Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-09-08
NO. 35.

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sisted by liberal exhibition of Belmont
and Brandy. But this of course must
be an error, which, it is to be regretted,
has become so popular and irradicable
! in the American mind. The only Won
der is, how in these days CT Presidential
aspirants, when so many bold bad men
are devoting alb their unhallowed ener
gics to the attainment of that high hon
or, it should have been thrust upon so
unobtrusivc unostentatious a gentleman
as Mr.. Douglas. Verify, the "God takes
care of Cato"
The peculiar mode of selecting their
candidate for the Vice Presidency is
thus commended in the following strain:
The selection of johnson is an apt
illustration of the much boasted ''regu-
llrity" of the Douglas ticket, and shows
how far any toyat Democrat is bound by
his Democratic fealty to support such
leaders. Ten or twelve gentlemen
urged by hunger and request of
friends" met one night in the dining
room of the National Hotel at Washing
ton, when having disposed of cold col
lation, they proceeded to dispose of the
Vice Presidency AS there were 40 as
pirants for the honor of this post prandi-
al nomination, their labor would have
been light, but for the difficulty of find
| ing any one to even accept it when
proffcred Finally after voracions and
anxious session, during which every
bone was picked, and every name cam
vassed, they chose as dernier resort, Mr.
II. V. johnson. And now this dining
room candidate-this table dHote nomi-
nee-this "lame and impotent conclu-
sion" to cold supper and secret eau
Gus, is proclaimed the only regular
Democratic standard-bearer, to oppose
whom, is to dissolve the Union.
Your OK Governor comes in for good
hit on the score of his forty thousand
catching resolution:
Mr.. Miles Taylor and his colleagues
object also to this majority report as
too "vague and unsatisfactory" Fas-
tidious and exciting critics! They de-
manded something succinct, clear, and
pointed-like the Wickliffe resolution,
for instance, a fine McFlccnoe produc-
ton to which no human ingenuity could
ever give two meanings, or even
one
The eloquent tribute to Yancey, which
seemed to come from the heart of the
fiery young speaker, was received with
loud applause.
It was quite cheering and inspiring
to hear our gallant Southern Preux
Chevalier, so handsomely greeted in an
extreme Northern community. Here is
what Mr.. Fitch said of Yancey:
If the Douglasites have little argu-
ment, it must be granted they have a
desperate fecundity of epithets. One of
the serious maledctions, conclusive at
once of the original purity of the Doug
las ticket, and the actual sin Of the
Breckenridge nomination, is the charge
that we are Yanceyites. That may Or
may not be offense Let us see. The
best reason adorned with the highest
eloquence; a courage to meet all comers
in the political field, and skill to con-
found them: eminence by universal con.
cesson; foresight, daring, devotion, IT.
reproachable in private life, reliant ad.
venturers everywhere, means simply
VIM. L. Yancey.
These are traits admired by all men,
With the personal preferences of Mr..
Yancey and his intense Southern affec-
tions, we have nothing to do-and he
who will, has forgotten his own busi-
ness.
With Yancey's sincerity Douglas
might be trusted-with Yancey's attain
ments Douglas wonld be an ornament to
the Senatc-with Yancey's sagacity
Douglas would not now occupy a posi-
ton which, while it destroys his past,
forever obliterates his hopes of the fu-
ture.
On the whole, we have no particular
objection to the title of "Yanceyites."
In his vindication of Brcckinridge,
Mr. Fitch thus refers to the charge of
Know Nothingism against the gallant
Kcntuckian:
The last charge brought against Mr..
Breckenridge is that he affiliated with
the Know Notthings. Fhe charge ori5i
mated in lctte: from Mr.. John Saw
age to Hon. Henry A. Wise.
AS it is not to be expected of course
that any one of you ever heard Of Mr..
Savage before-it may be as well to
remark that his name does him great
injustice. He is very harmless, inof-
fensive little gentleman, whom the pub
lie has always treated with generous
neglect. He is the author of one tragc-
dy that was read and damned, and one
book that was damned without being