, 1860-10-30

Il ASoCTuERs y1EW oFTuE CANVASS.
The Scheme to Elect Brecktnridse By
fusion and By voting for Doue1as-
The South an Unit for Breck1nrtdse.
We are permitted to publish the following
letter from wcllinforncd citizen Of Kentucky
to gentleman Of this city. It bears date Oct.
24tll:
The Breckites are vigorously pushing the
scheme exposed In my last letter to you iney
Of New York They have fused the "tngs
Of the harmonious Democracy" In Pennsyl-
yania- Relative to this fusion, p1ea1a note the
following facts. They are significant 6iI
days before the fusion WAS brought ABOUT, an
eminent friend Of Breckenridge IN this state
informed me that It would happen. Expressing
my doubts and pointing to the previous met
fectual efforts to fuse, he replied, what you
say il very true, but knosu the fusion VII be
brought about; - and when I answered "hPW
can this be done, with the State :Commitfee
for Douglas, !" he met me thus: "Thc members
Of the Committee IRE politicians and Will desert
the sinking ship; VIC shall have little tfoanle
with them-patriotism, promises and money
will do, OF / may say has done the work. BUT
very much less confidently did ne: express
himself relative to fusing aud thus using the
Douglas toteTa, and from what nave since
learned suspect the prospects Of the fuai2n-
tstA In. the )" Keystone State" are not a. al en-
couragiug to those who bled freely to bring It
about; but they are still working hard TO
achieve their purposes, and are spending
money freely. They are struggling desperate-
II, but will iail. Curtin's majority cannot Pc
overcome, ind is likely to be increased by
Douglas votes being cast for Lincoln
Nor is the news from New York what the
Bneckites desire Thepoliticians openly squao-
far $1,o la nf r.
secretly fused; but the stiHnecked rank az aiad
f1lt.," honestly for Douglas or Bell, don't Ike
the look Of the thing, md many WILL either
stay at home or vote Tor Lincoln stl4 1he
Brackites hope that much will be done IN me
next ten days by springgins trops, Circulating II e
York with illegal votes. Great frauds will be
attempted there, throwing into the shade tpe
famous Haquernine frauds engineered W John
Slidelf in Louisiana, when onr own Harry OF
th. West" was the nominee Ct the Wing party
The Dreckltcs aze, think, much lcsa hope
fu1 about New York than they were ~eeK
ago, but will continue to struggle there until
their money is' exhausted To throw the Re-
publicaus OF their guard, the n. 7. He1a'dand
other journals Of that stripe are now conced-
in.s that New York will 60 for Lincoln. Our
Republican friends will. hope, stand to
their guns" until the Last ballot has been fired
into the box, and until the ballots have been
counted and the returns duly madc out
An attempt to fuse in Ohio was also made,
but utterly failed. The handsome absolute
majority Of the Republicans sstoed the scheme,
and therefore the leaders. who could have been
fused and who were really aching to fuse, ex~
hibited i prodigious amount Of virtue learn
that the original Breckites in Ohio, "look
down upon "the Douglas leaders with amax-
in.. contempt, md say TO them, we told you
so.a' Happy family! Long may they enjoy
hefr delightful putugopi6m!
Indiana is q State In which the Bfeckites
hope something may be done, and are there
trying to fuse the TIRE parties against Lincoln
The Committees may assent to the "barssaln
aud sale" but the people will not ratify It.
The Hoosiers havc arcpntatlon for stuoboEness,
and have "got so&" on the I.incol turnpike:
Illinois is openly ''eussel", The BFeckites
sa7 they don't care how she goes, as she will
be against them dnuaou, and they seem to take
1t for granted that she will yote for Lincoln
In this State the canvass is going on siyor-
orsly, hut the Brcckites are working hardest.
They are holding meetings in all the cities and
towns, and at every crossroads. Their ablcst
and most persuasive orators hare taken the
stamp, and YAxcEY Is lending them his pow
erful aid. He is an interesting speaker, bold,
ingenious, fascinating aud eloquent. Less
gasconade would improve his style, but gus
conade Is a common fault Acrc, and We arc 50
accustomed to It, that We rather like it. If
Yanccy has created some excitement here,
ard has gained over some votes. He eis utterly
unscrupulous In his statements and fA1si1e4
history most ontragcously. Before New
England or Now York audience he would
quickly be "Weislel aud found wanting" his
false premises readily detected, aud Lis bis;
torical misrepresentation exposed. But here
political information Is not general. We are
il,at rsuders, and know but little Of the early
history Of the country and what was said and
done by the Fathers OF tho Republic. when
they laid deep. broad, and strous, the found;s+
tions Of an indestructiblc civilization.
Yanceyl il polite He has been moderate here,
because there are not but few men In the State
who favor disunion- Yet, he las favored seces;
sion in every spoeoh ho has made. adroitly hid
I Ing It from the gaping crowds. Ii 1fBrcckinndge
| is elected lle will stay in the Union but II
Douglas, or Bell, or Lincoln should be elected
he will 20 ont i he dads Il ta7edtent 10 do 20!
The saving i is slipped In. He will find it in
e1palient to 20 out. Before lie tries that rea-
IN Kentucky. Hands of! We want no North
e1n aid, but will take care Of Southern traitors
ourselves. We cheer Yanccy now, because he
dsclaims well, but let him try TO seccdc and
VIC will hang him!
There Is SO much gas and gasconade in this
section generally, and especially Is it SO mark
Ct! feature In the cottonErowing States, that
It is difficult to guess what our dcclai,ne1s r.
| ally aim 1t by their speeches. But an in
cIiued to that Yanccy Is 4 mdtInlan with pur-
| pose, and that purpose dtsuaton. In this pur-
| Pose he has only = very small following; but
he and his clique seek to educate and trim the
| Southern mind to the end they have in view.
Yanccy d Co. Il except fully the great bulk Of
his Southern supporters) to further an end,
aud that end disunion. Mr.. Breckenridge Is
| not disunionist himself; but he is q weak
man. He has fine person, aud Is gifted with
| q pleasing manner and considerable rhetorical
pSopriety, but is very vain, aunstabie IS the
sand" and easily Influenced He Was flaming
"squatte1 sQyefeignty =" min, almost outdo-
| irg: Donshss himself in that line. He is
well, he don't exactly know what he Is, or
where he is, and he n<rer scM kuosr. He has Dis
| covered what 'that Constitution recognizes
properly in the se1vifes et stt,Ts," and here his
profound nssstgat,,ons +, sotn haye stopped for the
through lis administration Yancey hopes to
mold the Southern mind, by demanding the
recognition Of Slavery By Congressional action
nike in States and TerriteEies, and the reopen
Ing Of the slave trade with Africa It is hoped
| that these inso1ent, fnhuman and utterly TN
constitutional demands will provoke the Free
States to retaliate BY Jaws that will be pEac.
I Yancey i Co. will get the South to try the ex-
/ pertinent Of going ont Of the Union If any
S:ates do 60 out hereafter, they will be glad
enough to come back again, after STAYING
ont in the cold, on any terms. BG. the
election Of Lincoln will pfayent Tie trial
Of this expeTT;mF7:, and these for Yancey 4
| Go. nave "blea freely" 10 prevent his election
hs tie people. If the election goe4 to the
House either BreckinzidCe az Lane VIII be out
next Chief Magistrate, and either Of these will
| be faciie tools In the hands Of Yancey e. Co.
In my opinion the peace and prosperity Of the
Lnion depend upon the result Of the Eovem.
her elections If Lincoln is elected, all will
20 we'll Four years Of firm but conservative
Republican. rule will "crush GU, !" wipe OUT
and utterly obliterate the Yanccyites. They
will be ground to powder By their OWL
neighbors, and the era Of general good feeling
vii 1e restored " shall lc{tplR TIT to The pure
marked the earlier days Of the Republic
Afew more words shout politics, and thou ]
shall have done Very few intimate friends o1
atr. Breckinridgc from s:,.4 nsaI Lexington,
known as his " body guard arc trayersing The
stata and freely answering questions. They
have found their tongues At last The inamin
ent certainty Of the election Of Lincoln haf
portunity to dee!arp thn{ his election will not
be any lust canEe for secession. That threat
was only designed TO frighten timid people il
the North, and being "played out" Il greedi
II swallowed by those who'ga currency to it
Or rather encouraged 1t bJ their silence, be
cause think it WIS first suggested by somt
weak-kneed and fabby-brained "bFother" IL
the free States. Secession! Confound 1t, TOT
could not st US out now. nor shal
souF manhood altogether, aud then We viii
tone,r n dse tlertiosa q a freside.w 6v a ma
tnisy sriu di*so1ee Tie Union, Il ought 10 be dis