New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-09-19
NfR. sLIDr III. AND MA. nell.

49,, az ~, A the speech which he delivered
,s,s ,;n,,t .eay Of the ST. Charles Hotel on Mon
- q sAe friends who had called TO sefe'
= - m sroke of Mr. Bell we are glad TO say
y <tdly and complimentary terns .IoRafus
N Bell personally said he, 81 entertain teehhgs
@f esteem and Of respect. have known HIM Tor
many years; and nave had, besides, the pleasure
of serving with Kim for sometime upon an import
ant committee Ia the United States Senate. know
him to be an,table good and kind. ] believe him
tobe patriotic. have no doubt that he is aetl-
ated by pure and worthy iatentions.a
Such declarations as tlteses coming from so dis
tnguishe6 source, will, we trust, serve to put to
shame some of Mr. Bells assailants in this city
and elsewhere, who seem to consider no epithet Of
abuse'to strong tcaapply to that eminent gentle
man. Personal detraction, the ascrption of m
worthy motives in ell that he ever did, ungenerous
inlTeachments of his patriotism, reckless charges
against his fidelity to the land that gave him brta
and to the institutions under which he was Bur-
tured-these arc the weapons which have been 30
freely employed by the oratorical pigmies ef the
opposition against John Bell. Te all these we op-
pose the generous and just declarations of Senator
Slidell as recorded above. rebuke of their con,
duet, signal and severe, could not have come
from any one. Mr.. Slidell opposes Mr.. Belts
election with all his power. He ig anxious that
| he be defeated. He recognizes him as the only
Formidable opponent of his ownparty in the South.
But, for all that he does not deem it necessary to
peit him with opprobrteus epithets. He volun.
tariy bears testimony TO his patriotism and the
purity Of his intentions. In'What marked contrast
IS this with the malignant warfare which other op.
penerts of MIR. Bell have waged against him upo1
tlse+stump and in the pressi
The ground of the Senator's opposition to Mt.
Bell is that he does not think his principles suck
weuld promote the interests of the country He
| thilks Mr. Bell would do very well upon smooth
see and in calm weather, bat would not be able to
steer the ship Of State in time of storm. These are
legitimate objections if they can be sustained.
hut, with all deferenee to the opinions of the hon
orable Senator, we'are confident that the charge
OF timidity and inaecision bias never before been
brought against Ar. Bell, even by his bitterest
enemies. So far the cont rary, his friends, even,
complain of his iEnmovabie frmness his selfyyill,
his steady determination, amounting almost to I'M
reasonable obssinacy. lie has something Of the
character OF Jackson in that respect, forming his
own opinions, and adhe ring to the line of policy
which his Judgment lie ads him to adopt, with a
tenacity equally as gre at in the face of opposition
as in the face of appro val.
But Mr.. Bell is NJ minated not for q stormy
Presidential career, eiut for q calm and peaceful
one. The very OBJ ject of his nomination is tc
aay the STERN whic ii has SO long been raging, and
which has very ne arly divided the country into
two sectional par lies. We have nominated him
not to meet antici pated storms in the future, bu
with the seief tn at his election is the very thing tc
keep those storm is from rising at all. He is can
didate for the Pi esidency in the interest of
and quietude, OF of broils and sectional conflicts
It makes no PR aetcal difference even if Mr.. Slide
has correctly appreciated the character of Mr
Bell, provided. there be no storm to meet,sas we
think there I'LL not be in the event of his election
This tfs the primary object of the Union party,
believing as it does that there is no occasion for
sectional pa rties and that all questions of dispute
can be adj nsted upon terms consistent with the
honor, the integrity, and the Constitutional rights
Of the Sout nern States. These sectional sorms''
work njur. to the South instead Of benefit. Every
stor-n'' ill only be taken advantage of by those
who' are tronger than we are in political power
TO fasten pom US of the South more CALLING yoke
Of seryitu de. But, in any emergency, we are
willing to trust Mr.. Bell Come.storm or calm VIZ
believe, IS President, he will prove faithful to the
Gonstitnti on, as interpreted by the Constitutions
Tribunal. The South has never asked more