Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-20
GRAND CONSERVATIVE UNION RATIFICATION
MEETING AT LYNCHBURG.

LlNShpbh"i august vsui loo".
There was grand rally of the members of the Con.
servatye Union Party in this city and adjoining counties
last night Holcombe Hall for the purpose OF ratfying
the nomination Of Bell and Everett aud Of forming
Union Club. Though the night dark aud rainy, the
Hall was well filed Mr. F. B. D5Gne Jr having been
c,sd 10 the Chair ard Mr. A. Mcdonald appointed Sec
retary; the meeting proceeded to endorse in the fullest
m ,nurr the nomination ofthe Baltimore Convention
Tie Club was then organized by eecDg the officers re-
a nred by its constitution This having been done Il e
larman introduced to the meeting the Hon Thomas s.
F1urnoy, Of Halifax.
Mr. + commenced his speech by answering two Dem
ocraic objections to the Conservative Union party
Oby la That the name is Inappropriate. Answer
The cOunys going TO rack and ruin and neither the
Democists Republicans will the Union, il is
oessary for the Wings and conservative in the other
two parties to ooalesce and throw themselves into the
breach But under what shall they combine? for
As neither Democrat nor Republican would be willing TO
pass by the party name Of Wing American, what bet
ter name could be found than that Of Union party which
all could bearS Objection 2 That the platform laid down
by the Baltimore Convention vague and indefinite
aud capabe of variety Of constructions To which Mr.
F. replied that the first party platform erected by the
Republicans, in 1885, for Martin VdH Buren, 20 s AID
upon and that up that time "he Constitution, the
Uson aud the enforcement OF the Lars" the simple
s,d only platform known 10 the Federalsts and Repub
leans And that platforms, having become sells and
cheats il was necessary for the Union party TO go
back TO the early DAYS Of the Republic for PLATFORM
and the one adopted by the Convention the one on
which all the Presidents from Washington TO Van Buren
had stood TIE previous history Of Bell and Everett is
sufficient guarantee that the rights of every section Of the
Union will be preserved iuviOste He showed most con-
cusively there chance for BreekHridge and that
the only object OF his friends in running him was pre-
,ex for dssoying the Union and the consequent foms-
ton of Southern Confederacy Mr. T. painted, with an
inmi,Able hand the picture Of the condition which the
country would be 10 the Union is dissolved and shoT
cd that the election Of Mr. Bell only could prevent these
dire results and that there only possibility but
strong probability that Bell would be the next Presi-
dent.
Our late gallant leader, VIM. / Goggin, was next in
troduced 10 the audience Mr. Goggin confined himself
TO the discussion Of Democratic inconsistencies, during
the most Of his speech. He showed in detail that the
Democracy had never not in the full tide of their
power and prosperity "e0Ted out single one Of their
principles" But of the Inconsistencies adduced by Mr.
Goggin cannot refrain from instauciug one Of them,
viz that the Democracy when hard pressed for Wbig
votes, profess TO be par szeesnee disciples Of Wash.
iRgtoR and to prove this they insert in that part of
the Farewell Address dissuAding from entangug ALL
Anoesn And yet the last two occupants of the White