The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-07-04
Gree lev on the Boilers.

Of the 25th June, on the Boilers nomination
of Breckenridge and Lane. The tone Of
the article Is peculiar for Greeley, and its eti.
dent truthfulness is more peculiar STILL
There are enthusiastically small politicians
who rant as loudly for Lincoln and Breck-
enriege as though there was merit in theif
cause, or as if their efforts would affect the
result before the people. Persons Of this
class, whose daily milk is drawn from the
columns of the Press and Tribune, and
kindred prints, have not failed to herald it
through the land that "in their candid
opinion as men," Breckenridge would poll
more votes than Douglas in the South, and
some have bcen foolish enough to assert
that Mr. Douglas would withdraw from the
field altogether, but we do not suppose that
anybody was vcrdant enough to swallow
such dose as that, although it may have
been sugared over by the assurances Of pro-
fessed party 'leaders," or loud mouthed
converts" )
The opinion of the Tribune is worth
more to the country, on this question, than
the assertions of all the small fry in the
opposition ranks, for the very good reasons,
that Greeley is lifelong politician, and
lives in the very centre of the world of po-
litics in this country, and has every facility
for feeling of the public pulse in all parts
of the Union. Sometime before the Chica-
go Convention, Greeley in his Tribune tried
to figure Ed. Bates into Presidential NOM
ination, and in the course of his article,
proved conclusivcly enough to himself and
to the Chicago Convention, too, it appears,
that Seward could not be elected President,
and then remarked: .a.
eff we cannot elect Seward or Chase, It
aciU be in cain to nominate instead either
Banks, Fsssenden, Dayton or LINCOLN!r
Thus Greeley proved that to run Lincoln
for President would be piece of most
consumate folly, and now he predicts that
Douglas will beat the Breckenridge ticket
in the South, and run it out of sight in the
free States. .e..
The Tribune is probably no more GER
tain of the defeat of Lincoln than the bal
ance of the Republican leaders, but it diff.
fers from them in having the nanliness to
own it. Read what he says: -..
The boilers ticket is far weaker in talent
and character, but has prestige of person.
al good luck. Mr. Breckenridge is yet COM
paratively young-not quite forty years of
age, Though he will be a hundred before he
is elected Presidnt) He is grand. son of
John Breckenridge, who was U. S. Sena-
tor from Kentucky, in 1901, and lied Attor.
ney General under Jefferson, in 1906. The
son volunteered for the Mexican War, too
late to see any service, but carly enough to
gain the rank and title of Major. In 1851,
he was elected to Congress, and in 1853
reelected, in district which had previous
~ been of opposite (Whig) politics; but
his relationship to Wings in it was very ex-
tensive, while the age of Mr.. Clay, and the
certainty that he would never be President,
had disposed many to regard change with
indifference if not with positive favor.
"Gen. Combs" said Breckenridge to
Leslie, a while ago, II consider that YOU
have done more for your party and received
less in return for it than any man living"
"Just the opposite of your case" re-
spondcd the General; ~ judge that you
have done less for your party, and got more
for it, than any other live man."
And they were both pretty nearly right.
Mr.. Breckenridge delivered in the House
a very good eulogy on Mr.. Clay, and has
probably made some good stump speeches,
but they don't seem to bear printing. He
made one in 81 or '5S, on Kansas and the
Lecompton scheme, which was not only
bad but poor, and another on Southern
RICH s." in Frankfort, last Winter, which
was distinguished by every trait of the
worst illusions of the Fire Eaters, except
ability and eloquence. Unless we sadly
miSjudge, he is destined to be badly beaten
in his own State.
. AS to Gen. Lane, currently known as
Joe Lane he is just the poorest stick
ever set up for so exalted position. He
is son Of Gen. Amos Lane, who was one
of the inventors of the Jackson party,
in Indiana, ran for Congress and was
beaten sundry times, but finally ran in
on the top of the jackson wave in '32,
and was again elected in "a, when he
subsidized.
We seem to remember that the son made
his way into the Legislature of Indiana some
fifteen or twenty years ago, and know
that he volunteered in the Mexican War,
wherein he was made a Colonel, which title
had expanded, under careful nursing, into
that of General. We have seen him
called 'the Marion Of the Mexican War;"
but cannot recall any exploit which would
seem to justify that title. He emigrated
or was sent soon after to Oregon, whence
he returned in 81 as a Delegate, having
been chosen in June of that year. He
was reelected in 49, again in '55, and
again in 81, when he received 6,665 votes
to 3,47l for Lawson, Republican. Hav-
ing run the Democrat machine for seve-
raj years, he now, on the adoption Of
State Constitution, was sent, (or sent
HIMSELF to the U. S. Senate, wherein he
has distinguished himself by the most un-
BOUNDED servility to the extreme Pro-Sla-
very faction. He has done his little all to
prescribe Douglas and drive him out of
the Democratic party, for which he is
about to be rewarded by one Of the most
humiliating defeats ever administered to an
unprincipled, small minded demagogue-
He telcgraphed the Oregon delegation to
bolt at Charleston when the Slave-C Code
plat1OTm WAS Votcu uoWil, anu has Deen =
most abject tool of the Fire Eaters through
out. We shall be disappointed if his
ticket does not run third in Oregon as;
well as throughout the Union.
On the whole, the Douglas men have.
no reason to complain Of the ticket pitted
against them.
Next to Caleb Cushing and jeff. Davis,
this is As good ticket to run against as
thew cOnl1 have made if tbo c,lac<;o,, boI
been confnded to their own hands,
We predict that Douglas and johnson
'ciU beat 1t in the popular cote Of the Slaue