The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-11-07
Observation-Disclosures.

have beem unable.to get:g sisb,, D. put "
The ST. Louis RefasJitvcaa aupe,r. H..
been more fortunate and a1Ts. "'hEs
insight into its contents: M d ls son.
ridge says it is written al; the -6rst D'eckln'
since his 7expulsion from home no ~ aIOneat
could place his feet. On the,so;I " .hat be
lucky This most impudept nerroI Aen'
of the truth, for he never wa, F.n.ersOr
from home he left Lexineton ;rne PEELED
by his guilty fears of arrest. and IpsAed
treat was lighted by the burDinn S y
consciousness of his cOmplicityo s;a ssl'
! treason. WIN
When the mock 'Duke" Of ia,
Comedy is compelled to lay aside tbs sgta aa
rowed robes of authority he dees IL i w Ooi
a constrained grace Gas weIl.5roI'e eHH
walks down stairs when he sees n.s u0ss
tions making for kicking him down r,tPsa ! %.
an the same spirit Breckinridge r..; SD'
/ his seat as member of the Senate &c Ign
/ United States, saying, "I exchancs IN .as
proud satisfaction term of six ye.,. s'u
the United States Senate for the mn', ~
of soldier" This is the bluster ,SsAe' ns !,
"Ancient Pistol" for We all know ~ pe
the service of the ex-senator, if he ssrrs' r-s'
at all, will be in some honorary nos;.;,s
with sword and on charger. Onr :.
Louis cotemporary says the address Womb
| fill two of It's columns, and is made M J,
Misrepresentation. Breckinridga r.S' r~
there is no longer Senate Of the Un;,::s
States within the meaning and snir;, g
the Constitution-"the United States M
longer exists-the Union is dissolved
But Kentucky is still one Oft the Initial
States ; his deceived and betrayed copsf.
tuents are still loyal; they recopui,,
proudly the existence of the Goyerrmsr,
/ OF their fathers, and they deny that n.
/ Union is dissolved By what srgumsn,
can Mr. Breckinridge assert thatthe Union
is dissolved now more than it was in An.
gust last, or that the existence of the En;.
ted States has been imperilled since III,
session of Congress, when he occupied hi,
seat as senator of the United States from
the State of Kentucky, and drew his pay
from the Federal Treasury for his services,
If Mr.. Breckenridge believed, when be
took the Government gold, that the Uni.
ted States no longer existed, and that the
Union was dissolved, he acted ike petty
larceny thief and swindler He know,
that his course is indefensibIe he is SELF
convicted of the vilest treachery to The
State which has honored him and, being
unwilling to face the indignant people Of
Kentucky, he has sneaked away from tbsir
presence, and, surrounded BY cutthrosi,
| and thieves, incendiaries and felons, as
body guard, has issued his impudent man
! ifesto. tsr
We do not care particularly about see
ing the text of this last dying speech and
confession of John G. Breckinridge. We
know that he cannot justify his conduct,
but that he has the insidious talent to
conceal his real purposes beneath glitter.
ing sentences and boneyed words The
Republican calls them s'frivolous and un.
justifable excuses for a bad act But
the trial and condemnation OF Mr.. Breck
inridge were held and pronounced before
the jury of popular opinion months and
months ago. While he was holding the
second Office in the gift of this people and
presiding over the Senate of the United
States while he was afterwards eaDdi-
date for the Presidency, and while he Wss
exercising the duties of United States
Senator, he was plotting to betray bis
country and was in league with the iufs.
~ osIz traitors rrho o~->a..:' :
the Government
OF all the persons eagaged in this Deia-
rious work, he achieved the lowest depth
Of degradation, for he allowed himself 70
be used as fourth candidate, TO dlstFact
and divide the vote of the couLtry, win
the full confidence that it would lead to
the election of Mr.. Lincoln, and thus pre-
sent to the Southern malcontents prete1i
for their acts of secession. While thoSe
who were his fellows In this treaehery lei'
their seats in Congress, he remained there
and gave aid to them in opposing every
appropriation OF men and means TO resiS'
the rebellion, although il was menacing
within FIVE or six miles, the very fedeFs
CAPITAL where he was sitting. No man
more deeply and terribly responsible ~
the blood and pillage and crime and hOI:O ~
Of the last six months, He knows H. ~
he knows that he rs az guilty as cam Ai1e -
the first fratricide, and he flies from -. ~
vengeance that awaits him. he Is a.i',
ugee from his native State, with tne pia.,
upon his brow and the gnawing vniturs e. :
remorse at his heart. His fate will be ta'
1 of traitor.
In the last battle,
Borne down by the flying
Where mingles wars rattle
With groans of the dying
There shall he be lying. ,
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