Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-08-30

because certain individuals, who advocate Sc
cesson from the Union as the proper course
of the South. when her constitutional rights
! shall be denied her, are in favor of his cleo
/ ton, how can it consistently support Abe
/ Lincoln. who is not only supported 10y the
fanatieal disunionists of the North, but VINO
! is the candidate Of sectional party, which
was organized only for the purpose OF carry
ing on the war, begun some twenty years ago
by the crazy Abolitionists of Massachusetts,
against our Southern brethren? Why does
it not support Mr.. Bell or Mr.. Douglas.
The above is from the Lewistown Demo-
erat of last week, and we will answer its
queries commencing at the bottom. First,
then, why don't the Democrat support
Douglas, if he is worthy of support at all?
+ We have looked in vain for anything ad-
voeating him as the regular nominee" of
the party, although it declares him to be so,
IF it will not support Douglas, how can it
expect US to do so?
Second-John Bell is not the candidate
Of the Peoples Party Of Pennsylvania, has
no chance whatever of carrying this State,
and therefore a vote in his favor is giving
one-thild to Dougla and squatter sovereign
ty, one-third to Breckenridge and disunion,
and The other third huopn array.
Third-Thcrc are no disunlonists among
tie supporters of Lincoln-no, not one,
north, south, east or west. The fanatics
whom the Democrat talks about we we'll
remember are the same gang who defeated
Henry Clay in 1871 and made James K.
Polk President and we have no doubt the
Democrat would be pleased to hear that
these very disunion fanatics, including
Fred. Douglas, had entered into league
with the bargain and sale men in New
York.
Fourth-We aver that Stephen \ Doug
las asserted in Philadelphia to Democrat
of Mifiin county that Mr. Breckenridge
had placed himself in the position of
disunion candidate, and in addition here is
what Uendrick B. Wright, President of
the late democratic State Convention, said
in his address:
After Yancey and the DisuRionists went
out Of the regular Convention, it occurred t.
me that it would be profitable to me to 90 in
to the Secession Convention and ascertain
for myself the sentiments there proclaimed.
did 90 into the Yancey Convention, and du
ring the two hours [ was there, as God is nv
judge, | heard nothing but with reference to
the expedieRcy of erecting Southern Re
public upon the ruins of the present Union
If Mr.. Byeckenride be not Disuuionist
himself, it must be conceded that he is the
candidate Of the Disunionists lie is, then.
in the hands Of the worst men that this coun-
try has ever see2. Those 0en are fixed up
on a dissolution Of this Union and the erection
Of a Southern Confederacy. | DO 2ot care
what their apologists may say-I have heard
their debates and | know that which do
speak. DISUNION WAS THE CRY
of the disunion movement at Charleston and
at Baltimore. Breckenridge is the plant
tool OF the UisunionistE-the men who pro-
claim from the housetops that they want dis
union. And such are the men that the DEM
ocratic party of pennsylvania are asked to
support For one, / never will submit to
such burning dishonor."
Now, if Nr. Breckenridge was nomina-
ted, first by tae disunionists who seeded
at Baltimore, and also by the disunionists
who assembled at Richmond, both of which
nominations he accepted, whose candidate
Is he? The Democrat says Mr.. Douglas
Is the rcgul,tr democratic nommee-if so,
what is Breckenridge bit disorganizer
and traitor, just as much as the Democrat
said certain gcntlcn&n of this place was
a few years ago tor coming out as an indie
pendent candidate for the legislature? \
candidate will be Judged by the company
which nominated kim, and cavil as his sup
porters will, JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE
stands before the people AS THE CAN
DIDATE OF THE DISUNIONISTS!
The democratic party" as a party has
ceased to exist. With here and there an
exception, it has no longer any organs, for
the shittless papers called so dare not even
advocate the election Of the man whom
they allege is tie nominee" The lead
ers are divided in opinion as much as the
newspapers, and throwing principle to the
dogs are fighting for the future In the
South, disunionists, traitors and advocates
Of the revival of the African Slave Trade
proclaim themselves the democratic party,
and announce their determination to Rue
or Ruin i! It is time to meet traitors as
they deserve to be met, Ifthe tory stand
ard of disunion is to be raised, as the
Democrat of this place alleges it will be
whenever majority of the People, in ac-