Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-09-07

choice and will not dissolve the Union because cannot
/ have anyway Applausc) am Union man and l
believe you are Union mcn, too. (tcuewed applause
would greatly prefer To Mr. Bell elected, but he
never shall be- elected with consent nor shall any
/ other man by hlrgniH NTH Mr. Doiglas and hif
/ friends icHh M breckenridge and his friCpds.
Applauscl will make no bargains with them.
SIN, u view NJ the character " Mr.. Bell, and his
eminent services TO me country and INC general apW'
citation Of him hy gu parties. would even agree 60 an
election by Congress q il were possible rather than
see any sectional candidate elected. but how is 10 pos
shle, as the House nov stands There fifteen Re
pubhcan States, all Of which will Tor Lincoln thr-
teen that will for BRECKENRIDGE ur Bell and
one for Douglas. Now, suppose the contest 70 be in
House, snd 10 Bell and Douglas unite. they will have
/ just two States. Qaughtcrl II the Brcckinrdge
States and those Tor Bell and Douglas could al unite,
including the three states that tied this would elect
But could they unite? There is probability Of it,
unless Bel should outuu Breckenridge in the South,
wh,n ~ might De done 10 defeat Lincoln. But n Brock
ntidgc should beat Bell in the South, although Bell
might go 20 the House, such arrangement could pos
shl nc made Tor the plain reason that n such event
/ the Brccknrdgc men would defeat the election, IN
der that the Senate might elect Gen. Lane, which 1t
7 would immediately do. n il had thc power Rather
'eoaH pTq'er be rifrton u NJ Lincoln. (ApPlause.)
NorrNG UP AND NorING DowN-Tho
Bath, Me. Times Douglas says that the
statement about Mr. Douglas saying that he
did not care whether slavery was VOTED up
or voted down. is "lic" We are sorry
to see our sprighuy Down East contompora-
doing, in the first place he is uncourteous.
and in the second place he is ,crong. we
use a mild term, it will be seem II he will
turn to the Congressional Globe" for 1857
IS, Part 1, page is, about quarter Of the
way down the third column, he will find
these words uttered by Mr. Douglas
"1f Kansas wants Slave State Constitution. she has
right to 10 DC she wants Free state Constitution she
has right toit 10 b nome of uy business ahch way
Che apycry clause is decided care not irhst6cr u q,
tofoi doirH or rot'd pp.'
An interesting Bell and Everett meeting
was held at Harrington, n j., last week At
its close some ono proposed three cheers for
Bell and Everett, but not a voice was raised
in response. The same man then said, "If
you won't cheer Bell and Everett, now pro-
pose three cheers for Lincoln and llamlin, %
which were at once given with hearty good
will.
~ In giving an account Of the Republic
can enthusiasm among the sailors on the
Lakes, the Detroit Trihue says;
Capt Woodwork " the steamer Missouri ha. o.
Detroit tu Dearborn. His VA. enough. lie inmcdu-
tgly huistcd c bcl Everett flag At hi, main Capt W.
then took vote of h crew. and found They stood 2 Tor
Lincoln and fur cll hut thc captan insisting that De
would Keep the ligI rag flying ihc Immediately
got ana Nn1Hftn llHNuIu ltluiiu Nig with The
serpton This is the flag of tc ercw-the other is the
y The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times judges from various signs
that a last and desperate effort will be short
ly made TO raise theory of Mexico and Cuba a"
as the only watchword capable orrallying the
Democratic party for the defeat Of tine Repub-
Leans.
IC5' At a recent Bell and Everett mass
meeting in Pennsylvania the following Incl
dent occurred
that they making much ado over their meeting.
when moro than half were Lincoln lie indignant
y replied that hc would count noses, and scc. lie then
called an opposed To- the election uf Lincoln 20 step out
one side, when. after counting all the Oppo,oa ncnd-
ing Douglas, Brcckinridgc and lcll il was found that
Lincoln had a majority Of thirteen
to Gov. Letcher of Virginia, speaking of
the disagreement of the Douglas and Brock
enridge factions, says, 1.-THE breach is widen
ing daily lie says that any discussions Of
the cause of the difficulty "will only tend to
make certain the election of Lincoln But
as he also says such discussions are unavoida-
bic it is obvious he expects Lincoln's election.
/ 10 The editor Of the Wilmington N. c.
Journal has been looking around Boston and
vicinity. lie says:
'Well saw a breckenridge and Lane flag in Rox-
bury aud another in Boston What they will do in New
England we can't say but think they stand little
better chance than Bel and Everett, and they stand As
good chance Douglas aud the rail splitter will carry
the longest pole and knock down the persimmons East
Of New York. The coalition in New York between Bell
and Douglas will not benefit Douglas much Under
whatever auspices Bell and Everett present them
selves heir party Is the same their supporters the
same with those who bore the Know Nothing banner in
former days II remains to be An how this will affect
The foreign vote, especially the Irish We think it will
cot two ways The coalition will hardly gain much
as it will LOSE
j. Is. STILL IN PURSUIT OF CUBA.--A
dispatch 10 the New York Times mentions
rumor, which is gaining currency at Wash
ingtsn, to the effect that the recent increased
activity in the Navy Yards indicates an in
tention on the part Of the Administration to
pick quarrel with Spain in the Gulf of Mex
leo, as an excuse for descent on Cuba All
the absent Foreign Ministers are said to have
been telegraphed to on the subject.
10 Ex-Governor Weller gave his fellow
Democrats hard rap at recent meeting in
San Francisco. 81 am party man., said the
Ex-Governor, lin the strictost sense of the
term. As party man you have pushed me
very hard sometimes you have compelled
me to vote for some men whom [ recognize
nowhere as gentlemen. | was once compelled
to vote for gambler of thirty years standing
to be high Sheriff of San Francisco, against
Col Jack Hays"
u The Buffalo Commercial Adveriiser
speaks about 1.-THE Bell Everett Douglas-John-
son-U nion-lrish- American Wing Democratic
ticket in that State.
IL The New York Egenipg Post makes a
careful and detailed estimate of the probable
Republican and anti-Ropublican majoritios.
by counties, Of the Presidential vote in that
State, and comes to the combustion that the
total Republican majority will not be less
than 10000.
I-V Douglas paper returns thanks for
copy OF "Covode's Life and Times of james
buchanan alias the report of the famous
investigating committee. 1t says that there
are few public men who are so fortunate as
TO have their biographies compiled from Off
clal records and sworn statements.
10 A letter from Richmond saws that
John yler may espouse the Douglas cause"
Tn which Prentice remarks If he does. the
sooner the cause loses her husband the better
for her
" Intelligence has been received of the
hanging OF Mr. VIM Crawford of Bath Nc,
la