The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-11

To tie Tons II q BreeEiori,{qe and ,Tose,h
Lme the N mines # the Nd6oaai Dtplo-
cratic Co"vent.oa far President aud iiee-
President.
On Moaiay evening, pursuant to an.
nouncemeut, a large number OF persons as
Seinble,l in front of the City HALL tor the pur-
! pose Of proceeding TO Serenale Vice President
Breckenridge and Gen Lane, recently nomin
ated by the National Democratic Convention
| at Baltimore for the two highest positions in
the gifl OF the American people. At the hour
| above mentioned, the vast concourSe, ACCOM-
panied by Il full band nf music, marched in
procession down Four and a.hiIi street TO
| Pennsylvania avenue, and lram thence 10 the
residence of the Hon. J. C. Breckenridge, on
G street between Fourteenth and fifteenth
streets The throng Of persons assembled
was immense, and the demonstration is said
to have never been equalled by any similar
one in this city.
After one or two stirring airs from the
band, in response TO repeale'lcalis. Mr. Brock
inridge appeared and spoke as follows: ~'
SPEECH OF VICE PRESIDENT BREcKINRIpoE..
Fellow CITIZENS feel deeply this man.
Hesitation of your friendly regard, and ac-
ceptti: asa proof that yun approve OF the pro-
ceeiDss at Baltimore. by which the Nation
al Democratic Convention presented my name
and that OF my gallant and ho1itrcd friend,
| JOSEPH LANE, for tile otfices Of President
and Vice. PRESIDENT of the Uuitad StateSL-
That heart would lie cold and insensihle in
deed which did not throb with gratitude Tor
such a man'estatlon 0 the confidence of his
| c.'untrymcn. | feel it, and il deeply, and do
not affect tn conceal ii. Atuthe same time,
and III che presence ol tins assembly, it may
not be indeileate or iuIpr"per for me to say
| that il is a position hich | did not seek and
| witch, although | accepted it promptly, ct
did SO with regret. [Ghesfs,l IoimVe Jseon,
~, Yen haze seen, wlth fgeHnss Of pain. divh :
ions and Disturbances which have occurred in
the dem 'cratic organ z Iton /; and had hoped
10 the last Tor the harmon, o the whole, and
| trove 10 bring it al,6ui. IL was not my pur-
| pose, at any tue, tIiat my name should be :or
an Instant in the way OF universal harmony.
said so to ntr frenis :ithey knew il and acted
upon my wishes. | well knew that ther
were many gentlemen N"rtA and South
wh1Se Knowledge, experience, and ability
| lifted them for Such a trust. But, with'snt
REFER in. in detaiI9to the proceedings at Bal
| timore, have only to say that the COnven
| tiun which assembled ut Murvfa land Institute
| democracy ui the United States, Cheers
EIapproye ofatbe proceedinrs that t's.k place,
| believed that they were necessary, anil sstid
| 10 my friends, III unhappily It did become
NECESSARY would Staid b, and stisi ain them
And while never dssihsi a. heal the move
| nlent, vet il is not f,r nne2 who acts with his
lslrien.ls and lis willing to sustain them TO
choose the y ,sition he will occupy in it,
Ttrries OF "G OIL" ana cheers And when
i scovered, thoayh with retret, that tiiy name
hal been pressnred TO ahe country, it did not
| take me bong TO determine that wegi not
meanly abanlon those with whom w4s de-
.er9.ned TO act loud and prolepsed Cheer
ing ..i ta. .as-;I .8fS-ey, |n.}
F.iIow.citizans, I understand that sppre.
| hensions are entertaine1 in sous highly re-
spectacle Quar,els that the national ,lenocra.
>s,s> party lisa p1rYty n. dsnnon, and Intends
| to 6fSak up The Union ui theS. S aies lCries
| Of ''SesSer, ihtser,,' We intend 10 preserve
it'll cati1i9s bring myself hut to thntS Ihat
these fears are utterly gruuutteSs. have
relil the resQlulNnsalhpted BY that Gquvc,l-
Ion with agreat deal Of care, and must say
| that see nothing in the character Of the gen
tlemeh who-cump 'Se I the Convention, IN the
resolutions a,llPted by II, ani--ii yoti wild per-
init me to-say it-;fsthe Character of the no
minses, to jnssiiy- such an mp; rehension. =
| Lau liter and applause Instead or look
ing TO the breaking up OF the Gonfederacy
observe that one OF the resolutions seems to
contemplate the extending of Strengthening
/ itseordS; and txienl ling lis boundaries. A
voice, "Cuba."] 4 observe that another OF
those reselu ions, instead OF attempting To
break up the Union, seems to pledge thepow--
er Of a great organization to unite ly all
E.ons,it,lti0nai atneans Is 5staft parts more
] closely br iron bands [ories Of !s,seod" and
appl,.i.ss 4 and hope a"d trust TINS Mlll te
speedily 1anI grapdlya realized. Applause
Isee na,lnnr sectinml in The position Of the
delegations there. Deiegates from almost all
the States Of this uniasI; delegates particularly
| from our gaLapt .Ienng sisters-Galifornia
and 0recon--npon the Pacific sope. What
Interest have they in being stcticnai 2 There
4 they were, far removed frum domestic strife,
i ar easSsed essafrUsn tbs 2tries Of the great
valley of the Mississippi. these two young
States looking across the prair'es, and over
cloul topped mountains With impartial auec.