Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-08-02
THE HAPPY FAMILY.
A DEMOCRATIC TAIL.

has the following on its first page:
Not Disunionjsts The northern supper
ters of Breckenridge and Lane protest that
they are not dsunionists-no, of course not
how could they be? But We will illustrate
their position by an old fable, which tells US
of certain stork that was caught by an en-
ragged farmer in company with party of dep
redating geese. The stork begged hard for
his life, protesting that he was not a goose
but the farmer was too much incensed to dis
criminate, and Mr.. Stork had his tck wrung
along with his companions. This we are APP
prehensive will be the fate of the northern
Rebels. They have got into very bad eompa
ny-they are training with YancyS dis2niou
battalons, and being judged by their associ-
ates, the fate of the latter will be theirs
Their necks will be wrung. They may be
storks-but they will die as geese.
The Charleston Mercury, the well-known
secession organ of South Carolina, openly
avows that it supports Breckenridge and
Lane because they are the nominees of
Sectional Southern C0nUentton. 1t sup
ports them because they are not national !!
That is an interesting admission. That is
a peculiar reason to give for the support of
what the Breckenridge papers hereabouts
facetiously call d" the only National Tick
ct p
But the Charleston Mercury is not the
only paper that puts forth diS~nion as its
avowed reason for supporting the Brecken-
ridge ticket, by any means, as our readers
shall see for themselves Among the ar
dent supporters of that ticket is the Cam
den (Ala.) Register, and we ask the Demo
Gratis to read the following from recent
article in its columns
" We run up our flag to-day for Brecken-
ridge and Lane, the Democratic nominees for
President and Vice President of the United
States. We have unwaveringly cOntended
for the last ten gears that it would be better
(fUr all concerned to make tlc0, or more, dis
tinct Governments of the territory comprising
The United States Of Anae,ica-and that such
will ultimately be done, there can be no sort
of doubt; but it should be done with fairness
and justice to every section Of the Union and
belieUing that the party TO aohich aUe belong is
the only reliable one to carry Od this measure,
we intend to battle for its principles to the
fullest extent Of our ability"
What do the friends of" the only nation
al party" candidates think of that? The
Register thinks " it would be better for all
concerned to make two or more distinct
Governments or more" is we'll put in
-" of the territory comprising the United
States of America" "and believing that
the party to which it belongs is the only
reliable one to carry out this measure" it
throws itself with might and main into the
Breckenridge camp!
But there is still another Breckenridge
paper on the nature of the present canvass
that is, if possible, yet more significant and
suggestive of the real modus operandi by
which the running of Mr.. Breckenridge
may be made to accomplish the object de-
sired. We quote as follows from the Mont
gomery Mail, a secession paper, published
at the capital of Alabama, and one of the
leading Breckenridge journals of that
State
"Run three Presidential tickets against
Lincoln, thereby giving Lincoln the chance
for election. After Lincoln is elected, some
Southern communities-m0st of them per
haps-will refuse to let Postmaster, appoint
ed under his Administration, take possession
of the Office. Then the United States author
tiles will be interposed to enforce the laws
Then the United States authorities will either
be shot down, or they will shoot somebody
down. Then the people of the community
will rise up against the United States Govern
ment, and will be sustained by neighboring
communities, until civil war with all its hor-
rible butcheries, envelopes the land in
shroud of blood and carnage"
This mode of seeding will not trouble
the rail mauler much. He will quietly di-
rect his P. NJ. General to leave all such
communities without mails, and then,
should treason show itself, hang them.
The New York Day Book, warm Breck-
enridge paper, in recent article on the
subject speaks IS follows: