The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-08-21
virginia.


At the Wing Convention recently held in
Suffolk county, Virginia, the following pream-
bic and resolutions were adopted:
''With due regard to the cherished principles
of the Wing party-a party that has always been
the Atlas upon whose shoulders the burden of trou
BILE sits most lightly, and to whom the opposition
has frequently turned in moments of danger for
the extrication Of themselves and the country, we
desire to uphold the faith of our adoption by all
Just and honorable means in our power We look
often with regret at the course pursued by those
wtose action stamps them political enemies,
though that action may enure to our advantage as
party by bringing within the shade of our ban
portion of the patriotic men from their ranks
We look more in sorrow than in anger upon the
course of him who dsputed by this district to
the last Congress-, and at his persistence in mea-
sures, the prosecution of which to an end would
have FASTENED with accelerated speed the destruc-
ton of the Union, and we deprecate the political
sentiments that could actuae any individual to ei
feet such an unholy purpose. Therefore, be it
''ResoIUed, That we as Wings can have no opin-
ions assimilated to those entertained by the late
Representative from this Congressional district,
and that it is duty, both to ourselves and our
country, TO defeat his reelection.
"Resolved That we look with satisfaction at the
settlement of the question of slavery in Congress
that the Territories should be the arbiters OF this
question for themselves, when entitled to admis-
sion into the Union States. and we consider this
the only true republican form of adjustment-thst
fugitves from labor and service should be re-
claimed by law, and, when necessary, by the
armed forces of the Federal Government, and, as
WHOLE deem it the best arrangement and conclu-
sion, both for the North and South, the East and
West.
{" Resolved, That we heartily sustain the Admin
stration of WILLARD FILLMORE, and that We regard
his participation in the measures of the Compro-
mise, and subsequent vindicaion of the majesty of
those laws, emitting him to the gratitude and
support of every patriot in the Union"
And at a large and respectable meeting of
the Wings of Nansemond county, held on the
| lth of August, 1851, at the courthouse, the
following resolutions were proposed for the con-
sideration of the meeting, and unanimously
adopted:
"RsSoIued. That we regard the series of measures
| usually known the Compromise as a settle
ment in principle and substance-a final settlement
of the dangerous and exciting subjects which they
embraced, and that we will rally upon and main
tain that ground the best, if not the only means
| of restoring peace and quiet TO the country, and
maintaining invioate the integrity of the Union.
"Resolved, That the Administration of President
FILLMORE shall receive cordial support, 60
long as it continues it has done to uphold the
laws of the country and to administer the same for
the whole Union, and to the interests of glori-
Gus Republic.
"Resolved, That in the present Administration
we have the greatest confidence as to its ability
purity and wisdom, and its devotion to those great
principles Of the Wing party which we believe tc
be the true principles of our country's welfare.
| "ResoIved, That we have no sympathy with the
abolitonist of the North or the disunionis of the
South believing that both tend to the same end tc
| wit, the destruction of this Union-an event not
only to be depored, but which would strike death
blow at religious and civil liberty throughout the
world and end in civil and it's attendant evils D