Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-10-06
NO. 49,.

arrives, 1t needS no pen OF mine 10 pit
dict the disastrous results But all this
can be prevented If the Sonth will unite.
Breckenridge will certainly carry Vir-
ginia, North Carolina South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. | re-
gard it as almost certain, at least he
has the best chance, to carry California,
Oregon, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Maryland and Delaware This gives
him fs7 votes. Pennsylvania can elect
him. So can New York. The former
would go for him if the South were q
unit for him. Douglas has no chance
for a single State. Bell may possibly
get one or two, but is certain of none.
Then why will the South throw away its
influence by a war among ourselves,
from which nothing but disaster can re-
suit? Let us all unite, and although
everybody can not get their first choice,
we can defeat Lincoln ard elect sound
national man. Even if it goes into the
House, what chance has either Douglas
or Bell The former has Illinois, the
latter Tennessee, while Breckenridge has
thirteen States, with Kentucky, Mary
land and North Carolina divided. Bell
can not hope for the Abolition vote, and
would the South he willing to see him
elected by the Sewardites?
Douglas will be excluded from the
House by the people. If Tennessee,
Maryland, Kentucky and North Carolina
vote in the House for Brcck inridge, he
will be elected If the House fails to
elect, then Joe Lane viii! be President,
elected by the Senate.
1t is so plain that he who runs may
read. A divided South has made the
Abolition party in the North what it is.
Had the South been united as one man,
and said you must give us the Constitu-
ton and Union as our fathers made them,
Seward and his horde of fanatics would
never have been more than a contempti-
Bile faction Has not every concession
made by the South been the signal for
new aggressions Even now the North
sees us hopelessly divided, and laughs
to scorn our Constitutional claims. Are
we not daily insuIted in the Senate and
House of Representatives And when
gentleman like Brooks resents the in
suit and Furnishes the blackguard, the
South is silent in his defence, while the
North ma Ees martyr of the cowardly
poltroon. If we are SO treated now,
what may we expect when Lincoln, Sew
ard & Co have sway at Washington,
with the army and navy to back them?
We have friends at the North who
now nobly stand by us; and if, untrue
to ourselves, VIC fail to support Major
Breckinridge-the national candidate
then we deserve the fate that awaits u.s.
All honest men every where will admit
Bell has no chance to be President.
Douglas will not get single State.
Then why divide the South by support
ing them? Can not our prejudices be
laid aside for one day, and all unite to
avert the calamity that must follow Lin
coins election ? / would cheerfully vote
for Bell or Douglas to defeat Lincoln;
but they have no chance, and, moreover,
Bells principles are unknown, and Doug
las Squatter Sovereignty is revolution
ary,
| Breckenridge alone, of all the candi-
dates, stands on the platform of the Con.
stitution, the Union and the perfect
equality of the States. Let US all then
give him onr support.
An OLDHAM CorSrY (KY.1 FARMER.
Il s4D