Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-13


the proceedings and speeches eatire.
FROM THE sPxEoH OF Mr.. r. THOMAS STEVEN
son.
Noyv nersonal apimosities between indi-
riduaIs of the same community are amongst
the evils which are incident to the working
of sueb a government as ours But they can
not be compared to the course OF parties, IN
> rennl,Iic. divided by geographical lines, de-
canse Nese. wanting all the safeguards and all
the ameIforating Influences of other associa-
lions and other relstioDs of life. must sap the
yery foundations of the fabric itself.
Ii is time, therefore, for sober-minded men
in both sections of the country, to step In
and put stop to the senseless and unnatural
wrangle, before a wreck is made of all the
hopes of the fathers for a permanent republi-
can government here. and before this coun-
try urifts intothe maelstrom of a military
despotism.
The taunts and chickering's of northern
men concerning the local laws Of their South
ern feiiow-citizens, over which they have
and can have no control. have been echoed
back in arrogant threats OF secession, till
the ear of every patriot is tired of both
How many good and true men ia Massa-
chusc,Is. 40 nave held themselves aloof
from politics for years, or who have been re-
fuced to the poor alternative of voting for
the least of two evils, as soon as the light
ming brought to them the nomination of Bell
and Everett. uttered heartfelt Thanksgiving
that now, at least, candidates are before the
people whom it will be real satisfaction for
patriots to vote foi?
How many receive it as a token that the
day is about to dawn when agriculture, com
meTce, aud manufacturers. in which white
men have an interest, may hope to have their
claims needed in the public coHnsels.
How many will rejoice that the break-of-
day is coming, when the herd of trading pol
iticians, who make public place and political
action a profession and a support. viii be
sent back TO that seclusion which alone can
cover their sbamez
gu have 10 platform. cry the Republi-
cans, who have constructed one of ali sorts
Of timber ct Chicago. You have no platform
echo the Democrats. whose difficulty. seems to
be that they are trying TO build one That shall
cast its shadow III one direction north of
Mason and Dixon's line, and in the opposite
direction south of that line; forgetting that
Mason and Dixon's line is not the equator.
You have no platform they'll cry and cry
again.
But they are mistaken. Our delegates
carried with them 10 Baltimore the original
ark of safety. which has been treasured up
in the hearts ofthe people.-'The MON and
the Constitution. ''-and planted it there, te-
fore the ewes of the world, in all the beauty
of its proportions. IS q platform on which
every patriot can stand and shake hands in a
candid fellowship with every other patriot in
the land.
One plank in il only they renewed. Not
by the breath Of resolutions, but by the Ct
fectfve blows of real work in their nomina-
tons 1t was 4 plank which had become
rotten under the corroding influences of party
purDoses-and cbarred Iy overheated pas
sions: and OVERLAND by mean devices, and
weakened by its frequent shifiings in foolish
attempts TO reconcile irreconcilable differ
ences. That plank was ''fitness for high pub
lie station That plank has been renewed
from real white Cak timber, without parti-
Gle of sap in it.
I nat Is our platform, and there it stands, as
coed as new. There it stands, as good as
when Hamilton and jefferson and Hancock
and Adams struck the last strong blows with
their nerved arms in its construction.
There it stands, as good as when George
WashingtO first seated himself on it in the
Presidential chair, to be the head. not of the
army. but of the people.
But we shall be assured, both by crafty Op-
ponents and by fimid friends (aud there's the
rub that it is vain, because we cannot choose
Bell uud Everett for President and Vice Pres
ident.
Why not. If all the good men, who in
their hearts believe, that under their guild
ance, this government would be more faith
fully administered that the prosperity of the
people would be more surely promoted, that
the honor Of the country would be more GER
tainly maintained, that peace abroad and
domestic tranquility at home would he more
firmly secured, than by the success of either
of the parties. which are preparing for a sec
forbf tor ba a ahai,.
will only say So or will ia November let their
votes be the silent but effective expressions
of their own will, then in March you will see
John Bell of Tennessee standing on the steps
of thu, Capitol. with the flag of his country
floating peacefully over him, rs he raises his
right band to swear, with no mental reserva-
lions, that he will support the Constitution
and execute the laws of his country. And
the brow Of Edward Everett of Massachusetts,,
The incorruptible atcsman, the scholar of
America, the lover of Washington, and the
embalmer Of his memory in the sweet per-
tunes of an oratOry that will never lose its
preserving powers, will be lighted up with
honest. but manly, blushes as he assumes the
chair of the Senate which he will adorn.
lis true that the old ship has been lying
long at her mOorings. But she has had good
though quiet ship-keepcrs on board, aud eve
nv thing Is in order allow and aIOft, from
stem to stern.
Pass John Bell of Tennessee aft on to her
Give him Edward Everett OF
Massachusetts for his first Officer-fit to COM
mand: and the first call of the boatswaiu's
Wits l.. will mah her with a hardy and an
honest crew.
sheet everything home-tend your braces
fore and aft-;ake advantage of the favor
ing gale and with the flag of the country fly
lug at fore, main, mizen and peak, run down
between the two piratical crafts that are
lighting there. one under a flag with nearly
half of the stars out OF ii, the other under
flag with nothing but stripes in it-and haul
up your courses, lay your topsails to the mast,
give them each broadSide from the Paixhan
guns of the Constitution aud The Union, and
sink them both.
And let the only requiem. which is sung
over their watery graves, be the cheers OF
our noble crew for the Constitution, the
Union. the peace, the prosperity, and the do
mestic tranquility of the people of the Uni
ted States OF America.
Yes, fellow citizens. let US go before the
people with these candidates, having first
planted our standard on the firm rock of
the Constitution at whose base all the an
gry waves of sectional strife may fret and
foam with an unaVailing fury, and lash
themselves into a harmless rage, till the po-
tent voice of united people shall bid them
to be still, and they sink away into the dark
caverns OF the ocean.
Let the inscription on our banner be The
Union; and let our watehwOrds and eoun-
teFsigns be
No more sectional strife.
No geographical animosities.
No more chickering's about social evils for
which no remedy is proposed.
No more arrogant threats OF secession.
A sacred regard for law, because it is
law.
Fit men in high places, because they
are fit.
HUuUraIIc peace with the nations. Peace
at all hazards between the States.
And. when the army is in the field. let US
whose wishes are fathers TO their thoughts,
nor to the timid misgivings of those whose
good citizenship ought to enrol them in our
ranks: but let us try. Then il we fail, it will