..." That it is both the part of patriotism and of duty to recognize no political principle other than the Constitution of the country, the Union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." They concluded ' this resolution with apt words expressive of the duties of the party to "maintain,...

...they do not want it.325 For the American National Constitutional party, by tbeir platform, which ran : The Constitution of the country, the Union of the States, and the Enforcement of the Laws. Secession of South Carolina. — It was soon seen that the result of the campaign would be the election...

...their remedy for the sore was a plaster, when it rather needed cauterization. Their platform was : " The Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws ;" and they nominated — For President, Bell, of Tennessee ; and for Vice-President, Everett, of Massachusetts...

...of existing parties as tending "to widen political divisions," and declared their principle to be " the Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." John Bell, of Tennessee, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, were respectively nominated for President...

...therefore, " both the part of patriotism and of duty to recognize no political principle other than the constitution of the country, the union of the states and the enforcement of the laws." Hence, following the constitution, the platform did not so much as contain the word slavery. And, indeed,...

...that it is both the part of patriotism and of duty to recognize no political principles other than the CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS." John Bell, Of Tennessee, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, were nominated, respectively, for President...

...their remedy for the sore was a plaster, when it rather needed cauterization. Their platform was : i' The Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws ;" and they nominated — For President, Bell, of Tennessee ; and for Vice-President, Everett, of Massachusetts...

...of existing parties as tending "to widen political divisions," and declared their principle to be " the Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." John Bell, of Tennessee, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, were respectively nominated for President...

...known as the " Constitutional Union Party," proclaimed as its platform the following vague sentence : "The constitution of the country, the union of the States and the enforcement of the laws." The convention of this party met at Baltimore, and nominated for the Presidency John Bell, of Tennessee,...

...Tennessee and Edward Everett of Massachusetts, adopting as their platform the indefinite declaration, " The Constitution of the country, the union of the states, and the enforcement of the laws." The Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine (Sect. 299). Thus there...