Des Arc citizen., 1860-09-05
MIR, BRECKINRIDGE'S TIPPECA-
 NOE SPEECH"

The National Intelligencer makes a candid and open avowal in reference to the Aimsy charge brought against Major Breckinridge by the Opposition press, in grateful contrast with the slatant Believer ite organs in this latitude. The declara- tons and opinions of such courteous and loyal opponent as the Intelligencer un- doubtedly is, carry with them great weight and influence, and for this reason we call the attention of our readers 10 the follow ing statement:
 Several of our subscribers and correspon- dents in the Southern States have requested us to furnish the authentic report of speech de- lvered by MT. Breckinridge, during the Pre- sidential campaign of 1856, at Tippecanoe, in the State of Indiana. In this speech MT. Breckinridge was charged at the time (and the charge has naturally been revived at the pre- sent dav) with the utterance of opinions sym bolizing closely with those of the Northern Democracy in their devotion to s'Popular- Sov- ereignty'' as an expedient for the settlement of the slavery question in the Territories Rebutting also the allegation that the Demo- cratic party was Sectional and Southern in its leanings, Mir Breckinridge was represented to have said at the same time that ''he belonged to no party which favored the extension of slavery.o
 The Inteligencer then proceeds to say that fragmentary citations and garbled ex- tracts, torn from their natural and logical connexion, may be made to answer the ends of an interruptions party warfare, but rarely serves the cause of truth and fair-dealing. Candidly admitting that nc authentic report of the Tippecanoe speech had ever been furnished to the press, the Intelhgencer refers to the statement lately made in our paper, and copies at length not only the language reported by Gen Miles, but the letter written to that gentle man in 1856, by Major Breckinridge. Ii then concludes with the following exceed. ingly important admissions:
 It will thus be seen that MT. Breckinridge in his Tippecanoe speech, was not called spe- officially to treat on that form of the FsTerri- torial duestiono which relates to the ''protec- tion" of slavery as distinguished from it's es- tablishmeht or prohibition. Denying the pow CT of the Genearl Government either to estab- fish or abolish slavery in the Territories, he doubtless left in abeyance any expression of opinion with regard to the manner in which the inhabitants of Territory, during their Territorial condition, could regulate this sub feet in their own way, "under the forms of the Constitution ;' though it cannot be doubted that his private opinion was coincident with that avowed by MT. Buchanan when, allnding to the differences that early obtained on this subject among the adherents of Popuar-Sov- ereignty, he stated in his inaugural address that Che had ever been of the opinion" that the PEOPLE COULD DEFINITELY DECIDE THE QUESTION OF SLAVERY ONLY IN PROCEEDING TO FORM A STATE CoNsTITUT ION.
 It is so seldom that we see in these days of political degeneraey partisan presses doing justice to their opponents that we place, with pleasure, on record the conclu- sive opinion of the National Inteligencer. Fully convinced that 1t will produce the effect of a bomb-shell upon the Believer ite camp in many sections of the State, We would not be astonished if our adyer- saries seek, by other equally "weak in- ventons," to lessen its force.-TN. O.. Courier.