Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 44, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 October 1860 — Page 1

7 H THE CONSTITUTION, THE UNION, AND THE EQUALITY OF THE STATES!

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THE OLD LINE GUARD. IS IHJBI JKHKD T n I W 33 33 X51 Xj "ST , A T I N l j A JV A I 6 L I S7 1IVDI A N A , MY ELDIiB'4 HABKNKSS. !.()(), uulilurier ilic Presidential Election. In advance, in all cases. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Important Letter from the Governor of Arkansas I . BRITISH IN TER FE HENCE IN THE SOUTH Executive Office, Little Kock, Ark., August 27, 180. To the Militiamen of the State of Arkansas : . I have caused to be published, the foregoing laws of this State and of the United States, on the subject of the milit a, for your information, observance and government. '- The Constitution of our State declares that "the military shall be kept' in strict subordination to the civil power." The Constitution of the United States declares that a well regulated militia is " necessary to the security" of a free State. I appeal to you to remember that it is the duty of every good citizen to yield to his country such service as the laws require of him. You cannot perform those important duties entrusted to you as citizen-soldiers without being thoroughly organized, trained and dis"f.inlinn.1. You must be "a well regulated militia," to be such (security to the State as the Constitution de- j flares to be necessary. ' . Militia oflicers of the State of Arkansas: 1 point, rou to the laws resiulatinji your duties, and appeal to j . ,. ..i " ..::..., : !.:,. ..,-i you io DC prompt, zcaious cum uuutui m ...... i'ormanee. Let me remind you that those who con-' j tinue to hold such offices are; legally -and t'10')' j bound to perform, so far as possible, the duties enjoined bylaw. This is no lime to be indifferent to the ! . . - .. . . .1 !. I Vt subject of -organizing the militia oi our ,iuie. it c do not know how soon the strong arm of the military may be needed. Then, if we have any State pride, let us be prepared with a well regulated militia. I enjoin it upon each Major-General to have all vacancies, if any exist in his division, in the office of Brigadier-General, filled as early as practicable; and to cause a thorough organization of the militia in every brigade in his division, and to have the returns made as required by law. I have prepared and had published the imlitia laws, a register of the divisions, brigades and regiments of j the militia, and the Major-Generals, Brigadier-Gen-1 erals and Colonels, who command, mem. n "t oflicers will go to work iu earnest and discharge every duty required of them by law, they will acquire credit and honor for their patriotic services, and will cause the militia to be such security to the State as the Constitution declares to be necessary. The patriotic ladies of our State might greatly encourage the militia by preparing and presenting suitable flags to them when organized. It is time to prepare for trouble and danger, which will certainly be brought upon us, if our citizens remain heedless and indifferent to the security of themselves, their families and their property. The dangers which threaten the peace and quiet of the people of Arkansas are of such a character that every good citizen, it is hoped, will be willing, not only to encourage the organization of the militia, but to use his influence in favor of raising money in the manner in which I have suggested, to buy arms to arm and equip the volunteer companies in his country. Let the people take hold, of this matter, and petition the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas to pass such a law as I have suggested, so that every county may be enabled fo have "its volunteer companies of militia well armed and equipped, so that they would .... . . . 1 ': .. .... i . ii. afloru protection ana security to me peopic m mc county, in their persons and property. Will not the people act and aid in providing for their own security ? Will no warning be sufficient to arouse them, until English enemies of our Government have their secret and diabolical agents and emissaries stationed in every town and ncighbo;hood, in every county in our State, and their arrangements fully pei-fected, and all things ready at the appointed time, to begin their assigned and' systematic work of wholesale arson and plunder, insurrection and murder? It is my opinion that the settled and secret policy of the British Government is to disturb the domestic tranquility of the United States. That i!s object is to break up and destroy our Government, get rid of a powerful rival, extend the area of the British dominions on this continent, and become the chief and controlling power in America. It is my opinion that the Abolition statesman was fully aware (hat the British government intended, unceasingly, to pursue this policy of disturbing the domestictranquilily of the United States, when he announced that there was an "irrepressible conflict" between the free States and the slave States. It is my opinion that millions of dollars of British gold have been and will be. used, in various ways, in the Northern and Southern States, to stir up and intensify the "irrepressible conflict" between flic free States and the slave States. That the policy of the British government has been, for many years, and is now, so to conduct its unceasing efforts to overthrow our government, (by employing Abolition!.' ts as its secret agents and emissaries.) that the. mischief's and outrages perpetrated upon tlie Southern States may seem to have been originated, planned, and perpetrated by Abolition citizens of the free States. It is my opin ion that the British government is the real author and i . . .1 .T..l r 1 ..... .(Mtn.1 ! instigator oi uie niiscuieis mm uiui.igin rL,""-" against the slave States, and that is the duly ot our ; federal government, and of the patriotic people ot the United States to hold the British government responsible for disturbing the domestic tranquility of tlie United States. It is my opinion that the British gov-1 ernnient has determined that as long as our governnvlit shall exist, there shall, henceforth, be no domes-1 tic tranquility in the Union. It is my opinion that Urinsii gold nas neon aim win oe used io mre unprincipled Abolitionists from the free States, and send them into the slave States, instiueted lo commit such outrages that the people of the South will become so hostile to those of the North, aud the aggressions and outrages committed upon the Southern States by those hired Abolition British emissaries, from the free States, will be so often and aggravated that civil war ...... . , t i i -I, i ... will be produced, the Union dissolved, and anarchy, with all its desolating evils and deeds of plunder, rob-j crv, outrages, crimes, and murder prevail. I believe that such a conspiracy exists asainst our t'cdcnal government, and that, if all the secret facts and transactions connected with it. and the names of the s-'eret agents and emissaries of the British government, distributed throughout the United States, could be as certained, well aaihenticate.il and made public, the

p-itnotir people ot the I in let! Mates woulil oe tilled i hat page in inc last coiiiT-grammar nuiue iuu u piuwith atouishinjiil: and that having discovered the j nil ? "lit.' they :ay, " have a majority in the Scn- " real author and instigator" of the mischief, all (lis-1 ate against Lincoln, therefore he can do no barm." cord between the five Stales and slave Slates would; There will be, after the 4th of March next, just one a', once be allayed, if not entirely cease, and that they I Douglas man, (Douglas himself. and just one Bell ' would become fraternally aud more firmly united; and j man, (Kennedy, of Maryland.) in the Senate of the that the united indignation of the patriotic citizens of j United States to resist the encroachments of the the whole Union against the British government and' Black Republicans. The remainder of the sixty-six its agent and emissaries, would be so great that war Senators are either Lincoln or Breckinridge men. So would be declared against the British government in ! that, to save the country at last from Black Republiless than twelve months. j can rule, according to the Bell-Douglas showing, vou Eutertaining these opinions, I deem it my duty to must rely upon those "disunion," "secession" " lauthe people of the State of Arkans.is, to warn them to ! ccyites" in the Senate, w ho ai-e the ardent advocates go to work "in earnest" and make "permanent and 1 of the election of John C Breckinridge and old Joe thorough preparations," so tliat they may at all times! Lane. " Oh. shame, where is thy blush!" Nashville lie realv to protect themselves and our State against Union.

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' evils which I believe the British government intends shall not be. temporary and trifling, but continuous and aggravated, "irrepressible" and terrible. j Every county in the State of Arkansas should have; i a substantial and secure county arsenal, well supplied T with arms ; and organized and well disciplined volunteer companies should be ready at all tunes to use them. I Let these important matters not be lightly treated, but calmly and seriously considered. We must look as Jar a3 possible into the tuture.anu prCparc lo gKar,l against evils which are certainly apnroachiii!'. Then as wise men, as prudent men, as citizen soldiers and patriots I appeal to the militiamen of the Slate of Arkansas, to organize and thoroughly prepare for any emergency which shall call for their strong arms in defence of our rights and our country. Ei.ias N. Conway, Governor of the State of Arkansas, and Commander-in-Chief of the army of said State, and of the militia thereof. Letter from Daniel S. Dickinson. AN APPEAL FOB THE UNION KI.KCTOltAL TICKET.; BlNGHAMTON, Oct. 18, 1800. Jy Dear Sir: I interpose the apology of absence and pressing engagements for not having sooner replied to your inquiries and suggestions of a late date touching the duty of Democrats in the present crisis; but as this is about the first moment our ambulatory condition has been peimittcd to lie still long enough to look at it, for months, no time has been losrW I said at the Cooper Institute, in July, and at the Democratic Convention at Syracuse, in August, what course I thought should be sternly pursued by all National Democrats, and I have not abated or changed one jot or tittle of the opinions therein expressed. I concede ti ut;i:tv 0f " boards of trade in Commerce," but not in political organizations; and 1 believe tlie cause of tnM constitutional Democracy generally makes u f(., ril.nnrress bv firm' adherence, to principle than . . c . , ? ,. ., ,. . . , turl,iiig aside to consult tlie dictates oi ieinpujiii t.Xj,e,iiency, or to court numerical success under any j exigency 'whatever, real or imaginary. Besides, I j i ,. , nothincr in or about the proceediims of the m,i,latiii(r conventions in the numerous and diver- . O. . . .... sided negotiations for uniting upon a common ticket in tje tone or temper of the press in assailing every ; true Democrat of prominence, or in the bearing orj language of the speakers of the other section of the j, party, evincing the least desire on their part for com- i bined, united, or harmonious action, or which has j given evidence that such a ticket would be generally j supported by them with that fidelity and active zeal ', which alone promise success; but, on the contrary, ; such a union has been -openly and constantly denounced by Mr. Douglas, their standard bearer, and, so far as j jiaV(1 observed, the principle of repulsion oll theii- part, the governing and paramo from g,vatest to least. But under these cii lias oeen, : otint idea,! circumstan-! ccs, and after all efforts for a combined ticket had been exhausted bv the accredited authorities of the j respective State organizations,' the " Union Meeting' at the city of New York, and its committee of fifteen, thought proper to act in the matter, and accordingly placed in the field the present electoral ticket, being then the fourth claiming the popular favor. Upon the justice and wisdom of this whole matter, in gross and in detail, I have deep and settled convict tions; but they are not necessary to the present purpose, and are therefore omitted. The numbers, and might, and character of this great movement, however, held in the very stronghold of the Breckinridge and Lane organization, in a crisis of unusual moment and delicacy, give force to its recommendation for a "Union electoral ticket," which, amid the divisions and subdivisions already existing, destroyed the last hope of success through other channels, and left the patriotic Democrat no alternative; and the National Democratic electors, therefore, did wisely in withdrawing, and the committee of which you are chairman also met the occasion most manfully, in giving place to those who had assumed the responsibility of the campaign, and taken the lead into their own hands. I approve, generally, of the reasons your committee wave to the public for its course: but I think an additional chapter, recounting the particular circumstances under which the Union ticket was placed in the field, and the way it was made up, was due to the cause of political justiec and the truth of history, that it would have been received withinterest, and might have been added without material detriment. The National Democracy now, though deprived of their chosen medium for supporting the eminent standard bearers of their faith and hope, Breckinridge and Lane, cannot fail to see that the election of their favorites must, beyond all rational doubt, be secured by the success of the Union ticket, and without that, must be nearly hopeless; and that no other candidates can expect to be benefitted by it. For this reason, no friend of Breckinridge and Lane should fail, falter, or hesitate, though he may not approve the mode, but avail himself with alacrity of the last hope, and the. only means left him, of insuring the election "of his chosen champions, and with their election, of se- j curins the perpetuity of the Union, the recognized i equality of the States, and the supremacy of the constitution. A temporary organization has taken the reins on the electoral ticket for the campaign, and with them the responsibility; and now, to give it full and fair play, let all true Democrats be faithful followers, that a'l just expectations may be realized. It is gratifying to remember that m the State can-i vass the National Democracy have in the field a tick-1 et of their own selection one which represents their! principles, enlists their liveliest sympathies, and is worthy of their noblest efforts; one around which they are proud lo rally; one in which they will deserve success, ami from the support of which no cir cumstances can divert them, nor a venal and stultified press, running as a tender to the locomotive 'Republican." drive them until the evening of the Cth of i 4, ..... . ... ' JSovemher sliall close down, wlietncr in victory or uefMt Uj)fm tjie vat struggle of 18i!0; one represent ling an organization which' is to stand in perpetuity Hi.. ifmi-sfnlativt and touchstone of Democratic Cait,. IA-t, then, the watchword of every National ")Pmocrat continue to be Breckinridge and Lane, nuv am Vii-lt", .Tavcox and Allen, the Constitution amj tjic lTn;on) the equality ot the States, "now and fnlY.VHr. onP. nd inseparable" ' Sincerely vours. D. S. Dickinson. To John A. 'o'reen, Jr., E-., Chairman of Nation- ! al Democratic Stale Committee. Consistency. The Bell-Everett." anil Douglasites are unceasing in their denunciations of the friends of Breckinridge anil Lane as Disunionisls, Secessionists, Yanceyites, &c, &e. But when there is a word whispered about the dangers to be apprehended from Lincoln's administration, they immediately cry aloud. "Be not afraid. All will be well. Lincoln can do no harm. He have a maioritv in the Senate auainst hiui." We are led to exclaim "to these Bell mid Douglas Union-savers, in the lamniaire of Richelieu lo Baradas: "He.'

IJD.,: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, I8(0

The Moral of the Late Elections. From the Detroit Demo int.

1 lie mends 0 Mr. iwugias in Uie national - gcc h(nv jtis that in single. counlie (he apparent. Dem- - vent.on f the- Democracy at L harleston and Balti-j y ghowl)( in s((m(, instalu.0!(, ,0' (!xcoe(1 S,o00

more, were almost entirety ami exclusive iiwu mc Northern States, where the Democracy were in a minority, and where the States and suboruinate offices were in the hands of the Republicans. ' They insisted on the nomination of Mr. Douglas, and gave as one of their principal reasons, that under the banner inscribed with his peculiar doctrine, squatter sovereignty, and led by him, they could overthrow the Black Republican hosts in those States and recover jiossession of those oflices. Disregaiiling the voice of wisdom and experience, which teaches that no party can be permanently successful unless resting upon a basis of true and enduring principles, disregarding the warnings of the South, who had emphatically declared that Mr. Douglas was entirely destitute of strength in that section of the country, -where his doctrine of stpiatier sovereignty was utterly repudiated, they wickedly resolved that Douglas should be nominated and none other. The Northern faction nominated him. Straightway Mr. Douglas, vainidoriouslv relyinff upon his ability to control the public inind, commenced his extraordin- , ,t 1,1 T T . 1 ary peregrinations through tue tuniry. jie ir.ueiseu kvc.) i.m .v .igi,...., oia p....K ... .. .... .. every ra hvay siation, whither - curious crowns nan. gathered as well to see as fo hear. His approach lo every city, village and hamlet, was heralded by preconcerted proclamations, or by the swift-winged tele gram. Jt is claimed that the people turned out en masse wherever he w.n expected to stop, were it but j for a few moments. Wherever he stopped he ileliv- j ered with slight variations, his stereotyped speech, the j burthen of which was his favorite doctrine. 1 )eceivcd by the concourse of people he met, vainly believing; he was enkindling in their breasts an enthusiasm fori himself, he. continued his journcyings and addresses i- ir i i t-' i ...... ........1 irt . -v- ,,a V ,T , i . T.,..., m i I jii-o inn. I in Ins ri urn he traversed 1 elmsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and expects in like manner to visit the remaining Northwestern and perhaps Southwestern States. Sustained by great physical endurance, inspirited with lust for power, or a ilcen and bitter snirit of rfivenov. for months has he been on the wing, and lias perhaps spoken to more peopie during that time, than any other man living .or, dead, 1 le has had a fair hearing, and the people have j been well advised of his peculiar views, and have had j,, .mnnrt.imiv t.. i..t th.-ir anniwl i.i.u. Tlmst. viiMvs - have, been tested the people have spoken V erniont has rendered her verdict Maine has rendered her verdict, eo has Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Douglas has been rebuked, and his doctrine condemnn.l mill ronniliAti'd. and it. is clcarlv uroven that the apparent popularity of Mr. Douglas' in the Northern States, and on which his friends so confidently relied

at Charleston and Baltimore, is delusive. The olhees ! a soun.i anu nauonai J emocrat ; aim neneving mar, which thev vainly hoped to regain through his agency, supported him. I believed that Mr. Douglas was the have again fallen' into the hands of the Republicans, I only man who could stem the Black Republican torwith an increased assurance of remaining there for , rent now Hooding the North ; and believing that, supreme time to come. The grip on them can never be j ported him. But, alas! how vastly was 1 mistaken, unloosed bv the "little Giant." Nothing short of the - As to the first, on .examination, 1 find that he is not invincible power of constitutional tiuth can ever relax : the regular nominee, lie was nominated by a Contheir hold. But (here Is still something to save from i vention composed partly of persons who were not delthn minp.ral wvpcV. Tim control of the. General Gov- : ejjates, and partly of persons who were not Democrats!

nrnmont mav v..t I.P. rptampd in the hands of the De - mnernev. But there is but one wavof doim this. Let the Don.rhiss electoral ticket be withdrawn in every Southern State where they have been formed, anil Averv State in that section will (rive its electoral vote tn a Democrats candidate. Let. this he done also in California and Oregon, and those States will also be sure to the Democracy. Let the electoral ticket in Pennsylvania nominated in March last, and the Union ticket in New York, be supported by a united Democracy in those States and they will be elected by the people, and thus a national, instead of a sectional President will be secured to the government of these United States, aud the Union saved from disruption

These results depend upon the action of Mr. Douglas Stephen A. Douglas advises me to do it? Does he and his friends. 'think that I could, directly or indirectly, support for Already have the friends of Mr. Breckinridge office, a man who thought it was meet and well that proved tlieir devotion to their country bv sacrifices' the streets of our cilies should be sprinkled with the which are both noble and ennobling. 'They have blood of innocents? Does he think that I could suppatrioticallv done their part. It now rests with Doug-' port a person who would advise me to support such a las and his friends to do theirs. They must be con-1 man ? If any such thoughts ever crossed the threshvineed that under the most favorable circumstances he old of his brain, he was as badly mistaken as I in supwould have been defeated in the States where elec- j porting Mr. Douglas, believing him to be a true Demtinns have recently been held. That he has no sepa-l ocraf. Thirdly: The late elections have shown that

rate strength North or South, and that he cannot carry a i sini'lc electoral vote unless ov coalescing wnn some other party, and that with no coalition short of one with the friends of Breckinridge can he carry a single State. Now, unless thev are actuated bv a spirit of re venue unless they are resolved to immolate them' KnK-e under the ruins of the Democratic nartv and their country's liberties, they will fall into line, and j unite in the" snnnnrt of Breckinridge and Lane, who alone stand any chance, of defeating Lincoln. Let Dontrlas and his friends do this and it will yet ' be well .with the country, and upon them will rest th Let them do otherwise, responsibility, and upon their heads will fall the execrations and anathemas of an outraged people. The Recent Indications in the North. .'.'.-' , ! indicate the ; The recent elections in the North now unquestionable development of three facts, to , which we have hitherto frequently called the attention of our readers: 1. That the Bell and Everett organization at the North is scarcely more than a corporal's guard. ' 2. That the portion of fhc Douglas party which is under the especial management and control 'of Mr. Douglas and his favorite captains, is really lending intentional and efficient aid to the Black Republican cause. . . . , ' . - ., ,..,' 3. Consequently, the entire brunt of the battle at the North is divided between the supporters of xJreekinridze and Lane, and those of Mr. Douglas' supiiorters who are kept in ignorance of, and are too patriotic to be made subservient lo the real purposes of their leader. There can be no doubt of the fact that the Bell and Everett party constitute a larger proportional strength in the city of Philadelphia than in any other town or county in the Northern States. Yet iu all the late local elections in Philadelphia, the rcturnr-show that out of an entire vole of more than ROiOO, the highest vote obtained by any Bell-Everett candidate is only 5,554. Further comment, then, on this topic is altogether un necessary Let us look at another feature. The general result 1 ature. lhe general result in the Slate of Pennsylvania shows that the Black Re-s """l"' . i""v : c, '". , More exh.bited, in the latest previous election, by ; from twenty-five to thirty thousand vo es; and m spite of the moderate accession received from the Bell and Everett forces, the Democratic l-arty has fallen short ot its previous strength by nearly the same num- ...... .''.,3 How is this to be explained ? There is but one jKissible explanation, and that is unhesitatingly avowed, through the columns of the Press, by John V. Forncv, Mr. Douglas distingui.-hed and most confidential leader in Pennsylvania. It r that Henry D. Foster, the Democratic candidate for Governor, refused to speak in favor of Squatter Sovereignty, and agaiiirt the Breckinridge ticket. In other word.-, that he would not denounce the favorite Presidential candidate of his own most faithful and trustworthy supporters. Hence, Mr. Forney infers, a large number of the Douglas men cast their votes for Andrew G. Curun, the Black Republican candidate. So far as the active efforts of Messrs. Douglas and , Fornev could avail, there can be no doubt that this was the armiment which, of itself, preailed to cast a larm nunnWof nrofessedlv Democratic Totes for Mr.

Curtin. But they did not trust to mere persuasion; 1 "To ret in Abraliain's bosom!" replied a Breckinthcy used a more effective machinery to consum-l ridge Democrat. Follow your leader, and you will mate the work. Tliev plaetil a nnniber of IVwig- oon he then'. Piroit lnnrrat.

las candidates for Congivss in the field, and, it. each instance, gained Black Republican votes for such candidates by swapping oil' Douglas votes to the Black Republican candidate for Governor. Thus we

votes. Moreover, the same machinations involve the acknowledgment of the impossibility of Douglas' election; for Mr. Forney admits that the result of the Pennsylvania elections, demonstrating, as they do, the utter weakness of Bell and Everett, and the palpable alliance of Douglas and Lincoln, will be sufficient of itself to make "a very large majority ot tlie Southern people decide in favor of Mr. Breckinridge," and secure for him " their triumphal electoral votes in the South," Here, Mr. Forney is entirely accurate in his calculations. So, also, when he. assures his readers that every Northern State carried against Lincoln, will only "promote the election of .John C, Breckinridge to the Presidency of the United States." These admissions of the most astute of all Mr. Douglas' partizan leaders, are extremely valuable in one respect. They disembarrass the Presidential question of all the doubtful complications which have hitherto entangled it. They show clearly that neither Bell nor Douglas is really a candidate for the Pl.esku.n cv, Thev demonstrate beyond a doubt ! wliat iaye u (njeavorin,r to prove for the past four months that the issue must be tried between Breckinridge and Lincoln ; that these are really the only Presidential candidates in the field. Kichmond Enquirer. ; Letter from a Late Douglas Democrat. LehaxoN, Ky., Oct. 1", 18(i0. Editors Louisville Courier: The following nolo was handed me yesterday evening: "Mr. A LF k ed Clark Dear Sir: Having learned i that vou have dissevered your connection with the . ..... . . . Star of Marion, and declared for Breckinridge, would you favor the undersigned with your reasons therefor? " A Dumocrat." Although the author of the above has screened himself behind a fictitious name, and thus liberated me from all obligations to answer, I shall nevertheless answer him. In the first place, let me inform Mr. " Democrat," that I, too, as well as himself, am a Democrat and that, I think, should be reason ciiouuh but, however, I will go a little more into detail. Mr. " Democrat " may think it strange that I, who was once so loud in my hosaunas to Douglas, and denunciatory of Breckinridge, should now be found in the ranks of the Breckinridge party. I believed that Mr. Douglas was the nominee of the Democratic party; and believing j that, supported him. I believed that Mr. Douglas was 1 vide Parsons. Secondly. He has proved himself i aught else than a sound and national Democrat. He has advised a fusion of the Democratic wing of which ; he is the leader, with the Bell-Everett party anil : that wing has acted on his advice and actually fused I with Know Nothimrism. Fused! yea, actually sold ; out, horse, toot and dragoons, to Know INotlnngism i Does "A Democrat" think that I could support a man who advises me to vote for the representative of a party that, in 18.l, stamped a blemish upon the record of American history which the tears of pitying angels weeping forages upon ages cannot blot out 7 Does he think that I am so lost to all feelings of honor as to cringe lo and lick the hand that lashes me, because Mr. Douglas has no strength whatever iu the North lie cannot carry a single State North of Mason and Dixon's line, as shown in the late elections. He has been beaten in the very States which his friends counted on as certain for him. Then, all this being true, which no man dares deny, what course is left to a Democrat? There is pone other than to enroll himself under the banner of the gallant and gifted Breckini idge the noble son of Kentucky and fight for the Constitution and the perpetuation Union. of this To "A Democrat," I say, (I presume from his note that he is a follower of Mr. Douglas.) throw aside this foolish man-worship, and let your devo'ion to Democratic principles be proven in November by voting for John C. Breckinridge a true, aud tried, and faithful Democrat. Hoping that 1 may have satisfied " A Democrat, and that vou will pardon me for thus trcspasing on : ' i i : 1UUI Ulll.. tlll'l fj.d. c. . luiiniii, Yours. &C. Ai.frkp Ci. vuk. Squatter Sovereignty Popular Sovereignty. If ever there was a more bald-faced effort to iuqio.-e upon the people- than in the distinctions which the Douglas men draw between squatter and popular sovereignty, we have yet to discover it. If one, or five, or ten thousand people (assembled uk, .j. without ftn OI.gallizt.d GoVeni1 , slavery, that, these Douda illuininati tell us, is squatter sovereignty, and is wrong; but, it the same one. or five, or ten thousand people shall have lieen placed under a Territorial Government and exclude slavery, that is popular sovereignty, and the act would be right. At one time those people would be squatter sovereigns, and the very next day or next week, if a Territorial Government should be organized, they would be popular sovereigns. There stands five thousand people, and they are squatters. Give them a Territorial Government and in an instant they arc "populars." At one moment they would have no right to exclude slavery; at the nejrt moment, the risiht would be perfect and complete. AVhat dif ,. - m, . .. . . ,, , , .. .,,, r tlieir cous,i,u,i(ial rht: wew destroyed by five thousand squatters, or iHmular sovereigns I iMost - A c )olin,Ie're 'of f0vereigntv arc these ' !iers ; if von wcre to give them t;n of t() estai,jisll tl,ir ii,.enti(ls tj wfml(, fM tQ (,0 ;L Thcv t.ou,j e8si,v oyeJ (lmt'the moou js ,ho Mln a; ,hat KW fiv;, thousand people possessed nnv sovereignty at all. either before, or aftvr a Territorial organization. Territorial Tivernment is the creature of Congress. The people in a Territory occupy lands which belong to the jieople of all the States. When it can by shown that the creature is greater than the creator, and that a few people, in a Territory, are its owners, and not the people of the 1'nited States, then, and not until then, can squatter or popular sovereignty be established. Capital OV Uni t. fiT-What," exclaimed an astonished Douglasite, throwing dowu the pajer in w hich he had been reading the Little Dodger'.'. New York sjieech "what! aid Abe Lincoln to tbrce the South into submission! hang ! withern men for resisting the d 'Why, where U Douclas iroinsf to lead W

NO. 44.

More Proof! In addition to the posilivo statements of the Wash- ". ;.,, (i, t:,.i,.,i'V! ..;.,. tho Charleston (S. C.) Courier, and Mr. Baxter, heretofore published to prove that the Douglasites offered Mr. Yancey the nomination for Vice President, we givo an emphatic letter from Hon. M. W. Fisher, of Virginia, who was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. More testimony would be superfluous. Here is Mr. Fishefr's letter: To the Editors of the Ennuirer : EastvillE, Va., Oct. 15, 180. Gkntlk.mkx In your paper of the 12th instant, which has this moment come to hand, I observe, in ( n editorial, that you have received a number of letters from different parts of the Union, asking exact information as to the tender of the Vice Presidential nomination made by the Douglas men to the Hon. AVm. L. Yancey. As I witnessed that tender, and had heard that some were disposed to deny if, 1 sometime since requested some of my friends, if they should see it denied in any paper, to send me the paper, or inform me of the fact. Up lo this lime I have not seen or heard the fact contradicted, and therefore have had no occasion to state the facts in regard lo the proposition. But if it has been. or shall' be denied by any one, I authorize yotftp state the fact that the proposition was made by a prominent friend of Judge Douglas, in the room of Mr. 1'ugh, of Alabama, in the City of Washington, in the presence of Sidney S. Baxter, Esq., formerly the Attorney-General of Virginia for seventeen years, and now tin eminent lawyer of Washington, and of Col. E. W. Iltibard and myself, when I was on my way from the Richmond Convention to the Baltimore Convention, and before the meeting of the latter. 1 made the statement in a speech from the public hustings iu Baltimore on Friday night, the 28th of September, and I have not heard that it was contradicted, although I have no doubt there were some Douglas men present at the time. I repeat, that you may name me as the author, if any gentleman shall deny it. I will state the name of the gentleman who made the proposition to Mr. Yancey at the foot of this letter, but it may not be necessary to mention his name unless my statement shall be contradicted. I do not believe ihat that gentleman will contradict it. You can publish the facts iu any way yon please, if it be necessary. There was nothing of" a secret character in the manner of renewing a proposition lo Mr. Yancey, which 1 understood had been previously made to him. I write in haste, in the midst of a trial in court. Very respectfully, Ml ERS W. FISHER. I P. S. George N. Sanders, Esq., was the gentleman who made the proposition. - - Just as we Predicted. This is now the cry of some of the Douglas men. The defeat of Foster is just as they predicted. They always knew that if. would not do to ignore the Presidential contest, and that Foster would be beaten. Well, perhaps they did know that Foster would be defeated, and how he would be defeated and probably they could enter into particulars, if they chose to do so. Men who are so ready to predict defeat generally have some interest in making their predictions good. So with many of these exultant Douglas men. They predicted Foster's defeat, because they had some hand in doing it. Some of them who were in the secret, bet and won large sums of money from brother Democrats on Curtin's election. The leader of the Douglas party in this State, John W. Forney, used all his influence against Foster before the election, and now exults at his defeat. In localities where Douglasisni is the strongest the defeat is the most signal. Congressional candidates who were not identified with the Douglas interest, were slaughtered. The total vote' of. Democratic '.candidates, for Congress is probably some ten thousand less than the vote for Foster.' While the Breckinridge men generally stuck lo Lehman in the First District, although he tried to defeat Florence two years ago, and elected him by their votes, the Douglas men struck down Ingersoll, in the Fifth District, because he was a friend of Breckinridge. Iu the Fifteenth District General Fleming was served in the same way, merely because he was suspected of sympathizing with Breckinridge; and Lycoming county, which is a Douglas stronghold, a. 'lually gave Curtin a majority. These facts stare us in the face, and justify the impression that a large portion of the straight-out Douglas men played false to Foster, and this accounts, toa great extent, for his overwhelming defeat. It would be unjust to accuse all, or even a majority of the friends of Douglas of playing at this treacherous game but that thousands of them did vote for Curtin is past controversy. No wonder that they predicted defeat, and staked their money on Curtin, when they knew precisely where defeat was to come from. Thcv are welcome to all the money and the laurels thev have won by assisting to strike down the Democratic candidates. I larrishnrtj Patriot and Union. Additional Proof in Existence. ; From the Cleveland Democrat. In publishing the evidence to prove that Mr. Doug las dictated the manner of submitting the Leeoniplon Constitution to the people, which thai gentleman, after it was adopted, so bitterly denounced, the Newark Advocate adds the following : " Those who have read the testimony of Col. Henry, taken by the Covode Committee, will remember that that gentlemen (instead of proving as was expected, that the Administration was responsible for Calhoun's course.) swore that immediately after the adjournment of the Lecompton Convention, he (Col. Henry.) saw, read and placed in the Leavenworth Kist office, a letter from Calhoun to Douglas, in which the former announced with much satisfaction the fact that he had accomplished what was Douglas' desire. "If we were at liberty, we might name a gentleman in Ohio who could throw imwrtaiit light on this subject. The gentleman to whom we refer stands in the fore front of Mr. Douglas' supporters." Mr. Douglas has made a jettifbggiug denial of facts charged against him in the evidence. His denial is, that lie is not the author of the Lecomptou Constitution, when the evidence only charges that he is the author of the mode of submission. We trust the Douglas supporter alluded to by the Advocate will see the necessity of giving his evidence, although there is now sufficient to prove Mr. Douglas guilty of the basest duplicity in the matter. yThere is no future for Douglasi.-ni. Douglas, like Kossnt'i, has had his day of triumph in the public mind. The reaction has set in. and instead of enthusiasm, his name excites dii-gust. Douglasis-m has no future. It entered the Presidential race as a fourth party, unindorsed by the Democratic party in power or by the Democratic party of a single Democratic State. It will come out ot "the Presidential race hindmost, without an electoral vote in the whole Union. Ibid. ly'The first test which has yet been made of the relative strength of Breckinridge and Douglas in Connecticut, was at the town election iu New London last MondaT. A straight ticket was nominated on both sides, and the result was, Breckinridge J12. Douglas 132. The Douglasite of that State, refuse to fbi-ni any union with the friends of Breckinridge, preferring.' of course, to see the State cn-i its elctoral vote for I.iiieoln. Ibid.