The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-08-21

Is IT FAIR?- The opposition papers are eagerly
Selling upon everything they can get to make il
appear that the Breckenridge party want to dis
solve the Union. Of course they know better, bu
| they want to brighten the people and drive them
into the support of Bell and Everett.
| In the language of Mr. Breckenridge himself
"instead Of breaking up the Union, zee intend to
Iengthen and strengthen it.. -.st
But what have our opposition friends to say tc
the following language used by Mr. Fillmore in a
speech at Rochester, N. Y, in 1856?
"Suppose the South was the most populous, the
most wealthy, and possessed the greatest number
of electoral votes, and that it should declare that
for some fancied or real injustice done at the
North, it would elect none but President and a
Vice-President Of shareholders from the South to
rule over the North Do you think, fellow-cti-
zens, you would submit to this injustice? No,
truly you would not; but one universal cry of no,
would rend the skes And can you suppose
your Southern brethren less sensitive than your
selves, less jealous of their right? If you do,
let me tell you that you are mistaken-and you
must therefore perceive that the Of such q
party, ruth such object, must be dissolution
Of the Union"
No one in the South-not even in South Caro-
lina-has taken stronger position than this to-
wards dissolution, and yet the opposition papers in
North Carolina never dared to charge Mr. Fill
more, their ''model President" with being a dis
unionist They found it convenient not to do so.
Mr. BREcKINRIDGE's CHANCE.-The question
is frequently asked, what are the chances for the
election of Mr. Breckenridge? We think he will
be elected by the people, and for the following
reasons: 1t is conceded on all hands that Douglas
cannot carry single Southern State even if cleo
toral tickets were formed for him; and the proba-
bility now is that Bell will not carry one State in
the Union-he may carry one, his State, Tenn
essee, but that is very doubtful Anyhow, no one
has yet pretended to claim Northern or Western
State for him. We put down the following States
as certain for Breckenridge and Lane:
Delaware 3, Virginia Is, North Carolina 10,
South Carolina 8, Georgia 10, Kentucky II, Lou
isiana 6, Mississippi Z, Alabama 8, Missouri 8,
Arkansas f. Florida 3, Texas 4, California 4, Ore
gon 3, Maryland S-total lis.
Now we want 81 votes more to make 152,
enough to elect Take New Jersey 7, and New
York SO, and we have l5S, six more than enough
Or take Pennsylvania y, New jersey 7, and
Tennessee II, and we have more than the required
number In New York, New jersey, Pennsyl-
vania and Tennessee, the democrats will make
determined effort to carry those States for Brock
inridge, and it is not at all unlikely that in the
three first named, Douglas and Lincoln will SO
divide the vote as to insure the success Of the
Breckenridge ticket In Indiana and Illinois it
is possible for Breckenridge ticket to succeed,
for it is asserted that the vote in those two States
will be so split up between Douglas and Lincoln as
to enable the National democrats to triumph.
However that may be, we think it is certain that
Breckenridge and Lane have fair prospect of an
election The contest is between Breckenridge
and Lincoln, and it is the plain duty of every
southern man to aid the former in carrying every
Southern State, and thus secure Lincoln's defeat.
IA Douglas meeting was held in Buncombe on
July 3lst, at which speeches were made, resolu-
tions adopted, mass meeting called at Asheville
for Saturday last, and District Convention to
nominate candidate for Elector on the 25th in
slant. Observer.
Yes, and the Asheville News says that the
meeting did not originate uih democrats but
with persons who have generally acted and voted
nth the opposition, and that majority of those
who offciated in the meeting members Of the
opposition party. We have seen the proceedings
of the meeting; and we find that the prominent
actor was Mr. John d. Hyman, gentleman who
used to publish the Baskerville Spectator, know
nothing giving of the bitterest kind. 1t is very
natural for Mr. Hyman and other oppositionists to
aid and cheer on the Douglas men, for they know
that in that way they can best assist the opposi-
ton party. We are greatly surprised that any
democrat in any part of the State, should aid such
schemes, unless he has deliberately concluded that
Breckenridge is not true democrat and safe
man for the South; and we have heard of no one,
who processes to be democrat, forming such an
opinion.
P. S.-The Douglas meeting spoken of above,
to take place in Asheville Saturday the 18th,
did not come off, says the Asheville Spectator
pa The following paragraph will give an idea
of the way public opinion is manufactured by
Washington letter-writers. A Douglas man, wrl-
Il to the Cincinnati Enquirer, says:
'The National Democracy of North Carolina
have called State Convention soon to be held at
Raleigh, to nominate Douglas and johnson Elec-
tors The ticket will receive large portion of
the votes lately cast for Ellis. Our friends there
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