Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-29
The Game of Brag.

now playing. 1t was game played by Yam
cey and his fellow fire, eaters long before the
meeting of the Charleston Convention. Since
that Convention, the game has been adopted
by the rank and file Of that party, and they
are going ahead with it as though determin
ed that by brag and brag alone, they will
win for Breckenridge the Presidential chair
They Dragged at Charleston, Dragged at
Richmond, and Dragged at Baltimore. They
said that the Charleston Convention must
certainly adopt platform to suit them; and
if it didn't, they would go off and not come
back any more. Wen, they didn't get their
platform, and they went of-bragging of
course. Then they went to Richmond, to
hold Convention all 10y themselves. They
renewed the game of brag there, but made
nothing at it. and the next we hear of them
is at Baltimore, playing their game again.
1t was supposed from their threats and the
airs they put on when they went away from
Charleston, that they wouldn't show them
selves at Baltimore. Indeed, some of them
were heard to say that it would be unmanly
and dlbeneath their dignity to go there. But
they had their own notions about this mat
ter, aud if they were satisfied to go back to
the Convention, it was nohodys business but
their own. OF course, their game of brag was
resumed, and the scene at Charleston re-
enacted, though on more extended scale
This time, the secession force was swelled
considerably actually TO near one hundred
persons-almost third of the full conven-
tion. This accession to their numbers gave
them an air of selfimportance, and they did
what they did not dare to do before-nomt-
> nate Presidential candidate of their own,
and adopt platform Of their own. They
might have done this when they first went to
Richmond with just as much show of reason
and justice, for according to their plea, they
did all on "principle." principle" they tell
us, was at the bottom of it all and so says
Joe Lane their candidate for the Vice Presi
dency, notwithstanding he had tried until
the adjournment of the Charleston Conven-
ton to receive the nomination for President
on the very platform which he now affects to
repudiate.
y But we have nothing further to say here
of the principle" which lead to the seceders
) movement We aplrehend that it is plair
? enough to all that the "principle' which il
5 the space of few days lead Joe Lane tC
1 abandon platform because he could no
4 mount it, and accept another which he coulC
: mount, is no great shakes after all And thi
q opinion must be strengthened by the fact
! that he now affects to believe that the plat
form he abandoned does not embrace the
creed of himself and party. But it was after
the last secession that the brag game COM
menced in earnest. Who save Breckenridge
and Lane were to carry the whole South !
The hearts of the people we we're told were
, with them-Douglas was nowhere-Bell was
) nowhere, and the secession candidates were
; as good as elected. Kentucky, the home OF
) Breckinridge was to fire the first great gun
. for him. and Missouri was to follow, and then
9 Alabama. Well, Kentucky has fired her gun
/ but it was not the cannon of secession
2 The seceders recoiled from its report as i
5 sounded through the Union. All save the
I followers of Breckenridge, said it bespoke the
) early death of seeessonsn. But the seceders
c affected TO rally and notwithstanding the fat
: of Kentucky, they allege that she will Ie-
main true to their cause And in Missouri
6 too, notwithstanding the secession candidate
. for Governor was distanced and more than
distanced by his Democratic competitor, and
notwithstanding that in the new Legislature
there the Democrats out-number the seces-
sionists, the latter still claim by the game of
brag that that State will cast her electoral
vote for Breckenridge, sure In both Ken
lucky and Missouri they made the fight upon
what they term their principles, ''and also in
Alabama in which State they have been de-
feated in the county elections. Just before
these elections the Breckinridgers in this
State asserted that the news from the East
was remarkably favorable to their cause.
at was of the most cheering character and
the people were enthusiastic for their cause. -
etc. The best excuses possible were made for
the result of the elections and the brag game
was commenced as glibly as ever. At the
North, we are told, the prospects of Breck-
inridge and Lane are frightening -particu-
larly in New York. One of their journals
informs US with much apparent satisfaction
that the Breckenridge, Douglas and Bell par
ties in that State have fused notwithstand>
ing hat same paper a short time since assumed
to be very indignant at the idea of fusion
by the Democracy with the Bell party, which
it called "Know Nothings" But now. as the
boot is on the other leg" it is all right OF
course. 1t claims that State for Breckinrde
Notwithstanding the weakness Of its party
has all along manifested tself-frst, by their
making overtures for fusion with the De-
mocracy, and secondly, by their having only
ten electoral votes on the fusion ticket, while
the Democracy have fifteen, and the Ben
party ten. Pennsylvania is claimed for the
Boilers ON no better ground As for the
States of Indiana Ohio and Illinois, every
body must know that there Breckenridge has
not the shadow of a chance.
But it is useless to talk about any northern
or northwestern State going for the secession
leader, when Alabama has proved that she
will not support him, and Kentucky, his own
home, on which he most relied has repudi-
} ated him and Missouri too, has given him
plainly to understand that though she would
support him as a National Democratic candi
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