Extremely rare silk, multi-colored jugate ribbon featuring bust portraits of John Bell and Edward Everett Constitutional Union Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates for 1860, marked below M. Hart Eng. [Engraver] / McCoull & Slater Prts. [Printers] Balt., framed within a bell with an American Eagle above grasping a streamer inscribed The Union / The Constitution / & the Enforcement / of the Laws; above: Union Badge!; below: Bell & Everett. / For the Campaign of 1860. Only one of two known to exist, the other ribbon is in private hands. This ribbon was found approximately 25 years ago in a book of poetry from the Washington, D.C. area. John Bell 1796-1869) and his Vice-Presidential Running Mate on the Constitutional Union Party Ticket, Edward Everett (1794-1865) of Massachusetts, had been well-known public figures for several decades leading up to the 1860 election. Bell began his career as a Democrat but eventually became a Whig. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1827-1841, speaker from 1835-1835, Secretary of War under Harrison in 1841, and U.S. Senator from 1847-1859. Everett served as a professor and president of Harvard College, and as a Whig, he went on to serve five terms in the U.S. House, then as Governor of Massachusetts from 1836-1840, U.S. Minister to Great Britain from 1841-1845, Secretary of State under Fillmore in 1852, and U.S. Senator from 1853-1854. A slave owner, Bell was considered moderate for his conciliatory position on admitting new territories without slavery - a position that infuriated southern politicians and made him a compromise candidate that could be supported by Northerners and former Whigs. In May of 1860, the Constitutional Union Party met in Baltimore for the convention, where Bell and Everett were nominated. Although some felt that Bell and Everett could sweep the entire South and win over enough states in the mid-Atlantic region to achieve electoral victory, the platform of the party was short-lived, standing only for the Constitution, the Union, and enforcement of the laws without stating any interpretation of what was meant. (Information Obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa, November 1, 2011.) Condition: Light, even toning to ribbon; colors remain strong; some fraying on edges of ribbon; few very light stains.
Extremely rare silk, multi-colored jugate ribbon featuring bust portraits of John Bell and Edward Everett Constitutional Union Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates for 1860, marked below M. Hart Eng. [Engraver] / McCoull & Slater Prts. [Printers] Balt., framed within a bell with an American Eagle above grasping a streamer inscribed The Union / The Constitution / & the Enforcement / of the Laws; above: Union Badge!; below: Bell & Everett. / For the Campaign of 1860. Only one of two known to exist, the other ribbon is in private hands. This ribbon was found approximately 25 years ago in a book of poetry from the Washington, D.C. area. John Bell 1796-1869) and his Vice-Presidential Running Mate on the Constitutional Union Party Ticket, Edward Everett (1794-1865) of Massachusetts, had been well-known public figures for several decades leading up to the 1860 election. Bell began his career as a Democrat but eventually became a Whig. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1827-1841, speaker from 1835-1835, Secretary of War under Harrison in 1841, and U.S. Senator from 1847-1859. Everett served as a professor and president of Harvard College, and as a Whig, he went on to serve five terms in the U.S. House, then as Governor of Massachusetts from 1836-1840, U.S. Minister to Great Britain from 1841-1845, Secretary of State under Fillmore in 1852, and U.S. Senator from 1853-1854. A slave owner, Bell was considered moderate for his conciliatory position on admitting new territories without slavery - a position that infuriated southern politicians and made him a compromise candidate that could be supported by Northerners and former Whigs. In May of 1860, the Constitutional Union Party met in Baltimore for the convention, where Bell and Everett were nominated. Although some felt that Bell and Everett could sweep the entire South and win over enough states in the mid-Atlantic region to achieve electoral victory, the platform of the party was short-lived, standing only for the Constitution, the Union, and enforcement of the laws without stating any interpretation of what was meant. (Information Obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa, November 1, 2011.) Condition: Light, even toning to ribbon; colors remain strong; some fraying on edges of ribbon; few very light stains.
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