The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-16
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TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1874.

The DlSU SlS-A NEW IACh.
The Spectator of Friday contains series Of
resolutions adopted at public meeting in Russell
county, Alabama, the object of which is the call
of Southern Convention to meet at Richmond
| in October. Nothing is more apparent than that
this change is proposed in the point at which the
disunionsts are to hold their Convention, in order
that it may the more effectually serve their can
didate for the Presidency, without bringing upon
him the odium which justly attaches to their
| reasonable designs. 1t was foreseen that the
| imprudent step taken by the South Carolinians,
of calling the Convention at Nashville, must in
fallibly identify the name and prospects Of Mr..
Polk with its objects and, in order to avoid that
difficulty, it is now proposed to change the place
of meeting to Richmond. At the same time, the
futile effort is made to strip the Convention Of a
party character, and to dsclam for it any purpose
of dissolvng the Union. The insidious attempt
will fail. The Nullifers have already exposed
| to the world their black design of dissolving the
Union unless Texas is annexed to it, in their own
good time, and in their own way and they have
proclaimed to the world that that event will de-
Convention is Polk project, got up by Polk
men-by those who had him nominated in spite
of the " numerical majority" of the dough faces
of the North, who preferred another man. 1t is
to be assembled on the eve Of the Presidential
election, for no other purpose than to make the
issue of that contest depend upon the question of
Annexation, which the report accompanying the
resolutions declares to be mmeasuraby superior
to all others, and which absorbs all Others 1t is
vain, nsidious, despicabe trick, therefore, to
attempt to strip the Convention of party charac-
ter. 1t is to be an assemblage Of NuHifers and
purpose OF efecng the election of the grandson Of
Tory to the Presidency. No Wing will coun-
tenance the infamous project, whether the mme-
| diate or remote object of this Convention.
| The address which accompanies the report con-
tains one of the grossest insults to the Northern
ed to freemen; and what aggravates it, is the
| fact, that it is the sentiment which they adopt
from monarchist and aristocrat--a man who
hated and despised Republican Governments, and
who would have shut out the voice of the people
from all influence upon the councils of the nation
| No wonder that such sentiments should flourish
in the Courts of Kings, but we feel some surprise
that those who make such loud professions of De-
mocracy should adopt them: SUCH however, are
the sentiments of the Polk party--sentiments
which the pusllanmty of the Northern Locofocoe
in the late Baltimore Convention are we'll calcu-
lated to straightforward, so far as they are con-
cerned, we have little doubt of its truth, for more
poor-spirted, contemplate set of political potroons
were never assembled together. Having the
large majority in the Convention, backed by the
positive and peremptory Instructions of their con-
stituents, they meanly and basely, and perfdious-
ly betrayed their own people, the great majority
OF the party, into the fangs of the naughty Multi
fers. But it was not merely the sacrifice of pre-
ferences for men--t was the sacrifice of the
dearest principles by which the party, north OF
was the sacrifice of their cherished hostility to
Annexation, and their firm support Of the protec-
tive policy. They deserve, therefore, to be in
suited by those whom they have suffered to dom-
neer over them-they deserve to be told that
Northern men are less free in spirit, less indepen-
dent and less firm in the support of their rights.
'nah southern men, The sentiment is false and
insulting when applied to Wings, but lamentably
true OF Locoiocos, as was manifest in the late
Baltimore Convention. Northern Whios were
not less true, less active bold, and indomitable,
during the Revolution. than those of the South :
and their descendants, the Wings of IA, will ne
yer dshonor the memory of their fathers. They
are made of the same stern stuff, and cannot be
dragooned, like the cowardy Locofocos, at the
pleasure OF naughty faction. They will never
be forced into the support of the grandson of a
Tory, by threats or dictation from any quarter
We here quote the compliment which the Chiv-