Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-05-23
LOCAL 1T E IL 8.

.t;onai Union Pai -.
s;'' H On Monday night, in large numbers, to
pat the nominations OF
'''''' IOUN BELL, OF TENNESSEE,
FOR PRESIDENT, AND
,or,RD EVERETT, OF MASSACHUSETTS,
hp' FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
49, II Fowle. esq, presided and opened
" -. in a stirring speech He felt,
the n.y. .nmr Of the old enthusiasm creep
he saw, him. (Applause.) lie was proud
IN "'. .,,.h an assemblage Of Alexandrlans
10 I e' 70 ratifv the nominations OF such
sa 'G:tlo ~ the Baltimore Convention had
e;'''~,a3 lApplause) He could never,
NEe'''s feel cold in such cause. APP
r'ImJ,, Introduced to the assembly, the Hon.
II ARE MAYNARD. of Tenn, who was received
,r;,b loud applause.
WIZ VI. MAYNARD said he felt proud to greet
,...,;,ions rs citizens OF a common country,
''5 bled t. ratify the nomination OF BELL
a,SryrrErr. lAppIause.) lie noticed the
"' ', =, assembling Of the Charleston Conven-
Fs's' and said that they had assembled in
''o rT,S;on. Like the gathering at the tower
'.p,haI the confusion became worse con-
rS.DIa3 aod, at last. the Convention broke
'2"; IN Wild uproar. (Applause.) The De-
S'..r,,.y claimed to speak the same doctrines
--nnrywbere. The recent Convention showed
81. taI,jty Of their claim. lie quoted the
INV s.;mant of a Democratic Senator, that,
'~aver much the Democracy might be
j;r;Ied up,n the inception and carrying
,tn,ngb nt measures, they were always
'" when it came to the questioning
~'I',.D hands the government should be COM
mttei. Ill.,.
Tine Convention. lie continued, could not
..,raa and n portion drew out. 1t was the
y,r,h that remained, aud II the South went
Ia,k it would go to the North.
He alluded to the persistent agitation OF
the slavery question, which had been used
as lever to lift demagogues into power.
Notwithstanding the amnesties that might
be patched up in the Democratic party, the
,olt between the two factions would still
r.moin unabridged. He had no doubt Il
nattorm would be made which would be
steady enough when the cars were still, but
which could not stand when the cars moved.
,Appiause.l
Another Convention had me; at Chicago,
whose Southern representatives went III uh-
der false prctenccs--thoSe from Texas, Tor
instance. could not have lived to see the
,arirht after the night their men were noml-
nated. (Applausc.1 The candidate OF the
Republican party was known III his own
neighborhood as "A very worthy man, but
il was fault Of modern days that the reinS
If government we're too often committed to
Inexperienced hands. lie mentioned u case
where gentleman had been pressed upon
him A. Il proper candidate for the Presi-
dency, whose claim was that be could get
excellent certificates of competency from his
own nelghborhood. Laughter lie urged
with familiar illustration the Importance OF
,rlertinr tried statesmen for the Presidency.
Such 4 man. he said. was your own neigh
Dor, WASulxGroN.' Cloud applause.)
He alluded to the Baltimore Convention
a. i most respectable body of men. APP
p,ause.l He named the delegates from Nr-
rinia-RivcS. Goggin, applause, Summers.
Cheers "a voice--aud Scott Another
name he would pass by, out of respect to the
modesty Of the gentleman present, APP
p!auSe.j That Convention assembled Tor
their country first, their country last, anu
their country all the time. Loud cheers. J
They saw how platforms had been made the
hiling-r!ace for ieXterous trlcksters So they
went back for platform to the works oil
Jefferson and Madison, - the Constitution,
the Union. and the Enforcement OF the
Laws" Applause) The names present
ed as symbols of these principles, were too
we'll known to srequire eulosy before thus
assemhage (Applause.) But 1t was SAID
they could not be elected The way to elect
them WAS to vote for them. (Applause. J
o. hut Bell is an odd FoEy"
lie drew li;ely picture of an odd iosy,
which excited much laug glitter. Better an
"old togy' than Il young togy.
He then, with some humorous remarks,
introduced to the asSemblage Mr.. Vance, OF
"Bunkum" Loud applause.)
Hon. Il. B. Vance, of Bumcombe county,
\. c.. said that for the first time III his lie
he stood before an audience OF Virginia
Wings (Appause.) He esteemed the
Wings Of Virginia higher than any other
men on earth. except the gallant men "t
North Carolina vino voted for him. Laugh
ter and applauSe.) 1t was an easy thing to
be a Democrat III Virginia, especially to
Young men. iapplause;) for unless young
man was IL Democrat, he must bid farewell
tyambition Seventy thousand people had
had no representative III Congress. until the
gallant Buteler loud and long applausc)
Won his victory. and became the representa-
tive Of the whole of Virginia. (AppIause.)
Bur would the Wings Of Virginia give 1t up.
and lick the hand that Smote them. lCrles
Of no. no, neycr.") That's my sentiment.
,!ppIauSe.) lie paraphrasel several texts
Of scripture, and applied them to Democracy
IN manner which excited much mcrrlment
lie said that the Democratic leaders who
wanted TO save the Democratic party, were
Ike Yankee, who. when boat was oyer
turned, cried out yehemently, Save tue red
headed man ;" VI hen the red-headcd man
vas saved, every man supposed that the red
headed man was brother TO him who had
been so anxious for his safety. But it turn
ed out that the darnei fellow owed him
500 lLaughter.) He illustrated the po-
stiun of the Democratic party at Charles
lon, bv the celebrated Fish Eating Ma
chIuc.' which called forth loud and long
applause.
lie dwelt at some length on the inconsis-
encies of the Democratic party. II the
Democratic party was the only party that
could save the Union, why was 1t now III
danger? Why did they not save it, and
Stop talking about it: (Apylau~e.) Wake
up Democrat from sleep, and the first
word he could utter would be niger"