Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-09-21
Senator Sumner,

Hon. Charles Sumner made stron
speech at the recent Massachusetts Repub
lean State convention at Worcester il
evident he has regained his old vigor W,
make the following extract:
I" Looking at them separately, there il
first the Bell party. Pardon me if ! us,
names freely. 1t is merely for the sake o
convenience. This party, known amons
us only by its boasts, draws its practica
| support from the slave States. 1t is pro-
slavery pHrty-especially hostile to the pro.
hibilion Of slavery in the Territories but
in its direct avcwaIs dealing in plausible
generaliics which, if they have any mean
ing, mean slavcry-exaltng the constitu-
ton, as slavemasters understand it-aso
exalting the Union in order to gain credit
for saving ii '-and calling for the enforce
ment of the laws. meaning simply the en-
forcement OF the only act of Congress
which slave-masters recognize, that Cor the
surrender of fugitive slaves. Your indul-
gence would hardly excuse me, if occu
pied time in argument against this combina-
ton, which without declaring a single prin-
ciple, without any chance of a majority in
the electoral college, and without any chance
of single electoral vote in the free States,
runs for luck; which with only single
possible vote in the House of Representa-
tives, where it seeks for revolutionary
purpose to transfer the election, again pro-
poses to run for luck. It's plan, so far as
known, is this. You will remember that
by the Constitution of the United States,
in the event of ailure to elect by the
people, the House of Representatives is
empowered TO choose a President out of the
three highest candidates for that office, and
the Senate to choose Vice President out
of the two highest candidates for that office.
Now, assuming first that the Republican
candidate will not be elected by the people
which you know TO be a very wild as
and secondly, assuming that there
will be no election of President by the
House, this party next turning to the Vice
Presidency assumes, thirdly, that Mr. Ev-
erett will be one of the two highest candi-
lates fer the Vice Presidency, and fourihly, |
that Mr.. Everett will he elected by the |.
Senate Vice President, and then will be-
come President, like John Tyler and Mil /
ard Fillmore-not through the death of
President, but through the double failure
~ the people and by the House Such is
he calculation by which this band of pro-
essed conservatives seek to give repose to
he country. Permit me to say that it is
,nly equalled by the extravaganza of Mrs.
roodles, in the farce, whose passion was to
purchase ancient articles of furniture at
uction, under the idea that they might
ONE day be useful. Once TO the amaze
nent of her husband she brought home a
rass door-plate with the name of Thomp-
on spelled with p. But what is this
or?' he demanded. Why said Mrs.
Goodies, with logic worthy of the Bell
arty, though we have been married many
ears without children, it is possible, my
ear that we may have child; that this
hid may be a daughter, and may live 10
he age of maturity, and she mag marry
ian of the name of Thompson spelled with
p. Then how handy it will be TO have
his door-plate in the housed! I doubt if
ny person really familiar with affairs can
onsider this nomination for the Vice Pres
iency of more practical value than Mrs.
coolies brass door-plate with the name of
thompson spelled with p, picked up at
n auction room. But then, in certain i'm
ossible contingencies, how handy it must
re to have it in the housed"