The Van Buren press., 1860-08-31
POLITICAL ITEMS.

~ Dr. Taylor, DfechciA'' 50 h1iNN>"''
was at Little Rock, on the 9th. BY this
It will be seen that he has given up his ap-
,ointments to canvass the FIRST district.
cry for help! Will no one respond
The editor of the Carbondale. H., Ban
ner is authorized by three wealthy men OF
jackson County, to say that they will bet
SIS, 900 that DoUGLAs will carry Illinois,
next November.
The Albany Aaas and Argus. says, in
noticing the New York State Convention,
..the nominations were made by acclama-
tion-they will be responded to in the
same spirit by the democncy-they will
be confirmed by the people-make way Tor
the democratic State of New York"
Az EXCITING ISCiDENT-During the
session of the New York Democracy, in
Convention assembled. at Syracuse, on
the 18th. the following dispatch from
Maine. lust then received, was read by the
Secretary
BANGOR, Me-, Aug. 10.
To Chairman Of Democratic State Conrenf'on
Douglas is here, surrounded by thirty
thousand of the young democracy of Maine.
They authorisc me to greet the democracy
of the Empire State in their name, and say
they intend to carry Maine.
L. Il. SPINOLA.
Immense applause followed the reading
of the dispatch. and three rousinS cheers
were given for the democracy of Maine,
and on motion of Duncan S. Magce, an an
swcr was returned, pledgins New York to
follow the example Of Maine, and give the
Electoral vote of the Empire State to Mr..
Douglas.
Tho Kcolluk, Jomrnal, says that the on
ly two delegates who attended the Davcn-
port Breckinridgc Convention from that
county, the empire county of Iowa, which
contains over 80, 900 inhabitants--onc was
Government Office holder, and the other
| would like to be.
Four of the Presidential Electors Of
North Carolina, have declared for Douglas
and Johnson The National Democracy of
the Old North State, are now rising in their
might, and are determined to crush ont the
| insignificant faction OF disunionist in that
State
Ig- The Washington correspondent OF
the New York Tines, speaking of the alarm
from Kentucky, says:
"Thc news from Kentucky has paralyz-
el the operations of the Breckenridge ma
| tional committee here, and disbursements
will be less liberal The Administration
is shocked Mt Breckenridge losing his own
county. Bets are now freely offered that
no three States can be named for Bgeclcn
ridge.
~ The Louisville Journa says that
Mr.. Guthrie, of Kentucky, pronounces the
nomination of Breckenridge merely sec
tonal nomination, and declines to support
it, Guthrie's friends, in kentucky, will
all follow his lead, probably.
SIGSIFIcASr.-The Washington cores
pondcnt of the New York World, says
One of the Breckenridge committee here.
who has been travelling through Virginia,
North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee,
to obtain funds, reports that there are a
great deal too many Douglas men in those
states. and what is worse, that they are
generally hostile to any compromise with
the Breckinridge men.
Ey 4 certain class of coat tail Breck-
inridgeis are fond of telling us that the
President, all the democratic Senators. and
most of the congressman are for them.
Who is the President and who are these
Senators and Congressmcn. that they
c hnniI hn sol Il
people. know them all, and the more we
know them, the less is the weight of their
authority. Most of them are bnt big dem
agogues. with the President at their head.
and entitled to no more credit than the
thousand little demagoeu ucs that infest the
country.-Lo"'sriHoD Democrat
ANOTHER SERE OF JAMES BUCHANAN
H"7 SPOKEN, ACCORDING To ORDER-IIon.
'ho' \. Dix, postmaster Of New York has
written letter defining his position to be
IN laVor af Breckenridge and Lane
and attempting i, teach the democracy how
10 vote IN the coming Presidential election.
Is this The duty demat.led Of him by his
! superior, the President ? Well has he ,ar-
formed his allotted work. Jno. A. Dix
was the Trend of the Wilmot proviso, and
| l'0tSo io' the s'tiiie- lie was tee avOyal
and open the advocate OF Gen. Cas-. wb;Ic
here IN Washington. before the meeting, of
the convention at Baltimore in 1913, ana
alter his (Cass' nomination meouly de
serted the Democratic party to become q
dirt eater % for Martin Van Buren, He
IS most worthy tool of such a President
as James Buchanan. But little harm
however. can he do the good old cause of
Democracy The federal collar of James
Buchanan fits iri:a too well AMI too tightly
Tor efficient labor in his masters unholv
warfare.
DOUGLAS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND MAINE.
Tie followingi is an extract Of u letter to
the Free Press, dated Wc,tGcld, Massachu-
sets, Aug. .:
3pdgc Douglas at Sas,i,faa..a reception of
Siorious affair it was. some 3 900 or f10o
persons being present. Tho old Granito
o'ate VIII give II good account Of HERSELF
IN November. In Massachusetts DonrIaa
IS gaming ground every day. IEewiIl bsvo
more votes witha Breckenridge ticket rnn
against him than he would without. Tbon.
SANDS OF men who would never follow
Cnshing, Whitney, HaIlctt &, 70 LII
nov, no" vot' Tor him. l have been, for the
,t iass lew days travelling in the STATE orI
iainc' Fierc find the Dernocrar,, ali
aiiVc al c'and confident that they shall oi,,a..
ii not quite elect their candidate r,r -