Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-31
FROM ALEX. R1vEs.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Aug. %. lsGO.

M Dear Sri have Just this moment re-
ceived your letter Of the 2lst inst. cover
ing an editorial of the DmLy IntciL;gsncer
OF yonr city, of that date, in which l am
reported ''"s expressing myself entirely con-
N0cnt Of Brcch1nT|"ae'S! success IN tie State"
am happy of the swift opportunity you
mus give me. of cOntradcting this reDort.
not because any Importance sIould he nj
tached TO it, but because would not have
my opinions, however humble, misrcpre-
sented.
/ Eave never believed, nor on any occA-
sion expressed the tear, much less the con-
.haent opinion that Breckinridge would car
ry the vote of this State. On the contra
ry, without doubling Mr. Bfeckinridpc's
hdelity to the Union, his fortunes are too
much and intimately associated with the
schemes OF disunionistS of the South, to
would be favored by the people of Tir-
ginia, whose representatives, last Winter,
so manfully withstood the-eif'orts of some
of the Southern States to'commit them to
the beginnings of disunion, in plans of
southern conference. | shall never cease
to think with gratitude of the unanimous
opposition which the representatives, of
the Northwest sternly gave to these first
stealthy approaches Of that spirit, which
has ut last signallcd itself in the nominn-
tion Of Breckenridge.
Democracy owes its rupture and SoUcr-
throw to these plotters of disunion; and
the leaders in that movement, seem to me,
to be aiming more at the election of Lin
colo as Al means of ':fring tie southern
heart and precipitdtiny the cotton States into
r"rolWfion,'' than at the ridiculous chimern
of clecting Brcckinridge. Who expects
him TO get a vote III the North? And since
his crushing defeat in Kentucky, what vote
can he count on at the South, except that
of South Carolinn? and that, lie will
scarcely obtain if he will declare himself
for the Union, and opposed to their con-
templated treason of subvcrting the gov
crnment if the majority of the people
shall elect Lincoln; n result that would
be dcplOrcd by me as much as by them.
But. my dear sir, VIC owe these men our
thanks for undersigned benefits to us and
blessings to the country. They have rent
i'll twain the Democracy; and thus most
unintcntionally, but most Providcnti02ly
opened the way for an easy victory for our
glorious Union ticket of Bell and Everett
They have done yet more than they ex-
Pccted; they have alarmed and aroused
the people in the north, and led to that
patriotic union between the friends of
Bell and Douglas. which may most happi-
! ly compass the defeat of Lincoln, and nip
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matching upon his Inauguration. Hence,
l glow with delight at the prospect before
us;-a double victory over the fanatics of
of tue north and the dsunionists of the
south.
In this we shall he greatly aided by the
exertions of Mr.. Douglas aud his friends.
They are battling with lis against common
enemies. Their separate ticket is now
out in this State;-their elector for this
district, you know as q colleague in our
Scnatc-a man of influence in tho circle
of his acquaintance; and of hereditary
strength as grand son of Mr.. Jeffcrson.-
All the followers of Douglas in the eastern
part of the State, whom | have seen, are
animated with all the spirit and pluck of
their leader. 1t is too enrly yet to deter
mine which wing of the Democracy will
prevail in this State | expect much from
the canvass which Mr.. Douglas commences
4 Mt Norfolk, CO. morrow. We shall have
him in this county next week; and men Of
both parties, (omitting the Breckenridge
partly will give him hearty reception,
and an ovation we'll deserved by such Il
champion against the hosts of northern
abolitionists aud southern. disunionists.
But nm carried away by the pleasure
of this interchange with an old friend,
who gives me such good accounts of the
northwest. God bless herl Believe not a
particle of the humhug about Wings sup
porting Breckinr;dge! When was ever a
Whig disunionist? All of US in the
east stand III serried ranks; every man an
swers TO the roll. call; and we are busy la
king in recruits from the disbanded DEM
OcraCy.
am on the eve of setting out for a
| mass meeting, to be be held in FauQuer
tomorrow and the next day; similar gath