The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-09-22
CuNMJN ICATED.
COMMUNICATED.
Bell and Everett Meeting ut Trini-

Col. BOYCE We had another grand rally III |
Trinity on the 18th inst. The meeting ad- |
dressed by the Hon James c. Taliaferro and X.
H. Cuny Judge T. reviewed at great length |
the action of The Democratic party upon The agi-
tation Of the Slavery question, clearly showing
that their action upon this subject had been for
the political advance Of their party, and detrnen-
tai to our country; that to that might just
ly be attributed in great m,asure the unsettled
political conditioned our country. H. then re-
buked in a most mastery maGncr the course pur-
sued for years by the Drmocratic patty in clarg-
ing upon their opponents as being unsoGnd upon
the slavery question. That this had been then
cry for wears, that no matter who our candidate
was, or whcr. he lived or what the character of
his property was. the charge was made against
thcm-that Harrison, Clay, Taylor and Bel, had
all been charged with the same sentim' nts. lie
thrn revived John Bells history and proved
him to be wha, he really is, one Of the first states
man in the nation and well deserving the position
in which the American people will soon place him.
l. G., at the head of this government
Mr.. Cuny stated that it had been the pride and
boast of the Democrats that they had had the con-
troll of the country for years. lie admitted that
such was the fact, and then proceeded TO show
how they had discharged the trust which a too
confdinc people had placed in their keeping.
That they had broken and failed 10 keep the oft
repeated and most solemn pie dyes which they had
givcn that they had failed to give protection to
our citizens at home and abroad that our natioual
honor had been lowered, that our Treasury had
been brought almost 10 the state Of BANKRUPTCY
by the prohigate course Of the Administrators n,
and that too, under pledge Of II trcnchmcnt and
reform that they had built UP the Republican
party by the agitation Of the slavery qu"sti II.
when they were pledged not to do So, and that
| by their acts they had brought thc government
20 "A verge of destruction, and finding themselves
10 longer able to compete with the Republicans,
that they had Dissolved their party, with the hope
OF creating dissolution Of the Union, hoping that
at the South they might still be- rctainedin power
that this was the manner in which they had dis
charged the trust which had been reposed in them
He stated that no confidence could be placed
in them, or in their platiorms-thai one was Hs
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this position Ia referred to the mnch Landed Gin
ciunatti platform and the manner in which it was
spoken Of in lo|J6, and al this time. That their
present platform was only another gul-trap; that
| already had several States rejected some of its
ps.risors tia; Mr.. Brown Of Mi'sissippi had put
Ii. ~ to the test upon the "wirn necessary pro
yi,;, = D" snd that Gully three of th'ir party suS-
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purposes di,unioa candilate; that Nc wa' RAIDER
BE control ard 40, cr Of = set of designing ard
.!au-,!ors m"a. whn'a avuw "a Object wJi III"
.iisuIru.j .-r.,nt oiour Eoyrm,acmt. il" there
orc apr.sl"t To las count; yncn 10 forget he Po-
0,lIly loswtc! II lrrcn anita enrol themselves
81 tn caus,. e H.. Constitution ani ia ',iru.