..."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,...

..."Resolved, That it is both the part of patriotism and 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 the representatives of the Constitutional Union men of the country in National Convention...

...thing. In the campaign in 1860 the "Constitutional Union Party" met in Baltimore. Its only demand was: "The constitution of the country, the union of the states and the enforcements of the laws." This party put up John Bell of Tennessee. The party here split and a straight...

...419), adopted a platform which did not mention slavery, but simply pledged the party to maintain " the Constitution of the country, the Union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." They nominated John Bell of Tennessee and Edward Everett of Massachusetts. This gave them the popular...

...parties. They nominated John Bell, of Tennessee, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, and declared for "the Constitution of the country, the union of the states, and the enforcement of the laws." 402. Election of Lincoln. — The Republican party met in convention at Chicago on May 16, and nominated...

...prohibit slavery in, or exclude it from, every Federal territory." The Union party were pledged to " The Constitution of the country, the Union of the states, and the enforcement of the laws." The people of Arkansas were aroused as they had never been before. Everywhere throughout the state...

...named Bell and Everett for their candidates, on the platform of "no political principle other than the Constitution of the country, the Union of the states, and the enforcement of the laws." The Republican Convention met in Chicago, which thus first takes its place in national political history...

...The platform of the party was of the most general character, recognizing " no political principle but the Constitution of the country, the union of the States and the enforcement of laws." In the election it carried Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia,, Sut failed utterly in the North....

...except Tennessee, cast her vote for Bell and Everett, the Union candidates, standing on the platform, "The Constitution of the country; the Union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." But Mr. Lincoln and his associate upon the ticket, Hannibal Hamlin, were elected, and for the first...

...brief, characteristic, and by no means inappropriate ; recognizing ' ' no political principle other than the Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." Such delusive generalities might have recalled the ship in the storm whose passengers met in the cabin...