The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-10-26
Political Items.

Political Items.
From the Louisville Journal--Bell paper.
We have not only asserted, but proved
by the most incontestible evidence, that the 4
Breckenridge party is to all intents and
purposes Disunion party. 1t is Disunion
party. And now if any Of its organs think
they can induce US to throw away time and
labor in proving that the Union party is rot
a Disunion party, they must think US very
remarkable specimens of verdant simplicity.
The Hon. L. J. Cartel, member of Com
gress from Georgia, said few days ago at
Atlanta: eff Lincoln is elected, l will
cause the fife to blow and the drum to beat,
and l will marshal my constituents and raise
the cry of revolution"
Alas there is probably not one Breckin.
ridge man in all Alabama disposed to rebuke
Or disapprove such s.vowals of intended
treason.
IF the people of South Carolina want to
secede, let them by all means secede. Let
them 60 to Eng, and, or Russia, or Spain,
or Cuba, or FIexico or wherever else they
please. Bat they can't be allowed to take
their territ .ory with them; we shall want
that tor he use of better and more loyal
populat .ou.
W. are glad to learn that one Breckin-
rid e speaker cannot make himself perpen-
Ocular upon stump in any part of Ken
'ucky without having the Norfolk questions
( put at him. 1t was sad day for the
Breckenridge party when Lamb, the head
of the Breckenridge electoral ticket in Vir-
ginia, put those questions to Mr.. Douglas.
The whole party would be glad to see Lamb
dressed with mint sauce and feed the devil.
The Breckenridge organs all boast that
Breckenridge has far greater amount OF
popular strength than Douglas, and yet we
beg leave to assure them one and all, that
they can very easily find five thousand men
in the United States, any one OF whom Will
gladly bet them fifty thousand dollars that
Douglas beats Breckenridge fifty thousand
votes. If any of them would like to lind
such person let them signify it. What
haze they to sag?
AS Douglas raises enthusiasm wherever
he goes, the Breckenridge men look on scow-
lingy and say they will defeat him at the
| polls, while they are boiling over with Jeal-
ousy. They are like the Neapolitan, Gen.
Bosco, who, defeated by the Liberals at
Melazzo, and driven from position at Noce-
ra, could express his burning hate only by
threatening to have Gsribaldis b. lad, when
he had no assurance that he could rel AID bis
own for the next half hour.
GEN. JOE LANE is not q coward, but no
man thoroughly brave would talk about bis
wounds in public speeches. When you find
q public speaker parading his wounds be.
fore crowd, you may safely set it down
that there are good many things.he would
rather do than Is ht. And running is GEN
orally one of them.
We would impress upon the public re-
collection, that James Buchanan has still
about six months to serve as President of
the United States. We mention this be=
cause be has subsidized and died out 80 com.
pletely from the popular attention, that the
historical fact of bis occupying the White
House might escape the public memory, if
it were not logged now and then.
The Southern fire.eaters want pretext
for dissolving the Union, and so are doing
everything they can to get Lincoln elected
President. What pity they can't be
subjected to Black Republican rule without
the rule being extended over the rest of the
people.
ONE of Mr.. Breckinridge's Democratic
hearers at Ashland, cried out, "Open YOUR
mouth wider, Major" But the Major
didn't open his mouth wide enough to let
out answers to the Norfolk questions.
The Black Republicans and the Southern
6re-eaters are alike engaged in the work of
"precipitating the cotton States into rev.
olution." The former are the black pre-
cipitates, and the latter the red precipitates.
We actually heard gentleman yesterday
offer to bet that Breckenridge would be |
elected to the Presidency in November.
Such vidid imagination could convert
number three mackerel into salmon.
The Breckenridge leaders everywhere
seem terribly perplexed in trying to make
up their minds as to the course they shall
pursue in this very alarming condition of
their affairs. The Kentucky election has
frightened them out of their Wits They
think they must do something but they
don't know what. Their case is like that
of the graceless boys, who, in the midst of
tuciT mlSCulCl3 WcI0 udlt Stuuutu ny b lrc.
mendous clap of thunder. "DickW exclaim.
ed one of them as soon as be had power to
speak, team you pray?" "No." "Toml
can you?" "No." "Can any of you?"
"No." "Well, try to sing hymn, for by
thunder something must be done!'
If Mr.. Lamb, the Virginia Breckenridge
elector, who gave pledge that Mr.. Breck-
inridge should answer the Norfolk ques.
tons, still continues Breckenridge elector,
after Mr.. Breckinridges refusal to answer
the questions, he is degraded man. He
doesn't deserve to be treated with ordinary
respect Let the first honest man he meets
spit on him, the second strike him, and the
third kick him.
A GEORGIA paper, noticing the reception
Of Mr.. Toombs at one of the towns in that
State, says that Mr.. T. declined speaking,
but that .@rear of the procession was very
noisy" The cortege seems to have been
like we'll known reptile-a silent but ma.
lignant and venomous head and rafting
tail.