Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-06

nigh to give their support TO that platform which
nad been adopted at the Convention held in Bal
T TN oy the Union and Constitutional party.
Ihey Were here as advocates of the election Of
tne men known to every man, and well known
as Statesmen Of the highest character and reuute
Men competent to administer the government of
Ills country In these times of turmoil and polit-
lcal disorganization. Men of integrity and ca
paclty, and well worthy to fill the offices To
which they have been nominated The spea ker
was not speech-maker; he bad learned to labor
Win MS pen, but was here tonight to demon
strate his willingness to take part In apy manifrs
tation In favor Of the Union cause; to sneak II
necessary, and to act in concert with men whose
hearts are engaged In this cause this cause W hich
Involves the best interests of our common coun-
Nv. In such cause he was ready to use his Der.
bis voice, his right hand, and If necessary, the
sword In his right hand, in support of the perpe-
tuity of this Union. Applause
~ was not necessary for him to tell this meeting
mat he was enlisted heart and soul for this war
from his mothers breast he had sucked the love
Tor his country which now animated his heart
In early youth his father had taught him to rever-
ence 1is country, and az long as star or stripe
should be left to wave, he should be found stand.
Ing where he now stood battling for the Union
and the Constitution il is and as il ever should
BE- 1t is but fair and just to believe that there ia
no man mere, and he hoped that no man could
be found anywhere throughout the length and
breadth OF this fair land, who does oct reverence
the name Of Washington, and who would Zee
to be guided by the counsels which he left as :
guard well this Union, and 10 value n: and briobt
and gllttering In his history is that charge to pre-
serve 1nviolate the union of these States But
what do we see now when casting our eyes about
not here to charge any one party with the sins
under which we are now suffering The love of
spells and hope Of party success has brought 1t
A few years ago a cloud arose in the North M
bigger than mans hand. II was ignored by all
paris OF the country as thing Of no importance
ana unworthy Of notice. II was the cloud of the
Sots, republican party. No one thought such
In country like ours. But that party insignia.
can't as II was, had votes; and In election after
election those votes were pandered to by reckless
ofnce-seeking demagogues, who cared not for the
negro, but who cultivated these votes for tbei,
own personal purposes Of political aggrandize-
ment. The votes was what they wanted. and
what they sought. while the claims of the negro
We're left to find friends where thew MIGHT And
so they used the votes of this little abolition nartv
until at last 1t has grown into the great republican
party which now assails not the South, not the
r,ghts OF any particular section of the country
alone, but the Constitution and the Union. Tbey
have grown into that powerful party which now
boldly breaches disunion and treason and de-
ciares that the Declaration Of Independence ia
compact with hell, and the Constitution a cove
nant with the father Of liars. They are actuated
by no desire or purpose to insure the best Interests
OF the country but to assal the union of the States
and TO carry everything with high hand, and
necessary TO the prevalence Of their atrocious
doctrines, to drive of the southern States into dis
union
We find the South now making the slave oues-
ton the issue in every measure that arises in
evefY ffssidentlal or state canvas. They, too
will divide the States. They are already scbeminp
10 cut OF the cotton products of the South from
the manufacturing region of the North; and thus
each section, by their acts, would array brother
ainst brother and father against son. before they
will submit to each others aggressive doctrines
Five wears ago little band of patr OTIS met here in
Washington with one single purpose animatinq
them. They met here to ask each other in view
OF the political troubles of the country "W hat
shall We do to be saved?'' They met together
with pure hands and hearts, and placed at Their
head a man who deserved all that could be given
him, as reward for his patriotism and devotion
TO his country-the Hon. j. J Crittenden They
justly concluded that the only means of prevent.
ing dsunion was the organization of a marty
having In view the prediction of the SAGE Of
ashland, and adopting for their platform the Con-
sttution and the Union, and the enforcement of
the laws, and promulgating the doctrine that this
Union must and shall be preserved GApplause !
There was singular and prophetic wisdom In
tne remark OF Henry Clay, In speech delivered
memorable struggle Of 1SI9 'sthat there was
time coming, and not far distant when the parties
In this country would be divided into a party for
the Union and party against the Union" Ii the
time thus predicted has not already come. II il
near at hand. We see in the present time time
Of party disintegration. The Democratic party is
I'm
the Union in which the Democrats are not divided
against themselves. This Is so, even in the South
In Louisiana there are opposing wings Of the
Democracy. In the North, to-day, the Republican
party is quivering In the balance. Whether that
party be defeated be successful in this canvass
ii is the last fight they will make 1t Is with
difhculty that the conservative portion Of the
Abolition party be kept ND to the ultraIsms Of
Beecher, Of Phillips of Garrison and other ultra.
lists of the North. Even in Chicago, the Conven-
ton did not dare to incorporate in their platform
the ultra doctrines which were proclaimed in the
cell for that Convention
We want to bring back these disorga nized ele-
ments to the consideration of the best good of the
country; We want to scare back these hideous
sectional dogmas which now Startle us by their
presence. We want To make these sectionalists
leave the Niger for while to his wood pile We
want to cause them to forget the North and the
South, and look to the safety Of the Union and
the preservation Of the Constitution; to consider
those questions Of State policy by which the
good of the whole country can be best promoted
They can't do Ii by being democrats nor repub-
licans, but by becoming Union and Union loving
men, by joining this party, which from little
germ has already grown into a great and conser-
vative organization all over the country The
speaker could tell this meeting that we not only
hope for Massachusetts for Bell aud Everett, but
At least ten eleven Southern States AS soon
as II is known in the South that there is a pros
pect of New York going for Lincoln, every State
there will unite upon Bell and Everett, and they
will be elevated to the Presidency and Vice Pres
1910. Every day we see hosts from the North
the South, the East, and the West, joining our
banner, and on the day of the contest we shall
see the enemy yanquished, and in their place
nothing will be left but the dust of the retreating
foe. You need no encouragement to work ear
nestly in this cause; you also feel that our next
President will, under any and all circumstances,
be John Bell, Of Tennessee. During the last eight
years you have battled well and bravely against
tyranny and oppression.
A Voice-'And are starved out some Of us ~
Col. w. contnuing.-l never felt before that I
should be on the winning side; but l believe that
YOU who have suffered under persecution and op-
preston SO long, will shortly receive your reward
Ia the success Of the party to which YOU stand
pledged. the party that is for the union for the
sake of the Union. (Applause.l In Virginia it
Is conceded by our opponents that Bell and
Everett will carry the State by at least 1000 ma
jority. AS for Maryland she has never faltered
She will in this contest be found as in IS56-up-
holding the banner of the Union. In North Caro-
lima, whatever may be the result Of her guberna-
torial election soon to be held, they are confident
OF the success Of Bell and Everett In the Novem-
Der election. From Kentucky we have received
advices that she will 90 for Bell and Everett by
a majority of 10, 600 to Is 600. And all throuyh
the South, even to Alabama and Mississippi the
news is authentic and encouraging. In the latter
State the divisions in the democracy, 1t is esti-
mated, will give the vote TO the Union candidates
beyond question. The democratic party there,