Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-07-11
LyNCuEUnG, July f,is3o.
WING STATE CONVENTION.


dress Of the Central Committee, to tho Wings Of
Virginia. Il is signed by gentlemen, who, by their
well known devotion to State Rights Republican
principles, is they understood IN the dark days
Of so, aud down to the close OF Mr.. Madrson's ad-
ninisraon, well by their illusrious talents and
nnLlemshed regulations would give character any
party, even though ii were numerically too weak TO
embark in struggle with the aintest prospect ofsuc
cess. Bat. happily for the country. this is not the
condition Of the Wing party of Virgnia--whch,
even though it did behold the chivalry of the old
Commonwealth holding aoh its banner and I'M
iuflng 10 the battle and the breeze might still be
proud Of lis numbers and would engage in the srug
gle with the moral certainty Of glorious triumph
an assurance rendered doubIy by tie confidence
which such names must impress upon the public
mind, OF the rectlude Of their principles and the pu
fity Of their motives
The Wings have, indeed. every thing 10 cheer and
animate them. Looking 10 the results of the cleo
tons in this State. for sixteen years past it i. i'm
possible for the wiIflly blind aud bcsocd par
iizan to close his eyes to tie fact. that The Wings
have been annuaiiy increasing in strength, until,
from Il ere handful, in whom ii seemed something
like tenerfy to with the gigantic pow
!
nonSh ieaIessly 10 encountcr them, and to render
doubtful, nj the worst, the result Of any future con
test. Nor is ii less worthy of observatory as truth
pregnant with the most important and gratifying re-
it csif rs ai,. the thousands Who have aban-
doned'rhe Administration parry, and united them
selves with the VII gs, men, who from the first
moment otlaunchng upon the stormy ocean ofled-
ea politics. have conspcuously signalized their de-
votIon to State Rights--who were driven from the
support olthc men whom they had assisted in eleya-
mug 10 power, and whom therefore they were reluc-
tan to abandon, by bold. undisgulsed aud reiterated
attacks upon State sovereignty, recognized BY
Mad sons Report and Resolutions. Those men, it
lstrur, entered upon the discharge Of heir Official
dulles, avowedly the champions Of the doctrines
winch HEY afterwards Iepulialed and denounced :;
Just as their successors now affect cherish the
same devotion To the old Virginia creed, while they
are endcavonns 10 loice upon the country scheme
ifanght with danger oertainly,-wtIl inevitable de
sructon as We bclte,c,-to the Rights and Inslitu-
ions olthe States, by building up great central
Montyed Power al Washinglon and placing it un-
der the unrestricted conuol and management oi the
Federal Executive And yet, strange to say the
Richmond Euquner and the Cross Road politicians
I
fore frequently abused credu y OF the hicuds OF
State RIgits dcude themselves with the hope Of win
ning back these gentlemen 10 the support ofrhe Ad-
minsuaiion, although they have been more than once
deceived and shocked by its interruptions assaults
upon the principles OF 9o, even lille tic maxims of
tie Jeilelsonjon Sehoo! were warm upon its lips
and rrolcssrdly dcyonta worshipper at It's
altar Even fifteen easarcs, row, were in accor-
dance with those maxlms, as " contend that they
are Dramatically opposed to thcm.-how can any
genuine State Rights man icpose confidence in their
sincerity, or in tie fidelity with which they will be
adhered TO Bat, we Will not pursue these reflec-
items because we are very that the bait, though
euuningly guided, will catch very few of those in
whose path 1t is lhrown-nonr indeed, except those
who bad already turned their longing eyes the flesh
pots OF Egypt and were prepared to sell their bliih-
right for mess ofpurage.
The Wigs viii carry the State Of Virginia in the
Presidential election in l8l0, if they will display bur
haII the zeaI OF Their opponents. The rock upon
which the Wing party, not only in this State, but
hroug houtthe Union has heretofore split has been
a want OF concer-oT zea-ol discipline. 1t needs
no argument to prove that thousand men, pro-
miscuously huddIed together, without method, and
be beaten aud ,nt to pieces by fourth of their
number, moving IN solid phaanx, actuated by a
common purpose, and governed by a single mind
The Wings have been tbs undetermined crowd
the Democrats that firm and united battalion Is
1t too late TO learn wisdom from our opnoncn:s-and
to profit aike by their successes aad our own deeasl
Ii be not, the duty of concentrating our strength
and of selecting, as speedily may be, and in man
ner least hjcconable, tie candidates anon whom it
is most eXpedlent TO unite, is obvious and undena-
bic And the question arises, how is this TO be
done How, except by National Convention .
Entertaining, ourselves, some objections to this
mode oil selecting candidates generally, we neverhe-
less confess that We are unable to suggest any othcy
plan, TO which fewer and less formidable grounds of
opposition exist And it is apparent that without
concert Q. action. effected by means calculated to
satisfy the friends oil tie various nominees lol the
distinguished stations which it viii become our duty
TO fill dgca is ineritabe. IT, them it be conceded at
success is desirable-that il can only be secured by
concerted acton-and that, for the purpose ofensur
ing this concert, a National Convention ought to be
held 1t is equally clear, that, III order ensure full
and tan development Of public opinion, in the nomi-
nations to be made by that body, every State in the
Union ought to be represented the iao of represen-
talon being adjusted upon equitable basis If,
for example. Virginia should be unreprcsened in