Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-06-29
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FROM the Ch1rieston Courier, Jure g.
After unparalleled struggles and contentious and
dissensions and after two cases Of secession from
so-ealled National Democratic Convention. Conven-
ton has presented to The electors Of the United
States the names Of two citizens worthy Of the two
highest Federal Offices Referring to our Geographic
column and to our reports Of proceedings for the
details far as they have reached us, we present
summary Of facts and particulars concerning the
subjects Of this most acceptable nomination, which
gives US a CLEAN Of hope that the Presidency may
be redeemedf from the grasp Of availability" expe-
dents and double-fseed receptions IN Platforms.
John C. Breckinridge, the nominee Of this Con-
vention for the Presidency. was born near Licking
ton, KY, the 10th june 1921; was graduated from
Centre College KY; took short course Of studies
at Princeton and legal course in the 4ransylvaHia
University. After his legal graduation he suffered
an excess of the migration fever. and removed to
Burlington, Iowa As with all good and great men,
however, the home affections were strong, and after
two years he returned TO Kentucky, and began
career In Lexington. The cali Of dirty soon sum
Toned him to the field, and as a Major in the Ken
tdcky Regiment he did gallant service in Mexico.
BE was equally distinguished for legal abilities and
services as one of counsel for MaOr General Gideon
J. Pillow, in the celebrated case before Court
Martial Soon after returning home he was elected
TO the Kentucky Legislature, and after short ser
vice these q Representative in Congress from the
Ashland District Of Kentucky, a favored District
that has ever been fortunate and fastidious in is
Representation. lie served Congress two terms,
from 1851 to 1865.
Perhaps one of the most enyiable incidents and
most favorable displays Of the lite, character worth
and heart Of John Q. Breckenridge was IN ms re-
marks on announcing the death of Henry Clay, in
the House of Representatives, on the 30th Of June,
1852 The barriers and limitations OF partisan poll
tics and Of denominatiOnal shiboleths were nobly
surmounted and glowing eulOgy was poured out
from the heart Of the young Kentuckan. It was Of
Henry Clay that John G. Breckenridge said:
If was to write his epitaph, would inscribe,
as the highest eulOgy the stone which shall mark
his resting place, Here lies man who was IN the
public service for fifty years, and never attempted
TO deceive his countrymen.3
Mr.. Breckinridge never forgot those who had
served their country or bad left their bones in Mex
ico He was actively influential in passing through
the Thirty Congress- an appropriation for the
American Cemetery in Mexico.
Our space at present will not permit us to follow
Mr. Breckenridge through his active and acceptable
career in Congress; in which he was recognized as
O master spirit Of the young members, and enc Of
the most foremost young statesmen Of the country.
Opportunities will soon be presented for review OF
/ this portion Of his career.
He was offered the mission to Japan by President
Pierce, but was constrained BY domestic Considera-
| tions and affections to decline.
In June 1856 he was nominated for the Vice
Presidency under the most hattsring circumstances
and before the Electoral College, received lTS votes,
a majority Of 80 over William L. Dayton, Of New
Jersey. As President of the Senate, he for one so
young and previously unframed in Senatorial SER
vice. more than satisfied the highest expectations of
his friends, and has wOrthily filled chair that has
! been dignifed by John Adams and Ohm G. Calhoun.
His address on the removal Of the Senate to their
| new Chamber was considered model Of commenl-
Orative oratOTy III its class and purpose
In August, 1859, he was elected a Senator from
Kentucky, to succeed the distinguished Crittenden,
! whose term will expire in 1861.
| John G. Breckenridge springs from family dis
tnguished for the union ana combination Of talents
and virtues. His name, services and character con-
stitute watchword and rallying cry, of which any
party may be proud and under which the nOblest
citizens who seek only the honor and perpehHty Of
our contederated family Of States, may utter the
contest with genuine enthusiasm
Joseph Lane, the nominee for the Vice Presidency,
was born in North Carolina, on the 18th December,
1901. Some accounts report him a native OF New
York but we follow the best authorities. AT an
early age he was taken by the removals of his fathers
family, to Henderson county, Kentucky, and was
soon induced, by the necessities Of life, and the
Unborn spirit of selfreliance, to begin battle with
the world in active life In his fifteenth year he
removed to Warwick county, Indiana, entered in
mercantile business as clerk, was married happily
and suitably in his nineteenth year. and pitched his
farm II Yanderburg county. His native qualities
of stern integrity, frankness and ndomtabe deter
minaton soon enlisted the confidence of the honest,
hardy pioneers of Indiana, and at the earliest ad-
missable age was sent to the Indiana Legislature
After honorable service as Representative, with
increasing popularity, which only made him more
faithful he was transferred to the Indiana Senate,
which post he resigned, in order to volunteer for
Mexico as private When the Regiment of COmpa-
MES met for organization, Joseph Lane was Unani-
mOusly elected their Colonel. without expectation
or solicitation, but was soon removed by President
Polk, whOappOinted him Acknowledgement His first
notable service in the fled was at Buena Vista. This
baspassed into history, and we need not now reea-
pitulate.
Soop oftr tI,s e,,,, f,.o,, Nn,ico as he avrartsd
and desired to his farm and the enjoyment of priv
ate life, he was appointed Governor Of Oregon Ter
ritOry. His term was the best executive tarm ever
enjoyed by Oregon, by any Territory Of the Con-
federacy and the discharge of his duties increased
and maintained the strong grasp he has ever acqulr-
ed the affections of the people. On being remOv
ed under the presumed necessities Of the new admin
istraton by President Taylor Ex-Governor Lane was
elected delegate to Congress from Oregon, and was
after hOnOred with one of the first seats to be fill
ed in the United State Senate from that State That
seat he has retained and now fills with the fidelity
and disinterested devotion which have marked his
career.
No man in the Senate could be more wOrthily call
ed TO the presiding chair. No man living has served
the State with purer devotion than Joseph Lane.
OF both nominees Breckenridge and Lane, we may
say in strict truth, that public services and claims
have not been and are not overcast or clOuded by
private stains. BOthare upright honest and honor
able men-gentlemen in the good old sense-and can
guarantees which the most exacting body OF intel
Ggent electors could demand
NEW YORK.-The New York Day Book, a sound
and reliable paper, thus endorses iBRECKrNRIDGE and
LANE:
The nomination of Messrs. Breckinridse and Lane
platform adopted by the majority Of the States
will doubtless be responded to by a majority of
Northern Democrats and every day that the can
vass proceeds will tend to open the eyes of the
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the dangers of antsaveryism, but to the folly and
uselessness of Douglasism in this great crisis and
cOnfiC tot principles. The Douglas and Bell and
Everett tickets are merely dead weights, now rep
resentng, it Is true, certain phases Of opinion but
before the canvass closes, they will be seen to be
mere negatiOns, and quite unnecessary even, to mod
crate the momentum Of the cOntending forces for
in such collision anti-slaveryism should be ground
to powder rather than OYerthFown merely de-
feated
For this journal the coast Is clear and the path
straight. We shall give ardent and devoted sup
port to Messrs Breckenridge and Lane, the standard
bearers Of the Union and the glorious and trusted
defenders Of the "ark0 Of Democracy, with tine
profound conviction that the principles they repre-
sent will triumph, for to suppose otherwise is to
suppose the break up Of the Union and the downfall
of our Democratic institutions.
MARYLAND.-The Baltimore Exchange thus con
cludes an article
We have thought for sometime past, that if the
Democratic party could manage to cast of the sell
fish and intriguing aspirants who sought to obtain
the Presidency at any price, and could place in NOM
nation gentleman whose reputation for capacity,
purity, and integrity unasssilable, then it might
consider its duty discharged 1t had only to pre-
sent candidate whose high personal qualifications
would command the respect and support of conser-
vative men everywhere, and it might have relied /
upon its past record for proof Of its nationality.
This the united party has failed to Go. But the con
vention which nominated Mr. Brecknridge,has salts
fed the country this point He is Of the prom
nent politicians, and they are unfortunately few,
whose public career has been as honorable as his |
private life has been irreprOachable. At this juno
-ure, Mr.. Breckenridge assuredly has the vantage |
ground of all Mr.. LinCons adversaries. He comes /
forward, backed by the entire South, and from his
popularity in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and /
other Northern States, it IS not improbable con
lecture that he may triumphaHtly carry some of
them, despite the divisions in his party At all
events he is entitled to the conservative vote of
he country, and we hope he may receive it
The VoICE OF MIssoURL-We have never known
such enthusiasm as thrilled the masses Of the Dem
lcracy upon the announcement of the nomination Of
Breckenridge and Lane by the Democratic Conven-
ion at Baltimore an good men rejoiced at this
decided Reputation of the odOus hereSy OF squat
er sovereignty and felt that such a noble devotion
o principle was sure omen Of victory.
OF one thing we may feel confident the Democ-
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