Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-16

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this occasion, on this subject, and in my present
position, better describe my future action, and
that of those associated with me, than oy utter
ing the sentiment Of one of the poets oil New
England
/ Ia this the land our fathers loved?
| The freedom which they sought to win!
Is this the soil they trod upon!
| Are these the graves they plumher INF
| Arewe the sons by whom are horns
4 The nantes which tue dead have worn!
And shall We crouch above those graves,
With craven soul and fetered lip,
Yoked II with marked and branded slaves,
And tremblr at the masters whip!
No by these cnlargDg souls which burst
| The bonds and fetefs round themset--
BY The free pilgrim spirit nursed
Within our Utmost bOs0ms yet
By all above, around, below
lGieat and long continued applause.l
Mr.. Campbell then Obtained the floor, and said:
Mr.. President, what is il you now ask OF Ohiof
Il is, sir, that The Wing party Of that great, slo
rioas young State should, through its delegates
on this floor, rise up and solrmny approve OF
the nomination Of Zachary Taylor. Sir, scorn
a hypocrite. de;esi from my innermost soul that
man. who, on an occasion like this, with the so.
Tenn duties resting upon him which | must dis
charge, practices fraud and deceit for any pur
pose. | cannot-l will not do il. lCheers. i
The gentlemen Of The South who have control.
shall learn that there are those in Ohio who dare
be frank, and who y i'll speak 10 them in Ian.
ensge mol u be misunderstood.
I am now asked to proclaim the appreciation
of the Wings If the Cd Congressional District
Of Ohio, to the nomination you have JUS made.
Personally, cannot approve Of il, and to do so
in my representative capacity, would be d.
rect and palpable violation of tho solemnly ex-
pressed views Of my constituents. In Ohio We
are Wings, not because Clay is a Whig-not
because Scott is Whig-not because any 9th.
er man is Wing; but because we believe the
prosperity and true glory Of our country, and
The perpetui,y of our Republican Institutions,
depent upon the triumph Of the great prnci
piles and measures which that party, since my
first know ledge Of lis existence, has espoused.
TO me, sir, the sacrifice of Clay, Scott, Corwin,
Webster and thousand other equally gallant
and patriotic Wig Men, would &c but as fea-
Their in lie scale compared to the abandonment
of Hhis principles2 Enthusiastic cheering.]
Mr. President: Every member Of this Con-
venlon will long remember the exciting scene
which on Yesterday ensucd after the intrcduc
ton (whil,t in private session BY myself OF
proposition which, in the purer and better days
Of the Wing party, would have been consider
ed perfectly proper and entirely harmless. 1t
will be recollecled, too, that on behalf OF Ohio,
that State which heads the great Wing column
Of the Union-that State which under the lead
of Tippecanoe, (God bless his memory.) and the
gallant Henry Cay, gloriousy and triumphant
ly reared aoft the proud banner on which were
inscribed Wing principies-I appealed to and
imploret our Southern brethren to give US some
candidate who would willingly raise that stand.
bn tnfo tuh hoI rod
it TO be trampled, and lead US on to victory
beseeched hem to give US Hhig candidate :
man who would accept the honorable post OF
standard -bcarer-and who would conduct his
Adm nis,ration upoa the great principles Of the
Wing party. prayed you, as brothers having
common interest with US, 10 present Vt ur can
ddlte upon such platform as would give 10
the young giant State Of the West an opportu
nifty of marching with you shoulder to shoulder
/! in tn great struggle against common foe Sir
| my proposition was rejected with scorn-my
State and my constituency were treated with
| 6isdain, and was myself treated By certain gen.
| tlemcn more like Loccloco than delegate re.
presenting as many true aud tried Wings
| as are TO be found in many of their entire
States You pressed to the nomination of lack
! airy Taylor, who had proclaimed 10 The world lha
| he would not accept our nomination or be The eI
ponenl of our party doctrines. Sir in this rash
| and precipi'ate movement, you have soiccd tn
! giad and, n mist2se MT, IN Norcmbsy nezt yoa
,oin reap The chirtr ~! iCheers.l For myself,
| cannot vote TOR The ratification of mis- nomination
now. Your candidate must first hang his ban
ner upon The outer wall that all may examine
| its folds, ami see that il is the "a me which ,ht
bid and gallant Harry Of The West displayed
| and that the old fashioned Wing principles are
/ ,kaI,, It,r
| approve il IN the dark. A voice in the Conven
lion-"General Taylor has proclaimed himsel
a Wing" MIR. Cam2bell-"True, Sir, and 81
! did John Tyler" yoice-"Dnn't name him.
Mr.. Campbel-"I know il is wrong 10 speak dis
| respectfully OF he dead, aud fear il you have
control Of The Wing party much longer il will b'
| wrong 10 name II, tnr The same reason. can
rot, will no; g. /, blind. When the nominee de
fines his positions my constituents can decide 70
themselves; but, Mr.. President, can assure yot
they will never sacrifice the principles They holt
SO dear, and under whose beoigh influence Ohit
is indebted for SO much of her prosperity, and un
! der the practical results OF which The :'wilder
| ness has been made TO bloom and blossom as lht
| rose"
Sir, Ohio, has been borne down in thi, Con
vention by he South, and a deaf ear turned upor
her enlrea,ies | warned my brothers here iron
| all quarters of The consequences which must tcl
low. Yes, sir, you have crr,hed her 20 tie dust
bul | tel the South who have perpeIaied ths
deed, that, like truth crushed 10 earth, she'll rise
again. Ave sir that great moral principle which
has fastened itself SO hfmly in the hearts of ou
free Wings OF Ohio, so eloquenly alluded TO BY
my colleague, Mi. Galloway. will arouse 10 &C
ton In all the majesty OF her strength the youni
CLAN, Of the West.
Gov. Vance, the venerable and sagacious de
legae from Ohio, while he pledged his cordia
exerions and hoped for victory, did no. feel fully
justified in promising the vote of Ohio for Taylor
He had feared ,ha. The nomination OF Tayo'
would deprive The Wings of all that they bac
gained In that State in fifteen years OF the hardes
campaigns 10 the political field and added-"I
for one, although II may appear, a, first glance
as forlorn hope, will no. despair of carrying
Ohio for Gen. Taylor" Poor comfort, indeed
not 10 despair OF carrying strong Wing State for
the available candidate
Mr.. Collier, from New York, had the bodne,,
to employ such warning language as the follow
ing:
81 have from the beginning, Mr.. President,
warned my friends here aud elsewhere, that dis.
astros consequences would result from the pro-
ceedings OF his Convention, but they have though
differently. Hope their expectations may prove
to be right and mine wrong, and al all events,
there shall be no rebellion on my part. ZAP
pausep
A gentleman who was presen, informs Us tina,
many more delegates attempted 10 gel the floor to
put forth similar "plain talk" blu! they were
ehoked of by the "rule.."
But we have quoted enough 10 satisfy any one
that the Convention broke up with heavy storm
of dIssen and i'll feeling hangino over in pro