Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-09-11

              t " r i .-f , - . .. t e? VOLUME xxrv. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO i TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, i860. NUMBER 21. I I I 1 ' , i - 7 . f Its yt. 3rqoij Sebjoctqflc Swef IS WILIS! STST TOSSDAT X0HKI3C, ' CIlco la 7ooiTJLf d't Eloci, Ttlrd Story TEHMS -T dollars ner Mna, payanle ta ail tiim SZ,9t within lix months; 93,00 imt tne ax ration r tns year. Clans of twenty, s i,s mi. XETTEU FE02I H0B GEO. E. PITCH. The fallowing leUer iron Senator Pugb, of Ohio, tu ia response to an invitation to attend the Kentucky Democratic State Convention at Louisville, on the 11th instant : CiscisvAti, Ang. 10, I860. GcXTLCXK I have postponed answering your letter of the 26th inst., inviting me to address th Democratic Stat Convention at Louisville, because I intended to comply, if possible with your wishes. I returned bom several weeks ago, after an absence of nearly eight months, and have felt myself under obligation to attend, first of all, loan arrear of professional engagements. These are not yet discharged as I hoped they wonky! be and I mast now disappoint myself, as well as yon, by failing to be at Louisville to morrow. I assure yon, gentlemen, that it would have afforded me the utmost pleasure if I could have been with you a poo so interesting an occasion. I wish to appland the true and loyal Democracy of Kentucky, face to face, for their noble eont age in adhering to the principles and the pledges of the Democratic party (even as against the temptation of Mr. Breckinridge' candidacy) in regard to the single question which now menaces the stability and perpetuity of our Federal government. 1 am not, as Mr. Yancey expressed himself at the Mryland Institue, upon the occasion of Mr.l Breckinridge's nomination, snerelf neutral with respect to the continuance of the Uaioa or its destruction, 1 am Jot the Union, aod agauut disunion, at all times, with out-appology, or contingency, or qualification. The Constitution may be violated (as it often has been) by unfaithful . public servants, or in the tempest of factions, or from other causes; bui our plain duty, a patriots, in every ruh enter geocy, is to invoke aain and again and again. . until seventy times seveo, the sober sense and calm judgment of the people. If our Re vol u ttonary fathers, under .Washington, could pro long an apparently desperate struggle for seven years drive from. city to citf, from camp to camp, from State-to State, by superior numbers 'trampling the snows and ice of mid winter with bare-feet suffering two or three disasters for each victory and at last, by sheer fortitude, achieve the liberty and independence we now 'enjoy, he does little hoor to the memory of such ancestors (as it seems to me) who would now, in oar zenith of national and individual prosperity abandon the great result of their labors the Uaioa which they established without an equal exhibition of heroism. What can be more criminal than this modern habit of betaking ourselves, upon every trivial occasion, or even upon solemn occasions, to the jargon of disunion and secession and revolution T I am not only "opposed to it, gentlemen, but I amtired of it, aod dugasted with it. I hope to see the day when a public declaration fram any man (ever so eloqueot and distinguished) that he is "neither : for the Union nor against the Union will, instead of provoking thunders of applause, aa in th- Breckinridge Convention jat Baltimore, be received with universal indignation and abhor rence. I have been a faithful Democrat ever sine I bad" a vote; I love the Democratic party, its principles, its polury, its usages of organization; I am proud of its history, and have always felt my heart throb with noble pulsations in musing upon its future achievements; but, with all this affection, and even with more than I have expressed, or can express, I declare to you, gen tlemen?all earnestness, that if disunionists, or those to whom Union or disunion is an affair of indifference,' are now to become the leaders of th Democratic party; to prescribe th language of wur platform; to dictate, by mean of successions at Charleston and at Baltimore, whom we shall choose for candidates; it will be high time for me, at least, to seek another and mora congenial association. I am against the "irr press! ble conflict" on both sides; as well as that - bow personified by John C Brekinridge as that personified by Abraham Lincoln. Bach is th issue propounded to th American people ia the Presidential campaign of this year propounded fairly, distinctly, and in a manner which, cannot be mistaken. It is immaterial, therefore, what assurances Mr. Breckinridge or General Lan for botlt of whom, personally, I entertain the- utmost (regard -may vouchsafe in letters or speeches; t5ey will be, if elected, and snustbveapUves (lik " Mr. Buchanan) of th bold spirits to whom their nomination are dne, aid whoa policy they now represent. I turn from the gentlemen to the regular nominees of th Democratic party, Stephen A. Douglas and Hersohel V. Johnson, as th chieftains en titled to my allegiance - They are good men and true on of northern and on of southern birth, equally dessrving our best efforts, ur utmost nergy, our untiring xeaL They have not agreed at all time! (and I am glad they bar sot) ia vry point of detail connected with th question ef tlarery ia ti Territories; and it has been my fortun iu. publio lif to differ with each of them, and that epos several occasions. What thea? They ars, and I area with them, ia All that is now Important for th peac aadVwell fara- uf our common country. They ar both ia favor ii axTas g th questioa cf slavery ' ia the Tsrritorie from th Hal! of Congress cf lea v. laji ta ti Cdcuion of th people ia eaeS Ter ritory, g alject to aaeb. restrictions, f popular authority, and ao other, as th Constitution of theUaUsl riit-t ha prescribed, -tho restri-iifttt to ha iailastsi. 6oa tim to time, a oc-casiou may teuire, by tie highest judical tribo-cal ia the laud, and thenceforth to b accepted t eUltorj, aTectual aod complai. . What more ought either the South or th North to ask or to concede T : It seems to me that a sincere Democrat eaa nave little hesitation as to his duty ia present cireumstances. Th aoain of jhi parti Douclaa and Johnson, ar gentlemen of distin- gu shed ability, of undoubted patriotism, of great experience ia publie affairs; and they stand, to day, upon th sol basts of Union, equality and peace between th slavsholding and the non- slaveh old ing States. ;: 'V These, gentlemen, are my opinions and sentt menti, expressed with candor, but, as I hope, with due courtesy toward those who were once oar brethren, end have lately chosen to become ear political opponents. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Ov Ev PUOH. Messrs. J. F. Bullitt, P. B. Poindexter, J. E. Speed, J. H. Harney, W. P. Boone, John W. Barr, Committee, Louisville. gSy The extraordinary position occupied by the Hon. Johj C. BatcrisaiDor, ia allowing himself to become the candidate of a few disorganising men who seek to destroy the Demo cratic party, in order that a Black Republican may be elected President, hat called forth some very able articles from a Democratic neighbor of his, at Lexington, Ky., which axe published in the Cincinnnati Enquirer. We present below one of the articles alluded, and ask thereto the attention of all men who are opposed to the Election of th Abolitionist, Abe Lincoln: UOXMTOICATED.1 To the Hon. Jonu C Breckinridge. You have been appealed to in the name of all that should touch your feelings and rouse your patriotism; you have been entreated by those whose political fortunes are in some degree liuk- ed with yours men who io former contests have stood by you and fought with and for you with an unflinching and stern devotion; men who, with yourself, glorv in the same proud peat of our common party in the long, line of splendid achievements that mark the supremacy of Dem ocratic rule; by the tecoHectiocs of the past, the difficulties of the present, and the hopes of the future, you have been besought to repair the evils you are inflicting, to withdraw from your unenviable position as a ditforganizer of that party to whose devotion you owe your advancement, and upon whose integrity depends the perpetuity of the Republic. TLe counsels of such men are at least entitled to your candid consideration. Their services to your party; the unselfish support they have gi ve to yourself; the willing an J unmurmuring readiness with which, in the hour of your danger, they cam to your rel;ef with all the power thai bore yon triumphantly from the fight where yon bad else fallen to an irretrievable defeat, gives them a claim to speak in the evil times that have befallen us, and to warn you of the evils you are bringing upon them, upon our party, upon yourself, and upon that country which is the common glory of us all. Again I appeal to that patriotism and sense of right which is the connecting liuk between the soul of man aod the throne of eternal justice and which I can not as yet believe is totally dead within your heart. Lay aside for awhile the warping passions of prejudice and pride ; scorn for a moment the influence of a false ambition; let calmer reason and holier patriotism dicta'e the coarse you are about to pursue, and then, with the stern immobility of one who feels that he is right, follow their promptings, regardless of the consequence that may ensue. The common weakness of our human nature is averse to an acknowledgment of wrong or the. retracing of any step we may have taken. But there is no man'iness, no heroism in a persistency in error. Interested partisans may clamor weakness and want of moral courage, but to a patriotic people there can be no greater proof of high moral courage and devotion to your country than the acknowledgment of error and th reparation of whatever evils that error may have inflicted. Perseverance ia what you most feel to be at least a dubious easne is evidence only of a dogged persistency or moral weakness. True mag aimiaity aod courage most dictate your with drawal. You must feel that the friends through whose solicitation and entreaty you consented to occupy your present position were, at least, mistaken. The pardonable hopefulness of personal popularity and vanity may well hav caused you to believe the tale that your name would sweep the South like fire through the dry grass of the prai-rie. But initiatory skirmishes have been fought th voice of the people, like the bugle note of battle, have beea heard by you, even in your seclusion. Instead of an enthusiastic and Unit ed South, you see your wa party dismembered and discordant. Where, then, is your hope? Where ar th hopeful prediction of sanguine, but mistaken friends? Yon must now feel that they were mistakdn, and in their mistake that yon have beea deceived. With the experience of the past two months, will you trust longer to the judgment of their hopes? Will you, with' nothing bat ruin, utter and irretrievable ruin, both to yourself aod to your party, staring- you in th face, persist in th advocacy of a Xals position? ';-.:v-V-:, :;' - '-V--' - ; . Look aroead you ia your owa Stat and Dis trict. Why ia it that ma who hav stood by jo with aa uaeakalabl and im movable devotion. whose hopes, whoa fortunes, aod whoa Interests ar linked with yours, abaadoa you new? Most of them ar personally your jrind; than some you bar none warmer upoa arth-HW lmnt of malice or iadividaal piqu eaten into their position bo desire of prsooT advaacemeat, no nope ot luture aouora cause thm to desert th fisS of a (taking ship. They are ia the district at least the weakest cf the three parties is th flsUj their aspirations ara Inseparably inter-wovea with ih intejritj : and . sopremacy of th Deraocntlo partj. 27a, sirl It is because a stern sens cf dcly warn: thea thai you bav deserted the old priBc:p!-a cf Democracy, which Jbr years have been ths "Alpha aad Omega" ot their rt!;qa( C" 1 ratler tlaa repudiata IU creed, which is so intertwined in their a at are as to bare become a part of their intellectual aad moral being, they will sacrifice ther hopes, their aspirations, th past preeminence of th party, and ven th friends whom, in years gon by, they bav delighted to honor aad to trust. It is from no interested motives it is from no person al en vy; it is not that they honor aad respect yoa the less, bnt that they lov priocipl and tbtr country more. Is there not in all this a voice that speaks with terrible earnestness to your heart? " " Whatever may be the political excitement of the moment, however strong may be the preju dice natural to one's own locality and section, there is In the heart of the American people a stern and uncompromising love of the Union that binds the States into a treat Renublie. And when this people shall have bad time to rea son, th irresistible ground-swell of their lov of country will com heaving up from the bosom of a mighty nation with a sublimity ia its cal earnestness and a power in its sweeping and re sistless strength before which Presidents and Cabinet politicians and leaders must be borne a- way, feeling the utter hopelesness of a vain re sistance, the utter nothingness of their boasted power, and know that they are not the masters but the servants of the people. This ground tvcU has Storied, and it were as vain for you or any living mortal to resist its mighty wave as it would be for the helmless ship, drifting upon a lee shore, dismantled and a wreck, to stem the surges that impel it to destruction. In a few days yon are to address the assembled people of your district. Heretofore you bare been noted for your calm, correct judgment and an insight. into th heart of th people. Before you make thai speech cease for a while your counsels with the men that now surround yon; go outMajor Dreckinridge, among the people that have made you, ask of them their opinion as to the coarse yoa should pursue, and if they tell yon, as the great majority of them have told me, that there is nothing whieV would give them as much pleasure as to see jou withdraw and unite again the party, do it, thongh yoa sacrifice all present hope; do it, th )iisb the friends around you rise in their disappointed ambition; do ii, (or the people are their roasters as well as yours j do it, and there is nothing that you can ask of us that we will not give. I hope sincerely, and I have the reason for my hope, that you aro not the man blindly to be made the tool of others in the ruin of your conn try, that this will be the last time I shall address yoa. But if I be mistaken, ( shall again and again apppeal to you in plain facts, in plainer language, to arouse, if possible, the latent patriotism and judgment which I feel that you possess. KENTDCKIAN. Lkxirgtoh, Ky., Aug. 29, I860. . ggf In his speech in the late Democratic Congressional Convention, at this place, Mr. Patrick, of Tuscarawas, alluded to some of the acts of Wm. Helmick, the present Republican mem ber from - this district, in endeavoring to get through Congress a swindling a id fraudulent claim, in favor of a certain Arthur El wards, for pretended services in carrying the U. S. Mail. The case is thus alluded to by the Coshocton Democrat'. '. A EEPUBLICAW CONGRESS PLTJH"- DEES THU TAEASUKY. BILL HELMICKF VVORS THE . ROiiliKliV. While the Bepublians iu Congress were at work with the mock investigations into the ex travagancies of the present Administration, and thus turning the attention of the people away from their; own ; conduct, they were passing through the House the most unjust, fraudulent and wicked schemes of plunder that ever disgraced any body of legislators! Ia one of these Republican plots to plunder the Treasury, w are credibly informed, Bill Hel mick, our mullet-headed congressman, was deep ly implicated. It seems that one Arthur Ed wards who hails from about Cleveland, had a claim against the U. S., for carrying the mails on the Northern laker; and bad secured the aid of Helmick to put. it through. The.New York Times, a Republican paper, says: : "Their original demand was for 25,1 BO dollars. They went to the Post office Committee of the Senate. . Mr. Hale met them with arms as open as the Treasury. He made up a but; account for them. He discovered that they were much more deeply injured than tbey had even imagin ed. He espoused their cause, and by "some means or other," a bill was 'got through both booses io double quick time, the effect of which would have been on the President's figures, to give Mr. Edwards nd his associates upwards of eighty thousand dollars! This bill was sent t the President, who returned it with his veto, and the pregnant observation: "The enormous dif ference in their the claimants' favor between their own original demand and the amount granted by the present bill, constitutes my chief ob jection to iu" The accuracy of Mr. Buchanan s calculation was disputed by Mr. Hale, but was vindicated by Mr. Yolee, the gentle ran who "with so much distinction and ability', presides oyer th committee on Post office . and Port Roads, as the Senator from New Hampshire saysand who was, therefore, in the very place t knowvalluabout this claim. Mr. Yelee says that the blu vetoed by the President, on the most favorable calculation,' gave th- claimant more than twice as much as they originally' demanded, and that th Prsidsnt,Ia his statement of the "enormous differsne" to which h alludes is substantially correct. ; - z v W ar Informed that IXslmlclc was ih ti;in- eer of this monstrous frauds in the House, end to ensure its ;ps2e be assured Ez-Gavemor Smith, of Vsw, that the amount was only about 30.C09 doITju-ren J by such repressnUtions, the biU passed. I7e are aUa isforaei tlit Ecjwiib-staadie the Presidents veto, th bill afterwards passed, giving Ei wards over 43.CC3 2iHs en amoeat nearly double that which he originally dsmasdsd. It is else said Ctat a re;utlicaa Uw yer, of Nw Philadelphia, was telegraphed tor, Immediately after the passage of the bilL most probably to get portion of. the fees, for lobby ing, which feet art to be expended ia this dis. trict, to secur the re-election of Helmick! This is the history, ia brisf; of the ease, as we get ft. W shall investigate farther into the connection of Helmick with it, and report ia doe-time. . v But, ought not the blush of shame to man tl th cheek, of overy Republican, to find Old Buck obliged to veto eucbj monstrous bill, to pro tect th Treasury from Republieaa plunder, while their smelling committees are still, vainly pur suing the Administration.'in search of some lit tie suspicion of eorruptiOnl Verily, there never was such another corrupt and rascally Hons of Congress ai the present, if we except the K. N. House -of 1855. . Shame on the hypocrites. ' The 8entuaents of-a Eol and Xo&pend- Mr. Douglas, in a late speech at Newark, New Jersey, saidt . M Fellow-citixens, yon hive new a very brief epitome of my opiaioas on th great questions of the day. I am told thai it is improdsnt for a candidate for th Presidency to make publie speeches lest he should say something that would injure him in some parts ofj the country. . I am told that this is a Urge country, that there is a great variety of opinions, an4 what ia popular ia N. Jersey might be an popular ia Other States. .: I know a candidate is expected -to put a padlock to his lips and play the dummy, Iet : something might pass his lip which would barm him. I bold no opinions that I am not ready to avow ia any place wher th American flag waves. Cheers. I don't desire any man's vote who ain't willing to drop the slavery question, and let the people regulate their own local affairs- Applause. Ill form no fusion ot coalition with any body of men whose opinions on the leading issue are in contravention of my own. Cheers. I am willing to unite with all who will oppose and fight any man who fights against the peace and harmony of th country. Cheers. You may think this is plain talk. There is no reason why I should not talk plainly. To have the Presidency is to me a matter of very little importance. I confess to you that my ambition, my chief desire would be to resume my seat in the Senate. If any one of you thinks he is do ing me a favor by voting for me, I think I am doing him quite as great a favor by accepting it. I don't want the office, unless for your good, for mine, for our children and, posterity. I have children that I trust will frow up, and I love them as yon do yours, and t I 'don't desire them to see the last day of "ion. Contrast that sriib thjWfa. . j of Mr. Lin coln, who does not pen is lips or write a letter for fear of injuring bis political prospects. He will find that manly indepence, in the long run, will be respected, while its opposite is despised.. The Republican Candidate for Vice Presi- - dent A. Serious Charge. It has been established as a fact, by Col. Smart, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Maine, that Hannibal Hamlin, the Republican nominee for Vice President, when a member of Congress, received a fee of seven thousand dol- ars for lobbying a claim through Congress. Read the following letter: Postlavo, Ag. 6, 1860. mDsab Si: I very welt remember the inter est which Mr. Hamlia took i a procuring the pas sage of the resolve extending the time lor filing evidence before the Commissioners for the distri bution of the Brazilian indemnity. The Senate Committee reported the resolve, and I think it passed upon the same day. This resolve provi ded for nine months additional time therefor. Mr. Mason moved to amend by reducing it to four months, saying be had consulted with Mr Hamlin, th Senator from Maine, who had seen the Commissioner. "The resolve was taken up ia the House on Friday, the day assigned to Private Calender, and was forced through befor taken sp private bills. Mr? Hamlia followed th resolve into the Hons. I saw him conversing with yourself and others. - He spoke to me to aid th passage cf the reeolv as a publio masur,Vad at the time I did not dream that be had a private interest in th claim, or was using bis Senatoral position for his private beaefit. The first knowledge I had of Ham lie's attorneyship was meeting him on his way to Massachusetts to tak evidence ia support of his claim after the adjournment "During the next session of Congress Mr. Hamlia read to me a written - argameat which he had prepared and afterward filed before the Commissioner ia support of the claim which he was employed to sustain. Why he was engaged by Massachaeette clients, may well challenge inquiry. Mr. Hamlin has never been distinguished for eminence a a lawyer, while he ha a reputation as a political and Congressional maaa "Mr. Hamlia was successful, and, I understood, received some $28,000 of which bis share was one-fourth, or $7,000. He said to me that some Washington banker bad advised him to invest hi money ia some Western railroad, and he bad acted in accordance with this advice. r ; Tbe manner of . Mr. Hamlin's employment end his peculiar agency in the matter canst eon vinee every on thai hie political position and bis profession! talent, was the business transaction aimed at by bis llsssacbtoastu clients. " " ro-irs, truly, ? " Continent spon this disreputallo transaction la ncdless I i The liejublieaae who support laeh man atocll sersr say zjj tllaj; aboat wovoae eemmttteea: j ';. .; hi.v.z$i: rrrn ' Ths Pescrsr cf Uzil'?:zi c:r;j iav sosls tieir ljral csaintiisas. Tti Ccavention was lirj and tarce-:os, d tie tlc-ct tea- taated u an excllant one. The Aurora says ii wul recsiTe tie c-iid tz;;crt cf tbs r;rty. Cere is a Lertsr frca CI J Abe's Eeeper. A gentleman named B. Wright, of Rural, Illinois, being little anxious to know bow Old Abe stood on the slavery "questioa, wrote him a letter, propounding certain question which might very well have received prompt and direct answers. Bat Instead of receiving the desired information, the following reply earn by return mail: Sraxs'cnxLD, Illinois, June 8, I860. Your letter to Hon. A. Lincoln, of May 23, and by which yoa seek to obtain bis opinion on certain political point has peen received. -He has received others of a similar character, but also a great number of exactly opposite chared ter. The latter class beseech him te write noth. ing whatever spon any point of political doc tnae. They sat bis positions were well known when b was nominated, and that b mast not aow embarrass the canvass by undertaking to shift or modify them. ; Ha rearwia tVat not oblig all but yoa perceive that it ia impoa- sible for him to do so. ' JOHN N. NICHOLAS. Doujlas ia PennrylTania. A correspondent at Washington City says, I am authorized to announnce that after Douglas has spoken at Richmond, and one or two other points, resting a day at Washington, he will pro ceed immediately to Pennsylvania, where he will address the people at the following places: At Harrisburg, on Friday, September 7; at Reading on Saturday afternoon, September 8; at Philadelphia, on the same evening; and will pass from thence to Eeston, where he will, speak on the 10th of September. No doubt, when h reaches there, Mr. Dreher, of Monroe, Col. Wright, of Wilkesbarre, aad our other friends in the Wyom ing valley, will insist on his extending his tour, so that be may complete that portion of his cam paign in proper style, and then return to New York. , -. ' ' In rry part of the country, East, West, North and South, the Democratic cause is grow ing stronger and sronger, and th grand army of Douglas Democrats is constantly increasing in numbers and enthusiasm. Liacolnism and Breckinridgeism are both on the wan. The people are for Popular Sovereignty and the right of Self-Government. . We might fill onr columns every day with extract showing th rapid advance of th Democratic cause, and the growing popularity of Douglas. Let our friends go for ward. - Let them be nergetic, aad labor with dilligence, and we shall have the great gratifica tion of adding Ohio to the list of Democratic States after the Fall elections. Who will not labor for this object? Let every Democrat re double his diligence, and let bis motto be: 'Ohio must be redeemed.". . V7I11 He Withdraw. Mr. Bneckinridg with a manly patriotism, which does him infinite credit, has written a letter to his friends ia this city, asking their coun sel and advice, as to his withdrawing from the canvass. We know not what determination has been had relative to this mUrrbut whatever it may be, we would nrgebim by every earthly con sideration to be guided by his own sens of duty to himself, bis party, and his country, and resign as a candidate of th minority of th party. His own future fai fame depends upoa his tak ing this step, even without the consent of the Committee at Washington. It Is his only chance of saving himself from political martyrdom. OiTea np the State. Ia a leading article, the Eevening Pott, (Re publican all through) thus desparingly presents the condition of the Republican enthusiasm:' We may as wtll let it be kaown, far and wide, that New York it lost to th Republican cans." And in th same article it. says, 'Neither Seward nor his friends, nor all their speeches and entreaties, will avail to make the people wake up from the appathy which now pervades the State. This from the Post, which is aoi a giving up sheet, peaks significantly of the low fortunes of the Lincoln eaase ia the Empire State. California and Oregon for Douglu. The newt from the Pacific is that Douglas will earrv both the States on that coast. A cor respondent of New York Herald estimates the vote of California thus: v : Douglas 55,000 LiocoIq, ) SfOOO Breck in ridge,-........- . .24,000 California and Oregon will vote for Doug!- as certainly as the day comes. It require no nroDhet to foresee that. Both States are mdept- ed to Douglas and his friends for their admission into the Union Not a statesman in the Union is so welt and so favorably known there. The Sexaocratio Preu of the Horthwest. The Democratic press of the seven North western States stand as follows: Brtcktmridg. - 5 " 5 " ' 3 Ohio........ . 75 Iod ltD ft eve wvtei stessMtese 63 llliuo,..........-81 Michigao, ,..... - Viconsju . ....... ....-3 J . low a, -.-..- ate.. m2tti -" MiUUCUtaM.M.M.MMM.MMll r TotLi . " 21 - OoTernor cf Pcaasylrania. . Th PittabarcB (Pa.) Post sUtea that the Bell and Everett men ia Pennsylvania are going to support Henry D. Foster, the Xiexeocratic candidate for Goteraor, at the approackiag Octo- her election, Xt addst ; Tosxer will t surrcrUd by all the democrats in th Cuts. and. with ibsr Etll and Everett men to aid tbenf, Cortin wll be nowhere in U tober." ;:; '-- 4" '.-i-yi - - -i- Curja Is lie T.rral'-Iesa nomine wbose feat will dirjoee of llr. Lincoln- -, : ; ; T:riS Czzzi? The 'Democracy cf Ddaczt eoactj bare aea- inneo.ea.wne;as cob?ij ,.Tr,ym tlaa was lars sj:i bsmooious, aoi " the. CzzdU says the party will ba united ia & eoonty at v rrecllsridje ac4 the Prendeacy. A report is current that in a latter to parties ia New York, Mr. Breckinridge has called a eon saltation of bis frtend to decid upon th pro priety of bis withdrawal occasions eonsternatioa among Republicans, who deprecate it as most brobebly fatal to Lincoln. The leading New York politicians mentioned above approve the eondaet of Mr. Breckinridge as highly magnanimous, aad urge his withdrawaL The result of the recent election ia Arkansas, Kentucky, and Missouri bav bad a wonderful effect towards bringing about see accommodation of matters among 'anti-Republicans. The powerful Union sentiment manitested in the result show th Secessionists that they are weaker than they anticipated, even in the extreme Southern States. Past. i . Hon. A.. H. Stephens' Speech. An immsnse number of ladies and gentlemen assembled at the City Hall Park to-day to bear the Hon. A. H. Stephens speak. Mr. Stephens Said b was for Douglas acd Johnson, the regular nominees. Whether Douglas received two- thirds of the Electoral vote or not, according to the usages of the party he recei ved a two-thirds vote of the Convention, and he (Stephens) sap ported the time-honored platform ofnon-intervention, the only principle that can preserve the Union. The objections urged against Doaglas were that he refused to say that it was the doty of Congress to do what they would not do themselves. Doaglas refused to say It was the duty of Congress to pass laws to protect slavery in the Territories, hence they oppose him. Mr. Stephens defended Douglas against th charge that be would not yield to the decision of the Supreme Court, and said that Doaglas agreed with every principle decided ia the Dred Scott case, bat also insisted that a Territorial Legisla ture mizht constitutionally resnlate slavery. No case involving this principle had been before the Court. Th position of Mr. Douglas is that of perfect equality between the - citizens of all the States with respect to the rights of persons and property. Mr. Douglas believed that a Territorial Legislature might by a system of laws virtually exclude slavery. He differed with Mr. Douglas on this point, but it was a matter of no vital or essential importance, because if the ma jority of the people of a Territory oppose slavery, it would not go there. He believed slavery will go to the extent of the capacity for it, and that no law of Congress or a Territorial Tegislatnre can extend it beyond this. He dwelt upon the Union and th importune of preserving it. He did not regard Mr. Breckinridge as a disunion- 1st, but his ruanrng endangers the Union, not withstanding le has no chance of an election by th people. . The Good Sense of It Eery Breckinridge man in Ohio knows very well that there is no kind of chance of his Presidential candidate carrying the State of Obio. This being the case he ha only to ask himself the question, wbeh ef the two. ether candidates he prefer. If be would rather Douglas would carry th State, h should rote for Deuglas. If he would prefer Lincoln should succeed be should vote for Breckinridge. If Breckinridge were the choice of a majority of the Democ6ats of the State over Douglas, we should support Breckinridge to defeat Lincoln. But as Douglas occupies that position w most support him to defeat Lincoln. We are in favor of anybody except Lincoln. Him we want to see go under, let who will come op. If all our Breckinridge frienea would coo fine their fighting to the Black Republicans, as we do, Democracy would sweep the State. CAid 1'atriot. Yankee Sewing llachinei Ahead. The immenoe demand in England for American sewing machines is exciting wonder. It is estimated not Jess than 20,000 American machines will be sold in Great Britain the coming year. One American factory turns out every week nearly 1,000 machine. An English paper says ao doubt that American manufacturers will be prepared to supply 200,000 sewing machines daring the year 1861. ' negro Suffrage. Cassias M. Clay, in his abolition harangue at TifS a said that "Negroes were possessed of the same rights as white men." Of coarse Mr Clay then declares that. Negroes should vote I Negroes should hold office 1 Negroes should sit on Juries And be put on equality with the white aa! . Sucb doctrine does not suit this latitude. Douglas at Indianapolis. IiDUXiroLis, Sept. 3. A private dispatch from Senator Douglas, received here to-day, states that be will visit this city on Friday, September 28th, at which time there will be a 8tate Democratic Mass Meeting. Uiners and Distillers' Conyention. Ohio Wnrra SnLPHca SraisGs, 1 - Aug. 30. The Convention of Millers and Distillers met this afternooa at this place The attendance was large, embracing delegates from Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia in the East, and from many of the Northern States. President, H. EL. Calberton, of Troy; Vice President, S. 8. MeEjee, of Upper Sandusky, 0, Secretaries, D. Thatcher and W. C. Vanderbilt, of Ciacinnati, aad S. B. RiggSf of Portsmouth. Mr. Kellogg, of New York, was invited to state the object of the meeting, lie arose and stated that too mueb whisky was made for - the business to be ornfitable that t New York Convention bad rec ommended that t " amount be reduced fty if not sixty per cect, that tns .reduction would make distillinz a rood aad safe business. Mr. Fowler moved that a' Committee of one from each State ba appointed to eoo&r together and bring business be&r the meeting. I .' s 7.ILDve.f Obio. H. Lirbtener. of VU R, Fowler, of Maryland, C. W.Kellogjr, of IT. Y aad IlojtCrsi?. cf Ta were appomtea. saw Comrsiue. Oa motion, A. Wilson, Jr was ad.isd to the Committee. - ' ' ' , The Convention will bold a sessioa tils even ing, when the Convention is expected to report m. ntaa f enerations which will to som extent remedy the diSculti under which this class of busiae&i aow labors, - LETTER FROU I07A. - Cxxrxa Poiitt, Linn Co., Towa, 7 August 2lst, 1860. Ma. Haarra Dear Sin You will pleas send ray paper which is now sent to the above named place, to Levering Post OiSce, Knox County, O. . I expect to be there this iaU and to call wilb ' you. The crops are good in this part of tie-State this season, as a sample I will tell you of mine will show. In the spring I sowei 45 bushels of wheat, and thrashed week before last five has dred end seventy bushels of excellent wheat; I think as large kernels as fall wheat-. I also sowed 35 bushels of oats . and thrashed fire hundred and twenty of good heavy oat. The ground on kuw -a Prairie sod two years ago. The good crops thin year will raise the credit of this State some, which has fallen below par. There is no better soil to be found, easy to cultivate and will stand the extreme of drouth and wet better than any soil I know of. It has been very dry ber thin summer, bat still ther a good growth of ever thing. This 8tat baa for some years been under Black Republican rule, which has bad as mec&i to do in bringing its credit down as the failere of crops' and land speculation. A few years since there was a new Constitution adopted, and amongst other things the State indebtedness wan limited to a certain amount, except ia cases ef imergeney; but the legislature has from time to-time made appropriations, which in the aggregate exceeds the limits of the Coaetitntieo, k in reported, by several thousands of doIUare. The leaders of that party has so far succeeded in blinding the people to their inteverts, in- order that they may still retain fat ofSces aad k-igb eahrys; but th pec a getting aroused by their taxes being higher and higher every year, and seem determined to root the Black Bepebli- eaas o4 of ofSce. I Save saw fret time to tune in yoor excellent paper, eommunicatioes freo . correspondents in Iowa; some would describe it as in a state of starvation, other tell ef th bt ' frogs, deep mirey sloogbs, a great depreciation rathe value of property, Ac. Bat my opinion is, that if this State was un der Democratie role, people weald have' plenty to eat, the frogs would be of onfrnary size, the) sloughs woald soon dry up, and property would raise to its highest valee. In a tour this summer into the Soathwssterai part of this State, I called wkb a friend who in a Republican. There was a lincoVa jole raisrns. I was toUr in the wigbborhood, aod my friend invited met ego; I of course went witb him,-aad heard some ef what the Republican sail speeches, but they were from bottom to top nothing bnt abuse of the Democracy, withont telling' us any thing abowt what their principles were. One expression made, wbkb 1 remember, was) that the present Admiaistratien &ras more tyrannical than the Emperor of France. Teat reminded me of an expression mao about An drew Jackson, after he had vetoed th V. 8. Beak, and was nominated for President, . the ; second term. It was this, that if the King of England had done as General Jackson had doBe bis bead would soon be taken off.- Now, the same speaker classed General Jackson among the good Old Democrats in whoa step they foolishly try to make as believe they are tread ing. I am no believer in spiritualism, but I , think if the ghost of Andrew Jackson should ap- pear at some of their Convention summer, it would put ten thousand of them to debt, -and their name would no more be called Republicans, but a nam of four letters would be substituted.Since I have been ia this State I have never saw the people so much aroasen i poTrtfcs a tbey are now. Tbey seem determined to have a-change in tbe State government, and that Dong hu should be President. Hurrah, they say,, for the Little Giant, the nominee of tbe National Democracy. WM. KILLEN. LETTEE FE01I fJEEEESVILLE". Gbkcrsttllk, Angnst 15, 18C0. Ma. Ebrroa Dear Sir: Ia perusing th columns pf your much esteemed paper few weeks since, I found inserted there, stop my paper I simply because you bad hoisted- the, Doaglas flag; thereby endeavoring to promote th best interests of onr country, and dispel the dark and-portentous cloud of Black Republicanism which) i oversbedowTirg a part of our fellow citizens, and impress -opon their minds the principle 1 of true Democracy Popular Sovereignty the only thing calculated te ealmn this troubled nation and snatch or rather preserve eer government from the grasp of those whom, if their fiendish designs, devoid of justice, liberty and all its concomitant bTesswgs, are earned into effect, will not only deprive the citizens of th " territories of those rights endowed upon them by ' the blood of the revolution, and sustained by the Constitution ef the Units', 8 totes, bat destroy our Union, thereby sspiog the very vitsJ existence of this government and sink it deeper and deeper into the mire ef intolerable polotion, prostrating and covering io nttnj and shame that striped and spangled banner, hoisted by our forefathers in 1176, and ha since been preserved and maintained by the tree- principles of Democrscy. Them viewinjr thiejs an , they are, doe it not involve on you and every ; other citizen who feels ao interest ia their country to hoist the Donglas flag, and meintaiB Li principles: if we do so, Republicanism end s!I other Urns will fed away befor tbe Little G.anV as lb daw before th brilliant rays o' a m;aj ! sunt aad hi nam will echo and re-echo wi;b sounds of praise iu every American's ear, 1 his great and glorious deeds recorded c pea ti. pages of history and handed down by tbe events of time, so receive th jlaoas cf cs-erju'sz yst ". unknown. ' -' ' ' - - Mr. Editor, it is to be bepeJ thst coixtsrrsn- ing power "will preveat yon frota- -continulc yoor well began work, and ere f;rj ccr little . hero will be seated, in.tb&t rreat els-'r rt tv bead of this government, gathering to - '-ler t-U almost distracted Ucioo unier tie L-zzir cf-our repuUie, tAere to dwell h pes: acj L r- . ony. : ; - ... .V, ; Please 4 t yoar Pper ir-. want it daring the campaign enlr, t y and if I can get rid of some c'.bcr ; , .. j am taking, the Day Eook for iair'v1 take is the yeas. -L V. I vllX