The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10
John Bell in Massachusetts.

We have hitherto shown what different
sentiments were entertained OF Mr.. Bells re
cord, North and South At the recent Mas
sachusetts Bell Everett State Convention held
for the purpose of nominating an Electoral
ticket and candidates for Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor,sIIon. j. Thomas Stevenson
of Boston, was the principal speaker. He
said to the Convention in reference to the
charge that ME Bell was pro slavery man
Whoever, therefore, whatever his purpose
may be, deliberately declares that the party,
which you to-day represent, is composed Of
'pro slavery men," in any legitimate accep-
tation ofthc term, is either n monomaniac, or
he means to deceive.
john Bell of Tennessee, an exponent Of pro-
stavery,
HIS record, arlicA is open tgithopta Uot omit,
puts to shame the allegation.
He who has stood up with Roman frmness
for generation in steady opposition to the
heresies 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 icho stood, like tie man that lie is,
besides John Quincy adams Through all his
struggle for the right Of petition he 1hoop
ed acih a glO'Oing eloquence the annexation Of
Texas for tie same reasons aohich you did it,
TIL opposition acas an rain he aCho stood mp
before the Senate to den0unce the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, as a violation Of good
faith toaoar1ds has Northern brethren tiH his
o,cn constituents 'pere Mind enough to cali linn
home; he aoho to day finds opposition an the
jSotth only on the ground that he as tao friendly
to northern interests, may aoeH aconder aehen he
IS described as a pro sEarery candidate"
At that Convention Amos A. Lawrence
was nominated as the Bell Everett candidate
for Governor. That night a Ratification
Meeting was held. Mr.. Leverett Saltonstall,
the son of the original Hartford Convention
Blue Light Federalists Leverett Saltonstall,
and who does Mr.. Everetts correspondence,
as Chairman Of the Massachusetts Bell Everett
State Committee, this Mr.. Leverett Saltonstall
spoke. The reporter Of the Massachusetts
Bell Everett organ, the Boston Courier, says:
Our friends at the
South have to defend j ohm Bell from the charge
of being anti-slavery man, and they have
more reason, because they say, he stood man
fully by John Quincy Adams, in his defense
of the right of petition, and he battled against
the Southern extremist for the support ofthe
Missouri Compromise, and against its repeal.
Mr.. S. concluded his iorcible remarks by
warm eulogism upon Everett, and hearty
and emphatic endorsement of the State ticket
which the Convention had o-day presented
to the voters of Massachusetts,.
| Hon. Geo. S. Hillard, the leading Bell ora
tor of that State, and one of the de Iegates, we
believe, that nominated Mr.. Bell, was present
at that ratification and also made speech
| In reference to their candidate 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 ofthe purest, one Of the most honest.
one Of the most upright OF men and not only
! that, THERE WAS NO MAN IN THE REPUBLICAN
| PARTY WHO HAD DONE MORE FOR THE CASCE
OF FREEDOM, WHO HAD DONE so MUCH, WHO
HAD CONTRIBUTED MORE MONEY .FoR KANSAS,
THAN HE HAD.
THERE WAS NOT REPUBLICAN IN MAS
sACHUsETTS WHO COULD CONSISTENTLY REFUSE
TO VOTE FOR Mr.. LAWRENCE. He hoped that
all over the State, the case would be put calm
| ly and dispassionately, without any Of that
vulgarity and clap trap which have become so
much the staple of political missionaries
Mr.. Cerrington, of Boston, next took the
platform and gave, briefly, his reasons for leav-
ing the Republican party, in whose camp he
reposed only three weeks ago. He was Re-
publican still, but Republican for the Union
and the Constitution
| We clip the facts which we have presented
to-day not from Breckenridge, Lincoln or
Douglas paper, but from the Boston Courier,
! the Bell Everett organ Of the State Of Mas
sachusetts. We ask our readers to notice the
vast difference between the Bell Everettes of
! Massachusetts, and the South. All of them
base their opinions of Mr.. Bells position upon
their views Of his past history connected with
the public service, and how wide the differ
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