The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-10-26

Constitution and protect our country iron
overthrow.
Last Fall, as remarked, engaged in Ia
Presidential contest. As Democrat. m
selection OF candidates vas hesueeu Doug
las and Breeklariigc. ladyocasei and In
bored for Mr.. Breekinr;dge. | did SO be
cause thought him the stronger man Of th
two, and best calculated to preserve on
National Government from disaster.
thought bin The stronger man to preserve
not 10 destroy. Aad / had, wha, | deemed
good and sufficient reasons for that opinioa
IN Mr. Bsecksnridge's public sets an,
speeches which !. as did thousands O.
others, accepted as the true exponent of hi
views. [Hsrs Gov. johnson read extrac.
from speeches of Breckinrsdge, hreashina
the most exalted devotion 70 the Union ,ans
invoking auaihemas upon ali who would rs
sail it'll
For these reasons, continued Gov. John
son, ] esteemed him n be altogether reia
Bile IN the cause of the Union, and my iudg
mens led me 10 believe that We could bes
preserve the Union under him. According,
", on our B-ecxinriise tickets, in Tenncs
see, we had printed the following INA
TlosAL DEMOCRATIC rickEr-iSsTEAD Oh
DfssoLyIsG THE UNION, WE lNrgND X
LESGgHES AND SrRgserusN iT.' But now
how do we stand? Because Breck inridge ha.
proved recreant, shall We Democrats follow
h.rn into the infamous bond Of traitors p
mo, nnD Now tha, he has proven falls.
TO all his own declarations, and joined JEFF
Davis and his accamplices, | ask you, u.
patriots and men who are governed by prn-
cipie. can you, will you, dare you follow
Bfeekinridge iato this Camp Of treason and
rebeiionl | sustained him in gooI faith
on the basis OF his supposed fidelity to De-
moeraey !, like you, am mortal; cannot
see what is passing in the secret recrsses oi
the human heart, any moe than you can
was drceiyed,as YOU might have been.-l
did not know that be was u traitar. TRUSTED
hi,n; and ht deceived me. That was hi,
fault. But let me assure you, NV friends,
that If ever Joha e. Breckenridge deceiy es
me again, II will be my fault! | mention
this not from egotism, bat TO make knowt
to you my true position. And standing
now q this position, my eyes opened, ms
mind now undeceived, let me exhort all oi
you IN Ohio to quit party issues AMI stanl
up with an undivided from, for your nae
and your country.
But is is said that all this difficulty nigh
have been compromised. Who brought TIT,
war upon ths country? MT those VIII
taik OF compromise; but by those who scou
all compromise. Ii is said that it could al
have been a, ranged at the last Congress, /,
the right spirit had been showns Thos,
who speak thus talk as though this idea o.
secession were new thing: and therefor
they use very prettily the dainty phrases o
compromise. peace, Ss. But when We ex
anime this question We shall find that thu
idea Is not of modern origin. When, then
did it begin? When wa, IL started? Coy
johnson here read from the Montgamer'
(Ala.) ddrsrtiser--the great secession or
gan-which says: sShatl it be said tha
we have been precipitate? On the contrary
it has been done cooi'y and deliberately
Ii has been the suhjact Of thought far fort,
years, and for ten years the all absorbing
theme in po!itica! circles from Maine I.
Merico.
Thus you see, my friends, that this eoet
considerably beyond the last Congress, an,
we see the condition now. And even fur
ther back than this---as far back as lS3,
this idea was Nesting in the treacherou
mind of South Carolina. | hold in my hant
the manuscript letter Of the Old Hero o.
the, HERMITAGE, sign Il in his own peculiar
long, unc0uth, bat bold and unmi-takabi,
handwriting. IL is the signature and sIgt
manual of him whose bones are now envi.
roned by the base myrmtdoBs "f secession
and is addressed to, his friend, Hon A. J
Crawford, Of Georgia. tGov. johnson her.
read Gen. Jackson's well known letter, IL
which he speaks Of notification as ''dead,
&c. speaking of this rs but a 'spre,ext, FOR
dsunion: and prophesying that ''neyro
siarerg scsA be the asrf PRETEyr9 zH--
Continuing. Gov. j. said re nv
friends. YOU see the wise forecast of this re
markabie man. Nathingin DANIEL Or I.aat
has been more literally fulfilled than th'-
prediction of Andrew Jackson, written q
years ago--thls war of Secession Is upor
us, and the subject Of Slavery is the 'sPRE
TEXT ~ feel, my friends, IN thus reading
from this letter now before me, u drgree
of awe, as tough were handling mysti,
things here is the prnphesy,- ,-beheli abou
Us its absolute fuihiimentt To my mind i
seems as though tnr yngh this a voice spns,
from the tomb. and heard the coffin break
iug, the sbr I'D rustling; could see the long
skeleton finger of the departed shake men
acingly a. the traitorogs herde. nnI sep
ulcheral vaics exciiaming -s'By THs ErEs
SAL, RMS UNtos Must AND SHALL BE PRE
skgvEDl' tThunders of oypiause.)
LIaHrNiNG c1Li6RArnY.
One of the most m odern and most remark
able achievements Of eiectrlcity is thus re.
ferred n by a writer in Oare Heek.
Another great element Of car present civ.
illzation is beginning to make signs of III
existence in the South ken-ington Museum
We ailuds TO she electric telegraph. Bake
wells copying machine is one If the mos
interesting of this class. a. il brings befor,
the publie eve the means that can BE- EN-
ployed to write with a, pen thousands O.
miles 10 length. If the Atlantic cable wer,
in working order, for instance, mar
through its in>trumentality could sit dowf
and write letter. in London AMI feel certain
,ha. fac simiIe of his handwriting wal
a, that moment coming oas Of the telegraph
Office AZ New York. The m amer in whsci
this astounding machine works Is as fol
lows: The message is originally written o,
conducting material, such q. tin foiI. will
resin on some nonconducsing ink. Over ID,
face Of tins lssser, which IS placed on csI
indsr, a point Of metal revolves, this pom
Is connected with the Conducting wire; a
Nes York ,.av,a piece Of chemtea ~ pre-
pared paper il plscsd on Ike asIsnd~r II
receive the mrssagr; both cy lsDders are mad
TO move round By CLOCK uorx. A the p,in
thi. end Of the wire passes ever the non
conducting resin writing, M current passes
hence the point which moves synonymous!
with it at Mas York does not change ID
color o. The paper, bat all the tae other sur
face Of the writing tablet being 4 conductor
the curreuss pass and deepen its coisF b,
chem.ca. action on the far distant record
ing tablet. The reeseser thus obtain.
perfecs fac simile Of bis c9rrespoadsns'
han5wrisIng dane il white npon bla
ground. Specimens Of this esscsSIcal hand
writing are placed beside the telegraph ma
chine IN the Museum Of kensngtan, an
aEford 40 admirable exanp.s ef the cal
| grAphy 81 the ligAssisg pss.