The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-09-29


I11' Mr.. BrcckinriIge saw he has seen
pamphlets published ard cirrutlied ali
over the Union TO prove that he was
Know Nothing in 1865 in Kentucky, and
he denies very yehemeEtly that no was
even in kpow Nothing lodge in his life.
We havdVg6 much respect for Mr. B's We
racIty TO say that he has not seen pamph-
lets which he says be has seen, but We
confess our great surprise at IL stat,.cut.
Its certainly very singular, that fpamph-
let purporting to have proved him to have
been member Of the Know Nothing or
der have been circulated a oy.rtbe Tpion.
none of those pamphlets have met onrcycs
and none Of them been noticed in any or
the hundreds ct newspapers that we are in
the habit Of reading. Yes, it seems one Of
the most extraordinary things in the world.
that, ifpomphIets containing v hat purporls
to be proof Of his actual membership Of
Know Nothing lodge have been spread
everywhere through the country. not one
OF all the partisan papers which We see has
made mention Of either the charge or the
pretended proof oft
Mr.. Breckenridge was reported as say
ing in public speech in Harrison county.
in 1884, al would sooner vote for a man
agreeing with me in religious belief than
for another, all oiher things icing equal.
just as would sooner vote for n native
born citizen than for another allolhcr THINGS
being equal" In his Lexington -grcchhc
replies:
] am represented 10 this day I'll having
said would make Il tiiIcrru,. between
one Of my own religious belief aud be-
tween an unnaturalzpd and naiuralizal cit
lz5n. would make political difference.
mover uttered such sentiment.
Whcter Mr.. i. intends hi. as a grccfGc
denial Of the language actually imputed TO
him or as an ar.uI denial Of something l.l-
iereni, We really 10 not know GLctrort
OF his Harrison county speech purpou.d ,o
be made in his own words, it was madcbv
one Of his devoted political friends, it WIS
made for and published in apapcrcyilcnGv
enlisted in his support it was r.pull.h,d
in several of the mos; influential Democrat
ic organs in the Union, and neither as or
ignolly published in the Bourbon county
paper nor rs repulii-hcd in there's, Of tie
Democratic papers Of the nation, did either
he or any friend Of lis meet il wiih de-
NAL. He and all hi friends then and for
years, ny for nor" tl.an Twelve yeals, per
mittod it to pass everywhere ms D.. r.r-
else langiase used by Lin. lIr aiI they
were willing for all that length or.imc that
he should beroSaylcd as having said; ia %
public declaration Of his views, thar J..
would, as a voter nj tho polls, make q d.
tineiion between candidates on account Of
their religious belief ami ouaccouutor.l.:r
birth place.
Mr.. Breekinridge denies srcus to deny
what his friends reported h.m ss having
said in Harrison, but be doc. not yvu,u.,
to tel what he did say. Susy ,hc report
Of his friends that he said hc would vote
for man Of his own religious p-.ra I'm
sooner than for another, other Thing. i...,
equal, and for a natiye-iau citizen t..n
fol a natuIaliArl one, othrr G.ie- hong
equal, cannot have been q Iue.r usn...n.
an outright fabrication o. lis friend. .,g.h
a thing is not srpposable. Moreover 3D..
report is 50 spccilica 70 the words u.ad
and the words themselves arc 80 rDm..a,,-
bic Or peculiar, tha. it " ould sr.m iru,.s-
ible that there can have been any DE-. q.
al mistake as rothc in!rr IF tie s...i-
ment expressed. VII fr 1.tc,L ,r rHi
some Of h- organs til tor linn, vL.t his
language was that bis ova admirers aHd
partisans 50 strangely porllel-.f.al..j
there was any pry,s-ion in tle e.
i. JulrH
How A lAN~rh stA CAPTAIN Or
wITTED A IGr>cn FrnATE.-In loot.as
over old new papers we occasionally come
across paragrapa showing tta, ttc a.'
Of tie good OH tiicos' wrr. very i...
Ike the men Of OR ovn vick.i 3d.. aaa
generation. IT, G.esa N,r.'.'u Ia...'
Of Oct. l., 49,. coa's.u- arfllov;ae 5..
Of triumphant ncas q. H.. c>p...s rf- i,a-