 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1868 - 890 pages
...American, now adopted the designation of " Constitutional Union," and proclaimed as their platform, " The Constitution of the country, the union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." 1 See Hist., pp. 774, 775. MR. LINCOLN ELECTED PRESIDENT. 757 Such were the issues. One section of... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Divorce - 1869 - 756 pages
...(late " American " ) party, met by delegates three days later in Baltimore, declared its platform to be "the Constitution of the country, the Union of the States, and the enforcement of the Laws," and nominated thereon John Bell, of Tennessee, for President, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts,... | |
 | Mountague Bernard - Great Britain - 1870 - 544 pages
...widening party divisions and making them sectional, refused to recognize any other political principle than " the Constitution of the country, the Union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." This party was represented by Mr. Bell, of Tennessee. The more moderate politicians — the men of... | |
 | William Swinton - United States - 1871 - 350 pages
...it from every Federal Territory. IV. BELL, candidate of the Union Constitutional party. Platform : The " Constitution of the country, the Union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws." This platform was somewhat vague, as it did not definitely touch the main question which was agitating... | |
 | Rolander Guy McClellan - United States - 1872 - 698 pages
...creation and encouragement of geographical and sectional parties, therefore, "Resolved, That it is both the part of patriotism and of duty to recognize...the Constitution of the country, the Union of the Stales, and the enforcement of the laws; and that, as representatives of the Constitutional Union men... | |
 | Rolander Guy McClellan - United States - 1872 - 744 pages
...creation and encouragement of geographical and sectional parties, therefore, "Resolved, That it is both the part of patriotism and of duty to recognize...than the Constitution of the country, the Union of (he States, and the enforcement of the laws; and that, as representatives of the Constitutional Union... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1872 - 604 pages
...for President, and Edward Everett of Massachusetts for Vice-President. Its platform was, in brief, " The Constitution of the Country, the Union of the States, and the Enforcement of the Laws." This body was composed for the most part of impenitent Know-Nothings and respectable old-line Whigs.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1872 - 758 pages
...Vice President. The platform of the BdlEverett party, as it was called, was defined by the words: — THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Six days after this convention adjourned, the representatives of the Republican party, formed in 1856,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1872 - 638 pages
...platform of the BellEverett party, as it was called, was defined by the words: — THE CONSTII TUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Six days after this convention adjourned, the representatives of the Republican party, formed in 1856,... | |
 | William Garrett - Alabama - 1872 - 850 pages
...creation and encouragement of geographical and sectional parties ; therefore — Resolved, 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... | |
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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS... 
