Daily national Democrat., 1860-11-03
John c. Breckinridge.


and shines over, that he had never accepted
the position which he now occupies. Repu-
dated 10y the people of his own Kentucky,
rejected by them at the polls in the most un-
mistakable manner; denounced by many of
his old time friends; scorned by those upon
whom he had most thoroughly relied, he
finds that " the way Of the transgrcssor is
hard and that the path of his illconsidered
and premature ambition is one Of thorns,
trouble, disappointment and regret. He has
been led away by weakness, by lack of
moral frmness to resist the importunities of
pretended friends and by the allremenis of
false ambition. lie fondly imagined that
he could be elected President, by heading
dsorganizing and Anti-Democratic move
ment His advisers knew that he could not
But they desired to use him as tool for
their secession and disunion purposes, and
they have so used him.
lie sees it now himself and is all the time
laboring to persuade himself aud his hearers
that he is yet patriot and Democrat. Oh
Lucifer, son of the morning, how art thou fall
len Poor Breckenridge! We mean what we
say when we declare that from the bottom of
our heart we pity him. Bright were his
prospects. The country had begun to love
him. Hereafter, had he been true to
his party, true in fact TO his own instincts,
there is scarcely an honor within the gift of
Il. ,,-li III bo
had, But be has yielded to evil counsels'
and has forever lost the golden opportunity
of his life. The utmost that he can hope to
do in this contest is to defeat the regular
nominees of the Democratic Party and to give
the election to Lincoln. By this, he will
gain nothing to himself, but the eternal exc
Grafton Of all just and true Democrats
! Those who were once his friends will live to
curse him, and he will go down TO his grave
a wrecked and ruined man.
He knows as well as any other man in
the country that he has no earthly chance
for election. His friend, Orr, of South Car
oina. it is reported, publicly comedies it.
Millison, of Virginia, has declined to sustain
him, on the ground that he has been put
forward for the sole purpose of being beaten
himself and OF defeating the Democratic
Party.
Conscious of the exceedingly uncomforta
able character of his position, he is all the
time seeking to relieve himself of the odium
which he knows must attach to it. For in
stance in Lexington, he uses this language
81 am not ashamed of the principles upon
which | stand" He knows that he ought
to be ashamed of them, and that the people
know it, and he tries, by putting a bold face
upon it, to make his hearers believe that
there is really nothing in those principles of
which he ought to be ashamed 81 am not
ashamed" he adds, "of the friends that sup
port me-" That is, he is not ashamed of
Yancey and the Yancey crew. He knows
that those men are obnoxious, and he desper
ately endeavors to keep a stiff upper lip, ty
declaring that he is not ashamed of the com
pany that he is in So much the worse for
him if he is not ashamed of them; but he is,
or he would not take so much pains to deny
it. He adds:
| For myself conscious that my foot is planted
on the rock of the Constitution surrounded and
sustained by friends love and cherish-hodIng
principles that have been ia every form indorsed
| by my native Commonwealth-with a spirit erect
and unbroken, | defy all calUmny, and calmly
await the triumph of the truth.
Poor fellow, he tries to fortify himself in
his forlorn condition, by repeating the words
Constitution" "truth," dc, DC. lie is re-
solved to keep "a spirit erect and unbroken.
He "defes all calumny." How conscious be
is, that everybody looks to see his spirit bro
ken down and crushed Shrinking back
from the numerous charges hurled against
him for daring to lead Secession and Dis
union party, he disposes of them all under
the one word, "ealamay," and awaits 'the
triumph of the truth" Alas, the triumph of
the truth will be a sore thing fot him.
Everywhere he goes, the poor man is try
ing to prove that he is not Disunionist.
He thinks very hard of the people of Ken
tucky for defeating his ticket in the late
State election, and allUdes to it in this wise
q
people OF kentucky, and equally, to the surprise
and delight of the gentlemen engaged in it, the
scheme succeeded better than they expected. | |
am sure that the sober, second thought Of the
people will recall them 10 the maintenance of their
well considered opinions. Kentucky will never
abandon principle which she has declared to be !
the principle Of the Constitution and Union.
He hopes Kentucky will take back her
reputation of him, and con the sober sec
ond thought" vote that lie knows what the
Constitution is and that he is not working
against the Union. Alas, John c., tAe peo-
pie might be willing to trust you to a GER
tain extent, but they cannot trust you in the
hands of those who are making tool of you
for the furtherance of their own selfish and
damnable purposes. They know that you
are only an instrument in their hands for
defeating the Democratic Party, and that
that being done, they will leave you to your
fate, while hcy endeavor to ride to power on
the wave of Revolution.
We cannot help but say, poor, poor Breck
inridgel
LET Ir BE REMEMDERED.-That Breckin-
ridge, by letter, accepted the nomination of
the Richmond Disunion Convention. That
Convention had for its sole object, disunion
The SouTH REruDIATEs BREcxINRIDGE.-It
is asserted that there are more leading Dem
ocrats on the stump for Douglas in the slave
States, than for Breckenridge. most Wig
erols canvass is being made for the regular