Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-23
Hard BeSet.

John c. Breckiurijge, as we said yester-
dav, devoted ,he greater portion of his re
cent speech in Kentucky to answering, or
rather irwin, 10 answer, charges agaii st his
political integrity. How he has managed
the business anybody can see who will read
his effort The trouble that he encounters
in doing it, is almost ulierous to behold. 1t
keeps him dancing around quite lively. First,
he denies that be is traitor to his country
Would it have been necessary for Henry
Clay or Andrew Jackson, or any other man
of that stamp, to have made such denil,
before an asscnbage Of his fellow citizens ?
Hardly,
Next, he denies that he wanted john
Brown pardoned
Nex,, he denies that he favored the cleo
tion of Gen Taylor over Gen. Ca,s, the
Democratic nominee for the Presidency. He
didn't vote for en- Cas-, because on the day
Of election he was out a hunting
Next, he denies that he was an emancipa-
ticuis,s in 1912
Next, he denies that he was a Know Moth
ing in 1850. He didn't anude, however, to
his speech at Cynthiana in Kentucky, in that
year, when he declared the X. y. sentiments
which have been extensively quoted in the
papers and which our readers have seen in
our columns
Next, he denies that he has abandoned the
ground which he took in 1854 and 1886 on
the question Of Territorial sovereignty.
Well, the people can judge Ly his speeche.
at that time whether he has or not II Tier,
I is any meaning in language, he occupied th,
same position then that Douglas does now
1 Il be did not mean what he said why ala ht
say it? He gets rid of some of the quotation,
from his speeches by fatty denying that b,
ever used such words This excuse won't DO.
Stenographic reporters are very reliable fel-
lows aud a speech reported in short hand is
very apt to he correct Men who make il
their business to report Geographically or
phonogmphicallv are in niueiy-nine eases
out Of a hundred >crululously exact. Their
/ reputation and their success in business de-
/ pend upon it, If the reports were not cor
rect why did he allow them to go forth I'M
challenged to the country, and for such a
length Of time?
Finally he winds up with a long~wiudel
effort to prove that that the party with
" Whch he is affiliated, are not laboling for
/ Djsunion, and to our mind succeeds complete.
ly in showing that they are. lie says, "how
can principles be sectional or djsunioui,t
which are based u on the Constitution?' All
there's the point Mr. Breckinridges pitiiu
minority in the South undertake, against tn,
voice ofthe Democracy at large to declare tina
certain things are constitutional and that tn,
legislation of the country must run in tha
channel or they will dissolve the Union
This piiful minority assume to define th,
Constitution Of the United States in then
own narrow and contracted way, and then
violently and arrosanty declare that the
Union must he dissolved, unless the same in
terpretation is given TO the Constitution al
over the country. You say to them, "why
this is disuuou;' and they reply in the Ian
guage of Breckinridge. chow can riuciplcs
be sectional or di>unionist, which are based
upon the Constitution Are these men t.
define the Constitution for the whole country
Are they TO be the exclusive judges of what
is constitutional and what is not? Ii so, il
would be as well to abolish the Suprem,
Court and the National Congress at once
Not Disauionists, indeed Why, it is the
very essence Of disunion to say that goa
will define the Constitution and if the ma
jority Of the people do not accept the ded-
milton, You will 90 FOR bursting the Union
assunder.
We advise everybody to read Breckn-
ridges speech and see how Gimsy are his
arguments, and how poor lis attempts to
cover up the black treason of bis Yancey sup.
porters.