Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-11

e!thcF OF tnem. lie deuounccs diSuHioD
severely. while charging Breckenridge with
heading schemes for dissolution Of tn
cOnfedcr"cy. We extract some of the
most s"iient parts of the address:
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PARTY.
These are onr principles; here are our
purposes. To maintain the Constitution
which our fathers gave us; to maintain
the Union, which existed anterior TO the
Constitution, and which was only con-
tirmed and sanctioned hy the Consultations;
to enforce the laws Of our country every
where. [ApPlAuSc. All c;n understand
this. il is plain cnuncintion Of prirci-
pies. No subtle Determinations, no dubi-
o1s resolutions, no al cdptanGum phrases,
| no crcedS proclaimed to bind the hearts
and blind the judgements of mer; bnt
principles inherent iii the government, and
common among all the neoplc--':fh"
! Onion, the Constitution and the laws -
| Great applause.
Here is II ground broad enough for you
all to stand upon. We come with no old
party fcnds ami accusations. We come as
new party-t party drawing its strength
/ from the Constitution. Il has sprung
| from the bosom of that necessity which
seemed to require and tlcmnud its interpo-
sition for the safety of the country 1t
came with no accusations, no dcuunciA .
tions. 1t came as :, peace maker TO take
its stand upon our own native land, aud
to inplurc our brethren of all political
parties to cease that destructive struggle
in which they seemed about to engage,
and To spare their country. We came to
rakc party for the country. There were
parties enough striving for their own in
tcrests. We wanted party to strive for the
| interests OF the country. rAppiause. !
| We nominated candidates. They are be :.
! fore uS. You know their characters. Men
| of tried integrity; men of age and cxpc-
riencc; men pr"cticed in the government
| for long periods of their lives. and in every
branch of it-as senators. members of the
! House of Representatives, as ministers in
the Cabinet, as foreign ministers III All
these varied capacities those two gentle
men have oficiated, and where are there
two men in our country who have come out
of these trials with characters more un-
blemished than theirs Prolonged ap-
plause.J Who questions their integrity :?
You have heard none make Il question of it.
TIE REPUBLICAN, PARTY.
Suppose the Republicans succeed, what
then? Mr. lincoln may be very worthy,
upright, and honest man. He married a
Kentucky girl, and that is a wholesome
influence. [Laughter and applause. l
| am told he is II Kentuckinn himself, which
is another snlutary fact. Mr. Lincoln may
may bc IL very honest. worthy man; but, in
Il political poiut Of view, he must he re-
g"rded as the representative Of the party
that has made him its leader. He is the
Republican leader; and like all political
| leaders, he must obey the party that
brought him into existence, or he put
down aud crushed out of it. He must be
governed by the political influence and
voice of his party. Mr.. Liucoln is at the
head of tue great nuti-siavery party, a
purely sectional party, which, according
E! to all its "nteccdents, threatens the exist
cnce of slavery everywhere; and the appre-
.henSinn which this threat cxcites is in
! crease by the fact that although the letd-
crs and wise men of that party mny not
proclaim such sentiments, there are enough
nmOug them in their camp who do hold
and proclaim, such abolition doctrines MS
must make every man south feel uneasy
in his condition and in his property. The
mere fact of Mr.. Lincoln's election would
be, therefore, u great calamity to the
country, though he never should do an
act positively offensive or injurious to any
interest of the country. His election
would create and continue an alarm that
would keep ;he country agitated and un-.
happy, Eif not create an opposition and
Resistance to the government itself. tits
greatly y-to- be e-desired-thHt-lte- should-not
1 @ elected. II is hardly necessary TO say
fthnt va should he forced tn Hpprehend