Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-03
m. Mxo.Chanes,, Arrument.

Under the above caption, We End the following adml
rable article In the last number Of the NotOndt Lnts
0sacsr which We commend to the earnest and thought
ful perual Of our Wing and American friends through
out the State and Throughout; the Union:
ave are sure that our readers have marked with sat
iscon the daily increasing evidences of the popular
favor which everywhere attends the nomination Of the
Constitutional Union party. 1t is one Of the pecuiari
ties Of the pending canvass that while each Of the
CARNATIONS competing with this party has its peculiar
adherents and especial patrons, they all alike unite in
accepting the policy aud the candidates of the Consttu
tional Union movement their second choice" The
ardent friends Of Breckenridge and Lane, of Douglas
and Johnson OF Lincoln and Hamlin in default Of Sc
curing the election Of their political tavorites lock with
compacency upon the success of Bell and Everett The
fact not without its easy explanation, aud constitutes
in itself merited tribute not only the high personal
worth Of the candidates thus distinguished by the pre-
ferences of friends and of opponents but also bears
strong testimony TO the prominently national aud sat-
isfactory public sentiment which they represent The
eXpOaents Of policy which looks TO the pacihcaton Of
the sections long arrayed against each other in
antagOnism unnatural in its beginnings needless in
its continuance these honored already accept
ed by the consenng voices Of their eOuntrymen the
harbinger OF rePose IL only rePose be deemed matter
OF the first necessity. As practical interests of either
section according to the admission OF those who re-
specVely profess themselves the peculiar champions OF
each are suspended upon the success OF defeat Of either
the Republican the Democratic candidates it remains
10 be seen whether the deusiye force Of party names
will prove sufficiently strong to repress "he sober
ond thought" which propates the favor Of political OPP
ponents in behalf Of policy whose triumph it is recog
nEed by all would secure the ends OF justice, modera-
ton, and peace.
"The only opposition which the Constitutional Union
party seems called in the Northern States
Is based the alleged paucity Of its supporters in that
quarter II would thus appear that conservative Repub
lcans az the North in common with Uuon-loving DEM
AZ Smith have rharUa hrinp Rp
and Everett which they cannot by giving to these
eminent statesmen the hearty and united support which
tAey are admi ted to deserve the hands OF in all
sections and OF all political denominations. One OF the
most intelligent certainly one among the candid
OF the Republican Journas-we allude to the New York
Commercial AdvertSer-has not hesated TO admit that
the Constitutional Union parry adopts "the standard
which should represent the popular mind, If it be true
that owing TO the evil Of the times it may not be said TO
take the standard which does represent the actual
of the irritated sections To this purport that excellent
journal recently remarked follows in speaking Of the
party we have named:
connected With it are unQuestonably some of our
counirys best and snceres patriots but they have
fallen into the Of suppOsing that they can make
party because of their high personal characters and posi-
tons in the country For their platform they look with
in themselves instead Of into the popular mind. They
take the standard that should represent the popular
mind instead Of that which does and the inevitable
sequence that instead Of ralyng the around
weaken other parties without becoming party them
selves
Recent events have greatly modified the seeming
force OF the only allegation here brought forward in
cuse for Withholding from the Constitutional Union
the support to which it is admitted to be
titled grounds ofmoral obligation, if only that moral
obligation be concilated with the practical wisdom
which respects in their due subordnaton the facts
they are We do know that are called in the TO-
Of politics any than in the forum Of conscience
lower the standard which should represent the pOpu
lar mind in order make way for that which does The
casuistry which demands that the right should also be
proved the e<psd before it may justly challenge the
homage Of mer has long since beOn driven in disgrace
from the schools though from the attention recently
given by OF our contemporaries to calculations OF
political chances and probabilities it would that
there is still domain in which it is deemed safe
to strike byey for the right unless assured that the
strongest battaOns also arrayed its side. For the
benefit Of such hating spirits have only TO cite the
VrglAn maxim which points the inspiring force Of high
resolve in the prospect OF prize held the incentive
and the reward Of manly and perseveriug efforts pos
stunt gid posse pdsHter For if it were true that any
considerable weight should have been justly given any
time the mo chance argument has been satiri
cay called, it must be conceded that the time has
passed aud that the friends Of Bell aud Everett may
y where labor for the of their chosen candidates
uuder auspices which afford reasonable hope of
in the line oil patriotic duty"