Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-08-07

Mace wonld also be supplied by q member Of his
family. Is the Government at Washington SO in
tuate as to believe in the possibility Of conquer
ing such peoples
~, For the Standard.
JOHN g. BRECKENRIDGE. ''
Nh. EDlroR; desire that the truth Of history
should be vindlcated. You remember the fable Of
the ASS who robed himself in the Lions skin. Pol.
iticsns, days, should bear in mind that many
of their number are suspected, by the people, Of
playing the part Of that remarkably long-earcd ami
NAL! In this day Of trial and danger, he who is not
for us is dgaiast US There is no neutrality in
this conticl-no halfway house for men to take
shelter from the storm that is raging Nor will any
man, who is in truth and sincerity With US, and for
us, be willing to occupy that halfway house--that
position of masked treason. | want justice done,
though the Heavens fall. Now, demand to know,
how according to the rule prescribed by the seces-
sionsts can the course of Mr.. Breckenridge be JUS
tifieds Immediately upon the appearance OF Lin.
coins infamous proclamation Of the 10Th OF April
last the cry was raised throughout this State and
Virginia, as well as other border slave States, that
no Southern man should take . seat in Lincoln's
Congress- called as it was to provide the means for
our invasion and subjugstion. In this State, espe-
cially, the canvass ceased, and most Of those who
we've candidates publicly withdrew, and declared
their opposition to our sending members to Con-
gress Even in the face of the fact that the Union
men of this State, IS soon as Lincoln's tyrannica
purposes were made known, proclaimed their inten.
ton to resist to the death that tyranny, and voted
for the ordinance Of secession, they were denounced
by the ulasecessionists for their tdrdtness IN not
following the lead of South Carolina in the race of
Revolution For their efforts to bring about an
honorable adjustment of the quarrel between the
two sections and avert the horrors of civil war; the
Union men of this State have not only been de-
nounced by the secession leaders with envenomed
rancor but have been ostraczed from participation
in those honors and emoluments which were at the
disposal of the ruling dynasty. Since the procla-
nation Of April, upon the appearance Of which the
Union men Of this State took their position OF open
resistance to the government ut Washington, up
wards of 250, 900 soldiers have been called into the
field by Lincoln for subjugatiOn-Our soil has
been invaded by hordes of Northern emsssries and
hirelings-our people have been mur6ered-their
homes laid waste-their property destroyed, their
wives and daughters :nsulted, the sacred privilege
of the ha6eas corpus has been suspended-the rights
secured by the Constitution and laws trampled
down-anlan infamous military dcspot'sm establish
ed on the ruins public liberty Lincolns Congress
has met-it has, with the most servile abasement,
"bent the pregnant hinges Of the knee" and ap-
proved the tyrannical acts of their DICTATOR placed
at his disposal five hundred millions Of money, and
an army larger than that which Buonaparte march
ed into Russia,-and all this done for the avowed
purpose Of subjugating conquering, devastating
with fire and sword the Southern States
Now, what was Mr.. Breckenridge doing all this
while? Was ne heard to denounce Lincoln's proc
lamation of April? When that despotlc edict ap-
peared, did he appeal to Kentucky to resist Did
he advise his people to refuse Indignantly, to send
Representatives to Lincoln's Rump Congress? Did
he proclaim his purpose to take sides with the
South and that it was the duty Of Kentucky to Sc
cede9 No-he did none of these things 1t is true,
the leading secessionsts of this and other Southern
States, published, Nth much flourish, that he, (Mr.
b. had informed President Davis, that " Kentucky
would furnish him seven thousand men for the de-
fence of the South" and other things quite favora
bic to our cause! But, what huniliatng finale
what perfect extingusher, has been applied to this
wholesale boasting, on the part of his secession
friends, by Mr. Breckenridge himself When charged
with it on the floor Of the Rump Senate, few days
ago, by Lane, of Indiana lie denied the truth Of it.
and complained that such misrepresentation had
the Government! Could any thing be more hui.
initiating? 1.-The had been wih us and FIR US, is
such the spirit with which he would have met the
arrogant charges Of Lincoln's emissaries and ad-
herents! 1.-The is our friend, would he not have
done in reality what he so swift to deny he had
done? It is true. that he made speech in opposi-
ton to the resolution approving the acts Of Lin
coins administration, but who can read that speech
without feeling that it is destitute Of the high bold
lofty independent spirit of one who can be relied
on in the hour of DANGER and when threatened with
the frowns of tyranny? How impotent and stale
when compared with the bold and daring denuncia-
ton of the despotc acts of Lincoln poured forth in
the very teeth of his vassals by that fearless North
ern patriot, Vallatdingham, Of Ohio! If nothing
else could cover with shame the course Of Mr..
Breckinridge, the spiritless manner in which he
met the threat Of Lane, Of Indiana, to use hemp,
and hemp only" to put down the rebels Of the
South, would be sufficient to induce any true man
of the South to turn from it with loathing. Under
the circumstances, he ought never to have taken
seat in Lncon's Congress. This his secession
friends throughout the Confederate States said,
when they thought he pouM not--and they cannot
now justify him, when they see he did not have
spirit enough torsfuse to take that seat! Having
done SO with hope to stay the arm of despotism
when he failed in that, and saw the Senate record
and approve the edict Of Lincoln, that the South
should be subjugated and enslaved, and that his
own State, old Kentucky, should not be permitted
to remain even neutral but should bow her proud
neck to his behests, and stain her hands in the
blood of her Southern sisters how, in the name of
Goo could he remain longer member of that
body? Where had flown the spirit of manly free
dom that aroused the immorta! Henry, when he
exclaimed, IF this be treason, make the most of
it?' Nor do blame less the course of Mr., Crit
tenden and other Southern men, who have followed
the footsteps of Mr.. Breckenridge We are told.
that "where mans treasure is, there will be bis
heart ALSO" It was charged in the late Presidential
campaign that Mr. Breckinridge's treasure is in the
Northern States. If this be SO, it may be thought
by some, who love money more than Justice and
honor, an apology or excuse for the course he has
pursued but it is none the less ruinous to u.s.
And how the leading secessionsts of this State end