Gazette and sentinel., 1860-06-30
From the n. o Delta.
III CANDIDATES

received with greater enthusiasm INA
in tins city and State. The gallant and
noble Kentuckian has always been a
tavorite with II people OF all parties
and classes. Besides the great natural
and geographical ties which have al
WAYS united Kentucky and Louisiana,
the character of Breckenridge com
bincs. in brilliant harmony, those quail
ties wIsch are especially admired and
esteemed by Il people. Youth, ardOr,
( progressiyeness, energy, eXpanslvcncSs
of view. and ideas, the highest chivalry
aud galiantry, are in John &. Breckcn-
ridge most happily blended with great
sclE-contcol. iniexible firmncss, calm
wisdom AID spotlcss integrity.
Such q man can ncvcr fail to take a
strong hyld upon the affections and con
fdnnre Cf IL people. Nor are they m
/ d.ncrc.t go the claims of high lineage,
Of an ancestry whose virtues have been
transmitted and are so nobly represent
cd in tlc scion Of a family so distin-
guisheG f @ genius, for patriotism, and
for public services. The grandson ot
/ the mover ct the resolutions & lI9e ana
! 1899, VINO has 50 faithfully adhered to
and SO brilliantly maintained tb" great
/ doctrines Of that memorable platform OF
( the Democracy and second Declaration
If Independence, must ever lave prom
incnt claims upon the support OF the
/ ~autu-.udred of the whole Union.
Scarcely forty years of age, John {.
! breckenridge has attained Il position III
TIL, Republic which few indeed have
ever reached. at the most advances pc
rod 3D.. lie and of public service. He
has filled the most responsible stations,
has participated in the most active and
( exciting transactions, has borne a prom
iucnt pa.g IN all the political events OF
lis day. la, been a strict and earnest
partisan. has cver been outspoken and
emphatic in Ill his political utterances,
aud vet not n word has ever been utter
ed or written against his honor aId in
tcgrity as d man-his tirmness and con
s.>.eucy as a politician, or his fidelity
ami sincerity AZ a patriot,
Nor is 1t less remarkable, in one so
/. Young and earnest, that he never COM
mittcd an error. made a false step, or
rerpctrated q biuuder. This peculiari-
~ OF his political career has led many,
who were not familiar with his rare
qualities, To- ascr.hc to Breckenridge a
GOODNESS and calculating sagacity that
seemed Incompatible with that decision
and ea~ruestness, which are considered
as characteristics Of Youthful hearts and
ambition. by many he has been re
corded with emotions akin to those
which precocIous children inspire. THs
IS a great error ana misConccptjon Of
. The real character of this gallant and
gifted gentleman. If he has not been
so demonstraiive and OBSERVATIONS as
many of our politicians, it is due to his
modes,Y and aimplicity-to his scorn Of
. icmagogrcism, end To those ideas of
TIE true dignity Of Il statesman instillcd
into him by the Prcccpts and illustrated
in the lives Of his ancestry.
There has never been a proper Occa-
sion: there has never been a great po-
litical issue OF movement Of politics;
there is certainly ut great question OF
political concern upon which John G.
Bgcckiuridge has ever hcsitated i'll de-
claring his position and views. And
that position and those views have evcr
been in lull accord with that school of
Constitutional construction and pOlit;-
! cal doctrine that have had their chief
support in and have been cherished as
the invariable creed of the Southern
E+,4,, : ill., INAfn1nronx- TIAn,rh
living III q border State, where the
maintenance of Southern institutions
has involved greater peril and respon-
sibility than elsewhere in the South he
has never shrunk from the defense of
the most decided Southern sentiments.
Associated with Breckenridge is the
gallant veteran, who first attracted pub
lie observation as a representative of
the great State Of Indiana, from the
ranks Of whose people with few advan-
tages of education or fortune, by the
natural energy of his character, vigor
Of his intellect, and honesty of his prin-
ciples, he sprang suddenly into emf
nence and popular favor, and by his
consistency. bravery and sterling merit,
maintained himself in the field, in the
councils of the nation, and in the arena
of p.litical controversy, as the peer of
the most thoroughly trained and highly
educated of our soldiers and statesmen.
There is no better representative of
those sturdy qualities which are devel-
oped III the great new States of the
West, and to which we owe the marvel
Gus growth Of this new Empire, which
is the wonder and admiration of the