New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-08-20
Nsn Orleans 1ailp Crescent.
MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST 20, 1860.
POLITICAL ITEMS.


the formation of large Bell and Everett Club in
that city Our correspondent says: g Although our
club is not thittysix hours old, our numerical
strength is already far beyond our anticpations.
We are earnest hopeful, and determined to do our
utmost
MAssAeHusEfrs.-A merchant Of this city, now
aoiourning in Massachusetts, writes private letter
to correspondent here from which We are per
mitted to make the following extract:
g receive frequent papers from you, for which
please accept my thanks. ] would send you some,
hut they are SO mixed up with politics you cannot
tell much about it. 1t will take all the engineer
ing Our friends can do to stop Uncle Abe" from
being elected. They are going TO try and get up 2
| nun ticket in this State, of Bell, Douglas and
BreCkinFi1ge Lfis is carried out the State can be
aafei beyond a doubt-but Bell and Everett are
taking the lead now, and they claim Massachusetts
sfe Have you seen any Of the rails that Abe
split? They begin to say now that it is rail spelt
backwards
GhSpib ADN1ssios.--The Montgomery Confeder
alton Oemocrati9) says: .... v..m#
!, In tie South it mus be conceded that Bell will
get larger electoral vote than any Of the other
candidates.H
ANOTHER SEcEssroNisEs-=Air. Boyce, N. G. from
South Carolina, following the lead of heitt and
Orr, il ont in a letter in favor Of Southern sece8-
sion He urges, even Il no other State can be pre-
vailed on to leave tl3 Union that South Carolina,
solitary and alone,' ought to secede.
TnE RACE BETWEEN BELL, AND LlNcoLN.-Eycry
day, says the Richmond Wing, serves to accumu-
late evidence Of the fact that the heat Of the pre-
sent contest is between Bell and Lincoln-the one
the representative Of nationality and the other Of
sectionalism. The ishting factions of the Demoe-
racy will consume each other, and every vote for
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strength OF Lincoln. The duty Of all conservative
patriots Of al sections is to rally to the stand
ara Of Bell and Everett ...=
fSuttY4PoLIs, Alg. IS. The Constitutional
l'non state Convention, which met here today,
appointed Hon J. e. Blythe Of New Albany, and
Hon. W. X. Edwards Of Terre Haute, Electors at
large, with full delegation of District Electors
Ex-Governor Morsaead, of Kentucky was intro.
dueed To the Convention and delivered an eo-
qUcut speech Of one hour aRd a half in length
which vas frequently and enthusiastically cheered
Resolutions endorsing the platform and nomina-
tons made by the Union Convention at Baltimore,
and opposing fusion or alliance with any other po-
ltieal organization, we're unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Brecpingidge, having been nominated for
the Presidency by the Richmond Southern Rights
Convention, acceots that nomination in the follow
ing letter:
LExfEGroS, July 70, isG0--Dedt' .Su' In answer
to your letter Of the 26tii ultimo containing official
information Of my nomination for the Presidency
OF the United States by the Democratic Conyen-
ton assembled AZ Richmond, have to say that
accept the nomination. and shall strive to merit
tile confidence implied by the action of the Con.
Yention.
trust that flii discussion OF existing issues will
result in establishing the Constitution and Union of
the States upon nmovable foundations
With good wishes am your friend,
JOHN G. BRECKINRIDGE.
Hon John Erwin, President of the Richmond
Democratic Convention, Greensborough, Ala.
The Boston Courier says We venture to predict
that the aggregate of popular votes thrown for
Eel and Everett will exceed that of Lincoln and
Haniln.
HARRISBURG, rA., Aug. l5.-The Douglas state
Committee met here this afternoon, and sat with
closed doors. Il Is ascertained, however, that 1t
is their determination to nominate clean Douglas
ticket.
The Electors On the Reading Convention ticket
Yho pledge for Douglas, will be retained. The
other Districts will be FLIED with Douglas men,
How Mr. GUTHRIE VorEp.-At the late election
in Kentucky Hon. Jas. Guthrie withheld his vote
from the Yancey. Breckenridge candidate for the
only STATE officer voted for {Mr, McClarty) and cast
it for Mr.. Hopkins, an independent Douglas candi-
date. So says enc OF our louisville exchanges,
and the fact is very significant OF 1s OPINION oil the
fancy party. IGonfederat!on m.=
On saturday night the friends of Bell and Eve
rett had brilliant torchlght procession at Buffalo,
NY, and among those who made speeches was
sS.Goy. Hunt.
A CONSIDERATION 10 LIZ WrsHEp. That Phil
antb'affcan individual Mister Wendell Phillips,
has declared his intention to commit suicide. We
infer as much, at least, Z" from remark he made
' il an anti-Eincoln speech lately. He said he ppf-
m posed - 10 gibbet Northern lound.'
s&& ~ ECarfingtans EomnllSsiohaire.
Il CEoaota BELL AND EVERETT GoNvESqIoy.-The
Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer contains an interesting
sketch of the proceedings Of the Bell and Everett
State Congtntion VIII ~ assembled at Milledgovlite
on Monday last. We make room for The following
v extract:
1t has been many year since any political party
in Georgia made 50 strong and imposing demons
Y fration in State Convention that of the Constitn
I. tional Union party at MiedgeEc on Monday
That it was emphaticaly a movement Of The people
who had come up IN tnelr stTehgth 70 10 Iesuia'
was evident to every one. The whole assembly
was actuated by the single purpose ofcrushing gu
sectionalism and fanaticism and restoring peac,
and security to distracted country; and the vall
ous county delegations separated to attend each t.
its local work with the strongest assurance Of
triumphant canvass.
ASoTifEs CuASGr.-Mf. ]. III. Taylor writes t
the Dover (Tenn.) journal, Of the l4th inst, tha
he has always been a Democrat and "voted tn
G Democratic ticket" cut in the present Presdentia
contest he intends to support Bell and Everett. Fl
4 adds
I am happy to be able to inform you that | n
y not the only man in my neighborhood who las II
solved to shake off the bonds of corrupt Democracy
# and in the future fight for country and its il
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