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T. A. PLANTS. EDITOR. ,
TVESDAY i
l t l t fnlylO, 1800.
For President of he United States,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OF ILLINOIS.
r- ?or. Vice President of the United State?,
HANNIBAL HAMLIN,
OP MAINE.
Po- Presidential Electors of the State at large, j
FKEDJE1U0K IIASSAUKEK,
JOSEPH M. ROOT,
t ; " ' ' Congressional listrict,
! TXatrict. B. 'Kggleston.
2i. " William M. Dickon.
tt ;:. Frank McWhitmey. .
;4t-hJs--. - John Riley Knox, i
.StU. : P. II. Murphy., , ;
7th.' rt Xoiioh Rush.
"'Bth, : " . John F. Uinkle.
tJtKh. II. S. Bundy.
Ilth. t Daniel B. Stewart.
14th. ; ,. , i Willard Slocum
13th., " . Joseph Ankeny.
Kkh. " Edward Ball.
Ilth. " John A. PnvcviporT,
IWh. ' Samuel P. Philbrick.
STATE TICK.ET.
p - 1; ! ; , Fot Sujpwmo Judge,
i . -JACOB' BMNKEMIOFF.
.' ' " : ,,'r Tor Attorney General.
K 1 JAMES MURRAY.
, . . Ifor Mmber Board of Pub. Works,
lV c LEVI SARGENT.
For Member of Congress,
V. B. IIORTOX.
JRKFLUL.ICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
t At a meeting of the Republican Cen
tral Committee of Meigs County, Ohio,
hld oathe 22d day of June, 1860, for
the. purpose of fixing the time, of hold
inff.;theAnnual Republican Convention!
of Meigs County, for the nomination of
eacir couniy ucKei, tne ionowing resolu
tions were adopted. '. V
Rctolvcd, 1st. That the Republican
County Convention for itho-nomination
mf ouaty officers ! be held at the Court
ilaupe in Pomeroy, on Saturday, the 28th
iy of July text, at eleven o'clock A.M.
K&Ae'd, 2nd. Tiiafthe Central Com
mittee request the Republicans of the va
fiousi townships and election precincts
to; meet at their.usual places of holding
lections, !ou. Saturday, the 2lst day: of
duly next, at two o clock P. M., to nomi
nate their respective number of delegates
a the County Convention. ' I .-; a.
Rr solved, 3rd. That each township
tend election precinct Bhall be entitled to
one delegate for every twenty-five votes,
and one for every fraction above ' the
nnmbcr of twejve votes given for Gov
ernor Dennison in 1S59, and that, upon
this basis Bedford is entitled to three
delegate?, Cliester srx, Columbia three,
T .1- j l. " r , i ii .
jjoenon niTce, iicxart uo, jtnaaieport
Precinct eleven, Poineroy 1'recinct thir
teen, Ul;ye four. Orange three, Rutland
' nitre,' Salctu'Bix,' Scipio six, and Sutton
nine. ( ;:- -
' By order of 'the Central Committee.
,ri ARTHUR MERRILL, Ch'n.
'W. If; Las lev, Sec'y.
"' ' mt i i am
-8KCTIONAX.ISM RAMPANT.
x1t is curious to see the effect of the,
5plit in the (Democratic party upon the?
tactics -of politicians. The utter fatuity
oTTfTe ' wroTessional office-seekers lis as
amazing as It is ludicrous. They have
been to long accustomed to bow in ser
vility to the Southern firewaters, rely-,
ing upon party prejudice at the North
to" 'go "the ticket" without questioning,
that they have totally overlooked the
changed state of popular sentiment in the
Free States. .
With an immense majority of the voters
an the Free States, with the power to
elect a President without a single South
ern Staifee, tlie politicians, from habit, or
judicial blindness, wholly ignore that
great fact, and in their desperation, ap
peal with more frantic energy than
usual to the fanaticism of the sla-ve in-'
derest. To a culm on-looker, the scene
Is absmrdly htdierous.
. The Brectinridge organs appeal to
this fanaticism against Douglas in a style
well calculated to excite their followers
to utter frenzy. While the few Douglas
oracles in that region, feeling the pres
sure of suspicion upon them, in their
desperate efforts to throw it off, and se
cure the support of the slave-trade inter
est, seem to have lost all discretion and
.common sense, in their wild extravagance
t underbidding the' Breckinridge faction
i'or the votes of the extremists. Both
.these factions charge .each other with
leing uBsotrnd -ora t3e "Bigger." And
this offers a temptation to the Bell party,
wMdh seems too strohgto reast, . to pitch
ittto them both; and accordingly ithe or
gans fiuhat "conservative" organization,
talking tip the charges of "unsoundness,"
made by the Douglas andUrcckinridge
champions against each other, use them
with powerful effect against both, and
seem in a fair way "to appropriate the
Tirtues of "Cuffee" to their own use and
lenefit. The probabilities are, that the
Bell party will, by stealing tU "Sambo"
thunder of the "grand Democracy," carry
most of the Slave States. The triangu
lar contest for the championship of the
Sash and slave mart is a spectaele which,
but for the unutterable disgrace it brings
upon our country, would afford food for
infinite amusement.
?But what less than utter infatuation
can induce these three parties thus to
contend, in the face of the civilized world,
for the bad eminence of being the pecu
liar supporters of the vilest system of
.oppression which yet lingers on earth to
fcstruct the progrcg3 of the nations to
free&am ., and peace? If either party
should Ricceed in underbidding both the
others, and should thereby carry the en
tire South, t till leaves them far in the
.minority and without the hope of reach
ing the jjoal of i&eir ambition. And
with such a spectacle before them, it
would be an insalttto the intelligence and
-virtue of the citizens of the Free States
to suppose that thy can be Mped as the
self-abased dupes of either of these fac
tions. They will not be so used. Bat
the calm" majority of free men will
place the Government in the hands of
men who can listen to other music than
the clanking offhains and the sound of
tbe auctioneer's voice a.rtd : ha" miner in the
tumor; shamble; '..'- A
INFATUATION.
There is no proposition so ineontrover
tably proved -by the whole current of
human history, as thi, "that the wrongs
committed by individuals or communities,
inevitably work out, ia one form of
another, a retributive punishment upon
the perpetrators." Men in their mad
ness may impiously deny an over-ruling
Providence, and, making falsehood
their defense, hope to prosper in iniquity.
But such a hope is pure infatuation.
They may deny revelation as they please
may vote the Bible a book of fables,
an
1 in their hearts say- "there is no God"
may deify might, and worship craft,
and trust in deception, but the world's
history still remains, and teaches on
every page, the great truth which reve
lation has condensed into the sentence
l Thc ickked shtiU not go tinpunisJied."
The Democratic party are testing this
.great truth, in the consequenses of their
! treatment of the people of Kansas.
1 Still, in their blind infatuation, they do
not seem to learn wisdom, and still hope
to prosper by the perpetration of farther
wrong. Any one not hopelessly blind
must see, that for the persistent efforts
"f that party to oppress the people of
Kansas, and through them, to outrage
the rights of the great mass of the peo
ple, the party itself has not only lost the
confidence f nil honest men, but is
suffering the tortures of internal war
fare, which has . broke out among the
conspirators themselves.
But the most wonderful scene in all
this drama, is the insanity which hopes
to succeed by continuing the iniquity.
Knowing that if Kansas were admitted
htto the Union, her three electoral votes
would be cast for Lincoln, the Demo
cratic Senate has contemptuously re
fused her admission into the Union.
Thej have .vainly: hoped by thus dis
franchising a state, they can defeat the
will of the people of the Union, and re
tain the power which they have so much
abused. They have apparently over
looked the fact, that,' in perpetrating
this great wrong to prevent the three
votes of Kansas being given .to Lincoln,
they have so outraged the sense of jus
tice in thousands of their own party as
to secure to him the electoral votes of
all the Free States in which there was
any doubt. Good will thus be brought
out of their premeditated evil, but the
moral ; crime of their purpose remains
the same: as if they had succeeded, and
the punishment as sure. In fact, the
penalty willjbe doubly intense. For, to the
upbraiding of conscience for an intended
wrong, will be added the wounded pride,
and mortified ambition, which must
follow in the wake of so dishonorable a
defeat.
The retribution is just, and all men,
and especially all politicians, should
ponder the lesson it teaches.
MORE KIDNAPPING.
Aoother disgraceful and diabolical
case of kidnapping occurred at Washing
ton, Fayette County, in this State on the
27 ult. Several Kentuckians procured
the services of a fellow named Collins,
to go with a team to' the house of a
colored family, about a mile from town.
Stopping at the door, Collins asked for
a drink of water, when John Mar
shal, who is represented by the
Herald, from whieh we abridge the ac
count, says is a very industrious, quiet
colored man, who has been working for
Judge McLean some four years, ajid
boards in this family, gave him a drink,
Collins then asked him to give the gen
tlemen in the wagoaa a drink also. As
soon as he lxeached them the water, they
all jumped upon him, Sand after a des
perate scuffle, bond him in the wagon
and drove for Kentucky at a furious
rate.
Soen as the outrage became known,
officers started in pursuit of the kid
nappers. At Hillsborough they caught
Collins, the driver, but the Kentucky
gang had procured fresh horses there
and were beyond the reach of the officers,
having four hours the start. Collins is
held in 1,000 bail as an accomplice.
As long as the men markets are open,
and a man or woman can be sold in the
shambles for the enormous sums they
now bring, these daily scenes may be
expected to continue. There is not
another countryjn the world, civilized
or savage, "where such deeds of brutal
atrocity would be tolerated. How long
is Ohio to be the favorite hunting ground
of these human blood-hounds?
DEMOCRATIC COMPLIMENTS TO
DEMOCRATS.
How wonderfully "circumstances alter
eases," was never more clearly demon
strated than in the nominations made by
the two Democratic Conventions at Bal
timore. It is known to everybody that Joe
Lane was one of the most prominent
candidates before that body for Presi
dent; and if he had been nominated none
wnnld have shouted lustier in his train
than the Cincinnati Enquirer. Lane is
the chosen Senator of the Democracy
from the Democratic State of Oregon.
And while a probable candidate of the
Enquirer's party, was a gentleman, a
scholar, a patriot and a statesman. But
the Convention split, and Lane and the
Enquirer fell into different fragments.
Lane, instead of receiving the nomination
of the whole party for President as he
expected, received the nomination of one
half of it the Breckinridge faction for
Vice President, and thereupon the En
quirer draws this "enchanting picture" of
the "peerless Democrat." Speaking of
the nomination, the Enquirer says:
"The nomination op Lane for the
Vice Presidency is an outrage upon
THE INTELLECT OP THE COUNTRY. He
is absolutely unfit and thoroughly
incompetent for the post."
We guess the Enquirer is right. But
what a different tune it would have sung,
if Lane had been nominated for Prcsi
dent by the olhcr faction?
tt'nov.
Ob! cousis-
NO DISCUSSION ALLOWED.
During the pendency of Jeff. Davis'
Slave Code resolution in the U. S. Sen
ate, Mr. Harlan, of Iowa, offered the fol
lowing proviso, viz.:
"But the free discussion of tlie morality
and expediency "of slavery should never
be interfered icitltby the laws of any State,
or the United States, and the freedom of
speech and the press, on this and every
other subject of domestic and national pol
icy, should be maintained inviolate in all
the States.'"
This amendment was deliberately
Voted down by thirty-six Democrats, in
cluding Pugh of Ohio, the twenty Re
publican Senators present, of course j
voting for it. Just look at the proposi
tion. The resolutions which were
passed every Democrat in the Senate
but two voting for them lay down the
doctrine that if the people in the Territo
ries will not sanction slavery among them
and the President and Supreme Court
cannot force it upon them, then it is the
duty of Congress, by the enactment of a
Slave Code, to compel them, against
their will, to submit to the presence and
working of the system in their midst.
And this doctrine was carried through
the United States Senate, by the votes
of every Democratic Senator except two.
And it was while these resolutions
were before the body that the above
amendment was offered and rejected.
Look at it. It simply says that "the
free discussion of the morality or expedi
ency of slavery should never be inter
fered with by law, &c." Thisdid notsuit
Democracy. , If the expediaicy and mor
ality of human bondage was permitted to
be discussed it was clearly seen that
there was no hope of its establishment.
No slaveholder, of course, would wil
lingly consent to have the matter dis
cussed. And Northern dough-faces voted
with them. It is true, Pugh was one
of the two Democrats who finally voted
against the naked Slave Code proposi
tion. But he voted with them on all
preliminary questions, and against the
right of the people to discuss even its
expediency. This, however, was a few
days before the split of tfife party. Now,
since the South has refused to support
Douglas, Pugh will, no doubt, attempt
to win votes for his faction by de
nouncing' the South in a style which no
Republican ever did.
Surely the people will see through
the maneuver.
THE PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRACY
In Pennsylvania, confusion reigns su
preme among the scattered debris of the
late Democratic party. It was designed
to have a great demonstration in Phila
delphia on Saturday last, for which
purpose a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee was called. But alas! the discov
ery was at once made that in the Com
mittee, as well as the Convention, the
"irrepressible conflict" was ready to
break out. Some wanted to ratify
Douglas and some Breckinridge. After
a desperate wrangle the Committee split
in two, fourteen siding with Breckinridge
and only ten with Douglas. Thereupon
the Douglas men issued a call for a mass
meeting to ratify the nomination of their
candidate, or, as they designate the thing,
"the ticket of the 'great national Demo
cratic party.' "
And thereupon the chairman of the
Committee publishes a manifesto, de
nouncing the movement of the Douglas
ites as irregular, and calling a ratification
meeting in the name of Breckinridge and
Lane "the ticket of the 'great national
Democratic party.' "
This looks rather queer. Is the
Union already dissolved? . How can
there be two "great national Democratic
parties" with "national Democratic can
didates," unless there are two nations?
Have these Democracies quietly divided
the Union into two "nations" and ar
ranged their government between them?
The organization in the State at large
is in the same unhappy dilemma. Un
fortunately, the Democracy of Pennsyl
vania had not the wisdom to postpone
their State nominations, like their breth
ren of Ohio, until it could be ascertained
whieh Democracy was the true one. A
ticket for Governor and other State offi
cers, as well as an electoral ticket, had
been nominated before the split. It is
now ascertained that a majority of the
candidates on the State, as well as Elec
toral ticket, are in favor of Breckinridge.
The State Executive Committee is also
divided. The confusion is supreme, and
the profanity awful.
The Constitution.
The central Democratic organ at
Washington repudiates Douglas, and
goes for Breckinridge and Lane with a
will. Douglas is said to be in a state of
desperation. His spirits are only kept
up by stimulants, which it is feared will
get such a control over him as to send
him the way of many other men of mark,
to an unhonored grave. Much as we
dislike the political course of the Illi
nois Senator, we should regret to have
his name added to the long list of dis
tinguished men who have fallen victims
to the insidious advances of an uncon
trolable appetite for strong drink. We
don't believe he is yet past recovery.
Sam Houston, who was for years a hope
less slave to his appetite, burst the spell,
and has long been an example of tem
perance, whatever else he may be. We
sincerely hope Douglas may follow his
example in this respect.
II ow Very "National."
The Democratic National Executive
Committee has "dissolved its union"
split, and broke up. Two new com
mittees both very "national," have been
formed out of the "rubbish" of the old.
One of these "National" Committees lie
to Douglas and the other to Breckin-
, ridge. McClosky, the Secretary of the
old Committee, goes with the Breckin
ridge "nationals," and is their Secretary.
How these "national" Democrats do h;itc
EOetionalismJ
WHAT THE DISUNIONISTS MAY EX
PECT OF LINCOLN.
While the Democratic Senators and
members of Congress were threatening
to dissolve the Union, in their inflamma
tory speeches last winter, Lincoln was in
Lcavenworth,Kansas,where he, too, made
a speech. He then had no expectation
of being the Republican candidate for
President, but he well understood that
some good man would be, and he very
clearly stated what would be done in
ease the threat was attempted to be put
in execution. Now that he is himself
the candidate, with a moral certainty of
being elected, it may be of interest to
our Democratic friends to know what
they have to expect at his hands in case
they undertake the dissolving contract
Here is what he says a Republican Ad
ministration would do, and as he is to
be the head of that Administration, the
thing will bo done, and done well too.
We commend the declaration to the
"nraverful consideration" of our Dis
union friends. He sajs:
"You Democrats greatly fear the sue
cess of the Republicans would destroy
the Union. Vv hy Do the Renubli
cans declare against the Union? Noth
ing like it. Your own statement of it is,
that if the Black Republicans elect a
President, you won't stand, it! - You
will break up the Union. That will be
your act, not ours. To justify it, you
must show that our policy gives you
just cause for such desperate action.
Can you do that? When yoa attempt
it you will find out policy is exactly the
policy ot the men who made tie Union,
nothing more or notlnng loss, vo you
think you are justified to break up the
Government rather than have ij admin
istered as it was administered by Wash
mgton, and other good and great men
who made it, and first adminis:ered it?
If vou do, you are very unreasonable,
and more reasonable men. cannot and
will not submit to you. While you
elect Presidents, we submit, neither
breaking nor attempting to break up the
Union. If we shall constitutionally
electa President, it will be our duty to
see that you submit. Old John Brown
has just been hung for treason against a
State. We cannot object, even though
he thousrht slavery wronjr. That cannot
excuse violence, bloodshed, and treason
It could avail him nothing that he might
think himself right. So, if censtitu
tionally we elect a President, and there
fore vou undertake to destroy tne union
IT WILL BE OUR DUTY TO DEAL
WITH YOU AS OLD JOHN BLOWN
HAS BEEN DEALT WITH. We
shall try to do our duty. We hope and
believe that in no section will a majority
so act as to render such extreme meas
ures necessary."
SECTIONALISM
Douglas received twenty-eight votes
in the Rump Convention from the South
ern States, and fifteen of them nine
from Alabama and six from Louisiana
were clearly bogus. Lincoln received
foity-sevcn legitimate Southern votes in
the Chicago Convention which nomina
ted him. Yet Lincoln is a "sectional
and Douglas a "national" candidate!
so say the Douglas organs.
But what makes sectionalism? We
freely admit that we do not expect
larce vote for Lincoln in the Southern
States, in November. With the presen
state of feeling there, it would be a sub
ject of deep regret, if he should. It
would show the same dishonest game of
hypocritical double-dealing and fraud
which we have so long opposed in the
Democratic party. There is not even a
pretense that there is any unity of sen
timent or feeling between the Northern
and Southern Democrats; yet they have
been in the most unholy alliance for
years for the sake of the spoils merely
The case is wholly different with the
Republicans. The few oitizens of the
South who act with us are earnest, hon
est men, who give the Republican prin
ciples a cordial and conscientious sup
port. They arc even more intensely
anti-slavery than those of the North, be
cause they feel more immediately the
grinding oppression of the system.
Whatever support, then, the Republican
ticket may receive in the South will b
an honest support. There is no conflict
between Northern and Southern Repub
licans as is the case with the Democrats
And this unity of sentiment gives a gen
uine nationality to the party, and will
give it strength and power. Every ac
cession of numbers in the South adds
to its unity and strength, while the
Southern majority, given to the Demo
cratic party, holding sentiments opposed
to those in the North, necessarily tended
to the sectionalizing, and final disrup
tion of that party
...
The way the Democracy Ratify up in old
Ashtabula.
The Ashtabula Sentinel gives a
glow
ing account of a Democratic ratification
at Jefferson, in that County. The Sen
tinel says, there were formerly a few
Douglas men in that place, but since the
nominations none have been discovered
But the Breckinridge party is enthusias
tic, as will be seen from the account of
the great ratification-got up by it, on the
announcement of the nomination. Here
is the report of the meeting as given" by
the Sentinel.
"When the mail came in on Monday
afternoon, our Postmaster, who is taking
the census as Deputy U. S. Marshal
called himself together, made a collection
of money and bought some powder.
He then organized, by taking off his
coat and putting on a leather apron, anil
proceeded, solitary and alone, to load
"Uncle Rube's little cannon," which he
loaded, and then went to Talcott's, got a
nail rod, and built a hre to heat it. He
then primed it and told a boy he might
touch it oil when the iron was hot
which he did, blowing the fire all to
pieces. This was in front of the post
office; and as there was some horses
hitched along the street, it was deemed
best to go to a vacant lot near by. He
then got his Deputy to help him draw it
to the proper ground, where he fired five
J i ri'u i i n
mow shots. Ihus ended the ceremnnv.
J i
which was conducted with great decorum,
and gravity worthy of a U. S. Official.
The six shots were all tired within an
hour. We have not heard of any Doug-.
, , . t- a-
las demonstrations io c-onie ort, as yet.
The trildcst t.n'h 'sm prcuiU-l
THE DIFFERENCE.
Douglas, in his speech accepting the
nomination of the Rump Convention at
Baltimore, says :
"Tfia'e is no difference in principle be-
fibcen Northern and Smithern intervention.
The one intervenes for slavery, and the
other against slavery." r '
And he has, in a hundred forms, ex
pressed the same falacy. Let us exam
ine it. Suppose a gang of burglars were
about to enter Mr. Douglas' dwelling for
the purpose of plunder, or the commis
sion of worse crimes. Suppose their
purpose is perfectly known to the police,
consisting of three watchmen ; and the
question comes up among these watch
men as to what they shall do in the
premises. Unc oi tnem proves to be an
accomplice of the robbers and insists on
aiding them in their crimes. This is in
tervention, fur burglary. Another,
as tne iaitniui guaraian oi tne puonc
peace, as well as the lives and property
of the inmates of Mr. Douglas' mansion,
insists upon keeping the banditti out'.
This is intervention against the burglars.
But the third, with a sublime indiffer
ence, and as a true "Sovereign," says,
"gentlemen, there is no difference in
principle between you. One of you
would intervene for the burglars, and
the other against them. For my part, I
don't care whether they get in or not.
But I see there arc shutters to the win
dows, this is unfair and places the bur
glars at a disadvantage. I will take them
down, and then let "popular soverignty"
determine the result. If the robbers
plunder the house and murder Mr
Douglas' family it is all right. And if
Mr. Douglas is able to beat them off,
that is all right, too. It is a matter of
perfect indifference to me which party
conquers. The fight will be an interest
ing one, and I can side with the one who
succeeds." And then suppose the rob
bers to enter at the opening made bv
this disinterested guardian of the peace,
and after a long, fierce and terrible con
test, Mr. Douglas should succeed in dri
ving out the villains, at the expense of
broken furniture and ruined house, with
the death of one or two of his children
and his wife a maniac from the fright; what
would he think of his very disinterested
friend, the watchman ? Would he be
likely to take him by the hand and
honor him as a benefactor ? But this is
an exact parallel to the position of Doug
las himself.
Here arc the Territories or say Kan
sas. It is perfetly well known that a set
of propagandists worse than burglars
meditate a descent upon the Territory
with the purpose of robbing the inhab
itants of their freedom the most pre
cious inheritance of humanity. There
are three parties fairly representing the
watchmen above named. The Demo
cratic party, which boldly proclaims
itself to bo an accomplice of the propa
gandists, and insists on openly assisting
them in their schemes of outrage. The
Republican party, on the other hand in
sists upon preserving the peace of the
country and protecting the property, the
liberty and the lives of the people o
Kansas, against the wrongs meditated
against them. While Douglas, with
suonme lnuittercnce, can t take sides
with cither. It is perfectly immaterial
to him whether the ruffians succeed or
not. So he says. But there is a barrier
the strong shutters the Missour
com promisewhich effectually keeps the
robbers out and protects the lives and
liberties of the inhabitants This, M
Douglas says, is unfair- it don't give the
invaders a fair chance. So Mr. Douglas
will remove the obstruction and let the
banditti in. And then if they can sue
cced in robbing the people, all right. -
But if the people succeed in beating off
the invaders, backed by their powerful
accomplices, that will be all right, too
And Douglas will claim the homage of
whichever side whips. Is not this his
position ?
Well, the contest has been long, fierce
terrible and bloody. The people of Kan
sas have driven off the hoarde of plun
derers let in upon them, at the expense
of untold suffering. And the distin
guished Stephen Arnold Douglas has the
coolness to ask the homage of the people
for the part he has acted in this strange
drama the strangest part of which is
that there are white men in Ohio having
the right, by law, to think and act freely.
who actually shout in his train ! Well
human nat ure is a queer thing in some of
its manifestations. And this of al
things seems to us the queerest. But
November will tell the estimate which
the people place upon the positions of
the parties, and will show whether or not
they can see "any difference between in
tervening for, or against" a great wrong
The New York Democracy.
The "irrepressible conflict between
the two great national Democratic par
ties" in New York, seems to threaten a
"Kilkenny Cat" affair. The "Exccu
tive Committee" is divided the "Tarn
many Hall" faction is divided the '-Old
Hunkers" arc divided the "Barnburn
crs" are divided the "Softshclls" are d
vided the "Hardshells" are divided-
and, in short, all the named and unnamed
factions of the "New York Democracy'
are in the fiercest state of effervescence
Whether Breckinridge or Douglas will
rally the most of the faithful is yet un
certain. The probabilities are that
Breckinridge will carry the greatest
crowd. In the meantime, the immortal
Herald Bennett's New York Herald
seeing the old shipwrecked and sinking,
has forsaken the frantic crew and gone
over "bag and baggage" to Bell and Ev
erett
l ne empire otaie is guuu iui an y ma -
p t i
iority you please to name for Lincoln
Jul V J jt ""
m, n C!i-i 1 P -
and Hamlin. The llepublican triumph
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FUNNY.
The force of habit is truly wonderful,
and
when once confirmed, its victim
seems to lose all power to break away I
from it. This is proved every day, in
the case of persons addicted to the use
of intoxicating drinks. But in nothing
is the forec of habit so clearly dem'on-
trated as in the case of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, and other Democratic papers
in Ohio. They have, for years, used
the terms "Abolitionist," and "Aboli
tionism," as the sole argument in every
campaign. No matter who has been the
candidate, or what the issue before the
people, the same stereotyped slang has
been rung out from day to day, without
variation in tone or sentiment.
This habit, like that of inebriation,
has become so confirmed, that without
apparently knowing, or once thinking of
the supreme absurdity of its position,
the Enquirer repeats the same cry of
'Abolitionist," and "Abolitionism," un
der circumstances which show that it
must be from the mere force of habit, in
which the intellect takes no part whatever-.
Having used this crT against the old
Whig party the Free Soil, and the Re
publican parties it now finds a new party
in the field, headed by Breckinridge, and
supported by the extreme South. And
the Enquirer, in the support of Douglas,
finds itself under the necessity of op
posing this new party or rather this
ickinridge wing of the late Demo
cratic party. But it seems to have no
arguments with which to oppose it. It
therefore pours out, to the infinite
amusement of all sane people, the very
same old slang of "Abolitionism" against
the supporters of Breckinridge, in the
South, that it has so long used against
the Republicans, in the North. ,
This would be incredible if we had
not the paper before us. But, incredi
ble as it may seem to our readers, it is
nevertheless true. The Cincinnati En
quirerj the organ of Douglas in the State
of Ohio, is attempting to make capital
for its chieftain, by calling the support
ers of Breckinridge in the South, "Abo
litionists," and charging the Southern
wing with "Abolitionism."
The Enquirer says, speaking of the
Louisville Courier, a leading Democratic
paper of Ky., which supports Breckin
ridge: "As we predicted, the Louisville Cour
ier, of Abolition descent, is out against the
regular nominee of the Democratic party
lor 1 resident, and is advocating the
claims of the disunionisfs. The Courier
knows that Breckinridge cannot be elec
ted, and that the only effect of his running
will be to help Lincoln. Ifc said it
icould wor7c itself bach into tlie embrace
of Abolitionism, and it is doing it fast."
Such is the force of habit, that we
have no doubt, if the Enquirer should
attempt to answer the arguments of the
Richmond Enquirer, the Charleston
Mercury, or any other of the cxtremcst
pro-slavery organs of Breckenridge, it
would do so by simply charging them
with being "Abolitionists" and laboring
to propagate "Abolitionism." It seems
entirely to have lost the capacity to rea
son, and mechanically as a machine
grinds out its daily grist, of "abolition'
horrors, and flings them indiscriminately
at the Republicans
mericans, and
Breckinrid,
e men, North or South, with
a total unconsciousness
absurdity.
of its sublime
Ctood Lord Good Devil.
Our cotemporary of the Union, an ar
dent democratic organ, published in
Steubenville, in this State, not knowing
into whose hands he may finally fall
and wishing to be in favor with which
ever beats, hoists the names of Douglas
and Breckinridge both! And with un
paralleled lucidity, defines his position in
this style:
"The nomination by the members of
the Democratic National Convention oi
two sets of Presidential candidates is
likely to create a wide, but we most fer
vently hope, not a permanent, breach in
the licmocratic ranks. JJouglas and
Fitzpatrick, and Breckinridge and Lane,
have each their supporters; even the old
est and most shrewd men of the Demo
cratic organization are unable to deter
mine satisfactorily what they ought to
do. Ratification meetings are spoken of
by the mends of both sets of candidates
The friends of Breckinridge and Lane
propose to meet and ratify the selection
of their favorite candidates, and are
making preparations for a grand ratifi
cation of their nominees, of which due
notice will be given by handbills and
through the paper. The Douglas men
will hold theirs on Thursday evening
next."
Unmerciful Satire.
it will be remembered that the "in
imitable" Davy Todd of Ohio, was called
to preside over the fragment of the
Baltimore Convention, which nominated
Douglas, after Crushing, the President
of the Convention, had abandoned it.
After the nomination of Douglas,- Todd
made a speech in the following words
"With heartfelt satisfaction, as pre
siding officer of this Convention, I dc
clare Stephen A. Douglas, by unanimous
vote, the candidate of the Democr;ftic
party of the Union, for President of
these United States, and may uod, in
his infinite mercy, protect him and the
Union he represents!
A cotemporary says the closing lines
"read awfully like hanging." It is the
language universally used by a judge in
passing sentence of death upon a con
vict. The judgment of the Court is so
and so, "and may the Lord have mercy
on your soul." The language of Todd
is Douglas is nominated, and "may the
Lord have mercy upon his soul."
j Breckinridge in New Hampshire.
Four of the leading Democratic papers
in New Hampshire have hoisted the
"RronL-inriilrro flfi vi'j- TriA T'nrtsm nn til
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1 , . 7 , rnnA
! Gazette, the Dover bcnltnel, the Loncora
, Tr , , r, ,
SihrmlnvH. .nirl t he 1 neli f ster Democrat.
. , , .
How many support Douglas we do not
j a
know. But either of the Democracies
stand about as much chance of carrying
that State as Lincoln has of receiving
the vote of the milliners and disunion
its of the South.
IMPORTANT NEWS.
We mean, important to our Douglas
Democrats. We learn, from the last
number of the Democratic paper pub
lished at Marietta, that "The nomina
tion of Douglas teas one of the most har
Titoniov.s in our history."
This news was so trang'c that we
thought on reading it, that it might
possibly be a misprint. But on reading
the whole article we find that the editor
had, by some means, obtained the infor
mation, and was benevolently enlighten
ing his readers in the "truth of history."
We learn further from the same au
thority, that Douglas received the regular
nomination of his party, and that the pre
tense that Mr Douglas teas not nominated
in accordance with the time-honored usages
of the party is too idle to be deniei
After this vindication of the "truth of
history," we were prepared for the fol
lowing from the same high authority:
" Who does not know that the warmest
feelings of friendship have existed, and
still exist, between the friends of a blave
Code for the Territories in, the JSotith and
the advocates of the Wilmot Proviso in the
North?"
Such is the "truth of history" as vin
dicated by this Democratic organ. Far
be it from us to dispute so high an au
thority. ' ThSfff isinore than a -column
of the same kind of information but
what we give is sufficient. But did it
not occur to this vindicator of history,
that he ha3 unconsciously made the Re
publicans the only "national" party in
the Union? By showing that "the warm
est feelings of friendship have existed,
and still exist, between the friends of a
Slave Code for the Territories, in the
South, and the advocates of the Wilmot
Proviso in the North," does he not really
do a larger job than he contracted for?
As we said, we do not intend to dis
pute this Democratic organ. But there
is some difficulties in the way which we
hope-will yet be explained: "Douglas
will be elected by an overwhelming ma
jority. This is settled, of course, but
the difficulty in our mind is, as to the
source of his votes. "The South-," we
are informed, are in bonds of the
"warmest friendship" with tho Republi
cans, and Douglas would hardly accept
their votes if proffered. But we are
told that he is so hated there, and the
Black Republicans so intensely loved
that he will get no effective support in
that rcgiom ; And we assume that Lin
coln will sweep the Free States. In
this state of the case, while we freely
admit, on this Democratic authority,
that Douglas will be elected, we icould
like to know by whose votes.
THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS.
We learn from the last Pt. Pleasant
paper, whose editor has just returned
from the East, that "Pennsylvania is sure
to give Bell and Everett at least ten thous-
andmajorily!" We learn from the Post,
and other "reliable" organs of the same
State, that Douglas and Johnson will
sweep the common wealth by forty thous
and majority, at least! We learn, also
from other equally reliable organs, that
the same State is in a "blaze of enthu
siasm" for Breckinridge and Lane, and
that they will carry the State against all
opposition. We have not heard that
Lincoln and Hamlin have peremptorily
declined to run, in consequence of this
news.
We learn, also, from the Statesman,
Plaindealer, and other Democratic organs,
that Ohio will give Douglas an over
whelming majority. We are in receipt
of the further information, from the Cin
cinnati Times, the only Bell paper in the
State, that the "enthusiasm of the peo
ple" for that popular ticket is such as
to- insure Its triumph in November.
While William D. Morgan, formerly
Democratic Auditor of State, "and now
the editor of the Newark Advocate, a
Democratic organ, informs us that Bell
will get no votes in Ohio, and that Doug
las cannot come within "one hundred
thousand of carrying it." Morgan is a
Breckinridge man. He does not say that
Breckinridge will carry the State, but
having put Bell and Douglas out of the
way, the inference is that Breckinridge
is to be the successful man. : For surely
no Democrat expects Lincoln to receive
any considerable number of votes any
where. ..
We have the same late and reliable
news from all the States, but have not
time or room to copy.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette.
Breckinridge .Demonstration at Woos
ter. Woosteii, O., Juno 26, 1860.
The nominations of Breckinridge and
Lane was received here by thoir friends
with unboundel enthusiasm. One hun
dred and five guns were fired this even
ing in honor of the nominations. They
are having a grand ratification meeting
to-night. Speeches are being made
from the balcony of the Lentz House,
by our most prominent Democrats.
They stigmatized the "Little Bebcl" as
a traitor and disorganizer, and urged all
national and Union-loving men to stand
by Breckinridge, Lane and the Union.
A large torch-light procession, headed
by bands, paraded the streets, making
night hideous with their yells.
The Hump or Douglas faction are
making great preparations for a grand
rally to-morrow evening, as a counterac
tion to to-night's meeting. The hostil
ity already existing between the two fac
tions is bitter and determined, so look
out for rich reports from this quarter.
The Republicans are greatly elated at
their prospects, and by no means dis
tressed on account of the troubles of the
harmonious Democracy. Put down for
"Honest Old Abe" a rousing majority
in "Old Wayne."
Yours, E, W. S.
BThe Great Eastern has arrived at
last. She left Southampton on the
morning of the 18th ult., and arrived at
New York on the morning of the 28th.
The highest speed she attained was A
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