Breckinridge and Lane. We are also giining strength daily in Parke and Vermillion counties. If the other Congressional Districts do as well for the cause of National Democracy as the Seventh, the -jua tier sovereign sectional party will be gloriously defeated in Indiana. We arc informed that Mr. Scott will receive a large vote for Congress in the Seventh Ditrict,no:wi!hs'antlingthe Herculean efforts made by VooriWs and tlie squatters to hoodwink nd coof-ilia'e tfw BuECKiNKiixiK voters.

Maine Election. Portland, 12.30, A.M., Sept. 1 1. The vote in 143 towns gives Washburne, (Rep.) 58,078 ; Smart, (Dem.) 27,0(37; Barnes, (Union 1.085. The same towns las, year gave Morrill, (Ivep.) 30,404; Smith, (Dem.) 23,156; Washburno's majority , 9,U2(. Last year the same towns gave 7,248 majority, making the 'Republican net gain 2,678. The aggregate vote in these towns is 60,230; last year 53,560, being an increase in the vote of 12,670. We have heard from a little more than half the vote of the State, and Mr. Washburne will probably have 17,000 majority. . The Republican county officers arc generally elected. " : Congressional Districts. York county (complete) gives John N. Goodwin, Rep., 965 majority, and he will be elected by a much larger majority in the entire district." " - Charles W. Walton, Rep., is elected surejn the 2d district. S. C. Fessenden, Rep., third district, has 350 majority in 34 towns, and is probably elected. Anson P. Morrill, Rep., fourth district, is elected sure. John II. Rice, Rep., is elected in the 5th district. Frederick A. Pike, Rep., in the Cth district, has 1,236 majority in 22 towns, and is probably elected. The Legislature. The Senate is doubtless entirely Republican, as two Democratic tickets were run

in Aroostook. The House of Representatives is at least four-fifths Republican. Such are the '"glorious" results of Douglas' speeches in Maine. The Republicans have a gain over the vote of last year of 12.670 in 143 towns; and only one half of the State is heard from. They have probably elected their Governor by Twenty Thousand Majority; they have elected .all their candidates for Congress by large majorities the State Senate, like that of Vermont, (where Douglas also made speeches) IS tmtlCltf 1VVUUU1H till, HUH im; iiuujc vjx jivjvu- ; .,-..- : . , i ' . .. ,j, . T...,i,i;,., t" s,.l, ! :. l. r 1,1: tt, f P.,nm. iatt jo a i it cci t(iict,-;ttniii aw jiuunvum ., ;vmn vj repeat, are the "glo .n1f of hn-Kftl fiinnf's :i .... ii. , X'...i. l l 1,.. t , i n- 1the State Sentinel, New Albany Ledger, and Cincinnati ! T, .. , , . ' , , .. , ,! Enmurer, his speeches before these elections, created ; the wildest enthusiasm where he was welcomed, as ! these 'vcracioti papers said, by hosts of friends. Look through the telescope now, after the election! "Figures don't lie," bear in mind; and what do they say? The Republicans have a gain of 12,6 70 in less than half of Maine; all the Congressmen; all the State Senators; and at least four-fifths of the Representatives! The Republicans have carried Vermont (Douglas' native State.) where he also made speeches, by a similar whirlwind having elected their Governor, nil the State Senators, and 175 out of 192 RjpresenativesStill, with such results flowing from his harangues in Maine and Vermont, his political wire-workers in Indiana are moving heaven and earth to get up a great mass meeting in Indianapolis, on the 28th of this month, in order to give him a chance to produce a similar result in this State, Truly may it be said, "those whom the gods wish to destroy, they fust make mad." Nothing but madness leads or influences the Douglas managers nothing but madness prompts them in their course. Will the masses of the Democracy of Indiana, after 'flese results of Douglas' speeches in Maine and Vermont, come up here to listen to this man ? Will they permit him to lead them like sheep to the slaughter house ? Will they permit the old Democratic party of Indiana to bo thus destroyed, to gratify the unholy ambition of this demagogue, when they must now see that there is no earthly chance for his election ' when they must see that he cannot possibly obtain a single electoral vote at the North, or a single vote at the South when thev must see that his doctrine of "squatter sovereignty" meets with no success in either section of the Union ? Let the masses reflect let them cast off the Douglas maniacs, who would lead them to rain, before it is too late before all is lost. There is time yet left to save Indiana, if the rank and file take the reins in their own hands. Let them do as their brethren in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California, Oregon and other free States, are doing. Let them rally under the banner of Constitutional sovereignty, State equality, and the Union, so nobly borne aloft by Breckinridge and Lane. They know old Joe Lane to be a tried and trusty leader; they know that he has proved himself a true friend of his country on the battle-field; they know that he shed his blood and rLked his lite at Buena Vista, where none but gallant spirits, devoted to the Union, took a part. He has, all his life, proved himself a Democrat he has never deceived the Democracy he has proved himself not only a true Democrat, but a hero. lie now comes forth to defend the chosen leader of the true Democ" racy, John C. Breckinridge, who, like himself, repaired to the battle-field at the call of his country, and was ready, there, to shed the last drop of his blood in defence of his country. Such patriots can always be relied on to stand by the Union. Let the true Democracy rally when Joe Lane comes to meet them. Let them give him the same sort of welcome as they did when he returned from the Mexican war, when the wounds he received in battle had scarcely healed. Thi3 gallant war-worn veteran will be at his old home, in j Indiana, in a few days. He was stopped on his wayt I at Covington, Ky., by the Deniocratsthere, who pressed him to receive their hospitalities, and to make a speech That speech was worth hearing. Read it, Democrats There is nothing but genuine patriotism and sterling Democracy in it. We publish it in this paper it will bear inspection. Listen, Democrats, to every word the old hero says ; and then, if you rally under the banner which he, with Breckinridge, upholds, you cannot fail to achieve a Buena Vista victory. With the vote of Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, California and Oregon, joined to the vote of the Southern States, which Breckinridge and Lane are sure of receiving, they will be elected triumph antly by the people. But if they should possibly fail ? get one or two of these Suites, and there shoyld be no election by the people, they will stand the best i chance in Congress one in the House of Represeuta" tives, and the other in the Senate. The Late John L. Bobinson. Some of the unprincipled demagogues, who sustain Douglas, sav in their speeches and papers, that had the lamented Robinson lived, he would have been j found a ?upjorter of the "little Giaut," and "squatter! ! sovereignty." hat a base stigma upon tne memory ; I of that noble and sound Democrat ! If .there ever was a staunch and true friend to principle, John L. Robinson was one. If there ever was an individ ual who stood faithfully and manfully in defence ofl the Constitution, he was that nan. And no one was ever more devoted to " Buchanan's Administration, Territorial policy, and all," than him. Upon what i ground, then, can the friends of Douglas base such a ! stigma as they have cast upon his memory ? FortunI i i t:.i i i- ,innn f aiC'lV, We Have 141C1J iltl vui uniius uji a vup; y. Prospectus for the Rushville Jaclsonian, which he, in j company with E. C. Hibben, Esq., issued shortly bei fore his death. The following extract, which we make ! from it, 11 dispel this stigma: "The Editors of tin paper supported Messrs

Buchanan and Breckinridge, our Presidential standard-bearers in 1856. They have seen no cause to regret such support; they endorse Mr. Buchanan's Administration, Territorial policy and all; they endorse .Mr. Buchanan's late Message, touching slavery in the Territories; they endorse Mr. Breckinridge's speech at Frankfort on the same subject ; they have no sympathy, affinity or political friendship with any man or class of men who make war upon the present Democratic Administration, or upon that speech; they believe this Administration has faithfully adhered to the doctrines contained in the Cincinnati Platform." ; Douglasites Afraid to Meet the Truth. We invite attention to the following correspondence between the several candidates for Congress in the seventh (Terre Haute) district, in this State. It will be seen, that the Douglas candidate for Congress (D. W. Voorhees) has refused to divide his time with the Breckinridge candidate (James A. Scott) in the joint discussion now going on between the former gentleman and the Republican candidate (T, II. Nelson) in that district. We could scarcely believe that Mr. Voorhees would have been guilty of such selfish and contracted conduct towards such an honorable and gentlemanly opponent as Mr. Scott, if the evidence was not before us. He certainly would not have manifested such an illiberal spirit six short

' months ago, when he was acting cordially with the true Democracy. But since he deserted his old friends, and become a Douglas man, he has strangely altered, both politically and personally. He, one of tjie most eloquent orators in the country capable of making wrong to appear right, and right to seem wrong, if any man can do it even he is afraid to meet, face to face, an advocate of the true principles of the Constitution, before the People, or to encounter an adversary who is competent to show to them the difference between Dousrlasism and sound Democracy! What else but - , , fear what else but apprehension that Douglasism , "11 1 ' f " noc suiuu a cumjia. i.-ou n..u m. v " Breckinridge could have influenced Mr. Voorhees to refuse, to a friend of the great Kentucky StatesLU "J" lu " ' man. a boon which he granted to an advocate ot lvelu" ' Vlu"" o publieanism . Mr. Voorhees trives as a reason, for refusing to allow Mr. Scott a chance to be heard, that the arrangements made by him and Mr. Nelson have heen published. How easy was it for Mr. Voorhees to go to the publishers of the paper where he resides and have the name of Mr. Scott inserted along with his name and Mr. Nelson's ! How easy was it for his home paper to request other journals in his district to do likewise ! It was only the work of a minute. He very readily agreed to divide his time with the Republican candidate because he had nothing to fear from him. But he was afraid if he divided his time with the Breckinridge candidate, that the house might be divided also. Ho feared the light which Mr. Scott would throw out on the question now at issue between him and his old political friends. He feared the effect it would have .on all true Democrats, at all the meetings which he and Mr. Scott might address. He feared that stampedes would take place, at all of them, and that he, like Douglas, would sobn be left alone in his glory. And when such an orator as Voorhees sueh an advocate for "Squatter Sovereignty" as he now is shakes in his knees. who among the Douglasites can long stand firm? We don't wonder that smaller lights than Voorhees have acted in the same way with the Breckinridge speakers in other districts, when he trembles. It is almost impossible for the friends of the great Kentucky statesman to get the Douglas orators to divide the time with them anywhere, They are all afraid "to face the music" which our speakers have in store for them. Douglasites not only refuse to give them a chance to be heard, but they pull down and destroy the bills announcing that our orators are coming to speak on their own hook in behalf of Constitutional sovereignty. Slate equality, and the perpetuity of the Uniou. This has been done at Evansvillc, Madison, and other places, to prevent the people from assembling to hear Bright, Fitch, Eckels and other true Democrats. But the truth will out, spite of all that can be done to check its progress. . - Corrr8Hnticncc.J Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 10, 1860. Hon. D. W. Voorhees, Terre Haute: .Dear Sir: As a candidate for Congress, in this (7th) district, representing the Breckinridge and Lane party, T respectfully solicit the favor of participating in the joint discussion going on between yourself and Col. Nelson. I was absent at the time the arrangement was made for the joint discussion between yourself and Col. N.i and this is the earliest opportunity I have had of submitting the above proposition for your consideration. 1 have addressed Col. Nelson a similar note to the foregoing. I respectfully solicit an answer at your earliest convenience. With great respect, your obedient servant, JAMES A. SCOTT. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 10, I860. Hon. J. A. Scott: Dear Sir: Your note of this date requesting to divide time with Col. Nelson and myself, in the joint discussion now going on between us has been received. In reply, I have to state that our arrangements have been made and our appointments published for near three weeks and at this stage of the canvass I respectfully decline re-arranging the order of discussion. My course in this, I wish understood, implies no want of respect towards you. Very truly yours, D. W. VOORHEES. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 10, 1860. Hon. J. A. Scott: Dear Sir: I have just received your note of this morning, in which you, as the representative of the principles contained in the platform of the Breckinbidge and Lane party, express a desire to jarticipate in the joint political discussions now going on between Mr. Voorhees and myself. Favoring freedom of speech, and desiring that the exponents of both wings of the Democratic party shall be fully heard before the popular tribunal, I am willing to accord to you the privileges of participating in our debates. I send vou, by the bearer of this note, a list of our appointments, beginning this day at Hartford. It will give me pleasure to meet you at each ana every one ot mem. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, THOMAS II. NELSON. Mistakes of the Telegraph. The Stale Sentinel expects that the readers of newspapers will overlook many blunders in Douglat' speeches, which it says the telegraphic reporters have made. But it is not inclined to make any allowance for the mistaW which the reporters have made in Bright' speech at Patriot, in Switzerland county That speech, or rather a tketch of it, was reported and published in a great hurry, in the Cincinnati ComnvTcinl, the next morning after it was delivered, and the report wa full of error.

Genr Joe Lane's Noble Traits of Character. tribute of respect from a political opponent J. W. Gordon made a Republican speech some weeks ago, at Franklin, in Johnson county, in which he took occasion to do justice to General Joe Lane's excellent personal traits of character, in contradistinction from his political views. Coining, as this voluntary testimony does, from a well-known political opponent of Gen. Lane, and uttered as it was in a candid and earnest manner, the tribute reflects credit upon the heart of the man who gives, as well as he who receives it. "Iam (said Mr. Gordon) personally and intimately acquainted with General Joe Lane, the candidate for-thcrVicc- Presidency ontho Breckinridge

j ticket. I know him. well; and as a man, love him ! equally well. And yet I cannot vote: for him. He does not expect me fo; for he is too magnanimous to I ask me to violate, in his behalf, my own convictions of what is right, on mere personal grounds. I disagree i with his party and with him on the most important isj sues involved in the present political contest. In my conscience, I believe he is greatly wrong in his views ! of the policy to be adopted in reference to the governi ment of the Territories of the United States. Yet, I ! do not doubt that he is as honest and sincere in his I views on that subject, as I claim to be in my own. I ; believe him incapable of thinking one thing, and eaying another. I receive, therefore, what he says, as i his honest conviction. His sincerity induces me to ; believe that whatever opinion he avows, would, if he I. were to get into power, lie faithfully reduced to pracj tice. Knowing his opinions on the Territorial ques tion, I find in his very sincerity an additional reason for opposing his election ; for I know he would not shrink from giving the country a practical illustration "Personally, however, I am for Joe Lane, and shall be as long as memory and gratitude remain a part of my nature. It was my good or ill fortune to be an humble volunteer in his command, in 1846; and it was my misfortune to sicken, under the heat of a tropical sun. I need not, for I cannot, describe the privations ; and sufferings incident to a long confinement by seI vere sickness in the army. I became greatly debili- ; tated under the scorching breath of fever. My physiI cian said I must die, unless some ice could be procured, j But .where could that be, found ? It was diligently ! sought after, and everywhere in vain, until my case was stated to Gen. Lane, who was then very sick him- ! self. He did not so much as know me at the time. I j held no commission, or position, to give my life a fac- ! titious value in his estimation. I had no claim upon ; him, save that of a common humanity. All the obligations arising from the conventionalities of life were against me. But my want of position weighed i not a straw with him. He gave up all the ice he had, though parched with fever and greatly needing it him- ' self; because, as he said, my necessities were greater j than his own. I have always believed that his gen- ; erosity saved my life. I think so to-day, and expect j always to remain in that belief. I owe him everlasting ! gratitude for his magnanimous self-sacrifice in my fa vor; and I take pleasure, in the midst of our present heated and angry struggle for a change of the national Administration, to bear my testimony to his good heart and high personal qualities and character. "After the war with Mexico was over, I becameacquainted with Gen. Lane, and have had no occasion to reduce my estimate of his characteras a frank, gen erous, brave and patriotic man. I believe he is all that to-day ; but I believe he has mistaken the true pol icy of the country, and that an administration con ducted in pursuance of his avowed principles, would ; be as subversive, of the fundamental ideas of the Fed eral Constitution, as if conducted according to the an j archie notions of otephen A. Douglas. I cannot, therefore, support him, any more than I can the Little Giant." Arkansas Election, OFFICIAL returns. The Little Rock True Democrat, of Sept. 1st., pub lishes the following complete official returns of the late election in Arkansas : FOR governor. Judge II. M. Rector, Breckinridge. Col. R. II. Johnson, Breckinridge.. . .. .30,557 .. .28,618 FOR CONGRESSMAN FIRST DISTRICT. Col. Thos. C. Hindman, Breckinridge . ; 20,051 Jesse N. Cypcrt, Bellite . . ... . . . . . 9,609 Scattering, (Douglas vote) 5 Majority for Hindman ........ ....... .10,347 FOR CONGRESSMAN SECOND DISTRICT. Edward W. Gantt, Breckinridge. .... ....... 16,569 Dr. Charles B. Mitchell, Breckinridge. 13,007 James A. Jones, Bellite. ............... . . 891 Scattering, (probably the Douglas vote,) 16 The Little Rock True Democrat, says: " Both Johnson and Rector were 1 out-and-out ' for Breckinridge and Lane ; they each vied with the other in opposing the 'prince of squatter sovereigns' and his dangerous doctrines." Breckinridge's Hopes. The following parai graph, from Breckinridge's speech, shows how much hope lie has of being elected President : i "I look forward with pleasure to the prospects I have ! of serving my country in the Senate of the United ! States for the next six years." I The above item has appeared in both the State Sen. tinet and New Albany Ledger. It is a gross distortion of what Mr. Breckinridge did say upon this point. He spoke of the period when ho was elected to the i Senate, some time before the meeting of the Charleston or Baltimore Convention. He said substantially, i that he then "looked forward with pleasure to, the i prospect he had of serving his country in the Senate." I Since that time he has been brought forward by his I friends, without any solicitation on his part, for still higher honors for the highest office in the gift of the ! People. And now he looks forward with pleasure to ; the prospect of serving his country in the Presi" , dency. ' 6" Breckinridge is very complimentary to the I friends of Bell and Everett, In his speech at Lexi ington, he says of them that "they are gentlemen enI gaged in ringing bells, with tongues as long and heads I a empty as the bells which they ring 1" New Albany j Ledger. The Ledger knows that Mr. Breckinridge made no such remark in reference to the " friends of Bell j and Everett" indiscriminately. He is too much of a ! gentleman' to utter anything of the kind against a j whole party, however much he may detest its princiI pies. What he did say in this resect, was in the na- ' ture of a rebuke to a few young men of the Bell party pretenl, who behaved in a very rude manner. Their j silly conduct at the meeting justly called for such a I rebuke. No observer of their behavior on that occasion could hare formed any other opinion than that ' " their tongues were as long, and their heads as empty j as the liflU which they ring."

Douglas on the Tariff. The reporter who 6ent off the account of Douglas speech at Ilarrisburg, garbled it, undoubtedly for ti e purpose of injuring Mr. D. at the South and West. It represented him as advocating a high protective tariff, which is opposed to Mr. D.'s wlmlo record on the, tubject. Aeic Albany Ledger. The jumbling telegraph dispatches about what Douglas said on the tariff question at Ilarrisburg, rendered his friends uneasy, lest he had said what was inconsistent with his well known views on that subject. State Sentinel. , " Uneasy," are you? No wonder ; .you have causo for it. But you should not undertake to throw the blame on tho telegraph for making Douglas " inconsistent." lie. has had the telegraphic reportcis almost entirely under his control, wherever hu has beenHiikeeps a corps of them in his service, and one especially, (the correspondent of tho Cincinnati Enquirer, who writes under the signature of "Cleveland,"') has never been from his side since he set out "to hunt for his mother." No, no, gentlemen, it won't do for you to blame the telegraph for the Little Giant's protective tariff speech in Pennsylvania. He is "consistent" in his inconsistency on that question, as he is on the Terr ritorial question. He has one face and one voice for his leaders in the Korth, and another face and another voice for his leaders in the South, on both these questions. In one section, he is for protection for enriching the manufacturers at the expense of the consumers ; for making "the rich, richer, and the poor,

poorer. In the ottier section, where the people arc nearly all planters and farmers, he is for free trade, or, at farthest, for only a revenue tariff. In one section he goes for pure, unadulterated " squatter sovereignty," in the other, he mixes a good deal of the nigger with it. Talk of Douglas' consinttncg on any question ! We should like to have seen the twinkle in Bingham's or Norman's eye, when either of them penned such a word. Who does not know that Douglas voted, ten or twelve years ago, for the Wilmot Proviso, to please the anti-slavery men in the North, and then plead, as an excuse, that he had been instructed to do so by the Legislature of Illinois, to keep on good terms with the people of the South! Who does not know that he offered in the Senate to run the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific, to shut slavery out of all tho Territory obtained from Mexico North of 36 30' and then, a short time afterwards, introduced a bill to re- ' peal that Compromise, so as to let slavery into all the Territory, both North and South of that line ? Who does not know that he cheated both the North and South on those occasions ? "Consistency," indeed! Why, he is, for all the world, just like his prototype, Martin Van Buren, in whose footsteps he closely follows. When Van Buren was in the Senate, he made a great speech against a protective tariff bill, in order to get into the good graces of the Southern men ; but, after it was delivered, he found it had displeased a great many of the manufacturers in the North. And what do you suppose he then did ? Why, lie wrote confidential letters to some of his particular adherents in New York, to get the Legislature of his State (a largo majority of whose members were his devoted friends) to pass resolutions instructing him to vote in favor of this very same tariff bill ! And he actually did 6o, after having spoken against it in the strongest terms. It was on that occasion, when he was, the moment after he gave the vote, approached by one of the Scnatoi-s of Virginia, who said to him, "Van Buren, you have cheated me once; that is your fault if you cheat me again, it will be mine!" Just so Douglas acted in relation to the Wilmot Proviso. Such has been his conduct on both the Territorial and tariff questions. He has been, and is yet, on both sides. He has cheated both sections of the Union that is his fault; if he is permitted to cheat them again, it will bo their's. Progress of the Campaign. MASSACHUSETTS. The National Democrats all over Massachusetts are getting up and showing themselves and they needn't be ashamed of their names, or their business, or their principles. As good men and true as ever rallied uuder a banner, are now uniting in Breckinridge clubs ; not a few, Breckinridge at heart, still do not see their way clear to come with us ; but time, and the savage course of Douglas leaders, will do the work for them, and ere long we shall welcome them as co-laborers. Boston Post. NORTH CAROLINA. On Thursday, September 6th, the regular Breckinridge Democracy of Wake county, North Carolina, had a great demonstration and barbecue at Raleigh. Among tho speakers on tho oaeasion were Ex-Senator Bedford Brown, Hon. L. O'B. Branch, M. C, ExGovernor Bragg, Hon. A. W. Venable and Hon. T. L. Clingman, of the United States Senate. Mr, Clingman made an elaborate speech, which is reported in a condensed form in the Wilmington Journal, of Saturday. We extract from the Journal's report the following paragraph, which designate pretty, fully where Mr. Douglas' former friend, Senator Clingman, now stands: " The next speaker introduced was Hon. T. L. Clingman, who fully endorsed every word that Mr. Brown had uttered, and every position he had taken. He avowed himself clearly and unequivocally for Breckinridge and Lane." Meeting of the Jo. Lane Rangers. Indianapolis, Sept. 11. The President called the meeting to oitler. Tho minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. John R. Elder called attention to the resolution adopted by the State Central Committee, at their meeting on the 11th inst. W. II. Talbott suggested the propriety (in view of the action of the Central Committee) of the withdrawal of the resolution pending, calling upon the State Central Committee to nominate a State Ticket. On motion of J. M. Tomlinson, the resolution was amended so as to read as follows: Resolved, That we cordially approve of the call that has been made, calling together the State Central Committee to nominate candidates for State officers; and we earnestly recommend the Committee to present a Ticket, in order that the friends of Breckinridge and Lane may have candidates representing their sentiments. This resolution was adopted. On motion of W. II. Talbott, the meeting adjourned. L, DUNLAP, Pres't. J. B. Morrison, Secretary. ELECTI0NTICKETS. In reply to several inquiries, we will state, that we are prepared to print tickets for State, Congressional, and County officers, on good paper, for $4.00 for the first thousand, and 82.00 for each additional thousand. Orders received one day, can be returned by express the day following. If orders are sent, be particular to write each name plain and distinct, so that there can be no mistake. All orders must be accompanied with the money, to receive attention. Address, ELDER k HARKNESS, till oct. 1. Indianapolis.