The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-10-12
The Traitor Breckenridge!

| The following account of the flight of the
arch traitor, exVice President, John c.
Breckenridge, is a commentary for all
Peace" men to read and ponder well in
connection with the letter of his partner in
| Presidential honors eX- President James
Buchanan printed in this weeks Wing
Let all "Peace" party men who in former
times looked up to these distinguished men
as the head and front of the Democratic
party, and who i'll IS voted unswcrvingly
for Mr.. Buchananan as President: and with
the same strong faith in their old party integ-
rity, supported John c. Brcckinridgc con-
slider well the words and acts of the two men
at this hour. They cannot both be right
Which is wrong? Will you hearken to the
advice of Mr.. Buchanan, and rally round
tic battlctorn flag of your country, or re-
jrcting it follow the footsteps of John c.
breckenridge who, in the Senate at the
Extra Session of Congress, sounded aie'
first key note of the "Peace" Party?
Breckenridge .Aipe and in Trginia. 1.-The
Wheeling (Fa.> LmieHigencer says: John g.
Brcckinrdsc. the sngfGtciul and unprinciuled
political dcmagogne, who SO long wore an
outward scmblance of Unionsm to disguise
his real intentions Of sclf-aggrand izcment Ivy
supporting the rebellion, has recently been
busy in cndeavoring to create Secession sem
timent and secure rebel troops. The Cincin-
natl papers of Saturday locate him on Thurs
day last in Greenup, the extreme northeastern
county of Kentucky. Now we have it from
reliable authority that within the last two
weeks Breckenridge has travelled considerably
more than two hundred miles by carriage road,
spent three days at one point recruiting,
spoken at several other places, and the middle
of last week at Tazcwcll G. H., Tazewcll
county. Va. The location where the rumor
in the Cincinnati papers SO killed. him, is
nearly two hundred miles from Tazcwell, ard
he could not have reached - his camp" in
the few hours that interviewed between his
speech at TaZewell and the time when he is
reported to have been shot.
The route over which Mr. d. travelled as
above stated, was as follows:
From Owingsvi!le, in Bath county, via West
Liberty, in Morgan comfy, to Prestonburg,
Floyd county, Ky. At this latter place he
made speech, and rallied some three hun
dred recruits. Thence to Piketon, in Pike
county (where he staid three dlys), and then
across the Cumberland mountains. at Dog
wood Gap, into Virginia, through Buchanan.
Russell, and TaZcwcll counties, to TazcwcN
g. H., where he remained.
On this route there are excellent turnpikes
There is also Il superior turnpike from Pike
ton, south through Pike county to the Cum
berland mountains, along the base of the
mountains to Whitesburg in Lctcher county,
and eastward through the Pound or Sounding
Gap into Wise county, Va, thence south to
Este llvillc in Scott county, and northeast to
Abingdon. Washington county, on the Ten
ncssce and Virginia Railroad. Tazcwcll and
Arlington are also connected by good turn
pixies.
Thus, the whole of Southern and Western
Kentucky and OF Southwestern Virginia would
be controllablc by possession of these gaps,
with sufficient forces to divcrge expeditions
thcrefrom.
There is also another important route CON-
Meeting East Kentucky and East Tennessee
through Cumberland Gap, where the bounda-
rics of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee
converge.
Ammunition and provisions can be and are
readily transported over all these routes
Hence, these three gaps should. by al means,
be the possession of Union forces.
This accomplished, and the joint movement
ofthe rebels of Southwestern Virginia Ken
lucky, and Northeastern Tennessee could be
broken up. Then Reynolds could manage the
rebels Of Western Virginia, and Rosencrans
could march over into North Carolina, and
meet an expedition from IIattcras In!ct.-
That would secure North Carolina and mater
tally aid 10 shorten the contest in Virginia.
which would break the back bone Of the
rebellion.