The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1860-10-20

The above Is the electoral ticket floating IRON
The mas, head Of every Bfcckinridge parr
10 North Carolina In proof Of this, We have
before us two eopics of thc Western Democrat
published .: Charlotte. y C., dated respective
/, on The 2lsi Of Aesus, and 25th Of sepien'
Der We defy the editor Of the South Western
to produce Brceainrdge paper from North
Carolina with a different Brcekinrdge electoral
ticket. or one containing the names Of the gen
i.emen who he says have withdrawn rom 'hat
ticket. with the exception Of Haywood. who as
W. previously stated has not resigned but IS
am battling for the good cans. lhe~' copies
Of the Western Democrat are subject to the III
spection of any and every body who may nave
,ha curiosity to see them.
This settles the question Of veraci'y' aaa
sbo~. TIM, the editor Of The South Western mas
been raiy Of misrepresentation Was II aeet
deutnl. or wnfal and deliberate nlsrepresen'a'
,iong There are a large number Of i'reekln-
ridge papers ia North Carolina, from the mast
head Of which lsai the Breckenridge State
ticket Can it he possible that paper pub
li-hod at as important point as Shreveport
does not exchange with one Of them! II the
editor had desired to state the truth, could b.
No, have found one either before making the
statement ar afterwards!
We have bad no controversy with the Plea
vune Or any of it, correspondents. The extract
which the South Western copies from that pa
tar does not corrnheratc The statement that tlpf
Brrrkjnridse electors in North Carolina had
withdrawn Il saws that iira Of the gentlemen
who hal accepted ~ electors ior Douglas were
among the regular breckenridge nominees for
] electors. and had dceliled the same" ol coarse
+ If that we're true. it happened months age
when the nominations wete made whereas the
( Sou,h Western represents their declining as a
recent occurrence IIoa could the South Yves.
tern publish an article on the 9th Of October
and predicate H. authority i1 so doing on the
/ picngune Of the 10th Bat the statement II It
ever appeared IN the Pieaynne is Incorrect.
Miller il an Old line Wing. and never was a
Breckinridge man. and keene has been a
{ Douglas man from the beginning. And. IN
addition to this, the Douglas Convention was
I held IN August instead OF september, as repre-
sentesl by our contemporary. The truth Is TIC
son,h Western made the statement on H. own
responsibility, and we do not believe can show
any authority upon which 1t was based, doubt
I losa cAt citing that, Ike a great many other
things tina, il publishes that It would be sul-
sared to pass uunoticed. We thought It onr
| duty o. a journalist to correct Il. and we did SO
I The sam and suhstaucc Of the whole matter Is
I the editor has got angry because he has beer
I exposed hut what is strange about il "a, he
does not allnde to bis Statement that John >
/ Lacy hnl Withdrawn from the Breckinridge
electoral ticket in Virginia. "a gentleman Whose
name was never on that ticket which was rs
glaring msl'a.cment AS the other; thereby
,acily acknowledging that he had been guilty
Of Misrepresentation in this ,articular
The principal editor Of the Southwestern is
an old man. aud it is his privilege 10 indulge in
scurrllhy aad abuse If he cl,ooses to do 90 We
never had Il hostile meeting with him, or any
thing apptoxinatng to i, and could not have,
He is indebted to his Imagination entirely for
che statement in his paper II is entitled to the
same credit a. his reckless statement about the
four Breckenridge electors in North Carolina
having declined. In fact. wc were not aware
that the Old gentlemen originated the numerous
canards which appear in his paper. As II pro
iesaes to he edited by billiard 4 Co. We were
always charitable enough to believe that the
ubiquitous Co., did the lying OF the concern
We exchange with a great many Opposition
papers, but among them all we do not know
ont 50 politically reckless and abandoned MS the
Southwestern. It's true ard pity It's 'tis
true, Tor rs newspaper il Is otherwise credia-
bic. II Is our duty to expose It's deyiations from
truth and the old gentlemen need not expec, to
escape by kicking upa rampus.
R,s- The Dj.irie, tourt ron, nups in sf.ssion