Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-18


In tie NATIONAL Constitutional Union Convention
Hay 10at, 1860.
In response 10 numerous calls, Mr. BRows
of Tennessee, came forward on the stand AMI
addressed the Convention as follows:
Mr.. PEEsIDEST AND GENTLEMEN: ! hsv,
| risesi. au the instance of the delegation will
which am Connected on this floor, tn Par
ticipafe in this juyous epidrmic- IL 4 maj
| cali il so.-lApplause.1 Tennesses vas de
| term5ned, IL sl.e Was among the last not e
he the least In the expression OF her share In
| the feelings OF this OCCASION There was {
/ disposition among that delegation, on &C
| coun, f the s.ut1cedenis oil this Union. tt
leave. so FAR as il cuuld be done 20 the North
err brethren. The selection Of him who WA,
to be SECOND upon the ticket, aud assure
you that the nomination which bas been
made by exclamation. has given m re j"y
and Satisfaction 10 no delegation than 10 tie
one from Tennessee 1Applause
The name of Edward Esereitis as familiar
as household word to every Inan who iias
read the history OF his country for tie las
twenty-five or thirty years, and If were
ambitious know Of no position so worthy
OF ambition as that flied or attempted to u,
| filled by the unsolicited acclaim of such al
assembly as this. There has been no soliciia
| ton. no skirmishing, or arrangement. Ii
seems to have been the instinct of this high
| ly respectable and Intelligent body, Zap
! blause1. and with such name as this upon
| our ticket, how is it possible that the peopl,
of the United States can turn their backs
| HpOn this ardent and patriotic appeal?
need not stand here and attempt TO depict
who Edward Everett is GO tearch the vol
umes Of your hlstOry-gO back and read
the hundreds of lectures that he has de
Il afas
States and will go further aud say that il
my judgment there is no man living TO whom
the American people owe deeper debt o
gratitude than to Edward Z. erett. Re
newed applause.
Ii was said by some gent man who pre-
ceded IN. that so far as human Instrument J.
ity has accomplished anything towards III
organization Of this new movement, Edward
Everett stands pre- eminent by his steady ana
INCREASING app estls TO The Character oil " ash
ington aud his Farewell Address," and Il
his whole life. lie has produced aa impres
sion upOI. lhe minds 81 the people Uf 1hI
United States, in the midst vi d.scOrd, that l.
AZ derp ~ their hearts.
The names of Bell and Everett | did not
stand here to land John Bell, although
know him well. Laughter and app a Ise.
[ believe I Came near committing ymt
then. although, unlike my friend. .snI nc
poet. But we will bring poetry out of thi:
vet There is music III our "Bell;' 1t Is good
d at soIId; it, cIdpper was never struck That
it did not ring and ring loud aud giorlously
TApplause.1 What has been his Career! lie
"a, aIgavs stood un Mason aud Dixon's line;
he has always stood upon the centre OF the
Union oi these States, aHd If any man even
proved his devotion 10 his country, IL was he
In the midst of that direiul struggle, to which
ne all rrcur as the origin vi ali our trobles,
he stood finn while others receded. And he
stood with one hand upon either side OF the
altar, with the stars and stripes in front,
meaning that he would stand there and main
tain the honor and peace OF his country or
perish in the conh.cl. [Gireat Applausel
tie has been proven, he has been tried, tried
in the fire. and | cay 10 You that More ii!
ticket could not have been selected 10 repre-
seiiI--I will not say our platform, for o..
have fallen UGt with plaiiUrms-no ticket
cuuld have been :, lcClod, perhaps. that wUdld
% fully represent The dignity oil that expires
sion of opinion which it has pleased this as
s,unnly to make the Constitution, the Union
a d tie IN orcement he Laws.
Wnat does tn imply! Tuat the C1ustitu-
ton aud the Union, aud the enforcement Of
the laws have been violated heretofore. Yes,
they have bceH-Ihcir ep.rit has been Set at
naught The country has hadsthc spectacle
If Two great, almost equally dominant, paI-
ties IN the North aud ia the South. struggling
rJr the asseudehcy. One party III the South
containing IN IT, bUsOm the element OF dis
union; and the other party III the North, ali
expression of feeling upon certain nameless
Question For promised when | came here,
never TO call the name OF that thing. ZAP
Plause.
1 am rejoiced, and l thank God that
have in my travels found one Convention
l.. liz 4
(Applaus..) For here to orr, and for five long
years-O now long they have beeh 10 me
a Union man all my life, despising sectional
Ism, aud stamping upon local Ideas oi gov
ernmenI. Lave been TO no ConYeation,a no
stump speaking. III no primary meeting for
the last live years, uutil this good day, but
what 1 have heard that question rising III
SOME shape or form; for ii we did not talk
about it the Democrats would. 1t was al
ways-'nigger," '-nlgger," ''nIgger'-lhere
you bave got it. daughter and APPLAUSE
The truth is that things reminds me OF ID
story, which | Will tell you, though | am
not much of - story teller. But this chance>
TO illustrate All idca and will tell it. It is
the story vi an old buchanan, plain cuuu-
try farmer, who Was exceedingly fond oi milk.
lie was every day cylhplaining To his wife
that there was something black upon the
surface Of the milk, and she always said To
him-"you old fool, il is nothing but
mote1 Time passed on until Ia rsest, when
he invited a neIghDOr OF his 10 help him.
Now his neighbour loved something stronger
than milk aud came with his bottle Of liquor.
The old Dutchman had his can OF milk, and
his neighbor his bottle, which they put in
spring 10 keep cCOl. When midday came
they repaired TO the spring, the one TO take
his liquor and the other TO take his milk
The old Dutchman drank his Inilk-when
10 and behold at tue bottom lay great
bullfrog. He was very mad about II OF
course: turning TO the ladies' gallery1 rude
men always blame their wives IOf sueh thihSs'
[Applau.e.l
lie Immediately went to his old woman
and made terrible cOmpl,iut, says he
DO you call that mote! 1 found that In
the milk tO0.n ..l -, says the old woman,
Won ARE always complaining about SOME
thing" The old Dutchman Ioared out
mote; can a mote sit down upon his hind
legs and look You right ia the eyer lGreat
laughter.1 have had this question before
me Tor i've Years, aud / have al "ays found
IL as impudent and as Ubiquitous as the old
DuLchman's mole.
But we have got rid Of that for the present,
and am r,jpiccd that the people OF the
North here Represented, aud the people OF
the South represented, having had the oour-
az. aud the mauiiHsss to siaLd d. IA and look
around the GLORIOUS altar OF the Uniun. APP
pIuusel 1 had but one lear la cOiliIng
aeTe.
Il mattcred not great DIAL who was
chosen a. oar standard bearer among the
long tist of those presented here tO-day-all
patriotic and able and fit men for the Office
= sharing no local prejudices but the preJu-
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