Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-27
John Bell in massachusetts.

We have hitherto shown what different sentiments
were entertained of Mr.. BELLS record, North and
South At the recent Massachusetts BELL-EyERETT
State Convention held for the purpose of nOmna-
ting an Electoral ticket and candidates for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, Hon. J. THOMAS STEVEN
son of Boston, was the principal speaker. He said
to the Convention in reference to the charge that
Mr.. BELL pro-slavery man:
whoever, therefore, whatever his purpose may
be- deliberately declares that the party, which you
to-day represent is composed Of "pro-savery men,"
in any legitimate acceptaton of the term is either
a monomaniac, or he means to deceive.
John Bel Of Tennessee, exponent Of prO-sauery!
His record lUiich is open lct0f blot on it, puts to
shame the allegation.
He who has stood up with Roman irmness for
generation in steady opposition to the hereses of
ultra men in his own section and among his own
constituents for the defence of the equal rights of
the North and of the South; he lcho stood, ike the
man that he IS beside John Quincy adams through all
his struggle for the right of petition; he lohO opposed
lrih qiOing eOqeBce The annexation Of TEXAS for The
same reasons lrbich you did It, till opposition l0dS IN
cain; he 10bo stood up b0rethe Senate to denoce the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, CiOtdtl0b NJ
good faith toluardS his Northern brethren till his
constituents lrere blind enough to call him homes he l0hO
tO-ddu finds opposition IL the South only the ground
that he Is too friendly to northern nteSestS, may 0eH
lcOnder cten he is described as prOsldUe1y candidate
\ a.
mated as the BELL-EvERETT candidate for Governor.
That night a Ratification Meeting was held Mr..
LEvERErT SALToNsTALI- the Of the original Hart
ford Convention Blue Light Federalist, LEvERETT
SALToYsTAII, and who does Mr. EvERETTs correspond
ence as Chairman of the Massachusetts Believer
EFT State Committee, this Mr. LEvERETT SALrONLTALL
spoke The reporter of the Massachusetts BELL
EVERETT organ, the Boston Courier, says
"* Our friends at the
South have to defend John Bell from the charge of
being an anti-sRvery man, and they have more rea-
son. because they say, he stood mantuly by John
Quincy Adams in his defense of the right of petit
ton and lac bsttled against the Southern extremists
for the support of the Missouri Compromise, and
against its repeal. Mr. S concluded his forCibe re-
marks by a warm eulogism upon Everett, and
hearty and emphatic endorsement OF the State ticket
which the Convention had to-day presented to the
voters Of Massachusetts.
Hon. GEO. 5. HmLIlRD the leading BELL orator of
that State and of the delegates we believe, that
nominated Mr.. BELL, present at that ratification
and also made a speech. In reference to their can
didate for Governor, he said
"Amos A. Lawrence. the candidate who had been
selected to-day, he had known from his youth up,
and he could say to the people he was one of the
purest one of the most honest one of the most up
IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO HAD DONE MORE POR
THE CAUSE FREEDOM, WHO HAD DONE so MUCH, WHO
HAD CONTRIBUTED MORE MONEY FOR KANSAS, THAN HE
HAD.
THERE WAS NOT REPUBLICAN IN MASSACHUSETTS WHO
COULD CONSISTENTLY REFUSE TO VOTE FOR Mr. LAWRENCE
He hoped that all the State the case would be
put calmly and dspassionately, without any of that
vulgarity and clap-trap which have become so much
the staple of political missionaries.
Mr. Cherrington, of Boston, next took the plst-
form and gave briefly, his for leaving the
Republican party, in whose camp he reposed only
three weeks ago. lie was Republican STILL but
Republican Cor the Union and the Constitution
We clip the facts which we have presented to-day
not from BREcKNRIDGE, LINCOLN or DOUGLAS paper.
but from the Boston Courier. the BKLI-EyERETT organ
of the State of Massachusetts,. We ask our readers
TO notice the vast difference between the BKLL-EvHR-
FITS of Massachusetts and Ithe. South. Ali of them
base their opinions of Mr.. BELLS position upon their
views of his past history connected with the pub
lie servic." and how wide the difference;