Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-29
W HOLE NO. 937.
iae won,t Resirn-

peculiar anxiety of the Douglas men il
this and other sections of the State in rela.
tion the hoped for withdrawal of Mr.
Breckenridge. So anxious were they thai
the wished for occurrence would take
place, that they declared il would it should
it must. They hugged the faltering ex.
Pectation to their hearts. with all the warm
ardor OF devout worshippers. "Breckin-
ridge is going to n-Breckinridge will
resign-Breckinridge must resign in favor
OF the Little Giant" were exclammations
often and repeatedly heard from the over
enthusiastic friends of Mr.. Douglas At
last few days ago the rumor came that
Mr. Breckenridge had ACTUALLY Withdrawn /,
Douglas stock, being always on the sli
ding scale, Immediately went up. Our
neighbor over the Post Office threw off a
few brilliant periods, and subsidized into
profound lassitude This peculiar mental
languor was happily INDUCED in until
Tuesday evening. when he was aroused
rom his usual dullness To the sad reality,
that "Breckiaridye toiH not resign He
heads his article on that distressing sub
jeet with the following paragraph:
"HE WILL NOT DECLINE-The organ of
the Seceders and Bolters-the Louisville
Courer--says that Mr.. Breckenridge has
authorized Mr.. Stevens, Chairman of the
Executive Committee of that party, to con-
tradict the rumor that he intended To de-
eline--that he had not thought of with
drawing, nor did he desire TO Withdraw .
None but the most inexperienced polit-
Ieal baby ever supposed that John c.
Breckinridge even dreamed of withdraw
ing from this contest There is not one
good, sensible, substantial reason why he
should withdraw. There neuer .oas one
good, sensible, substantial reason why he
should, or would. There is much great.
er, a much more sensible, a much more
substantial reason why Stephen A. Doug
las should withdraw. Breckinridge's
strength is increasing every day. and
Douglas weakness is every day becoming
more apparent. The sincere, honest Doug.
las men, those who are not blinded by par
tisan fealty, or the hope for spoils, have
not the least idea that the Little Giant will
be able to carry one State in the Electoral
College. With divided Democracy, how
can it be otherwise He could not carry
more than two Northern States if Mr.
Breckenridge was not a candidate, and
with Mr.. Breckindge running. Mr.. Douglas
has not the least possible chance of carry
ing more than one Southern State. He
may possibly get Missouri-he cannot
hope for another. The division between
the two wings of the Democracy, is widen
ing daily, rather than getting closer to-
gether. Instead Of Breckenridge doing
anything that might advance the pros
poets of Mr.. Douglas for the Presidency
he and his friends desire Douglas defeat.
Instead of Mr.. Douglas doing anything
that might advance the prospects of Mr.
Breckinridge for the Presidency, he and
his friends desire Breckinridge's defeat
Look at the progress of this interesting
warfare. At first small arms were only
used, but now large cannon are coming
into the field, and the echoings of heavy
fight reverberates all over the entire
country.
The following good reasons why Mr..
Breckinridge will not resign, are thus
summed up by the Goshen Times:
In Vermont five hundred Breckenridge
men have signed call for State Conven-
tion.
In Connecticut the Hartford Courier says
that Breckinridge will poll three fourths
of the Democratic votes.
In New York the Breckenridge men are
already in the field, with full State tick
ct, and with nearly half the Democratic
press of the State to back it. In the EN-
pire City, the Journal of Commerce the or.
gan Of the pious Democracy, and the Her
aid, the organ of the Five Pointers, are both
out for Breckinridge So is the Day Book,
and 50 is every Democratic paper in the
city savo one. The Day Book says, there
are doubtless many Douglas men here, but
we scarcely ever meet one."
And the New York Herald very signif-
cantly says:
"We apprehend that by this time that
the most enthuiastic and hopeful disciple
OF Mr. Douglas is convinced that come
what may there is not a ghost of chance
for him before the people or before Con-
gress, and that his supporters, by keep
ing him on the course. are only playing
the game of Van Buren of l64S."
l. Ob.o tha Danocracy aro rapf IN tvo;r
with seperate Electoral tickets, fighting
each other like tigers.
In Indiana the Breckinddge ticket Wi
poll not less than 10000 votes.
In Illinois the Brekinridge men have a
separate State and Electoral ticket, which
will poll large vote.
Ia Kentucky at the late state election
they bad not Douglas votes enough to form
a negro patrol. and they are beginning t.
swear that they had no candidate rum
ng.
In North Carolina every Democratic pa.
per that has defined its position, has de-
clsred for Breckenridge.
In Georgia, the home Of Hershell V
johnson, there are but two papers tina
support the Douglas ticket.
Ia Florida every Democratic paper sup
ports Breckenridge and Lane.
In Tennessee there are twenty sever
Democratic papers, twenty three sup
port Breckenridge. three support Douglas
and one is neutral.
In Louisiana seventy two Democrati
papers support Breckenridge, and onl
three or four are for Douglas.
In South Carolina there are thirty seve
newspapers. and every one for Breckin
ridge.
In Virginia Wise and Hunter promis
20 900 for Breckinridge.
In Mississippi the vicksburg Citize
says
"If an ELECTORAL ticket for Douglas con
posed Of gentlemen OF character, wa