Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-08-24
The Bell & Everett, Party.

Thi, party has bccn very properly denom-
mated TOE cold Gen,lenen," party. Not
- much because their candidates are in tie
",sre auI yellow l,af" Of life. as from the
fact that il ori.inatcd with ard supported
by IT % oh f,sigs, men who have had
their day and generation in the old whs
party. and whose idea. date back halt a
century, instead OF coming up TO live
present.. Tie great vital issue. Of the day.
the very issue. which have 50, TO be me-,
and settled in the political arena, they x.
more and dodge. They have no platform
bat the Constitution. Very well bot how
came they TO monoPolize the great funda.
ucu.a, law Of the hni2 DO no, they
know tlai al other political parties in the
country -, up the same assumption, thai,
they TO stand upon the Constitution as the
great ba.i. Il party orsapintion' The
truth l.. il j. the c0HNrbr.oR which il 10 De
nut upon the Constitution, no, the Cons,i.
tuition itself. which constitute. the question
before the American people; and further.
more. IL should be added that the line Of
policy 10 be observed in administering the
laws, is another question in juI,a-rO'i,ion
with the first.
Were thu. party TO come into power they
would b. driven ini, the very position they
now 80 carefully avoid. These party lead
er. say the Constitution is their platform.
u they were in power, they would have to
say something more than this they would
be compelled to grapple with the great is.
sues they now dodge. Now, they stand up.
on platform which has eo,'As many con.
s,rueiions as there are rar,ie. to cons,rue
IL, then. they would be Obliged TO get up a
construction Of their own aud define their
position Now, they can talk abou, vague
gensral,,ie-, and all agree ; then, would
they hs Obliged {, choose between the thou
sand theories held by members OF their own
party and ~ into thousand Fragments at
ouoe. yrom thu. It will be seen that this is
an imfrictieabls party, party really with
out creed. withouta policy, without a
platform party that can travel on only
when In The minority. AZ to their eandi.
dates they are two very respectable old gen.
elsmen. both men OF ability. Mr.. Bell is
intensely pro slavery, - much - tha; bis
irients in the South claim that he is far
more reliable fOr slavery than either Breck-
inridgc or Douglas. As to Sir. Everett,
while he is gentleman Of polish, and great
learning, be has neither pluck nor back.
bone.
Who docs not remember his ooWardly de-
ueanor when he presented the demonstrates
Of the "threc thousand clergy men" against
the Repeal Of the Missouri COMPOUNDS
When Douglas aud bis party came down
with their vulgar abuse upon the remon'
strants, Everett, showed a crouchins seryili'
", dl'sraeeiul as 1t was humiliatin: TO all
Northsrn men, and Instead Of standing ~
like a mon and defending the right Of poti'
ton, he even aPolosiled Tor presenting ,hc
petition and leis the clergy to be defended
By a Southern man in the person Of the Gal,
LIANT sam Houston.
OF the two men Bell is far the preferable
even Tor the North. for be is man Ct tru,
courage and grit. while Everett, were he ia
the Presidential chair, would "trembls like