The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-07-05
I From The Daily Delta.
The Candidates.

limo part Of the South will the nominatio
Of Bteekinridge and Lane be received wit
greater enthusiasm than in this city and State
The gallant and noA1s Kentuckian has AWAY
been Myorite witksour people Of all partie
and classes. Besides the great natural an,
geographical ties which have always unite,
Kentucky and Louisiana, the character. q
Breckenridge combines, in brilliant harmony
those qualities which are especially admirei
and esteemed by our people. Youth, ardor
progresaiveness, energy, expansiveness Of view
and ideas, the highest chivalry and gallantry
are in John G. Breckenridge most happily blend
ed with great seltcontrol, inaexible frmnesa
calm wisdom and spotleea integrity..
Such man can never fail to take stront
hold on the affections and confidence Of u
people. Nor are they Indifferent to the claim
Of ahigh lineage, Of an ancestry whose virtue
have heen transmitted and are 10 nobly repre
sented In the scion Of family 30 distinguishet
for genious, for patriotism, and for public ser
vices. The grandson Of the, mover Of The reso
buttons Of 1928 and 1899, who has so faithfully
adhered to and 80 brilliantly maintained the
great doctrines Of that memorable platform o.
the Democracy and second Declaration Of indie
pendence, must ever have prominent claims up
on the support Of the South--indeed, of thu
whole Union.
Scarcely forty years Of age, John G. Breck
tnridge has attained q position in this Republic
which few indeed have ever reached, at the
most advanced period Of life and of public
service. He has filed the most responsible
stations, has participated in the most active
and exciting transactions, has borne o promi.
nent part in all the political events of the day,
has been astrict and earnest pastisan, has ever
been outspoken and emphatic in all his political
utterances, and yet not word has ever been
uttered or written against his honor. and integ-
rity asa man-his 6rmness and consistency as
politician, or bis fidelity and sincerity a. pa
triot.
Nor is It Len remarkable, in one 10 young
and earnest, that he never committed an error,
made false step, or perpetrated bluuder.
Thispeculiarity Of his political career has led
many, who were not familiar with his rare
qualities, to ascribe to Breckenridge cold
ness and calculating .agacity that seemed
incompatible with that decision and earnest
ness, which are considered as characteristics of
youthful hearts and ambition. By many be
has been regarded with emotions akin to those
which precocious children inspire. This is a
great error and misconception of the real
character Of this gallant and gifted gentleman.
If he has not been 60 demonstrative and osten-
tatious as many of our politicians, it is due to
bis modesty and simplicity-to his ecorn of
demagogues, and to those ideas of the true
dignity of a statesman instilled into him by
the precepts and illustrated in the lives of bis
ancestry
There BIZ never been proper occasion
there has never been great political issue or
movement Of politics there is certainly no
great question Of political concern upon which
John c. Breckenridge has ever hesitated in
declaring his position and views. And that
position and those views have ever been in full
accord with that school of Constitutional con-
,truction aud political doctrine that have had
heir chief support in and have been cherished
AZ the invariable creed of the Southern States
IF this Confederacy. Though living in border
State, where the maintenance of Southern in
'titutions has involved greater peril and res.
than elsewhere in the South he las
lever shrunk from the defence Of the most de.
,ided Southern sentiments.
Associated with Breckenridge is the gallant
veteran, who fret attached public observation
.s representative Of the great State of Indi-
ma, from the ranks of whose people with few
advantages Of education or fortune, by the na-
aral energy Of his character, vigor of bis in !
elect, and honesty Of his principles, lie sprang
uddenly iuto eminence and popular favor, and |
" his consistency, bravery and sterling merit,
maintained himself in the field, in the councils
# the nation, and in the arena of political con-
roversy, ~ the peer of the most thoroughly
raincd and highly educated of our soldiers and |
tatemen.
There Is no better Representative of those
turdy qualities which are developed in the
reat new States of the West, aud to which we
we the marvellous growth Of this new Empire,
'hich is the wonder and admiration of the
'orld, than General 10. Lane. Indomitablc
ourage and energy, great natural sagacity and
slf-reliance are happily united in him, with
irectness of purpose and a political sincerity,
nat forbid all resort to those contemplate de-
'agogSsal arts which ore too often appealed
in behalf of many Of like origin and history.
nth those high personal qualities, General
ano combines claims upon the South Of Pc
altar and Irresistible character. We cannot
naginc how any true son Of the South can re-
oncile it with loyalty toehis section, to refuse
lch man his vote-a Northern man, who has
sturdily withstood the prGudices and pas
ons Of his section, and against the clamore
i'd denunciations Of those upon whose favor
e political advancement depended, hasso faith
lily kept his pledge to maintain the equal
ghts Of the South in the Union.
Such candidates, presented on platform SO
ear and distinct as that proclaimed by the
Convention, will command the
1ited vote Of the fifteen Southern States. In
is State, no zane man will, doubt that the ma
rity for them will be No. sdented. Indeed,
is not improbable that after the present ex-
tement subsidies, there will be but one electo-
i ticket in the State. Ii
That wretched abortion called, Douglas
lrty, which has had no other vitality mr. snh-