Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-26
he Position of the N v. Express.
We copy the following from the Express of

We copy the following from the Express of
the 21st inst:
As many enqairies are made to Us daily
by mali and word Of mouth as to the position
OF The Express upon the nominations of John
Bell and Edward Everett. made at Baltimore
by the Constitutional Union Party of the
country on the 9th of May. We repeat. what
was asserted by Us last week, that our courst
rs journal has been governed by our pre-
vious commitments TO the action of the State
Convention held at Troy on the 18th OF April.
That Convention, after due deliberation and
debate. adopted the following resolution:
ReSeiUe9, That the action of the cOnserya-
tive Union men of the State of New York, as
to the nomination and support of distinct
electoral ticket. shall be finally determined
in a State convention. to be called at such
time and place as The State Executive CCln-
mittee shall appoint.
Under this resolution, peculiar to this
State. and adopted before any National Con-
veHtion had been held, the Constitutional
Union men of New York acting at Baltimore
and representing their friends here, have
been thus far silent They await the call of
the State Committee for State Convention,
which Convention will taxi such course We
trust as patriotism, honora and u true national
faith may require
Our silence results from no Indifference To
the eanse we have most at heart-the peace
and safety of the country under the Union
and COnstitution,-nor TO the distinguished
men put in nomination by our friends. The
National Convention assembled at Baltimore
was composed of some of the most able and
experienced men of the country. Among
them were citizens eminent in the pnblie SER
vice, of large experience and of great infu-
ence at home aud in the country. They were
divided i'll counsel as to men only, but not
at nj as a therein Uaye
example which the nOn-partisaD men and
presses OF the country have everywhere COM
mended for its wisdom, its forbearance aud
its Justice.
In regard to the candidates named, not one
word has been or can be said against them.
They have been. over and over again, in the
best days of the country, maintained by the
people of their respective States, and At this
hour, il the unbiased action of the majority
of the American people could be effectively
enforced, no one doubts that their Judgment
would heartily approve Of what has been
done The efforts of The Union candidates
have always been to do that which would
best secure the peace Of the country aud the
happiness of the people, Tue Express, from
the start, has always been of the same pOiti-
cal school as Bell and Everett, because they
have ALWAYS BEEN statesmen who have mod
ellcd their politics upon the Constitution and
the laws, the union of the States, and the
rights OF the people. To sound national
opinions, they possess the advantage OF a
most valuable experience in public life.
We are not surprised, therefore, upon the
one hand to see an honest acknowledgment
by opponents of their fitness for the distin-
guished places for which they have been
named, nor upon the other the Jealous de-
fence and support which they receive from
political friends.