The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-08-18
promi.queu. Political Nevvs-Items.

in Memphis-MEMpH1s, August ia
large and enthusiastic Breckenridge
and Lane meeting was held in this city
last night. 1t was attended by large
number of citizens and addressed by
the Hon. William L. Yancey, of Ala
bama, whose speech lasted four hours.
Preuy Lou Down-The Pennsylva-
MAN having said, "Mr. Breckenridge
enters the canvass with an assurance
which no one questions that Kentucky
never deserts her own" the Louisville
Journal thus retorts:
Kentucky honors her sons when they
deserve her honors, but the Pennsylva
Man may rest assured that Mr.. Breckin-
ridge will never convince his fellow
citizens here that his present political
associations entitle him to any further
recognition. Kentucky resolved to
desert. him when he took the suicidal
step of DESERVING the cause of the
Union. He is politically as dead as
John Tyler--if we knew a deeper pit
of partisan sepulchre, lower deep of
press how irretrievably the prospects
of Mr.. Breckenridge have been buried
out of sight in Kentucky.
The Vote for Breckenridge IN the
House Of Represemtatiues.-The New
York Times, says the Cincinnati En-
quirer, made an erroneous calculation
lately of the result of the election for
President, if it went into the House of
Representatives and the Commercial
yesterday copied it, errors and all. 1t
gives Mr.. Breckenridge twelve States,
seventeen being required to elect.
Among those twelve States are Louis
lana, Missouri and Texas, neither of
which Breckenridge can get. In Lou
isiana two of the four members, Miles
Taylor and Bouligny, are intensely hos
tile. to Breckenridge. This ties up the
State. Hamilton, one of the two mem
bers from Texas, is for Douglas, which
prevents that State from going for
breckenridge. In Missouri four of the
seven members, Phelps, Noell, Craig
and Clark, are stamping for Douglas.
Mr.. Breckenridge has but nine States,
including Oregon, where his member
ter, in favor of Logan, Republican, and
would lack eight States, if he should
get in the House, of being elected!
Keenly DO They Feel H.-The re-
suit of the late local elections in Ala-
bama shows that the distthionists are
doomed to ignoble defeat in, a State
where they thought they would have
an easy ''walk over.'' Alabama, like
Kentucky; has shown that she has.Ro'
sympathy with, and utterly repudiates,
those disunionists who are endeaveEing
to accomplish the overthrow of the long
established institutions of this great
and prosperous people sEanssf the
Montgomery Confederatiohswe extract
the following: ~,
The Breclzinridges in our city, who,
on the first announcement of their
nominations for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency, boosted of their
thousands and thousands of voters,
have now dwindled down to utter
insignificance. When the news began
to come in on last Tuesday of their
defeat in the several counties of this
District, not one could scarcely be seen
on the street. Even in Montgomery,
the home of their gallant and much
beloved Yancey," had the cause of
Breckenridge been doomed. Even i'll
Chambers, the home of their worthy
ally" and their own beloved DowdeIl,"
had the cause of Breckenridge met with
defeat. Even in old Macon, the home
of "our beloved, and fascinating, and
able Clopton," had the cause of Brock
inridge been defeated. Even in ITALIA
poosa, the home of their valuable
Champion Rowe, had the cause of
Douglas triumphed.
Truly, this defeat must be keenly and
sorely felt by the disorganizers. They
had drawn the party lines even in the
county elections, and now we have the
delightful satisfaction of knowing that
they have been badly thrashed. Meet
ing with most earnest and at the
same time the most honest advocate of
breckenridge on the street yesterday,
we asked him what he thought of the