Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-05-17

The ticket nominated by the Union Con.
ventisn a: Baltimore is:
For President-JoHx BELL, Of Tenpes,ee.
For Wee President-EDwAaD. EvERErr,
Of Msssschusssts.
Mr.. BELL is 0 native Of Tennessee, hav.
ing been born near Nashville in 1897. He
was educated al the Nashville University
studied law, and was admitted 10 The bar
in 1916. In 1917 he was elected 10 the
State Senate from Williamson county, being
then only 20 years old. In 1926 he was
elecIed 10 Congress over the celebrated FE-
LIx GRuSpY, who had been a competitor
Of HENRY CLAY, and who at the time of
his defeat by BELL, possessed all the adj
vantage of the personal influence of Gen
jackson in his favor. Mr.. BELL cunIIn-
ed member of Congress for fourteen years
having been reelected six times in success
sion. AT The outset oil his political e.reer,
lie opposed Gen. JACKSON, who was all
powerful in Tennessee, aud proved the
sterness Of the stuff he was made Of, by
rising 10 position in his own Stale. and in
the Nation, ia the teeth oil that great mons
uncompromising opposition. In 1884, on
the resignation of Mr.. STEVENSON, Speak
er Of The United States House OF Represent
,atIves, he was elected 10 the post, over
James K. Polk, the Democratic candidate.
In 1886 he supported Judge WHIrE Cor
President, and did much 10 throw the vote
Of Tennessee in favor OF tha, gentleman, in
spite of the great prpulnr'y Of Jackson. -
In 1871. he was appointed Secretary of
War BY President Harrison, but, with tie
other members of The Cabinet, except Mr..
Webster. resigned, on the Accession . Mr.
Tyler. In 1917 he w9s elected 70 he
State Senate OF Tennessee, aud next year
10 the United States Senate. In 1853. he
was re. elected TO second term, and Ia lS
"a made The great speech against the Re-
peal OF the Missouri Compromise, which
ultimately lost him his seat in the Senate.
He and E'leridge from the State, oppose d
the Kansas Nebraska Bill, aud though they
Temporarily lost popularity at the South by
The step, added 10 their reputation al the
North, and endeared themselves 10 the
conservative masses through cut the land
In 1858, Mr.. Bell exhibited the consisten-
cy Of his opposition 10 the Kansas, Nebras-
ka Bill by joining with Criienden and the
North in opposing the Lecompton Consti-
tuition. At the close Of the last Congress,
he retired from the Senate, having been
succeeded by Judge A. o. P. Nicholson.
In politics, Mr.. Bell has ever been disiin-
guished by wariness; consistency, dignity,
national spirit, a sense Of Justice, and
comprehensive craftsmanship that have
preserved him from the iarnish of section.
alism, and made him pre-sminenllya Man
Of the Nation. Although Southern man,
he has exhibited bis Independence Of narrow
prejudices on several signal occasions, by
opposing measures that claimed 10 be Pc
culiarly Southern, and in 1896, when Con-
gre's was excited BY petitions for the abo-
lition Of Slavery in the Distric, of Column
bia--pstilions which Southern members
s-offsd at as ins ulting 10 the Slave States,
he, alone of tie Tennessee delegation, vo-
ted for their reception, on the ground that
all Petitions from The People, however
impOliiic the measures they asked for,
should be received and listened 10 by Con-
gress.
Mr.. Bell is So years Of age, tall and dig
nified in appearance, affable in manners,
and enjoys at Nashville, The place of his
residence, the same warm and cordial friend
ship Of his fellow citizens tia, Edward
Bates enjoys in ST. Louis.
Edward Everett the candidate for Vice
President, is three years older than Mr..
Bell, having been born in 1894, at Dor
chester, Massachusetts. In his early youth
as through bis whole life, he wa d,tin-
guisrd by his scholastic requirements his
thirst for knowledge, and his diligence in
slndy. He entered Harvard College in 49,
%, at the age Of Is. and graduated with
honor in 1911, a. the age Of II. Ial8l3,
he became Pastor Of Brattle stree, (Uni;a
rian) church in Boston, and in 'ha, position
gave evidence Of the polished eloquence
and vast learning for which in Latter year,,
he became pre- eminent. In 1914. he WI
elected 10 fill the chair Of Greek Professor
in Harvard College; and with The view Of
qualifying himself more thoroughly tor The
duties of the post, visited Europe ~ 1915.
and spent four years, having in that 'ine
studied of the Uni,er,i;y ii Gouimgtu.
and Travelled over England, France. I'aly,
Germany, Hungary. Watlachia and Greece.
During the time he filled the char of Pro-