Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-30
WHOLE NO. 1870.

ton, that the Wings of Ohio will not EN-
brace the cause of any man ~ their standard
bearer who is not fully indoctrinated with The
creed OF the party who is not adorned with
the glory of an unlimited political reputation.
who is not pledged To the accomplishment, of
It's wise and patriotic measures-and who
cannot be recognized as worthy to carry a
dag brilliantly and intelligibly inscribed with
old-tashioned, but ever dear Wing principles.
Enthusiastic applauso.) To the C%onven-
ton which honorcd me with a seat in this
body, ! asserted that in choosing a candi.
date for the Presidency, opposition To the aU-
gresslonS of the slave power. and to the ac-
QUESTION of territory which might be visited
with that peculiar institution, would consti-
tule the prominent basis of my action. am
The advocate OF free sol and free territory.
cannot be swerved from the position | occu.
Ply on this subject by any party machinery or
alliances. With my constituency upon this
subject there exists deep aud sacred feelings.
Upon this topic they think aud act with strong
resolves. This platform they cannot and
VIII not abandon. II a candidate is orthodox
upon this fundamental principle, they and |
can hail and receive him if he is not, he will
be nailed by us'a as 'base coin to the coun-
ter" Gentlemen OF the Convention. take
care that In your action YOU do not run attn
wart principles emballned in the declaration
OF Independence and in the h~allowpd charter
OF ireemen's rights. [Cheers. | cannon,
Mr.. President, ON this occasion, on this sub
Ject, and In my present position, better de-
scribe my future action and those assuciated
with me, than by uttering the sentiment of
one OF the poets of New England -
4, iii. II - - "
The freedom which they sought to win Z
Is this the soil on which they moved!
Are these the graves they slumber in!
Are we sons by whom are borne
The mantles which the dead have wornl
And shall we crouch above those graves.
with craven soul and f%ettered lin,
hoked In with marked and branded slaves.
And tTemble at the masters whipl
NO, by their enlarglng souls which burst
Inc bonds and letters round them set
by the free pilgrim spirit nursed
Within our inmost bosoms vet
by all above, around, below
lie ours the indignant answer, mo"
(Great and long continued applause.)
Mr.. Cambell, Of the same State, was one
OF The few who refused to give in his adhe-
sion. He thus spoke
Mr.. President-l address YOU and this
Convention under circumstances peculiarly
embarrassing. The loud and long huzzas
which have been sent forth from the ,hou.
sands who crowd the galleries, upon hearing
the remarks of my venerable colleague. as
well as the course which has been pursued
towards the Ohio delegation by the maiority
on this floor, forewarn me that what | shall
say will fail to touch the same sympathetic
cord. | care not. | ask no shouts, but re-
CARELESS OF consequences, | will discharge
faithfully the high and solemn duty which
devolyes upon me as the representative of six
thousand true and well tried Wings in the
valley of the Miami. My venerable COL
league has referred to his long service in the
Wing cause, and calls upon the ardent younr
Wings OF Ohio, occupying seats in this Con-
%ventlon, 10 ratify its nomination of a candi-
date for the Presidency. | fatter myself
that | am one of them to whom he appeals.
Sir, recognize in him one OF the fathers of
the Wing party. | am proud to acknowledge,
that from him and others of the Old Wing
Guard, | learned in my early youth, lessons
In the political affairs of the country. now
assert that one of the first principles which
he assisted TO engraft upon my young mind
was that personal preferences as TO men might
be yielded for the sake of harmonious action;
but that correct principle should neyer be H.
6andoned. If NY position is wrong, let nay
colleague avow ii. ! call upon that mem
Der of this Convention who beheve it righI,
under any circumstances, TO trample under
foot, principles which are believed to be cor
rect, to proclaim it from his seat.
Mr.. President, what is it you now ask of
Ohio! 1t is, sir, that the Wing party of that
great, glorious, young State should, through
Its delegates on this floor, rise up and solemn
ly approve of the nomination of Zachary
Sir, scorn a hypocrite. | detesl
from my lnnernost soul that man, who, on
an occasion like this, with the solemn duties
upon him which | must discharge,
practices fraud and deceit for any purpose.-
] cannoi-l will not do it. (Cheers.) The
gentleman of the South who have controlled
this Convention from its commencement,
shall learn that there are those in Ohio who
dare be frank, and who will speak to them in
language not to be misunderstood.
am now asked to proclaim the. approba-
Of the Wings of the ID Congressional
District of Ohio, 10 the nomination you have
ust made. Personally | cannot approve of
I, and TO do so in my representative capacity,
would be a direct and palpable violation of
he solemnly expressed views of my consti-
uents. In Ohio we are Wings, moi because
clay is a Whig-not because Scott is a
Nhig-not because any other man is "A Wing;
'ut because we believe the prosperity and
rue glory of our country, and the perpetuity
# our Republican Institutions depend upon .
he triumph Of the great principles aud mea- !
ures which that party, since my first know
edge OF its existence, has espoused. To me,
ir, the sacrifice Of Clay, Scott, Corwin, |
Webster and a thousand other equally gallant |
nd patriotic Wing men, would be but as a I
in the scale compared to the abandon i
lent of Uhig p~rinciPhS! Enthusiastic cheer t
ng.) I
Mr.. President; Every member Of this CON d
enllon will long remember the exciting d