Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-06

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the object of the meeting to be to hear
statement of the doings OF The Baltimore
and &c listen TO an exposition
of the designs and views of the Constitution
al Union party, from one of the eloquent or
ator. from the South. He then called Hon.
Austin Baldwin, Of Aiddletown.
Mr.. Baldwin came forward. and after a few
remarks stated that "a dele
gates were sent to Baltimore from this State.
This Convention has presented two OF the
brightest names Of our country for the Off
ces Of President and Vice President of the
United States. He had yet to hear single
word OF reproach east on their names. He
concluded by asking attention TO the words
of an eloquent descendent Of Patrick Henry,
who would now address the meeting. He
thsi introduced, amid applause,
MAJOR nzAKY, OF Tennessee.
Who said. for the first time in hi. life. he
stood before q New England audience
After COMMUNICATING the beautiful city Of
New Haven, he proceeded to say that he felt
that all the people of the Union were bound
together By ties of mutual interest and COM
mon descent. In passing through the shops
of this city, he had asked himself what would
be the effect if this laboring interests should
be overturned Which party, the Chicago
o. the Baltimore party, would best protect
the interests of the labOring elassesz Who
would most regard tbem-Bell or Lincoln
What is the record of Lincoln? Who knows?
BE could stand, he thought. for half Cd hour
in Wall street, bIindfolded, and pick ont from
the crowd a score OF men better fitted to pro-
tect American labor than this same Lincoln.
The Chicago Convention had passed a reso-
luton relative TO the protection of American
labor, but the party is even now discussing
what that resolution means. While they
nomate Lincoln as protesting desire to pro-
tect labor, they have on the same ticket o5s
who holds opposite opinions on this subject.
He mentioned with much pride the great
purify and integrity Of the characters of
Bell and Everett. The latter he called the
best representative OF Geo. Washington now
on earth. He said the only coat OF arms of
Lincoln was O rail (cheeTs); and out West
to ride on rail was not supposed TO be the
most honorable method of travel (cheers.)
He reviewed the manner in which Lincoln
was nominated. Il was not Horace Greeley
that defeated Seward, but the Convention did
not dare TO nominate a candidate so section
al; but it found out at last that by mistake
they had put up candidate quite as radical
as Seward.
He described the sectional character Of the
party. and pictured the tFemcu
dous ruin that must surely follow the cleo
ton of its candidates. He showed the Inu-
tual dependence of the North and South.
Each section furnishes that which the other
cannot One section cannot exist without
the other.
The Constitutional Union Party bears the
olive branch-the signal and token of the
peace that will follow the success OF its cam
iidates He gave the Repu blican party the
credit of having no design or desire to do
evil to the Union or the Constitution. Nor
would this great privilege of ours be safer
in the hands of the Democratic Party. To
give that Party the power, is to place the
lamb in the power of the wolf. They have
held the power eight years, and received it
without debt. and now the government is
in financial ruin. Where is the
money gone? Are there any new light
houses built to pilot your white winged birds
Of commerce back in safety 10 yo1r ports.
Have you any improvement OF your rivers
or barbors 10 show for this money? Not all
has gone through 3 sewer of corruption.
Look at the corruptions disclosed by the
CoVOde Committee. Mr.. Buchanan came in
to power with many laurel grazing his
brow; laurels which lie had won rs 4 states
man. But now how fallenl
VINO would sOar tn height,
To fall N such 4 hideous ElSht7'
The Democratic party received the gov
ernment with the slavery question settled,
er than Stephen A. Douglas introduced the
Nebraska bill, and political anarchy reigned
once more over the land. Where is the glo-
rious Old Wing Party, once so grand in the
beauty Of its principles aud the strength of
It's organization. Why will you not all of
and Republicans up
and help us7 Let Douglas, or any other
man. be elected, and he cannot administer
this government honestly and purely, for
the swarm of Office seekers that would follow
in his train would overpower and prevent it,
He could not do IL, however good his princi-
plies and desires may be. He wonld not con-
slider the election of Republican President
cause for the dissolution of the
Union, bnt he feared that such would be the
case. But the blood of his father, (his father
was killed at the battle of Guiltord,) cried to
him from the ground to stand by the Union
and the Constitution. (Cheers) Mo- we
will not despair of the Union. We will
stand by il to the last. IL an enemy were TO
attack yOu-n the invader were TO stand on
the sacred heights of Bunker's Hill, We, of
Tennessee, would come to your assistance.
Yes,
.'We'd cone as the leaves do when forests
Ged,
A. the wavei best the shore, when the nRvies are
stranded"
The Constitutional Union party has one
great mission. 1t is to ward away all dang
ers which beset the Union, and to set up the
cons titntion and the laws IA of higher and of
more binding power than passion or preju-
dice.
What are you running alter Abraham Lin
coin iOTg Would your industrial interests
be better protected under him than they are
now! What do parties care for their plat
forms? Nothing. They are only spring
boards from which politicians vault into the
Presidential chair. Look at the democratic
party. When it took the government in its
charge, il blszoned economy on its banner.
They complained of Fillmore's adminis,ra-
ton a. exIrayagant, because he spent S4S.-
600 600 per year. aud ut once Mr. Buchanan
spends over $50 100000. Why he would
have done better TO compromise with the
thieves (eheeTs) and allowed them q share
OF the pl6nder tn agree 90 leave the rest. In
both parties the wolves are gu the trail of
the candidates. Take the Government out
oil the bands of both parties, aud give il to
this party Of the Constitution and the Urion,
aud you will reform these abuses. DE urged
the old men TO once more strike for liberty
and Union, and in closing he expressed bis
faith that Bell aud Everett will be elected as
the next President aud Nice-PreSident Of
these United States.
Nj. Henry's speech was very eloquent, and
in many passages he exhibited more brilliant
points than are often made In these degener-
ate day~.
Mr.. Henry having concluded his specch.
the following resolutions were adopted, and
the meeting adjourned stne de;
RssoIreI. That We most heartily approve
and ratify the nomination made by the Goa
stifutionai L nion Party, at Baltimore. Of John
Bell. OF Tennessee, for President. and I'd
ward Everett, OF Massachusetts,, for Vice
President, and that We pledge them our ear
nest support in the coming Presidential
RssslrsE. That the statement OF principles
an adopted at Baltimore, we hereby re-a1lrm,
them In be coed enough platform
for "a.