The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-09-07
POLITICAL NEWS.
THE CAUSE AT THE SOUTH.

L6tterS nave been received az w aShlng-
ton, from Alex. 81. Stephens, of Georgia.
He accepts the position Of elector on the
Douglas ticket, and will thoroughly canvass
the State. He made his first speech at
Augusta, Saturday, September lst. 1t is
we'll known, says the Washington States,
that Mr. Stephens had made up his mind
not to mix again in politics; but the pres
ent danger to the Confederacy ls more than
his patriotism will allow him to look indif-
ferently on. He has again buckled on bis
armor, and resolved that if the country goes
to ruin he shall not be reproached therefor.
Mr.. Stephens, in the letter referred to,
says that bis brother, the Hon. Linton
Stephens, who lately resigned his seat on
the supreme bench of Georgia, "has become
warmly enlisted in the national cause, and
has taken the stump" he further says,
that many of the best men Of the country,
who, few weeks ago, cared or thought
but little of the questions crowding them
selves upon public attention, are now be-
ginning to see the dangers ahead.
Hon. JOHN S. M1LLsoN, for many years
past, and at present, the representative of
the Norfolk virginia. district in the House,
has come out for Douglas.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Washington to
the World, says:
Senator Clingman is not for Breckenridge.
He ,ciH stump North Carolina for Douglas. 1t
is stated that the latter will have grand time
on the 30th inst, at Raleigh, North Carolina,
A CORRESPONDENT of the Richmond
Wing says that only about one-third of the
counties in Virginia were represented in the
recent Breckenridge State convention, and,
what is very significant, considerable
number of those were represented by
proxies.
p. G. BRECKENRIDGE, kinsman of the
head of the secession ticket, made a speech
at meeting in Botetourt county, Virginia,
in favor of Douglas.
Hon. j. KNOX WALKER is making most
effective Douglas speeches in Tennessee, and
national democrats of the home of the i'm
mortal jackson are rallying with the same
enthusiasm which startled the Democratic
boilers of 30 years ago,when the old hero was
met by the identical opposition that now
assails Douglas, the disunionists and the
envious.
In Dodridge county, Virginia, there is
not one Breckenridge man. The entire
Democracy are unit for Douglas and John
son. Yet we are told that Douglas stands
no chance in Virginia! We suppose the
secessionists would have us believe that the
sun does not shine, and that the rivers con-
tain no fish.
The Louisville Journal says: " We learn
from good authority that the arrangement
of Mr.. Breckenridge and his friends is, that
he shall make five or six speeches in Ken
lucky during the canvass. We shall not
be at all surprised to find him extending his
tour through Tennessee, and perhaps through
other States.'
The Richmond (Va.) correspondent Of
the New York Times says: "The doings
of the Staunton convention have given
great satisfaction and spirit to the Douglas
men throughout the Commonwealth. Ex-
Senator Foote is stumping the State with
good effect, and the visit of Judge Douglas
will create furore of enthusiasm, and then
the card Of Gov. Letcher (soon to be pub
lished), announcing his adhesion to Douglas,
will give thousands of votes to the regular
nominee which be might not otherwise have
received"
The Baltimore Star tells how to preserve
the Union: "Repudiate the 100000
northern and northwestern votes which were
cast for James Buchanan, and cut loose, as
unsound, treacherous, and worse than abo.
litionists, the only large and powerful or.
ganization in the North which is friendly to
u.s. This is the famous Breckenridge rem
edy, discovered in Montgomery, Alabama,
and perfected in Baltimore, and warranted
to cure or kill"
DR.. T. w. KEEN, one of the North Car.
DINA electors, has written letter declining
to serve on the Breckenridge ticket, regard
ing Douglas and johnson as the regular
nominees. On the 30th, Democratic
State Convention was held at Raleigh, and
full electoral ticket nominated. After the
Convention was over, Douglas made
speech.
GEN. Houston has declined being can.
didate for the Presidency, and earnestly
presses union of all conservative men upon
one ticket. So says despatch from New
Orleans, dated the 18th ult. The result of
this declaration will be a union of the Bell,
Douglas and Houston men of Texas, and
the crushing out Of notification and disunion
in that State.
Gov. LErcHER, of Virginia, in a letter
dated Richmond, August %, says: