The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-11
Nominee. Of The Unien Conve n.,on.

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Nominees Of the Unien Convention.
The telegraph has announced the nomina-
ton, yesterday, by the Union Constitutional
Convention, At Baltimore, Of the hon. JOHN
BELL. Of Tennessee, for the Presidency, and
Hon. EDWARD EVERETT, OF Massachusetts,
for the Vice Presidency.
Hon. JOHN BELL is one Of tho ablsst and
most experienced statesman Of the old line
Wing party. He was born near Nashville.
Tenuesses, Feb ls, 1897, was educated at Cum
b~riand College, the present Nashville Uni
yersity, and, choosing the law profession,
was admitted TO the bar al the early age Of
ninetesn. Some idea Of the brilliant promise
Of mis- youth may he formed from the tact that
he was elected State Senator in lsi7, when
only twenty years old In le,6 ne was elected
10 the U. 5. House OF Representatives over
FALlx GRUEDY, after a most exciting and
memorable contest aud was successfully re-
elected I'm JACKsON's districU for fourteen
years, during which period his name was
prominently Identified with the most impor-
tant meas ures, and his reputation established
Is one OF the most powerful debaters OF the
country.
LII lSo&, DELL was cicStcu NPCunCA Va
the House OF Representatives Ia opposition to
JAMES K. POLK. Mr.. BELL declared for
Judge WAITS as the successor Of VAN BURhN
III 1885, and WRITE carried Tennessee by a
large majority. Ia ISL, he accepted a seat in
the Cabinet OK Gen. HARRISON as Secretary VI
War, but resigned when Mr.. TYLER, successor
of HARRISON, seeded from the Wing party
The tennessee Legislature offered him The U.
5. SenatorsnIp. but he declined IN favor vi f.
H. FOSTER In Ioi7, q vacancy occurring in
The u. >. Senate, he was elected to that once,
aud subsequently,. in 1863, reelected for the
term whicn expired March 4, 1859.
In the United States Senate, Mr.. BELL at
once took stand among the great men who
then filled that body. He favored the Com
promise Measures Ut 1850, and desired to see
The sues fully settled by division Of Texas
into States. Among the measures which he has
prominently opposed in lhe Senate, were the
Nepras IA Bill, the admission of Kansas under
the Lecomp,on Constitution, the Minnesota
Bill. and the Fifteen Millions Loan Bill. He
is warm friend OF The Navy, strongly in
favor Ut the Pacific Railroad, and 4 thorough.
going Union man. Such is a brief summary
Of the career and opinions OF this veteran
Wing statesman. Without compromising the
neutrality of this journal in POLITICAL matters,
we may be permitted to congratulate the coun-
try upon the disposition recently nantes ted
by AL parties TO put forth their greatest names
III connection with the highest offices. Mr.
BELL is a leader, under whose liiustrieus flag
even the old Wing Guard who fought under
HARRY of the West may march with pride
and patriotism.
Hon. EDWARD EVERETT, the candidate for
the Vice Presidency, was born April, 1874, in
Dorchester, Mass. He entered Harvard Col
lege when but little more than thirteen, and
left il at seventeen, with the first hOnOrs. He
studied divinity, and, 1913, not yet twenty
years old, became pastor OF church in Bos-
ton but his Jealous discharge Of his duties
impaired his health, and he WAS obliged to re-
linQuish the pulpit In lSA he published a
remarkable Treatise OF five hundred pages, en-
titled "a Defence VI Christianity" DR.. KAGE.
Bisf Op Ut Liuccln, quoted this treatise with
respect, as the work of All able writer. In 1915,
before he WIS twenty -one, he was elected u
the Chair vi Greek III Cambridge University
He travelled extensively abroad, and became
distins uished at home by literary, oratorical
and learned iabors. In 1874 he was eiec Ted u
the U. s. House Of Represen tatives, in which
body he served tor zen years. He was distin.
guished both as a working and speaking
member. In his second term be was appoint.
ed Chairman vi the Comlnittee of Foreign AT.
tairs, by Mr.. Speaker STEVENSON. HIS speech
On the Tariff policy WAS considered one Of the
most masterly on that SIDE OF the question.
Ia 1885, he was eiec.e Governor VI Massa-
chusetts, which he held four successive years.
Upon the accession Of General HARRISON 10
the Presidency, Mr.. EvKRErT was appointed
Minister to Great Britain a post iii which he
achieved much distinction In 1915, he re-
turned to Boston, and was elected President
Cf Harvard University. which he Resigned in
1el9. In 1852, he was appointed by Mr.. FILL
MORE, Secretary Of State, to succeed DANIEL
WkBsrkR. His discharge Of the duties OF that
position elected The admiration OF all parties.
The Democratic Repte,c said of his famous re-
ply TO the proposition OF France and England
that hey and tho United States should dis
claim all nten ton now, and hereafter, to pos
sess the island OF Cuba, that it was 1.-THE best
paper that has ever appeared on the subject
from the State Department." and Mr.. UOU0.
Las said in the Senate that if Mr.. EVERETT
.. had done nothing else TO render his admins.
tration of the State Department illustrious
his name would live in all coming time in tina
diplomatic letter, as one who could appreciate
the spirit of the age, and perceive the destiny
of the hation." Mr.. EVERETT succeeded Hon
JOHN DAVIS in the Senate in 1853, but, in
consequence Of i'll health, resigned in 1864
His labors since in connection with the Mount
Vernon fund are familiar to the whole coun-
try. The total Of his contributions to that
fund makes more than $4,000. He travelled
for this purpose many thousand miles and de-
frayed all expenses from his private purse
Ashland.
This Railroad Village is improving annual
ly, aud just now looks very inviting, especial.
ly the hotel aud its beautiful grove and lawn,
which have assumed a dress Of living green
that excites the admiration of every traveller