The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-23
Flee-President Hamlln on the Ralti.
more Nominations.

An enthusiasts meeting vas held sc
Bangor, Ne, on the 18th, 10 ratify the
Baltimore nominations. Vice President
Hamlin was present and spoke We
report the Bangor Wings report, as
follows:
From his acquaintance with Presi-
dent Lincoln and Andrew johnson, he
felt that it was appropriate, and Il
would be expected, that he should say
something of them personally.
Of President Lincoln there were no
words which he could use that would
increase him in their estimation. They
have long loved him a. the cherished
and hOnOred Chief Magistrate of the
nation, and be had been renominated
and would be reelected in obedience
to the will Of the people He could
only repeat what he had so often said,
that President Lincoln was q man Of
eminent abilities, and Of rsre and IN
surpassed integrity, who viii administer
the Government wisely and well, and
bring the nation out of its present dith-
culties, and plant it upon the eternal
principles Of liberty. He viii certainly
do no intentional wrong. snd we may
repose in confidence that all his undi-
vided efforts will be devoted unsel6shly
to his country good.
In Union organization composed Of
men of all political organizations, it
was deemed Wisest and best 70 select q
man who had been identified with the
Democratic party, and the honored and
incorruptibie patriot, Andrew Johnson
of Tennessee, was nominated for Vice
President and he spoke of Andrew
johnson from long and intimate &C
quaintance. He knew him well, and q
purer patriot did not live in the land.
He had been Governor of Tennessee,
and had represented his STATE IN the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States. From bis long
and varied experience in the councils
Of his country, and By his Intellectual
abilities and heroic patriotism, he was
eminently fit TO discharge the duties
Of President should he in the prOvi-
dence of God, be called upon to DO 30.
Amid traitors in the Senate from his
own section, he staid unmoYed, true %
the Union, and Internationally true 70
MS country
With US loyalty costs nothing. Not
to be so was siInply Infamous But to
men who lived in the midst Of treason
and rebellion, and who literally took
their lives in their hands for adhsring
10 their country Stag, there Wes indeed
much merit Such was the position Of
Andrew johnson; faithful he stood
among the fsithless. Separated from
his homo, driven from his State, his
property seized and contested, his
sons imprisoned, and bis wife and chill
dren driven 70 the mountains fer the
preservation Of their lives, are some Of
the evidences which prove, beyond al
doubt, the loyalty and patriotism Of
Andrew johnson. VIII only add that
he has given to the Government hia IN
finching support Of sll tho measures
which have been adopted 10 crush out
this rebellion.
lie long since saw, with the eye Of &
sagacious ststesmsn, that slavery could
not not be left again 70 imperil the
country peace and safety, and has act
ed upon that conviction He is every
way eminsndy fitted and qualified for
the position he has been nominated,
and be will have our honest and esr.
nest Endorsement end support