Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-22
From the Baton Rouge Advocate.
WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
LlNCOLN'S ELECTION?

The Geographic dispatch we have already
published, informing the reader that the Doug
las Committee Of New York had rejected the
terms proposed by the Breckenridge party for
a union of all the elements opposed to Lincoln,
did not surprise us in the least. As the can
vass advances the evidence increases that the
sole aim and object of Douglas in ~stumping
the country is to elect Lincoln President, and
thus to wreak his impotent revenge on the
Southern Democracy for throwing him over
board at Charleston and Baltimore. While he
charges Mr.. Breckenridge and his friends with
seeking this end, his Committee at Washing
ton are sending dispatches to New York dis
countenancing any union with the Breckin-
ridge men. Here is the dispatch published in
the New York papers from Washington, dated
10th:
The Hon. Miles Taylor telegraphed to-day
TO New York advising his friends not to enter
into any alliance with the Breckenridge men.
Who does not know that this Louisiana
henchman speaks from the lips of his master
Who will now deny that Stephen A. Douglas
is working for the election of Lincoln, and
that he alone will be held responsible for it if
that election should be brought about?
We trust that some sense of justice and
truth yet remains among those Bell organs in
the South who have charged the friends of
Breckenridge with preventing this New York
union against Black Republicanlsm, and that
they will have the honesty to lay the blame
where it belongs. As for Mr.. Miles Taylor,
the people of Louisiana will attend to his case
when the proper time arrives.
Let the reader turn attention TO the condi-
ton of things in Pennsylvania, and if he is
not convinced that the aim of Mr.. Douglas is
to'place Lincoln IN the Presidential chair, evil
dence is worthless and truth a myth. These
are the facts concerning affairs in Pennsylva-
mia, taken from n Pennsylvania contem-
porary:
The Democratic State Convention met last
March in the city Of Reading, and nominated
Gen. Foster for Governor, and a full electoral
ticket, TO be voted for in November. In these
selections the question of Breckenridge and
bOhSlhS was lOS AuASChs IA LlS llChCL WIS Sc
lected as a Democratic ticket, according TO
the rules and usage of the Democratic party
of Pennsylvania. Since that time an unfur-
tunate division has occurred all over the cOun-
try. The true Democracy of Pennsylvania
know full well that two distinct electoral Dem
ocratic tickets would result in giving the State
to the Black Republicans; and the Breckin-
ridge wing, with a large majority of the Doug
las men, have agreed to stand by the ticket
nominated at Reading, with the distinct I'M
derstanding that if the vote of that State
providing the ticket is successful-will elect
breckenridge, it is to be given to him, but if
it will not, the vote will be given to Douglas,
if it will elect him and if it will elect
neither, then the electors are left free to vote
for whom they please. The friends of Breck-
inridge and Lane have agreed to this PROPOSE
ton, whilst the friends of Douglas have not
given it that support which all true Democrats
should do, who are sincere in their opposition
to Lincoln. Enough, however, of the Doug
las men have entered into the agreement, we
think, to carry the ticket. The Douglasites.
under the lead of John W. Forney, the rene
gade, who are determined 10 have Lincoln for
President, seem bent on a s~traight-out Doug
las electoral ticket, which, from present indi-
cations, will not receive 5000 votes in the
whole State. Every convention and mass
meeting that has been held, has unhesitatingly
Endorsed the State electoral ticket, and in no
county in the State has Douglas been indorsed
as the nominee of the Democratic party,
whilst on the other hand four fifths of all the
have proclaimed for Breckenridge and
Lane.
Now, here is the basis of an honorable
union between honorable Democrats, who,
however they may differ as to men, are anxious
to ignore all minor consideration and save the
State to the Democracy. All the Breckin-
ridge papers and a large majority of the
Douglas papers support the union Electoral
that has been agreed upon, as well as
the Democratic State ticket nominated in
March. The only opposition to it comes from
the Black Republicans and their allies of the
F~orney-Hickman stripe. Atleast three fourths
of the Douglas papers advocate it; while only
Forncy's Press and three or four others of like
character oppose it and favor
the reasonable movement of Forney, Halde-
man & Co., at Harrisburg, on the 18th inst,
for a straight out Douglas ticket.
Under this arrangement PENNSYLVANIA
would be carried against Lincoln and his
rendered certain. Mr.. Douglas has
made his advent into the State, and from every
stump that he graces or disgraces in the old
Keystone, he raises his voice with Forney and
cries out "no fusion with Breckenridge" In
he face of the opposition of q large majority
Of his friends to running a straight Douglas
he and Forney, determined as it seems
elect Lincoln, have announced the speedy
of such a ticket, be the consequences
what they may. Yet, with this deep and black
reaehery in his OWL heart and with the bis