Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-05-18
From the National Tntelligenccr.1
The Baltimore Nominations.

Mr. Bell has been so long and so favorably known,
by reason of his conspicuous and valuable services
in our National Councils, that no words of eulogy
needed at this day, at hands in testimony
to the cardinal principles which he possesses as a
statesman, and which, as exemplifed in his public
career offer the best possible guarantee of the ability
and fidelity which lie would bring to the discharge
of the high Office for which he has been named.
The tribute paid to him by Convention number
ing among its members so large a representation Of
the conservatism, intelligence. and worth of the
country has thus the merit of being well deserved;
and while we recognize many distinguished names
among his competitors for the honor any one of
whom we need not say, it would have been our
pride and pleasure to support it is matter Of sin
cere qualification to us that the choice of the Con-
vention has fallen upon statesman whose claims
we can advocate with such entire aud unhesitating
cordially, assured THAT the best interests
of the country, far those interests reposed
in the Executive department of the Government,
would be secured by his elevation to the Presidential
office.
OF the nominee presented by the Convention for
the Office of Vice President of the United States in
the person of the Hon. EDWARD EVERETT, of Massa-
chusetts, it is only necessary to say that with a
purity of character and pre-eminent ability which
fit him to adorn any post in the gift of this country
he would bring to the discharge of the high and
honorable function for which he is named dignity
that would lend fresh luster to an office already
graced in the past history Of the Republic by SO
many distinguished citizens. Filling, as he does
both hemispheres with his fame as a statesman
scholar and orator, he may be truly said to stand
in no need of this proffered distinctions but it will
not be denied by one that the country stands in
need of such to guide her councils and preside over
her destinies.
From the Richmond Whg1
The National Opposition Convention ut Baltimore
have done their work glorously. Amid perfect
harmony and with high enthusiasm they have pre-
sented for the Presidency and Vice Presidency those
noble old patriots and statesmen JOHN BELL of Ten
nessee and EDWARD EVERETT, of Massachusetts,
They have played no trick on popular creduty, by
submitting unknown name; they are for max
ing no experiment with the public safety by placing
at the helm of State untried men; they seek tc
avail themselves of no Fictitious enthusiasm, in ia.
vor of transient heroes of the day. but they have
Offered to the American people men, wbo for more
than a third of n century have been in the civic
service, filling with honor and usefulness the mos
important page of our political history within thai
period. They present them upon the solid platform
Of personal worth of intellectual fitness and of po
tical loyaty--as men who have served their coun
try long, faithfully and ably and have thereby gver
the surest guarantee of their trustworthiness-a'
men whose career has shown that they possess mind!
too broad for sectional craftsmanship and souls too
lofty for the petty schemes of time serving politi
clans and self-seeking dcmagogues. Such men a
the head of affairs, all must admit, the country
never before so sorely needed For our part W.
feel this so strongly that we cannot do otherwis
than believe that the great masses Of the people il
every State of the Confcdcrncy, spurning the fur
Their leadership of those who have guided them 81
far astray, will rally to their support with an enthu
siasm that will sweep down everything that oppose
them. We hoist their banner to-day and shall
exert every faculty that God has given us to max
it float in triumph above the battle shock Of mex
November.