The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-06-09
j. ])olitifol.
The Nominees, and how they take.

Press" in reference to the Baltimore Nominal
tons as We can find room for in this issue.
From the Louisville Journal
We ratify this nomination with our whole
heart. 1t is nomination trincntly . fit to
be made" John Bell and Edward
Everett! The sentence thrills and kindes
the spirit like the mellow strain of bugle.-
The only further comment on this ticket we
now shall make is to place it forthwith at the
head of our columns, and invoke in its behalf
the trust and the admiration Of the country,
which we do with a heartfelt political pride
We own we have never felt before since the
glorious days of ancient Whigism.
From The New Orleans Crescent.
Bell and Everett Good names, both Of
them. Men known to the whole country by
many years Of service in high position states
men whose records stamp them as national
patrio in public affairs. and with private
characters without spot or blemish men that
nobody need ask who they are. For third
of century both of them have been promi-
nently before the nation, in the discharge of
high public trusts, in the Cabinet and in the
Senate of the United States.
From The Frankfort Commonwealth.
Tennessee is not the only place in this great
Confederacy where the nomination of Mr..
Bell will be received with shouts of Union
with patriotic enthusiasm, and his name will
be echoed from Maine to California. to the
terror of the enemies Of the - Constitution and
the Union"
From The Macon (Ga) Journal and Messenger.
Platforms are modern devices. The people
have long since viewed them as mere gull
traps; meaning any thing or nothing, and
binding nobody. What figure would Wash
ington or Jefferson have cut upon modern
platform They stood upon the Constitution,
and looked to it as their political chart. The
sooner we discard these modern inventions,
and return to the practices Of the purer and
better days of the Republic. the better for us.
There IS class of politicians who doubtless
might be dignitied by an elaborate platform
To that class, fortunately, Messrs. Bell and
Everett do not belong. The people will rally
to their support because they know them to
be wise, experienced, constitutional states
men, WHO would administer the Government
IN justice and equity.
The Huntsville, (Ala) Independent, runs
| up the Bell and Everett banner with the fol-
week S reflection upon the nominations and
action of the late Constitutional Union Con.
| vcntion, and we are now prepared to endorse
both the nominees and platform cordially and
fully"
The North Alabom'an, one of the best pa
| pers published in the whole country, and
| which stood aloof from the contest of 1856,
or at most only yielded nominal support to
the Opposition ticket, now hoists the names
Of Bell and Everett, and with jnbllant shout
enters the contest. Here is what it says on
the suhjcct-anl it is very good:
1--WE intend heartily to support the nomi-
necs of the National Union Convention, be-
licving as we do. that no better men could
have been found. To such men we must look
for safety in these exciting times; we need
men at the head of affairs who will pour oil
upon the troubled waters of political strife,
and who will strive to bring about a different
state of affairs generally. by reconciling the
North and South with each other"
From the arkansas State Gazette.
We anticipate for this movement a bright
and hopeful future. destiny glorious. With
such a ticket, and such platform, ca,ricr,
forward by willing hands. its excellence dem
onsrated by eloquent tongues, and its Ma.
tionalty indicated by the people every where,
success must await it. or this there can not
be the shadow Of a doubt.
| A Washington correspondent of the Phla.
delphia Euening Bulletin says:
The Republicans are alarmed, and they fear
and tremLle, lest Bell and Everett may be sup.
ported by many Of their conservative men,
and thus weaken their sectional party. Tn,
Democrats are also fearful that many Of theil
conservative men will go for Bell and Everett
and thus deprive them Of three or four North
ern. and four or five Southern States.
Nov is the grand occasion for all men who
think the old political parties are too corrupt
and ought to be broken up to join the con-
servatiyes, and vote for Bell and Everett and
depend upon it, they will.
A correspondent of the Louisville Courier
| (Democrauc) writes
IF Douglas is nominated at Baltimore
Bell will carry Kentucky by 10 000 over the
united votes Of Democrats and Black Repub-
llcans."
The Mobile 4idrertiser, abiding to the nom.
ination of Bell and Everett says:
" Never, since the days of Harrison, in
1910, and Taylor, in 1913. have nominations
been made which fell so favorably upon the
public ear, or which awakened so much hon.
est enthusiasm and pleasure. In this section
we have seen nothing like it since .S4S, and
we are daily erattied with fresh evidences OF
the strength and popularity of our candi.
dates"
The Albany Statesman (Republican) says:
" An old wing, moderate in his advocacy
of slavery, known to be friendly to the de.
mands of the tariff party, and with the per-
sonal attributes of clear, cool Judgment, fine
social qualities, and courtly address. he has
undeniabe recommended tons for the position
which his friends seek to give him. Mr.. Bell
is faultlcss, and his recommendations unques.
t!cnablc."
The Times published at Bloomington, ILL.,,
hosts the Bell and Everett flag. and says:
The signs, as far as they Can be dlscov.
cred, so carly after the nomination, are cheer.
ingly favorable for the National Union party.
Both the platform and the nominees of the
Baltimore Convention satisfy conservative men
all over the country"
The Petersburg (Virginia) InteNigenccr. a
staunch and influential old Wing journal, has
the following remarks on the tlallering chan.
ces of success for the Constitutional Union
candidates
g Let us promptly enter the canvass. and
with all the energy. and zeal and vigor we
can command, and with such pure and unex.
ceptonable, patriots as Bell and Everett We
must succeed. Our opponents are divided
and split into nnumera BILE factions. IL Doug
las is the nominee, thousands of honest. heart