Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-11-03
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For the Standard.

For the Standard.
BRECKENRIDGE AND LANE MASS MEETING.
A meeting of the friends of Breckenridge and
Lane was held on the 9th ut. at Harris Store, in
Franklin county, \. c., at which time and place a
large number Of Democrats were present
The meeting was first addressed by DR.. i. G.
Fowler, of Franklin. The Doctor discussed the
topics which are the issues Of the day with such
ability logical and forchie argument, that the most
iattcrng anticipatiuns of his warmcSt friends were
far exceeded. lie showed, i'll able and eloquent
manner, that the election Of Abraham Lincoln would
shake the bottom-most pillar of this UnIon-that he
Linco) was the leader of great party at the North
whose avOwcd intentions were to get hold OF the
of this government to crush the South and its
institutions And after urging all true and Union
loving men to unite with him the strongest of the
other three candidates for the Presidency to defeat
Lincoln, he succeeded in showing to the convincing
of every man present that that man was John c.
Breckenridge. He then proceeded to show that
Stephen A. Douglas was not the nominee of the
national Democratic convention his friends de-
clare he is, that after using all unfair means that
keen and designing politicians possibly could, that
yet Douglas was not the nominee of the national
Democratic convention. In connection with this he
discussed Douglas odious squatter sovereignty doc
trne with such force and combination Of argument
as made the Douglas reco to the very ebb of
despair. He then said that he believed that John
{. Breckenridge was the true exponent of Dcmocra-
CIV the true and fair eXpounder of the Constitution
and that if elected to the Presidential chair, he
had no politicians to pay off by office for dirty
vices done for him; that in short, ne was the man
for the South, the politician with clean paper
The Doctor then closed with an elaborate euogy on
Breckenridge and Lane, calling of all parties
to rally to the flag Of equal rights the Constitution
and the Union.
The meeting was next addressed by DIR. John c.
Marriott, of Wake; and after eulogy which gave
beauty and strength to the occasion the Demo-
cratic party which had administered the laws of the
government for the last half century, and had led
it to glory and prosperity, unparalleled in the his
tory Of nations he exposed Judge Douglas incon-
Sstency from the time of his assault on the admin
istration down to the present time showing that he
(Douglas) used bis influence through his friends at
the Charleston and Baltimore conventions to force
himself upon it as its nominee or break up the par
ty. That he was the cause of the divisions now in
the Democratic ranks, and that John c. Breckin-
ridge the only man that there was the least posi-
ble chance OF, defeating Lincoln WITH stood on the
platform of the true constitutional wing Of the
tiona Democratic party. He then, with great zeal
and ability, exposed the no principle Tor BelD par
tv, the party that has more platforms, principles
and names than any other party, and yet has
neither
The speakers both displayed great zeal and abili-
ty We the friends of Breckenridge and Lane in
this vicinity desire to show TO brethren in 9TH
er parts of the State, through the columns of the
Standard, that we are wideawake to a sense of our
duty, and are doing what we can to promote the
cause of Breckenridge and Lane, and if its editor
will give the above place in his columns, he is at
liberty to insert it there.
We do not think the little giant" can poll fifty
votes in Franklin. Those that were formerly for
him are now against him.
Friends of Breckenridge and Lane.