The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-10-20

10 thu eros, on Cavalry, aud at which il was open
| lydrclar,d that ,hr y.ugj.ai'r at that desperate
ana wicked conspiracy wa, u -ht. Sir, itIi had
been suggested 10 me then that before another
year had passed away the pre- siding officer at that
meeting would have been deliberately nominated
by the Republican party of Massachusetts for the
chief nagistiacy of the Couimunwc3ith, | Shouil
have rrpclicd thc idea not Within the prospect
OF belief, q, utterly transcendug any pitch of ry-
tray;. r,uc. which even the Widest and Ino-t ultra
meWI'r5 of That party hal ever prepared us to
anticipate. But the nomination is h"iur" U.s.
Tho candidate, avn told, is most aiuaile and
respeCiahlr rent, man, and have no wish 10 say
an unLui word Of him or Of those who cuGors.
him; but | should b. false to every impulse o.
my hytt 81, being here at al this evening, if OPEN
ny my lip, 10 a'l during this campaign. did not
inter loY huubr pTo'a.'-3s one to whom thu
cause ul Christianity and Of social order is dear,
as ON. who Uug.l see Tia word of God and t,-
laws ofthrllnd Respected aud ohrvcI-if did
not enter ny humble but earnest protest against
such au az; rupr to give tIl' -".r.u@ sanction of
th. p.op, ot Massachusetts, % >rrrim.u hts so i'm
Uious and $50 .horua''.
But am clad to remember that The reports of
other meetin-s On the sam" suljcc. and on other
subjects were not long afterwards frtHcomng-
meetings 1T Faucuil HAIL, Cuuv,utious :t HaIti-
more, and ratification meetings, in I'll pats Of tn.
country. II was in Paris, if remember right,
that rec,ivcd the account Of that patriotic and
! /.
ward Everett werr nominated for the Presidency
and Vice Presidency of the United States
Wherever it was, you may hc SUIr that | ratified
those nominations at sight r.jolmg with all NV
heart that names had been selected which repr,-
srut"d no extreme opinions, which recognized
both ends o. the Union, and for hioh tlcu- Gf
moderation and iUstic" could vet. with clcSr
conscience aai hearty good will. Prolonged
applause.
= hay" l.,l llic good fortune to know Mr.. Bel
i"I mos. tn1u twenty years, md have been an
humble wines, 10 his labors and services in the
tabh,t and in ho'h hrauc he Of Congress. Shane,
shame upon the p,T.clSious and mi,rcurc.ruta-
tons Which would duplicate him in the aitraisns
or 'Nuava@anccs of either section of the Union!
here Is no truoi ricrd 10 lis Who'll country than
> ma D'I; not one who would b. more anxious
o. more able, To administer tn, Government with
au ~ Il hand upon the principles of the Con
-'ti'ltI"n, without; fear or fWUrti>m; not one
who IS les disposed to give amy undue prcpond-
crane" 1" o." peculiar institutions of the section
+ from which b.. comes; not one " hose record con
tlius n"bcr evidence ofhis courage to stand up
,tu%ly and alone if need be, against the South rs
wei against the North, whenever sense of
Justice and Of duty should call upon him to do 50;
not one, " hos" election at this moment would do
So much to rcstir' harmony to ON national coun-
ci.s and give IL four Yeas moro of assured pros
pcri.y and peace A. home aud abroad
y IN Nj. Everett, il is for others in other pla-
O., 5 t. >peal, of him. II" needs no COMMUNICATIONS
here. Ills spotlcss character, lis unriyalled ac-
complshm,nS, lis matches cloqucnce, his ar
dent patriotism, are al too familiar to Us to re-
guirc an aliu>ion. But it is not here alone that
he is known; il is not here alone that he is ap-
prrciacd. J cNp.,>, 40 oii-hauG uucunsdcrrd,
individual p.niuii, Jut tn Gelb' rat" Judgment ut
thousands at HON, g.i ah.pai. when say that
ne result of Presidential election which should
place Edwad Everett III ,'hrr of TN two highest
offices of the National Government would DO
more even than his own mast ~ address, on he
ith Of Juy--morr than any wo.lsi& acts Of any
or nj, Other mCh-to NiuIiCa'c orr country in the
estimation of the world from the Impression which
has been 80 lamrns,biy prevalent OF late that our
free Institutions have proved failure, thar our
national character and our national career are al
ready marked by drgcncTacy and decline, and
that all Honorable, accomplished, and virtuous
men are pract ally excluded from the manage
mint Of uus public affairs. lie has LmsrlffuE-
~hod u' with the n.st Arguments against narl-
OF thu So foreign assaults; Drr the p,op" Of Tia.
nied States, IN cl.r.,ug him - one of the high
'st Offices in thor gift, would supply the proof,
illustration, and living example.
hnr but little 10 say. my friends, about other
candidates. | have no wish 10 institute udiuUs
comparisons. II was my fortune to Be- in th.
House al Representatives, VIII Mr.. Abraham
Lincoln during his only tenn "i Congr ss,nd!
service. lou win BE- sure .Lg, remember him
with interest. il r.1r %. allowed 10 remind You
tlIa h" helped to make me thu Speaker at the
l hint, Tia Congress, when tlr yot. wa, very
close and strongly contested vote, and when car
tam gentlemen Of b" Wcst and IL" East. " hOLi
r.m,nhvT VIII Ho Unkui I.~s. Ie fused ME ti,yir
support. ! certainty tlo', -ht well Of Mr.. Lin
coin then. and h2yr uo' S., .itb.n to -ay agaut
him row. If h. should become President of it,.
in;"l Stats by iHir constitutional means, BE-
sIaIi nave my best wishes for his success; ard
wi! ~'ruI bv the '.ium and the Constitution