Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 1860 — Page 2

THE OLD LINE GUARD

A. B. CARLTON, . WILLIAM CULLKV, THUKSDAY, - - :::! EDITORS. NOVEMBER 1. National Democratic Ticket, FOR PRESIDENT, ' JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, OF KENTUCKY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JOSEPH LANE, OF OREGON. ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE: James Morrison, of Marion. Delana R. Eckels, of Puinam. DISTRICT ELECTORS. . 1 s District Dr. G. G. Barton, of Daviess county. 2d 3d 4tli 5th 6th 7th 8th 9 th 10th 11th Dr. William F. Sherrod, of Orange, " David Sheeks, of .Monroe. " Ethelbert C. Hibben, of Rush. " Samuel Orr, of Delaware. ' Franklin Hardin, of Johnson. 1 James A. Scott, of Putnam. ' Col. William M. Jennors, of Tippecanoe. 4 James Bradley, of Laporte. " Robert Breckinridge, jr., of Allen. 4 John R. Coffroth, of Huntington. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. 1st District J.B.Gardner, 2d Levi Sparks, 3d 4th 5th Gth Geo. 11. 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 Democratic National Executive Committee. The following named gentlemen compose this Committee: Hon. I. I. Stevens, of Oregon, Chairman. Hon, R. W. Johnson, of Arkansas, Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi. Hon. Jesse 1). Bright, of Indiana. Hon. Tii'os. B. Florence, of .Pennsylvania. Hon. John W. Stevenson, of Kentucky. Hon. Geo. W. Hughes, of Maryland. Hon. John R. Thomson, of New Jersey. Hon. A. B. Meek, of Alabama. Augustus Schnell, Esq., of New York. Isaac II. Wright, of Massachusetts. " Abraham Hunter, Esq., of Benton, Missouri. Hon. Jas. G. Barrett, of Washington, D. C. Wm. Flinn, Esq., of Washington, D. C. Walter Lenox, Esq., of Washington, D. C. M. W. Clusky, Washington, D, C, Resident Secretary. G. W. Riggs, Washington, I). C, Treasurer. All communications should be addressed to Hon. I.I. Stevens, Chairman, Washington, D. C. Rooms of the Committee at No. 28 street. Democratic newspapers are requested to place this reference at the head of their editorial columns, ELECTIONTICXETS. We call on our friends in every county to provide themselves with plenty of Election Tickets. Do this at once. Don't neglect it, and see that they are furnished at every poll. ! They will be supplied at this office, and sent to any direction given, postage free, for 75 cents a thousand. Send vour orders, with the money, to ELDER & HARKNESS. lThe money must accompany the order, to secure attention. Circulate the Tickets, We insert two columns of tickets in this day's pa. per, for distribution amongst the friends of Breckinridge and Lane. They are printed only on one Bide, so that they may be used at the coming election by the voters. Each number of the Old Line Guard, from now until the election, will contain fourteen tickets. If every one of our subscribers will exert himself to put these tickets into good hands, so that they will find their way into the ballot boxes, he may do much towards perpetuating the Union, and deserve the thanks of unborn generations who will share its blessings. One vote in the House of Representatives in 1800, when there was a tie between Jefferson and Burr, elected the author of the Declaration of Independence President, and defeated the first traitor to the Democratic party. The two-thirds vote in the National Democratic convention of 1844 defeated Van Buren, the second traitor, and fourteen tickets circulated by each true Democrat in every school district may defeat Douglas, the third traitor. Direct Taxation for-the Support of the General Government. Remember, tax payers of the West, that if the Union should be dissolved through the "irrepressible conflict" which is now waged against the South, that the Northern Government must be supported by direct taxation! Remember that the duties which now support the General Government are mostly collected from the inqiortations of foreign goods, received in excliange for Southern cotton. Remember all the National edifices at Washington stand upon Southern ground; and that if the Union should be dissolved they will all go to the Southern States (Virginia and Maryland) which ceded the land upon which they are built, for the seat of government, and that it will revert back to the donors. Remember that it will cost several hundred millions of dollars to build similar edifices for the .Northern government, which must be raised through direct taxation! Are you prepared to stand it? Look Out for Koorhacks ! Vice President Bbeckinridc.e authorizes the announcement that the letter published over his signa'ure, purporting to be addressed to Dr. J. T. CoLoon, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, under date of 5th instant, is a forgery. He nas written no such letter. 3T Our friends are at work. The skies are brightening. Oar cause i paining daily and hourly. A evidence of this, there has been sent from this office, to various parts of this State, 127,000 tickets for the National Democracy.. Thia, with those printed in the Guard, make 200,0.0 tic Let. Get them in the ballot box, friends, throagh the hands of the honest voters of the State, and the day i our.

To the Patrons of the Old Line Guard. ' The Guard was ouly intended, at the commeneement, to serve during the present campaign. The time is nearly out. One more discharge from its musketry, and the duties under its Jirst enlistment in the service of the National Democratic cause will terminate. The Guard took its post upon the National ramparts at the beginning of the contest, when gloom, doubt, and uncertainty of success stared it in the face. It has kept its post, and done its duty faithfully

1 throughout the campaign.Although opposed by great odds, it has never turned its back to the enemy, 110 matter how threatening he looked. Although apprehension of defeat at first prevailed, the signs of ultimate triumph now appear. The traitor to the Democratic army, who caused all the gloom in the camp' has been everywhere routed. Ho has not a hope of success in any quarter, either in the North or the South the East or the West. The grand army has suffered temporarily from his treason; but it will soon recover, and be itself again. The dark clouds are disappearing, and if not all dispelled by the close -of the campaign of 18G0, they surely will be long before the close of that of 18C4. The sun begins to brighten in the East. The New York divisions of the grand Union army give confidence and hope. The Southern Democratic troops have rallied in one compact phalanx, under those gallant leaders, Breckinridge aud Lane. They are making a vigorous and united charge upon the enemy, "keeping step to the music of the Union." The Union banners are yet bravely borne aloft amidst all discouragements. They can be seen aniidst all the smoke and din of battle. They never will be surrendered, either to enemies without, or traitors within the Democratic camp. . ' j The Indiana Old Line Guard has received unex-1 pected and unlooked for encouragement. It is willing and anxious to continue at its post, until the close of another campaign. It has enlisted again, and will serve for at least another year, provided sufficient supplies are furnished to procure ammunition and provisions. It has "picked its flint" and will try its old piece once more. It will make a discharge once a week for the next year, and perhaps for many years afterwards. It will take its stand, in zlarge and impo sing form, upon the outposts of the true Democratic citadel. It will occupy a position where it can observe the movements of the contending forces. It will keep a vigilant eye upon the enemy, whether he is an open or secret foe. It will, at all times, sound the alarm, if there should be danger at all times give reliable tidings,, whether for. weal or for woe. If it cannot command support, it will at least deserve it. Shall the Guard be sustained V It will, at all events, keep its post foratleast one year more. In undertaking the publication of the Old TJne Guard, we enter the breach without any expectation of National, State, or Local patronage to sustain it but should favors come from any unlooked quarter, they will be thankfully received, and the quid pro quo rendered. On its subscription list it must rely, and after making it in everyway worthy the support of National Democrats of Indiana, and adjoining Slates, we look confidently to them for the material aid. The Democratic Guard will plant itself firmly upon the same National Platform, on which those tried and gallant patriots, Breckinridge and Lane, have stood during the present contest, as the only hope of preserving inviolate the Constitution which our fathers have bequeathed us, and sustaining the Union , and the Equality of the States this is the truly National Platform; and if faithfullv carried out will brinjr peace to a distracted country. While the Guard will concentrate and direct its best energies to the main-, tenance of these great objects, it will also devote a full share of its columns to local news, general in formation, well selected literature, both foreign and American, which will make it a welcome guest to every hearthstone in the land. To the citizen it shall be a guide that will enable him to discharge intelligently his duty to his country, and to the fireside of his family an instructive visitor. The paper will be enlarged, and printed on new type published weekly at $1.50 a year. Ten copies for 812.50. Twenty copies for $20. .-. In advance in all cases. We ask every National Democrat to go to work at once, and aid us in keejjing up the organization of our party and defending its principles. Between now and the davof the election, let a club be raised in every voting precinct in the State let the election day be i a working day for the Guard, to place it on a solid basis. Let no man look b3ck,but come cheerfully up to the work, and the future is ours. ELDER & HARKNESS, Publishers and Proprietors. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 1, 1860. Douglas in the South. Augusta, Ga., Tuesday, October 30. Senator Douglas is hailed enthusiasticallv all along:

his route in upper Georgia. Thousands greeted himj they were made only for the purpose of covering up at Atlanta. j'their own bad faith and reckless conduct The fol-

The above item appears under the telegraphic : head in the State Sentinel yesterday. We will wager a trifle that it was started on the wires through the instrumentality of either Douglas or Johnson himself. The same farce is kept up on Douglas" arrival in Southern cities and towns as was played on his arrival j in Northern cities. But the above dispatch omitted i to sav, that nearlv all those who greeted him at Atlanta.aswell as in every other place in the South, ! were Bell Know-Xothings ! They greet him, as the Lincoln men did in Maine, Vermont, and other North ern States, because his mission is to sow discord and dissensions among Democrats, and divide and break down the National organization of that party. The true Democrat of the South give him the cold shoulder everywhere, and many of them call him by no other name than "Lincoln's hangman !" Considerable excitement has been raised in Georgia, by the Government ordering U. S. troops to Augusta, it is said, to protect the United States Arsenal there. The question is, what does it mean ?

The Douglas and Lincoln Coalition in Oregon Slander upon the Indiana Volunteers, . The Cleveland Plaindealer, a leading Douglas pa

per, is bolder and much more freo spoken than the State Sentinel. It conies out with a flourish of trumpets, and says, "All Hail Oregon! Two Popular Sovets erciqntu United Stales Senators elected!" &e. The ed itor goes on to crow over the election of E. D- Baker, Republican, and J. W. Nesmith,Douglasite, as United States Senators, whose election was brought about by a regular bargain and sale between the Douglas men

and Republicans. Had the Plaindealer man stopped j tncc was vel7 unacceptable to the national iemoc- . , , . ,. , , i racv, because of his hostility to Owen Jones, - m the

there, we would say, let him and his party make the most of this trade with the Lincoln men. But the Plaindealer, in order to gratify its malignant feeling against General Lane, slanders the Indiana volunteers under his command in the battle of Buena Vista. It says: "He Gen. Lane has been the pliarit tool of Bright, Slidell, & Co., put forward on a false reputation as the 'Marion of the Mexican war, whereas, ins regiment was the only one that ran from the Mexicans during the war." Gen. Joseph Lane was commander of the three regiments composing the Indiana brigade. The first regiment was at Matamoras when the battle, of Buena Vista took place, and was not in any engagement The third regiment was held in reserve for a time, but never yielded an inch after it was brought into action. Two rifle companies of the 2d regiment and two of the 3d were posted on the rise of the mountain overlooking the battle field, and never retired from their position until ordered down. Eight companies of the 2d regiment and O'Brien's battery were placed by General Wool, on the side or base of the mountain. Gen. Lane had command over this small division of the army, and met a Mexican force of about 3000 disciplined troops. The eight companies of the 2d regiment and O'Brien's artillery, though more than half a mile from any other American troops, engaged the Mexicans and fired more than twenty rounds, making great slaughter in the ranks of the enemy. They probably would have remained there until the last man had fallen, or the enemy been driven from the plain, had it not been for the unfortunate command of Col. Bowles, While Gen. Lane was advancing with the battery, Col. Bowles gave the order, "cease firing, and retreat," repeating the words twice. This caused the regiment to fall back in great disorder. A like command would have had the same effect on anv oth er troops, engaged in battle, no matter how brave or well disciplined. They obeyed an order to retreat from their Colonel, not from (Jen. Lane an order which every soldier is required by the laws of war to respect. If there was any one to blame ,it was Col. Bowles; and his error arose from a want of military knowledge not from cowardice. If he thought that his little force was too weak to resist the large body of Mexicans w ho were advancing upon them, he should have sent his Adjutant to consult Gen. Lane before he gave an order to retreat. General Lane would have then, probably, dispatched one of his Aid-de-Camps for reinforcements. But the sudden order given by Col. Bowles to " cease firing and retreat," created confusion among the men not fear; for Gen. Lane, when he heard of Col. Bowles' mistake, soon rallied them again. He took command of them in person, and they subsequently fought as hard as any others who participated in the battle. This matter, however, was duly investigated by a Court of Inquiry after the engagement. The Court exhonerated General Lane from all blame, and gave him great credit for the skill and bravery which he exhibited on that occasion. The truth is, there was not a more gallant officer than Lane, or a braver body of troopS than the Indiana volunteers, engaged in that glorious battle. The Editor of .-the Plaindealer is a much better judge of political fights, than military engagements. He has seen more service in caucus rooms than in military campaigns. He has exhibited more pluck upon the stump like his squatter chief than at the head of military columns. He has fought harder for the spoils of the Cleveland post office than he ever did for the laurels of victory upon the tenU d field. lie has received more scars in bar-room broils, from his political opponents, than honorable wounds from the enemies of his country. He has raised more dust and smoke over election returns than ho ever did at the cannon's mouth. And yet he is more pert and flippant in his censures of men who have seen the elephant who have faced the carnage of war than if he had been the oldest and ablest veteran in their midst. He is a pretty fellow to talk about Gen. Joe Lane or the Indiana volunteers running from the post of danger. He is a most marvelous and proper man to abuse soldiers who suffered the fatigue of a long march through the enemy's country, who endured hunger, thirst, and the want of the necessaries of life, while they encountered all the horrors of the battle field, in their country's cause. It was this fellow who, not long since, declared in his paper that, if there was no chance for Douglas, he would sooner have Lincoln elected President than Breckinridge! It is, therefore, very natural for him to exult upon the election of E. D. Baker, an Abolitionist, to the U. S. Senate, through a combination of Lincoln and Douglas men in the Oregon Legislature. It is very natural for him to exult upon the triumph of that English Abolitionist over an American General. Had he been one of Col Bowles' men, he would not only have run, but he would not have stopped running until he got out of danger inside of the enemy's camp. The Treachery of the Douglasites in Pennsylvania, The official canvass of Indiana shows that all the allegations of treachery made by the Douglas papers against the Breckinridge men, are baseless, and that low;ng article, from a Pennsylvania paper, developed similar treachery of the Douglasites in that State, as was experienced in the First Congressional District of Indiana, from their course against Law and Cunningnanl) wno wcre suspected by them of leaning towards Breckinridge : "The Philadelphia Argitt, now before us, exposes, in reference to this abominable treachery, a certain numoer or important lacw u wcrcn re...eniuc,g. It is said that in some of the election precincts where the Breckinridge element was largely in the ascendancy, or where there was a clear or strong Democratic majority in the county, these men woi ked silently and secretly ; while in others, where there is a Blac k Republican majority, they were open and avowed in opposition to the Union ticket; and, as if to banish ail doubt and make proof of their treason and dnplicity unmistakable, in all localities where Douglasism was strongest the defeat of Foster was most signal. As an instance of this, the Argtis cXet the case of the district composed of the counties of Washington, Green and Fayette, in which, when the Democracy is united and no treason lurks within ita ranks, our majority uniformly ranges from 1500 to 1600. Jesse Lazear, the Democratic" nominee, ha been cut out of hundreds of

votes by the Douglas wing of the party, and his clec-1 tion rendered cxeeedingFy doubtful. This occurred iu the district represented by Montgomery, who, twoj years ago, notwi hstanding his well-known Douglas : proclivities, received the full support of the friends of j I tL t.?,!!, ,.!.: ,i, m..:fi,u '

' acts of corruption and intrigue consummated by the Bquatter-sovereigns, the Argus thus reveals the cause of several defeats in the Congressional elections. We are aware umi una .u'ciuu ulu A,,u u, u, m,, s, . fraud will prove a bitter pill to the blatant Douglasites ai - : t 1 i in this State, but the time has come when the hypocritical mask should be torn off. We ask for it a calm and dispassionate, attention. Although JLchnian, in the first Congressional LisFifth District; because of his endorsement of the notorious John Hickman; because of his persistent and unj tiring efforts to defeat Colonel Florence two years ago; yet, because he was now the nominee, the Breck inridge men, overlooking his past record, gave him his election. But whaj did the Douglas men do? They struck down Samuel Randall, the regular candidate for the Senate, in the same district, am) in the Fifth Congressional District defeated Ingersoll! because he was the friend and supporter of Breckinridge and Lane. Comment is unnecessary. In the Fifteenth Congressional District, they served General Fleming in the same way, because he was suspected of sympathizing with the South, and in the stronghold of Douglas, Lycoming county, the home of Governor : Packer, they actually gave a majority for Curtin. IJiit tins is not all. In Chester county, Mr. Unnton,

the Breckinridge candidate for Congress, received ; Keutuckian to " dismember the Union," and cstabover five thousand votes. Smith who was put as a lisll a te government," why, of" course, that decoy Douglas candidate, received only two hundred'. ,, ,

and fifty-six votes, although previous to the election in that county, they claimed that the Douglas wing was in the majority. I he balance ot the Douglas vote was given to Hickman, in the same way as it had been clone two years before, making true the old adage, 'birds ol a feather flock together "These are facts which demand investigation and challenge denial. Thev are boastingly admitted by the friends of Douglas in Pennsylvania, and constitute today the claims which Forney advances to a seat in the United States Senate under Black Republican auspices. If this be the fusion to which we are again to be treated in November in the Keystone State, then the sooner the temporary ties between the two wings of the Democracy are disrupted the better. If we are to meet with defeat, let us look it fully in the lace, ana tie ready lor the issue, la so doing, our friends in Pennsylvania will occupy a manly and dignified position. Fusion without honesty or good faith is a delusion and a snare." Great Military Preparations in Virginia, THE STATE ARMING RIFLED CANNON. From the. Washington States. ; Never since the Revolution has there been such excitement, if all accounts be true, as pervades the Old Dominion. The State is being put on a thorough war footing. Four batteries of rifled cannon (twenty pieces) are announced to arrive at the capital in a few days, accompanied by some thousands of improved arms. Ninety companies of volunteer cavalry and some three hundred of infantry and artillery arc uni formed and drilled. It is not an extravagant estimate to say that Virginia has thirty per cent, more volunteer force equipped and ready for duty than the entire army establishment of the Federal Government. Verily, it looks as though the purposes of the Yancey disruptionists were about to be attempted. From the N. Y. Times, Republican. It appears that Virginia has finally made up her mind to defend herself in the approaching crisis of our national affairs, with .Northern arms. Ihe Adjutant-General of that chivalric State is now in this city, charged with a credit of half a million dollars, and with orders to purchase a complete armament for the Old Dominion. What the motives are that have impelled so calm and conservative a man as Governor Letcher to this extraordinary demonstration does not appear. It is, however, rumored that the Executive of Virginia has resolved to call a meeting of Southern Governors at Richmond, very shortly, for the purpose of concerting me ismvs, defensive and offensive, to be taken in the now imminent event of Mr. Lincoln's election. The Washington States, from which ive copy the first paragraph concerning "great military preparations in Virginia," is the Douglas organ at the seat of Government. The New York Times, from which we copy the second paragraph, is a Lincoln organ. It will be seen that they both have a good understanding of what Governor Letcher is doing in Virginia. They both announce that he is arming the State with rifled cannon, and making warlike preiarations ; that he is raising a large amount of money in New York to pro cure ammunition, to sustain a large military force, and that he designs calling a meeting of all the Governors of the Southern States, to join him in a grand demonstration. This, it appears from the accounts in these paper is all done and doing, under the auspices of Governor Letcher; for, be it remembered, the Legislature of Virginia is not now in session, and has no hand in the business. Now, the questions arise, what organization does Governor Letcher act with ? Which of the Presidential candidates does he support ? The Indiana State Sentinel has, of late, repeatedly claimed hiin as the friend and supporter of Douglas; and he, himself, has frequently advocated the interests and claims of Douglas over all other competitors for the Presidency. And Douglas, himself, said in his Norfolk speech, that he would stand by Lincoln, if elected, at all hazards and under all circumstances; and that he would hang every man at the South who would dare to take a position in defence of States' rights. Is all this military preparation all this arming with rifled cannon in old Virginia directed by this Douglas Governor, during the recess of the Breckinridge Legislature, for the purpose of aiding Douglas to sustain Lincoln? Is it all set on foot to sustain Lincoln's "hangman" as Douglas is now called throughout the Southern States, for the purpose of intimidating the Charleston boys, and compelling them to remove the "cockades" from their hats ? Or is it all humbug ? A Candid Admission, The Indianapolis Journal was quoted by the State ' Sentinel as authority for saying that Senator Bright ' , . . , . .1 jy , ,. i , ! had voted or supported the Republican state ticket, : which, of course, everybody but the Sentinel man,' understood was a joke. As the Sentinel, for the want1 of authority, quoted the Pickwickian admission of the Journal ayainst Mr. Bright, we presume it wil. not be deemed objectionable if we give the candid admission ; of the same paper in his favor. Here it is: I "Jesse D. Bright publishes a card in the Louisville !

Courier denouuein-r the author of the statement that ! senses. They already begin to feci it in their bones, he was seen tovotc the Republiran tic ket as a liar and One more charge along the whole line, and the victoscoundrel. We don't believe Mr. Bright ever voted! ry will be complete. Let every voter now keep in a Republican ticket in his lilt, or that he would do it mind the 6th of November, and do his duly." for anything less than his life." I -- .

Douglas's Assistant. E. D. Baker, Senator, elected by the coalition of j

Douslas and Lincoln men, from Oregon, is expected We learn from the Nashville Union and American to mike tour of Cafifornia for the benefit of the I of yesterday, that Hon. W. C. B. Jones, of Tenneft . , , it- v . nt tVm, see, has withdrawn as an Elector on the Douglas tickRepublican feket His object is to carry out Doug- j .q las' programme to get the head of Gwin, the Dcmo-j t Breckinridge and Lane for President and Vicecratic Senator from California, into the same basket! President Mr. Jones wai one of the Tennessee dclwith Lane and then supplant the Democratic ascen-, egation to the National Democratic Convention, and dancy in the U. S. Senate. With Lincoln as Presi- f ne of Ifej.gW most ardent ri!r- ' , ,. . . . . , , , He was one of the three delegates who remained m dent, a Repubhean majority in both houses of Con- ,he Front Stn?et Convention after the withtrress. and Douslas as "hangman," the Southern ; Hrawal of the remainder of the delecatiou. The

' States' Rh'hU men uiu.-tlouk out.

min Tv..l,, TV. 3 t 11 in 1110 OUglaS, JohnSOn and Bell AlanUS--Admission of the Strength of the Bl'eckinnoVg Partv , J' We Cn(J tue following exciting news from the South

m tne Cincinnati Enquirer, of W edncsday last. It is extracted from the Atlanta (Ga.) Confederacy, a paper devoted to the interests of Douglas and Johnson. W(J Jt ni), fm, ,he acc f t ;,,; ;t x. , . J ""'iDe"ce it South, but for the admission which it makes in reference to the strength of the Breckinridge party m the Legislatures of "most, if not all," the Southern States. It will be recollected that Mr. Joh nsnn. flip. DnnMita candidate for Vice President, said in his speech at Indianapolis, that South Carolina is the only State wh;ca wou,j ;ve ;ts vo(e for Breckinridge and Lane. He, of course, did not believe a word he then uttered; and his home paper, the Confederacy, now" admits, in the following article, that " it is probable that in most, if not all the Legislatures of the Southern States, there will be a majority of the Breckinridge party! " Now, if the " Breckinridge party " is strong enough " in most, if not all," the Southern States, to elect majorities to the Legislatures, it is strong enough to carry the Breckinridge Electoral tickets " in most, if not all," those States. That is certain ! As to the alleged design of the friends of the great is all stuff. Hear what the Confederacy says : "Mr. Toombs made one of his most eloquent speeches in Lexington on Monday last against our 'Northern brethren,' and this 'glorious Union.' ' He speaks with more earnestness and feeling than I ever heard. He speaks like a man who means to stand by what he says to the last. He is determined on disunion if Lincoln is elected. " We learn this week, through a friend, that the plan for dismemberment, which is understood to be; the programme of the leaders in the South, and at the capital, is to establish at Washington City a temporary government, which will be ratified by "the several Legislatures of the Southern Slates, as it is probable that in most, or all of them, there will be a majority of the Breckinridge party, and for these Legislatures to appoint delegates to a Southern Convention to be assembled for the purpose of framing and establishing a Constitution. "In this way, the people of the South, through the forms of law, are to be drawn out of the Union without any opportunity of expressing, at any stage of the proceedings, their wishes about it. The members of the Legislatures, elected without reference to such an issue, are to ratify for them, whether they will or not, this temporary government of the leaders at the Capital, and they are also to appointfor them, whether they will or not, delegates to a Southern Convention to make a Constitution. " If this does not succeed, the Georgia Legislature is to throw out a bait to Carolina and Alabama, by pledging the State of Georgia to stand by and defend any State that will first secede. If this fails, then there is to be a revolution start ed among our own people by a mob. This mob, for instance, will drive out from Georgia the last vestige of the General Government, by expelling first her Courts, then her Marshals, Postmasters, Custom-house officers, &c. If this move is resisted .by our own people, the war is to be waged to the death by fire, devastation and plunder." Portrait of Yancey, by a Eepublican Editor. The New York Times, a Republican paper, describes the appearance of Yancey, when he addressed the New Yorkers, as follows : "Mr. W. L. Yancey, formerly of Troy, New York, now of Alabama, made a political speech last evening to a very crowded and attentive audience at the Cooper Institute. "Mr. Yancey is a man of middle age and medium height, with a square, intelligent and rather hard face, an easy and graceful manner, and the general appearance of a respectable, common-place gentleman. He does not look like a professional fire-eater, nor would he be arrested On suspicion of intending either to set the river on fire or to dissolve the Union. His style of speaking was unlike what we had expected. We had heard him spoken of as a wonderful orator, as capable of producing very thrilling effects. Instead of that we found him a clear, cool, straightforward speaker methodical in arrangement, precise in his language, uttering with deliberation well-formed sentences, and dealing much more in argument than in sentiment or passion. His style of speaking is somewhat like that of James T. Brady, who seems to be, to say the least, quite his equal." A Compliment from the Opposition, The Vevay Reveille, opposed to the election of. Breckinridge and Lane, notices a meeting of their friends at that place as follows: "Our Breckinridge friends had a meeting at the Court house on Saturday last for the purpose of forming a club. The attendance was not large, but what was lacking in numbers was overbalance d by the determination of the faithful present. We generally admire minority parties, like the Bell and Breckinridge parties of Indiana, as they evidently are acting from principle alone, for their chances for the emoluments" are not very flattering in this State, to say the least".. '. We cannot return the compliment on thescore of "principle"," in favor of the Douglasites, who in all cases, prefer the "emoluments," as their recent fusion with the Republicans in Oregon fully developes. The New-York Demonstration. . Tht New York Day-Book, alluding to the recent great demonstration made by the Union men in the commercial metropolis, says': "Nearly all the delegations united as Union Clubs, without displaying their Presidential preferences. When the procession arrived at Union Square, a marching salute was fired in memory of Washington, while the crowd uncovered before the statue of the Father of his Country. Never was there a more gratifying or glorious spectacle. The whole Square was brilliant with light from thousands ot torches and fireworks, and everybody seemed animated with new spirits and a fresh impulse to beat down the waves of sectionalism which now threaten the welfare of the QUnt Jt t0 y that the procession has convinced thousands that New York will be saved that it will bury Abe Lincoln in November as sure as the day Jhe rff IZTL . fo-thiejig. This citv mar be set down as sure for i the Union Electoral Ticket, and with that majority here we can whip the Black Republicans out of their Another Douglas Elector for Breckinridge and Lane. work pool bravely on. Lcuitvillt Courier.