...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...sectional parties ; therefore, Resolved, That it is both the cart 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...

...not have been Know Nothings. It adopted a very brief platform, recognizing "no political principle other than the Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws," and nominated John Bell of Tennessee for the presidency. The Republican convention met in Chicago on...

...not have been Know Nothings. It adopted a very brief platform, recognizing "no political principle other than the Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws," and nominated John Bell of Tennessee for the presidency. The Republican convention met in Chicago on...

...duty to recog1 G.reeley's Amer. Conflict, i. 326. 2 Ibid. i. 306, 307. nize no political principle other than the Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." This party gathered nearly all the peaceable elements of the community; it assumed a deprecatory attitude...

...protect the rights of slave-holders in all the territories. The Bell party had for their platform : " The Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." Union, seceded, but the Federal government, denying that right, raised armies and enforced its authority....

...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...