..."American or 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,...

...Vice-President. Their only hope of success was in throwing the election into the House. The platform affirmed " the constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." The campaign was vigorously conducted. There was much argument over the respective attitudes of the...

...sectional parties ; therefore, Resolved, That it ia both the part of patriotism and of duty to recognize no political principles other than THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OP THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS ; and that as representatives of the Constitutional...

...May. It was a sort of remnant of the old Whig party. Its resolutions were simply a declaration for " The Constitution of the Country, the Union of the States, and the Enforcement of the Laws." It represented an attempt to make the preservation of the Union and the Constitution the supreme issue,...

...resolution, that it is the part both 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; John Bell, of Tenn., is nominated for President, with Edward Everett, of -Mass., for Vice-President....

...the remaining political elements, held that it was all wrong to have any principles at all, except " the Constitution of the Country, the Union of the States, and the Enforcement of the Laws" — a platform which Horace Greeley well described as " meaning anything in general, and nothing in...

...sectional parties; therefore, Resolved, That it is both the part of palrotism and of duty to recognize no political principles other than THE CONSTITUTION...COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OK THE LAWS; and that as representatives of the Constitutional Union men of the Country, in National...

...therefore,— Tlesolvcd, 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, and that, as representatives of the constitutional Union men of the country in national convention...

...Constitutional Union party, and adopted as its platform simply " the Constitution of the United States, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." Its nominees were John Bell, of Tennessee, for President, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, for Vice-President....

...and declaring it to be '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/ pledged itself and its supporters 'to maintain, protect, and defend, separately and unitedly, those...