Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-15
How Breckinridge is Electioneering
Against DoualaS.

The Missouri Republican say-:
New York Dickinson, whilom dubbed
Scripture Dick" from his proelivity to in
terlard his speeches with texts from Holy
Writ, is a violent Breckinridger; and it was
thought might be considered disiutorested in
his support of the dying Administration
candidate, But an awkward publication re-
veals the fact that three near relatives of his
are enjoying very large salaries, payable
quarterly or oftener out of the United States
Treasury
OF Caleb Gushing, the astute counsellor on
that side, and anhinching eXecutioner of a
predetermined purpose to rule against Doug
las at all the critical points, it has been fire.
quently asserted without denial, that he is
looking eagerly for seat on the l. 5. Su-
preme bench In view of this statement
there has been no lack Of iusinuations that
this seat is the reward he expects for services
rendered at the particular iuncture referred
to.
The charge that Buchanan has thrown
heart and soul into the war against Douglas,
nobody, we suppose, denies 1t is to be
| hoped that he has not thrown funds drawn
/ from the National Treasury in the same di-
rection. But such paragraphs as the follow
! ing, from a rabd stipendiary paper of the
Administration, published in Philadelphia,
are not reGssuring:
1t is with pleasure we announce to our
readers that, through the eXertions of our
Representative from the First District, Hon.
Thomas b. Florence the immediate repair OF
the soop jamestown, at this navy yard has
been ordered.
MI. Florence is one of the Breckenridge
General Committee He is the same, too
who figures in reports made in reference tc
suspicious outays of public money made two
years ago in that same navy yard.
Is the Hon. Thomas collecting a posse o.
Breckinridge caulkers, carpenters and rig
gers, in that spotted locality? And does the
Old Public Fuuctonary assent to this mode
of Increasing the Breckinridge vote Judg-
ing from the revelations of the report re-
ferred to, we might be pardoned in respect
ing this recent arrangement to be no better
than it should be- 1t certainly wears a sus-
pcious aspect.
OF course, if votes are bought, and if men who
receive comparatively small wages are eXpec
ted to earn their wages 10y at least voting
right'-if they do nothing else to earn then
men who receive larger wages must carr
their money, not only by voting right, but
by backing their votes with their money
The vicious system OF assessing the men whc
are in the employ Of Government, has beer
carried out with great vigor by the Breckin
ridge managers. The correspondent of tn,
National lntelgencer says of the New Yorl
Custom House, that every employee thereir
has been assessed twenty per cent. upon hi
monthly salary. The man who receives SlOt
per month, pays $50 of it for theg good of th,
cause. The correspondent adds:
A clerk designated by the Collector i
taking down names and salaries The am
is to be transmitted to the Breckenridge anC
Lane Committee in Washington. About ter
thousand dollars will be raised in this way
Many poor fellow groans when he reflect
that be is probably paying for whetting tn,
guillotine which in March next is to be useC
in his decapitation.
The above may serve as an indication o
here and what the Breckenridge party is
We believe its existence is the first occurrenc,
of the kind in the history of the country
unless we except John Tyler's party W,
find now the President debating candidat,
for the succession to those who hold office
at his pleasure, over large part of the coun-
/ try where no human being would think o
that candidate, for one instant, were it moi
for the behest from the throne.
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