The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1860-08-31

purpose in helping to defeat that demagogue,
Douglas, which was all that was required of
him.
In Pennsylvania the Democratic State
Central Committee have acted with proper
spirit and decision, and have disappointed
the Breckenridge schemers by rejecting their
notable project of fusion. A full electo.
raj ticket. pledged to Judge Douglas, will
be put in the field. Much enthusiasm pre-
vailed, and the Hon. H. S. Foote, of Ten
nessee, made speech, a synopsis of which
is published in the Press. He began by
coDgratulating his friends that Lincoln in
the North and Yanceyism in the South are
rapidly on the decline.
| Correspondence Of the Herald.
WASHINGTON, August II, 1860.
The attempt of the Chairman of the
Breckenridge National Committee to diplo-
Matte contradiction of my despatch, to
the effect that Breckenridge has written
here, requesting consultation of friends
with reference to the propriety of his with>
drawal, is made too transparent to deceive
any one, by its failure to assert categorically
that no such letter as | mentioned has been
written. The committee desire to prevent
publicity of the fact till they get response
to letters which were recently addressed to
an Ex-Governor and other prominent old
line wings of Kentucky, begging them to
go for Breckenridge, on the ground that
Lincoln will be elected by Northern States
and that dissolution of the Union and the
establishment of Southern confederacy
with Breckenridge men at its head, will i'm
mediately follow, Looking to this event
they desire the support and countenance
of the old line wings in their disunion
scheme. The letter referred to will be
published in few days, as the proposition
will be Indignantly declined by most, if not
all, parties to whom it was sent.
If the Union can be thus dismembered, it
is further reported that Lane and Stevens de-
sign setting a Western confederacy on the
Pacific coast. This accounts for the seces-
sion of their delegates from the Charleston
convention.
Correspondence of the Herald.
WASHINGTON. Aug. Is, 1860.
THE NEW YORK FUSION.
The fusion of the Douglas and Bell men
in New York operates like shower bath
in midwinter upon the Breckenridge men
here. They don't understand it. 1t is
something they had not counted on. Mr..
Cobb fears the example will prove conta-
gious.
MIR. Stephens, the leader of the Douglas
forces in Georgia, having been an old whig,
f,,io not nd of oil
and Everett in that State will prove the
alarm is such that the Constitution of today
,abors to prove the Douglas party 10 Geor-
gia disunionists.
Recent Southern elections have demon
strated the fact that the masses look upon
Breckenridge as the disunion candidate.
Hence bis partisans strive to hedge by
charging disunion upon their opponents.
Intelligence from Giddings' district rep>
resents that he is beaten in the contest for
the Republican nomination by Hutchins,
the present member This is the unkindest
cut the old man has yet received. His con-
stituents have tired OF him.
Correspondence OF the Herald.
WASHINGTON, August 20
The census shows an increase in five
wards in this city of l0,O67. Three wards
remain to be heard from. The aggregate
population in 1850 was 4O,OO1.
The Virginia Breckenridge convention
having declared against the Pacific railroad,
the Breckinridge party will have little to
expect from California and Oregon. Two
congressman in Alabama, and the ablest of
the delegation are, out for Douglas. ADJ
vices received here, from private and public
sources all tend to show that the seceders
are doomed-that the great mass of south
ern voters are as unhinchingly for the
Union as if such brawlers as Yancey, Keitt
and Barksdale had never wasted air in
preaching d;sunion and secession. The re-
action in feeling among the politicians, too,
is tremendous.
Mr.. Douglas will arrive in Baltimore on
Thursday, and take up his quarters at the
Gilmore house. He will have an enthusi-
astic reception.
There was very spirited Douglas meet
ing here tonight. A flag was presented by
the ladies of Washington. Frank Galla>
CHER, of Baltimore, recently removed from
the custom house, made an eloquent speech.
The flag is very handsome one
Gov. Stevens has written an address to
the Democracy and the people, abouuding
in abusive and insulting terms toward Doug
las, calling him travelling mountebanE,
etc., etc. 1t charges him with trying to
conciliate republican votes by his preferring
Rhode Island CLANS to Southern nigeers,
and states that these things have sunk deep
into the hearts of the American Democracy.
This bitter pamphlet is to be distributed
al! over the country by order of the com.
mittee.
Correspondence of the Tribune 1856
WASHINGTON, August 20.
1t is stated that many of the C6arlottes.
vile Convention we're ready to bolt had not
resolution been adopted authorizing the
Electors to vote any way to defeat Lincoln.
This Convention has set up political plat
form 0f ITO oun fuuo v>1o r,1>c 0f vrh;oh o~o