Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-09

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Mr.. Douglas sgnalized his entrance into Virginia.
at Norfolk, stumping tour throughout the State,
by speech which, remarkable as his late discourses
usually have BEEN is not by any means the least re-
markable. Wesingle out fer remark merely point
however OF this discourse 70 the people of Norfolk
and that point we find sketched as follows:
"Mr. Dougas-kemember that Mr. Breckinridge
was nominated on the theory that the election of
Lincoln preferable to that of Douglas Now
no nsu doubts that if Breckinridge's friends had
not seeded at Baltimore but had acquiesced il the
legitimate action of the Convention. / would have
in this contest beaten Lincoln By the popular vote
A V0ice-"That's so"
Mr.. DouglRs-Less than one third of the ConYen
ton seeded from the twothirds on the ground that
Southern honor and Southern rights were not safe
in my hands, and that hence 1t was necessary to d.
vide the party in every State in the Union so that
Lincoln might have a chance of running in between
the Democratic forces Of the Democratic party and
get elected by a majority vote.
A Voice That's So"
Mr.. Douglas-The only ostensibIe and true object
sought in making Breckenridge ticket in the North
EN- States was divide the Democratic party so as
to give Lincoln every one of those States so that
tell you if lincoln be elected Presdens it will be the
secessionists whom you will have to blame for it.
YoIce-"That's So"
Mr.. Douglas Lincoln has no hope of being elect
ed. except through the efforts Of the secessionsts
who have divided the Democratic party-supposing
that Breckenridge could carry every Southern State
-tnougn II now seems ne IS not gong 10 carry a
single one by the people-still, by dividing the
North. he gives every one OF the States to Lincoln
thus allowing him to be elected By the popular vOte
There seems to have been the most perfect accord
between Mr.. Douglas and his echo in the audience
anu we can, accordingly safely pronounce the
''voce" to have been that Os traitor and inso-
lent one too. But fit wasimper.mence in the poses
sor OF the voice" who may have been Virginian,
to applaud deliberate libel on the Virginia demo-
cracy, 1t was far worse for Mr.. Douglas. whom
most OF her democracy regard with suspicion If not
with positive enmity tell them their faces that
they are not true Nine-ten;hs OF the Virginia
democracy in the nomination of Breckn-
ridge and Lane, and working and hoping for the
election of those candidates. Mr. Douglas boldly
tells these ninetenths of the democracy of Virginia.
including all her old and honored standard bearers,
that they are acting desgnedy false and treacher
GUS part that they simply pretending to be for
Brecklnrdge and Lane, while they really de-
slrous of the election of Lincoln. We do not be-
leVe that Mr.. Douglas would presume to tell Sena-
tor Hunter, Senator Mason, Gov. Wise, or Gov.
Smith, individually, that they acting such
part. Mr.. Douglas could not, indeed have selected
single democrat out of the audience which he ad-
dressed, who would not have resented, as a most
profound personal indgnity, the imputatiOn which
he lnsolently cast upon almost the entire body of
the Virginia Democracy.
We undertake ourselves to repel this libel of Mr.
Douglas the Virginia Democracy. The Demo-
cFacy are still true to the ancient faith, and to the
candidates whose principles accord herewith
namely, gallant leaders, Breckenridge and Lane.
They will spurn with scOrn the man who Insults
them by telling them that they have no principles
and leaves it be inferred that for that reason they
can support him.
As for the pretense of Mr.. Douglas that L" it now
seems Mr.. Breckenridge is not going to carry a
single State by the people" 1t is unworthy of no
tce, except to show to what depths the Squatter
Sovereignty candidate has permitted himself to de-
scend