The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-01
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POLITICAL.


n LETTER FROM Mr.. BRECKINRIDGE.
, Inc Marion (Alabama) Commonwealth contains
rnctiOn re ioowng % letter from Mr. Brecknridge in
Iection OF certain statements respecting his recent
trlP 10 the mountain regions of Kentucky:
"LExINGToN, Ky, October Is
my DEAR SIR-In answer to your letter of the
9fh instant have to say that | have not been
making stump speeches in Kentucky, and do not
intend to do so. My speech at Ashland on the 5th
September is the only political address have made
Misrepresentation of me have been persisted in so
unJustly, after corrections made that have ceased
to notice them; but l thank you for the friendly
interest which prompted your letter.
EFYours, very truly,
''JoHN G. BREcKTNRfDGE.
George ID. johnson, Esq, Marion, Ala
POSITION GOV. LErCHER.
me Staunton indicator contains an elaborate
letter from Gov Letcher addressed to several citi
oo n,Snland county Va in reply to certain
lnterrogatores addressed to him. The letter is
dated the 2lst inst He re-affirms his support of
douglas; his approval of the course of the VIRGINIA
delegates to the Charleston Convention in refusing
70 Withdraw from that body and in voting fifty
seven times for nominee the Cincinnati plat
form, and states generally his acquiescence in the
Douglas doctrine of NOn-interference and the pro-
priety and necessity of adhering to it. Both upon
principle and policy, and on grounds of cOnsisten-
cy, according to his letter, he is Douglas man, as
lie argues all good Democrats ought to be-
MR.. DOUGLAS IN GEORGIA.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 3l.-Hon. Mr.. Douglas arrived AT
macon to-day, and was received by salute of one
hunureu guns Great enthusiasm was manifested
SPEECH OF MR.. CRITTENDEN
ST Louis, Oct. 30.-SenatOr Crittendan addressed
large audience, composed of men of all parties
at the Court house, last night He eulogized Doug
las as National man, statesman, and for his
course IN opposition to Lecompton, and urged the
Union men OF all parties to vote for Mr.. Bell as the
only candidate whose success would give peace to
tie country. He could see no remedy whatever in
dissolving the Union, seeding from it, though
the republican party may elect their President.
we can out-yote them in the National Lepisla-
ture and prevent harm from being dene The South
can md constitutional safety in the Union, and
preserve that greatest of blessings for this country
lie concluded by saying that it would be his prayer
that this Union may last beyond any calculation.
FORGERY DENOUNCED.
LEXINGTON, KY, Oct 30.-Vice President Breck-
nrldge authorizes the announcement that the letter
pupnshed over his signature, purpOrting to be ad-
dressed to DR.. }: I: p. Cahoon, Elizabeth city, n
e., under date of the 5th inst, is a forgery, He
has written such letter.
LINCOLN MEN CHANGING FRONT.
The Washington correspondent of the Herald
says:
The Lincolnites find that their newborn conserv-
atism is a two.edged sword and recoil already
from Its probable effects on the ultra wing of the
Republican army in New York. They are now as
eager as ever to manifest their really destructive
characteristics. "War on the South!' is their crv
now. With this clamor they expect to bring to
their banner united anti-slavery abolition
anti-South- sectional host on Tuesday next, and
TO DEFY the South. 1t is remarkable that the Lin
colnites here rely for carrying the State of New
ork on their extremist anti-savery position. The
South will, therefore, regard the verdict of New
ork as settling the whole question; and if her vote
Is given to Lincoln it will remove the last ground
OF hope founded on the conservatism of the good
and true men of the North. 1t will prove that they
are poWerless to prevent the open and turbulent
war OF their section upon the property the peace
and the rights of the South
THE COURSE OF Gov WISE
The ashington correspondent of the n Y. Tyi-
bune, writes as fOllOws:-
JeaOusles are rising between ex-Gov. Wise and
SoV Letcher, of Virginia, in consequence of the
course the former is pursuing with reference to the
organization OF Committees of Safety. Gov Letch-
er deems the regularly constituted authorities of
the State capable Of asserting and maintaining all
her rights, whether in the Union or out of it. and
quotes the recent fulminatiOns of Mr.. Wise during
the John Brown raid back upon him. The Gov
intends to enforce the laws and suppOrt the Con-
stltution in accordance with his OATH whether the
penalties fall upon disturbers of order outside the
State or within its limits.
LETTER FROM HON. A. II. STEPHENS
A letter received in Washington from Hon. A. H
Stephens says:
present appearances, however, will not cause
me to relax in the least nv endeayors to arrest the
evils if possible. Should Mr.. Breckenridge get the
entire South, and Mr.. Lincoln the entire North [
lear that no earthly power can prevent civil war.
Still, II those whose folly wickedness brought it
about should not be sustained at the South ~ pub
lie sentiment in favor of their secession movements
they may pause before pushing projects to extremes
My health has greatly improved. Douglas is to be
in Georgia on the Goth inst. We will keep the flag
atlOat even though he does not get a single elec.
toral vote. Should the Government survive, the
principles will live"
LINCOLN AND THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW.
1t is said that William l.. Hodge, of Washington
city, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under
Fillmore has received a letter from Thos Corwip,
who has just visited Lincoln, assuring him, on the
authority of Lincoln that if elected he will enforce
the Fugitive Slave Law everywhere throuphout
the non slaveholding States.
THE VOTE OF VIRGINIA.
, The duerGqe majority of the Democratic party il
thls state, In the Presidential elections Of iS4U
and '4S was 2,S64. At the elections subsequent tc
the adoption of the present Constitution, which
greatly enlarged the aggregate vote, the results
follows:
Years Dar, d.
lS5l-Summers and Johnson ...........,672 80 is
lS52-Scott and Pierce. ,............ 70 l12 ~ 70.
lS56-tillmore and Buchanan. ...9O352 60 131
Ie59-Goggin and Letcher. r.............7765 ~ 321
One OF the cases containing articles on exhibition
at the Mechanics Fair at Richmond, Va, was bro.
ken open and robbed of ring, which was deposited
for exhibition by Miss Ann =. Allen, which was
valued as relic it having been in her family for
300 years.
NEBRASKA CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION
ST LOUIS, Oct. 3l.-FuIl returns of the Nebraska
election elect Daily, Republican, delegate to Con-
gress by Ill majority