Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-07-24
He'll and Everett in Baltimore

A meeting numerously attended, was held
in Monument Square, Baltimore, on the
evening of the 18th instant, to ratify the
nominations of Messrs. BELL and EVERETT
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
The Hon. THOMAS SWAMI presided and there
were more than one hundred vice presidents
several of them from the cOunties) and
eight secretaries, embracing the names OF
some of the most prominent men of the
State.
Speeches were made by the Hon. THOMAS
SWAMI, Hon. JOSEPH r. INGERsOI.L, of Penn
sylvania, Hon. GEO. a. PEARRE, of Allegheny
county, and others.
Mr.. FREDERICK a. SCHLEY, of Frederick
county, offered a series of resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted, and which are
appended:
ResOlUed, That we maintain, as paramount
to I'll other considerations involved in the
coming Presidential canvass, the absolute
necessity of recognising first. last, and all the
time. our obligation to support and main
tain, in all their simplicity, purity, and force,
the Institutions of our country and the Union
of our States.
o.,
the loose, eXtravagant, and corrupt manner
in which the Government has been lately
administered and the recklessness which has
marked our public expenditures, We car but
trace the graver evils that exist in our midst,
the alienation of sections and the Inaugural
ton of political contests based upon geOgra-
phical lines with all their attendant evils, to
the uncaIled-for and perilous agitation by
the Republican and Democratic parties of
the question of slavery, which has been
degraded from its gravity as practical issue
affecting the rights of our citizens into the
mere stalking horse of Inscriptions politi-
dians and the pitiiul capital in trade OF rival
political organizations.
RESOLVED, That while we decline to indulge
in the common platitude of party resolutions
upon this question we are proud TO reafflrm
the position of our noble old Commonwealth.
which. Southern in sentiment, utilization, and
interests, has never failed to maintain posi-
tion broadly conservative and national.
ResolUed, That we do now and here heartily,
earnestly. and fully ratify and endorse the
action of the National Union Convention,
lately assembled in this city, and accept-as
sufficient for all exigencies of the times, and
as strong enough and broad enough plat
form for us-its platform of - the Union. the
Constitution, and the enforcement of the
Laws"
ResolUed, That we hail with the greatest
satisfaction the nominations for President
and Vice President made by that Convention.
as indicating q return to the old standards
of worth and patriotism that marked the
selection of them for high offices in the better
days of the Republic, and fully confident of
the craftsmanship, the executive ability, and
the r"rn "h"racter. the unquestioned lntegrl-
ty, and lofty patriotism Oh JoDn Bell and
Edward Everett we feel that their Admins
tration would be to the country both honora-
BILE, illustriOus, and safe, and we will give
them our earnest and hearty support.
Another meeting of persons who could not
get near enough to the stand to hear the
speakers was addressed by John E. Smith,
Esq, of Carroll county, and Hon. J. Dixon
Roman, of Washington county. ~
The Baltimore American, in speaking of
this meeting, remarks, that it twas the first
evidence of real, earnest political enthusi-
asm that the present campaign has develop
ed in Baltimore. The whole square present.
ed one mass of enthusiastic spectators, not
one-half of whom could get within hearing
of the speakers; aud even our Democratic
friends will admit that the number present
was fully equal to the meetings of the adhe-
rents of Douglas and Breckenridge combined"