The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-14

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The UNION CONSTITUTIONAL NOMINATIONS
The press are commenting on the recent non1i.
nations of the Union Constitutional Conyen.
tioa NJ Baltimore The Philadelphia Gazette
| says:
Few living American politicians have had q
more enlarged experience in political affairs
Nlr. Bell has been more than = quarter ofa cen j..
tury i'll one of the two branches. of Congress
and for short period Il member of the Cab
met, AS well AS twice Il member of the Senate
OF MS own State He possesses talents rs
speaker ana reasOner which, though not re-
markabiy brilliant, place him far above medi-
ocrity, and. altogether, the hereditary antago-
Dlsts of the democracy may con gra tulate them l.
selves npoh having found candilate for
whom they can vote with clear conscience.
and who has been Il devoted representative OF
their views. The Chicago Convention if it is
inclined TO make terms with the Union party,
has fsttar excuse :or doiDg So since it has g.
lected Bell, than 1t any other man proWine t.
~ named i'll connection with the Union ION =
vention tuniess, perhaps. McI.ean) had re-
ceived its nomination yesterday.
The New York Times says:
This is the record of the Union candidate
for the Presidency. 1t is good one through
out. He has decided ability, and is in the hes
sense of the word statrs.n man The pla form
adopted by the Convention evades all the
points of principle and policy now before the
country. The position taken is, that, mas
much as platforms are generally intended to
misiead the public, it is best not to adopt anv
at all. No one can suppose that such a posi-
tioD as this will be regarded satisfact tory by
any considerable body OF people in any section
Of the country Issues cannot Oe settled by
being ignored and the controversy growing
out OF Slavery has reached such q point that
both North and South feel the absolute neces-
sity OF coming 10 some distinct and definite
unjers tanding in regard to it.
a Judgment IS n he Of Foo
of this nomination upon other parties until
their nominations shall have been made Mr.
Bell will command good deal OF strength in
the Southern States, and will receive hea Y
conservative vote in all those which were
formerly Whig. At the North he will be less
formidabie-not from any lack Of personal
popularity, but because his party position does
not Cep4eaent any strong and earnest senti-
ment Of the Northern lsorle.
The New York Courier and Enquirer says
The name of John Bell at once recalls the
memory OF times gone by, when he was amoDg &
the leaders in the Senate; when, by his wise
patriotic, and conservative course, he proved
himself a true statesman. He is one whom
all revere and respect. and one who, We're he
in the Presiden tial chair, would be sure to do
1t honor. 4 much, therefore, as We like the
| man, we believe t.at, nominated under the
circumstances that he now is, he I;.S rot ihe
slightest prospect of success. No party which
ignores the issues of the day can have any
real vitality. There are issues before the
country which have been recognized by the
Republican and Democratic parties, but which
the sO-oal!ei "UniOn Party has ignored
Those issues must Go net at some time or
other, and to seek to ignore them is out folly.
The New York Herald admits MIR. Bell to
be an excellent man. but objects that
He belongs to the fossil remains of the old
Wing strata in political geology. He has no
sympa thies in common with the present gen
Grafton, and his name will awaken none OF
the enthusiasm among the young men which
is absolutely essential to a successful cam
paign. HIS changes "a a presidential candi-
date are, that he will receive about tha sa1le
vote that Mr.. Fillmore obtained: and this
leaves the struggle between the Chicago nom =
inee and the one of the adjourned Charles ton
Convention, if it should unite at Baltimore
upon popular and conservative man.
SEHENADE TO Hon. JOHN BELL-Last Fri
day evening" the Hon. John Bell, the nominee
OF the Baltimore Convention for the Presi-
dency was sersnaied 1T the "a Pierre House,
Philadelphia. Mr. Bell was Introduced TO tn,
crowd by Mr.. JOS r. 1ngersoll, and was re-
ceived with enthusiasm. He spoke At some
length, deprecating the agitation OF the slave
ry question, which he thought led to no pub
lie good, either to the North or the South, but
was kept up for party. purposes exclusively,
and alluded to the advantages of the Union,
which was a blood bought legacy, aud which
it should be our aim to transmit to pos sterity
unimpairei in single particular. He con-
cluded as follows: / Will not enter into Sny
further iscussion OF these topics. My course
In regard 10 them is we'll known, and has been
for the past twenty years, AS also in relation to
foreign politics. l have nothing to urge but
the principles which have acknowledgement
and enduring principles of Constitn tonal
right, which trust will do incalcu culabie good
in ali time to come. Mr. Bell retired amid
great applause. The meeting was then al.
dressed by Messrs. Colladay of Tenn, Salton-
stall Of Mass, and Brien Of Tenn.
TIE (3nEAT PRIZK FIGHT.-I.ate correspon-
dence from London sta tGs that the prize fight
was still the all absorbing topic The authOri-
ties in England are deterinined to prevent a
second meeting, and as far AS the belt is con-
cerned it. would seem that Heenan stands no
chance OF receiving it, Both parties. Sayers
particularly, We're receiving suhs tantial iesti-
monials of the public admiration. 1t is said
that Sayers will very probably visit the
United States this simmer. In Paris, rs in
London, the prize fight was the topic OF gen.
eral interest and conversation.
A FiaHrINa MAN In GxORaIA.--The .Atlan-
Ia fja) Confedsracy is authorized to state
that there is man now living in Atlantis, who
will fight the "I3enicia Boy" tor the sum Of
"ten Thousand doilars,' the fight to come od
during the present year, at any point South Of
Mason Il Dixon's line. The person spoken Of