Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-26

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The undersigned attended BY your appointment the
/ Wing National Convention at Harrisburg, tho 9TH
OF December, 1880 to nominate Wing Candidates for
the offices Of President and Vice President Of the United
States. In the performance ofthat duty they presented
10 yon the Of the lamen,ed patriot WILLIAM HEN
RY IIARRBoN and 'ons TYLER, and with these insert
bed your banner you achieved the memora".c
cal victory of 1870 How has il happened tina, mmedi
acly upon the heels of such victory with an Exccn-
tive OF your nomination and your own choice-with
majority in both branches of Congress-and every de
psrtment of political power surrendered into your hands.
You should still be defeated and discounted pariyl
How has il come To pass. that event. attended and
followed by all the incidents, signs and appearances Of a
viciory--the meeting of the adverse hos,s-the route
and dispersion OF the oncmyihc triumph ol The vclors.
and the submission OF the vanqnshed should turn out 10
be victory at a2 Nay how could it happen, that after
precisely such contest neither of the cont,ndng par
ties should be conquerors but that both should be defeat
cdl II Is strange Phenomenon, and no less strange
than truc That treachcry must foul aud enormous
must have existed somewhere. is certain, aud the IN
dersgned deeply interested in demonstrating that IL
cannot be laid at their door.
| The circumstances alluded to. would alone warrant
the explanation which the undersigned about to make
Of their proceedings al Harrisburg had they moi stiong
additional motive for it, in the fact, that they are asked
the question at every turn how they ever came to give
! their assent 10 the nomination OF such man as John
Tyler for the important office Of Vice President. They
have remarked, moreover, that Tho democratic press
mating MIR. Tyler Wing President, and in pointing Ia
the silly abortions Of his brain the Wanted hus Of
| WING promises. and the mighty results Of tho Wing
triumph. The undersigned diem il fit, therefore, ace
ing thai their own conduct Is thus mpugned by their
own Constituents that they should speak for themselves
II Is equally fit and proper that they should both il yonr
names and their own. disc!aim all resp, visibility for the
course Of an Executive, constituted as is the present.
Who II is that MIR. Tyler Processes 10 represent, or
whether in his magnificent conceptions of himself he
in aIlpui n
character ALL the undersigned do not know, aud there
fore cannot say II ID however their duty. as II is their
right declare. and they do hereby earnestly and
vehencntly and protest, that he is no Whig-ha,
he has attribute Of the character, and right 10 be
! called or known by the name Of Wing.
The motives which induced The undersigned 10 acqui-
III the nomination Of Mr. Tyler, will be best under
stood from brief reference 10 events within the know
ledge Of The country Siuco The year 1882 the line ot
separation between tie great political parties of the
United States. has been broadly aud distinctly drawn.
National Bank constituted as 10 regulate efficient
~ the currency and exchanges OF the counry-a tariff
10. protection as well as fer revenue where protection
may be found necessary ognard American labor against
the ruin Of foreign c0mpetilionthe distribution Of the
proceeds Of the public lands among the States the right
iul owners of the public 1Onana Limitation of all ia
iHre Presidents 10 service oonc fern, essential TO
homes, administration Of the Guvernment-a purlti-
cation Of the practice oi the Executive in appoint
ments 10 office, and subsection Of every depart
ncni and tunctonay OF delegated power 10 the contest
OF the public wlllhage been The measures and principles
which The " hgs have deemed essential TO national pres
pcriiy; whilst the party calling itself democratic,
has leen distinguished in lis actual administration Of the
! Government, by systematic opposition to these very
measures. During the entire period referred to, each Of
ihese. very parties has ben cs- aud unyeldnT IN the
nalnalnancc Of its own peculiar Doctrines which have
been discussed and debated in every variety Of FORM aud
with zeal to which lime and labor have but impaired
new animation. Ia the public prcss-in the legislative
halls, State and Fcdersl--from the husiings-on the
highways, and in every hamlet and log cabin through
out the Union, the contest has been maintained without
ceasng. Father has been arIaysd against son, and
brother against brothcrihe man was no where to lie
found who had no akeu sides, and who not prcra
ed to support by all the in his power the side he
had taken.
In this strife of parties the Wings especially had ne
yer compromised their principles for the sake of
| II 10 any maxim than to all others they
constant, it that Of measures, not men," Defeated
in hundred battles, they always ready the day
after every defeat 10 renew the contest. Disguised
with what they deemed 10 be the rank and daring pot-
cal corrpiions those who had possessed themselves
Of the Government there had been period since the
era Of 1882, that they would have accepted political
victory at the sacrifice of any of their principles.
In this temper Of! the public mind, the National Wing
Convention assembled at Harrisburg; and to the result
of its deliberations the wings Of the Union looked with
interest the intense that it the grand rally
Of their party In the language of the eloquent and now
amented Barbour, taking the Chair, 1t was
oIipe On lne grey H'aus o linu HlOsl OF WHoIn
might be called the conscrpt fathers Of the epublica Ii
tie by long and strious services, akent the State
and Federal Councils" 1t was by men such these,
that the leaders of the WI ig party to be appon
ted-s forces .narslacd-and all iIs energies cplcen-
.raed for great contest OF pfnc pie alone. And TO the
duty they had undertaken, they addressed themselves
with solicude and solemnily, becoming the and
the occasion which called them together. All minor in
fuenccs--al selfish views, were merged in the great
object Of National regeneration
In this Convention the undersigned met John Tyler,
hig delegate from the Commonwealth of Virginia. II
was not for them 10 question the title Of any accredited
member of that body, TO the name and character of
true Wing. They could not doubt his sincerity BY the
same rule that they would not permit others to doubt
!helr OWN The history OF the man, however, not
unknown TO them. He had been honoIed BY his own
distinguished State with the office of her Governor and
was subsequently elected by the Wings Of Virginia. as
represented in her Legislature To the Senate Of the Uni
ted States. They could not fail to remember that in
December, 1856. he had been nominated by Maryland
Wing Convention, for the office of Vice President of the
United States which nomination confirmed by the
Legislature in March 1885, and the same ratified by
the people OF Maryland in November of the year,
by clear majority of three thousand six hundred votes
That Mr. Tyler could have supposed, that in tender
ing himself for admission into this convention, he
giving his assent to principles which he had well
considered or to which the Wing party could in any
event be indifferent; that relation these doctrines
and principles which constituted the political creed CT
the Wing party there could be any doubt uncorianty
or that the Wings of the Union then organizing
themselves, spend their strength great contest FOR
the mere present advancement of any man. much less
John Tylerof Charles City County in the Common