Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-09-25
POLITICAL.

POLITICAL.
From the Frankfort Commonwealth
An Accession to Breckinridge-The Cat Out
of the Bag.
The Breckenridge papers of this State few
days ago made great parade over the fact that
Col. S. G. Elan, a Bell and Everett elector for
the State of Georgia, had come out for Breck-
inridge. But they were very careful not to
give us COL Elans reasons for taking this step.
We are gratifed at being able to lay them be-
fore our readers We find them in letter
from EIanfhimSelf to gentleman in Georgia
We agree with the Columbus, (Ga) sEnauirer''
that they are either the most singular or
the most honestly avowed that we have vet
seen from any of the Opposition recruits to the
Seceders. He says that be goes over to Breck-
inridge without a diminution of confidence in
Bell and Everett" that "there is nothing in
the platform of Bell and Everett which shows
that they are themselves prepared to yield the
essential demands of the South !" and ssthat the
friends of Bell can exhibit record which. it
would seem, ought to satisfy any reasonable
Southern man." Still, Col Elam marches from
us and joins the Disunionists Why9 In bis
own words, my first objection to Bell and Ev-
erett is, that we have no guaranty that their O.
lection would quiet the country. My second
objection is that they do not stand the ghost
of chance of being elected" The reader, then.
would naturally conclude that Col Elan goes
for Breckinridge and Lane because they are free
from these objections, which debar his support
of Bell and Evertt. Not bit of it! He says
that Breckenridge and Lane stand ouen a SLIM
ner chance than Bell uaad Euerett Then ohy
does Col. Elan leave us2 He says that his
controlling reason" is that 1.-THE BRECKIN
RIDGE PARTY is PLEDGED TO DISSOLVE
THE UNION IF LINCOLN Is ELECTED, .
and that "BRECKINRIDGE RUNNING REM
DERS LINCOLN'S ELECTION CERTAIN
He thinks that "Dougzas might be elected If
Breckenridge soas out Of the soay,' but Breckia-
ridge contd't beat Lincoln IT Douglas soas out of
the soGy."
So here is the whole game of the Yanceyites.
Col Elan has let the disunion cat out out of the
bag. The Breckinridge party is pledged to dis
solve the Union in a certain contingency--the
election of Lincoln. TO MAKE THAT CON-
TINGENCY CERTAIN, THEY ARE RUN
MING BRECKINRIDGE.
Here is the whole truth in nutshell The
entire and only purpose OF the Yanceyite party
is to secure the election of Lincoln first, and
then dissolve the Union for a cause which they
are laboring heart and soul to bring about
Who so blind that he cannot see it? Who. af-
ter he does see it, will not quit the traitorous
faction, and come to the true Union ticket, Bell
and Everett. Kentuckians, ponder it well!
Only few Weeks.
We are sure that the self-respect, the pride
and the patriotism of every Whig and American
ia the Commonwealth revolt at the idea of
losing the State, when it is so entirely and per-
fectly in our power to carry it. Let them all,
then, in every section andscounty of the State,
if they are not already aroused and at work, a.
rouse and go to work at once, and with uncon-
querable energy. There is no time to lose-
There is no time for hesitaion-no time for fold
ing your arms, and sleeping and doing and nod
ding. NoD is the time for work-for constant,
energetic, Jealous and efficient work. And the
member of the party, whether old or young, who
falters now-who fails to do everything lie can
for the success of our cause and our candidates
will justly make himself the object of his
party's scorn and contempt, and provoke the
censure and malediction ofevery earnest-hearted
patriot in the land For it rests with the Con-
|stitutional Union party to preserve the Union
and the public peace, and restore the admins
tratiOn of the government to its original purity
and efficiency. 1t rests with that party to put
down fanaticism and sectionalism, North and
South, and renew the feelings of nationality and
brotherhood throughout the length and breadth
|of the Confederacy No other party or faction
is competent to this great, patriotic and bene-
icient work. No other party or faction has
either the ability or the disposition to extinguish
the flames of sectional jealousy and discord, and
to uphold and maintain the Constitution and the
Union in the spirit and for the objects for which
they were ordained by our fathers And hence
it is that apathy and inactivity and want of zeal
on fhn rf of 81 po1l
and the Constitution and the Union in the pres.
ent contest, amount to a gross and criminal der
ELECTION OF duty for which there can be no apol
ogy and no excuse. And hence it is, that we
call upon all and invoke all to discharge their
duty, and their whole duty, in behalf of our can
didates and our cause, in the present solemn and
momentous and unexampled crisis 10 their coun-
try,s history. Let them all go to work, and
work with an indomitable will and courage from
now until the day OF election
We respectfully and earnestly suggest to our
friends to continue the organization of Bell and
Everett Clubs, until every neighborhood in every
county can boast the existence of one, at least.
And let the Clubs appoint Vigilance Commit
tees, and Oanvassing Committees, and whatever
other sort of Committees may be deemed neces-
sary, in order to the advancement of the cause
and the getting to the polls our entire cote on
NASOeAOLs
entreat our friends to ORGANIZE thoroughly and
Systematically IN EVERY NErGHBoRHooD in every
county, and work, aoork, WORK, with unfaggine
energy and noble zeal, until the sun goes down
on the 9th of November! Do but these things,
and the victory is ours, beyond the possibility of
a doubt! To the rescue, one and all!-Rich.
Whig.
Important Letter.
T,.sno Do7J Jo+t
fishes the annexed important letter, written by
DR.. Stephen Duncan, of Natchez Mississippi
one among the richest men in the South, and a
large proprietor of real estate in Louisiana
The letter is addressed to his partner and agent,
A. Nc Williams, Esq, Of St. Mary We recon-
mend this important tepistle to Southern men,
and especially to planters:
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug. Is, 1860. 5
Dear SIR Tt is most strange to me that any
cotton or sugar planter should, for one moment,
allow the thought of dssunaon to enter his mind
and yet there are too many--by far too many, j
fear-who indulge in such thoughts. ANY man
of sense and reflection cannot fail to see that, af
ter disunion, we would be in no better condition
in any one respect and in almost all respects in
tinitefv worse Our taxes alone would consume