The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-06-21
Tho Right Spirit ana Feeling.

The Wings of the county of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, held County Convention on
the | lth instant, at which the following among
other resolutions were adopted:
"Resolped, That the Wings of Lancaster county
continue to adhere, ever, to the great National
Wing party and unite with them in sustaining
the integrity and harmony of the Union, and advo
eating the protection of American labor the devel
opment of our national resources, the improvement
Of our common country, and the maintenance of
judcious economy in the administration Of the
Government.
"Rssoived, That we adopt the language of our
patriotic Chief Magistrate, Willard Fillmore, and
regard the Compromise measures of the last Con-
gress as "fnal settlement Of the dangerous and
exciting subjects which they embraced" and dep
any further and useless agitation of the un
fortunate question Of slavery.
The Lancaster Examiner md Herald pre-
faces the publication of the proceedings of the
convention with the following remarks, to
which, as well as to the above resolutions, we
give place with sincere pleasure
"THx TnUr VINO PLaTroRM.-we have great
pleasure in drawing attention to the resolutions
adopted by the Wing county cow, ntion Of We'd
nesday last We feel certain they speak the SEN
tments Of ninety nine out of every hundred Wings
in the county, and may therefore be regarded as
establishing the platform upon which the Wings
of the Old Guard will stand throughout the APP
preaching Gubernatorial and Presidential cam
paigns.
at was full time the Wings of Lancaster county
should define their position. Important contests
to be decided, and, the Old G uard holds
obscure place in the Wing ranks, it was due TO
the Wings of the Union, and to the character of
the county, that nothing equivocal should attach to
her position The Wings of Lancaster county
have declared that they unite with Henry Clay,
Mangum, Bcrrien, Cooper, and other well-tred
Wings in Congress- in sustaining the measures of
Fillmore, Webster, Corwin. Crittenden, and the
other members of the National Wing Administra-
ton. That Administration has declared that it
will stand fall with the Compromise measures of
the last Congress-, and with those will the
Wings of the Old Guard likewise stand or fall.
'Whie it ia congenial to the feelings of the
Wings Of this county to sustain the National Ad-
ministration, il is less clearly their interest to
do So 1t would be folly, ay, madness, to go into
the next Presidential campaign, no matter who
may be the candidate, upon any other principles
than those laid down in the messages of Mr.. Fill
more and supported by the National Wing party of
the country Disastrous defeat would ms surely
await them that the election will be held and
then, split up into contemplate local factions, the
sun of the once great Wing party would set for
ever in clouds and darkness"
We are gratified to learn that the Wings Of
Schuylkill county have placed themselves upon
an equally national platform; and we hope to see
the whole Wing party of the keystone State
repudiating all merely sectional doctrines. and
taking high national position.