Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-08
WIG MEETING IN CHARLES CITY.

WIG MEETING IN CHARLES CITY.
Al a meeting Of the Wings Of Charles City. held at
heir Court House, onths 18th day OF August 1912,
(Conn day) JAMrs II. CnRIsri,N was called 10 the
Chair and GroneE W CHascr chosen Secretary.
On motion Of llur CARTER, Esq.
Committee of ten was appointed for tho purpose Of
nominating candidate Tor the next Presidency The
following gentlemen were appointed the Committee:
I'LL Carter. DR.. Edward Wilcox, Col. John s Stub
bl,feld, Nahanel Nelson, 4. II. " cox, VIM r.
Walker, Col. James NJ. Wilcox. X. II. Muniord
WIN H. Taylor. James Il. Morris. On motion, the
Chairman and Secretary were addrd 10 the Committee.
On motion, the following Preamble and Resolutions
were adopl6d-ho Preamble, after opposition by Col j.
NJ. Wilcox, Nh. Penrce. and Col John Armslcad by a
considerable majority; and the resolution nominating
Henry Clay, by unanimous vote
On the recurrence Of the great calamity which the
Nation sustained IN the death Of General Harrison We
the Wings Of Charles City, natives Of the county
with joint yle okednp ohm with pleasure pride nd
confidence cnrry out fully the great Wing measures
which he, together with the Wig lary, fought for
aud conquered But low sadly mortified we have been
at the OF the President, language can hardly ex
press.
1t has now become manifest that John Tyler has
thrown hmselfnio HE arms of our opponents the Loco
Focos and is doing every thing in his power to pros
ifac the Wing cause.
BY his remaining in office incompetent men, violent
Loco Foco partzans, who had neglected their duty and
lnteriercd IN elections; by his appointing similar to
Office. and even retaining IN some instances office
who Were rejected by the Senate adaptable violation of
the Consttuon) by his undignfed and unprecedented
course OF abusing Congress IN his letters. and thereby
bringing ordinate branch of the Government into con
tempt wilh the people; by his first veto of prominent
Wing measure under the plea Of Constitutional scruples,
Tor which some ofus. then thinking him honest in
clned 10 excuse him: but since he has vetoed others
without any such prccAt, cannot he'll believing that
his sole object is 10 ruin the Wing party and thereby
crafty and curry favor with the Loco Fuco party un-
der the hope that he may he taken up their candidate
Tor the next PresdencyIn fact, By his repudatug all
ms wing pnncplos-thcO One Term principle, OF which
he boastod Of being the father: The Distribution, for
which he drew up the Virginia Resolutions in 1899
and declared that the whole proceeds which constitute
that fund belong to the States: a sound currency for
which he believed n niied States Bank tho only
remedy, and which he said To more than one person
immediately after the death of Gen Harrison aud before
he took up the notion of running for second term
that he would sign any Bank Bill which the Represen
taves, fresh from the people, would pass dscrimi
Mating Tariff, incidentally protective OF our home indus
Try which he recommends in his messages: In fact
all the Wing measures, which he appears to take plea
sure in tha arlinr
Now, therefore as he rcpndates Wings and Wing
measures. we, the Wings Of Charles City, do sol |
omnlY repudiatc him and ms political trcachery. As
Republicans and " hge We consider 1.-The rrht to for
bid hopeople, through their representatives. cons,itu-
tlonaIIy aud legally to pass what laws they please, is
nphtto deprive them Of self govelnment''-a power
which can never be trusted man: and that the We
10 as exercised by john Tyler in every day way is
violation OF the spirit Of the Constitution and aar
ming 10 public liberty for, with power and patronage.
the Executive may always command third of Con
gress. and be omnipotcut
AS Republicans and Wings. we look to the groa, and
leading measures Of the great fathers of Republic,
w AsHrNGroN, Jefferson Madison, Monroe. etc. etc az
the only sound oncs, and the proper 10 relieve us
Of our present difficulties. Washington and Madison,
With The Republicans the pnrcr days of the Republic.
gave us sound currency in the same and only way,
through lnlted States Bank W ashlngon, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe aud the Republicans of the purer
days, advocated and gave protection TO our home indus
try, through Protective Tariff but iursoot, II is
anti republican and federal even for the Wings to pro
pose Tariff which shall give adequate revenue for an
economical administration of the Government and roa
sonabe protection TO manufacturers. Washington
and Madison, the fathers of our Constitution both
thought tho Veto Power only 10 he exercised in
great emergencies as proved by the Federalst, and
Nashinetons letter to Edmund Pendeton--And is it
not the spirit of our Constitution, that the taxes should
be levied by the Representatives of the People and not
by the Executive! Ifnot, is ours Repubc9 or is it
not an elective desposn?
II the taxing power is negatively vested in the Prcs
dent (or the two-thirds power of Congress is mere
humbug with the power and patronage of the Executive
10 control third ~ have ancestors really handed
down us Republic, or worse Government than we
had before the Revoluon-m fact. a dcspo,ism Z
What else does the Executive want, 10 become despo
but the purse having already the sword
Believing, as we most sincerely do, that HENRY
CLAY is the onl man for the times, aud the who
will unite the great VOICE of the Wings throughout the
United States, most heartily join with our fellow
Wings Of New York, Kentucky. North Carolina, aud
other States, and our fellow citizens of Amherst and
other counties of this State in the nomination of him
the Wing candidate for the next Presidency. With
sound currency of uniform value throughout the Union:
with tariff stloding adequate and efficient pro-
lection to our agriculture commerce and manufactures;
with the withdrawal of the land fund from the General
Government. which cmps into corruption, andlts dis
trlbuton among the States. who sadly in need of
it, and to whom it Justly belongs, and Henry Clay rs
President, prosperity will be restored.
We call upon our Democratic brethren, and ask them
IN sober earnest whether they WILL for the sake of break
ing down the Wing party. also break down the Const
tuition and Republican Government, handed down 10 US
by our ancestors2
Re'ored. That we second the propricty Of holding
State Convention in Richmond, ON the 22d February
lSl3 and appoint the following persons to represent
us viz:
Hill Carter, Thomas II. Wilcox Nathaniel Nelson
Col Stubblefeld, DIR. Ed. Wilcox.
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