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title: '"The Union, the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. For President, John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President, Edward Everett of Massachusetts" (W. H. Rease, 1860)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bell-everett-rease-union-constitution-1860/
description: Lithograph banner with oval portraits of Bell (left) and Everett (right), an eagle over a "Constitution" scroll and crossed flags, a seated Columbia…
section: Collection
---

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# "The Union, the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws. For President, John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President, Edward Everett of Massachusetts" (W. H. Rease, 1860)

Lithograph banner with oval portraits of Bell (left) and Everett (right), an eagle over a "Constitution" scroll and crossed flags, a seated Columbia figure with a shield, and streamers reading "Liberty & Union / Now & Forever / One & Inseparable". Tells: the slogans are virtue words standing in for a platform, and the eagle, flags and Columbia lend national symbols to the ticket.

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS
CONSTITUTION
LIBERTY & UNION
NOW & FOREVER
ONE & INSEPARABLE
FOR PRESIDENT
JOHN BELL
OF TENNESSEE.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
EDWARD EVERETT
OF MASSACHUSETTS
LITH. BY W.H. REASE
COR. 4TH & CHESTNUT STS. PHILADA.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860 by W.H. Rease in the Clerks Office of [illegible] Court of Eastern [illegible] of Penn[illegible]
PUBLISHED BY W. H. REASE, PHILADELPHIA.
```

The small copyright line is partly illegible at this resolution. The scroll words are partly faded; the text is read from the image.

[← Campaign flag banner, "For President John Bell. For Vice President Edward Everett" (H. C. Howard, 1860)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bell-everett-flag-banner-howard-1860/) [Proof for a flag campaign banner for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (H. C. Howard, 1860) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/breckinridge-lane-flag-banner-proof-howard-1860/)

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