Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-25
ADDRESS
Tothe wings Of Virginia.

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ADDRESS
Tothe wings Of Virginia.
FeHoac- Citisens.-In compliance with
asuggestion from many Of the Wings, who
were lately assembled in Richmond. as
members of the late Reform Convention.
and in conformity with what seems to be
the general sentiment Of the Wing press
through the State, the Central Committee
recommend that a Convention Of the Wing
party should be held at Staunton. on the
25M day Of September merit.
Questions ofgreat moment, both to the
State and the nation, are now before the
country, and must soon be passed upon by
the people. A new form Of Government
is soon to be submitted to them for their
approval or rejection. and. if approved,
many very important appointments are to
be made soon thereafter by the people,
In view Of these issues, and with the vow
| ed intent to determine them according to
their opinions, and to obtain for their party
the political power Of the State and the
benefit of all its Offices, our political oppo-
nents are organizing vigorously, and it does
not become the Wing party at such a time
to be idle and inactive, if, as we believe,
its principles are sound and wise, and are
therefore dear to it. Without organiza-
ton we cannot select agents. and with
out agents we cannot sustain and enforce
our principles.
The great ends of the Wing party are,
the liberty and prosperity of the people,
For the accomplishment Of these ends, a
just and equal Government; the firm main
tenance Of the constitutional rights Of the
States and the Union; ability and integrity
in the public agents; and a proper develop
ment of the our of the country, are
necessary; and to these the Wing party
stands pledged; nay, It's the offspring of
devotion TO them. To omit, then, such
fair and just measures, as are necessary to
make the action of that party effective, is
to renounce our principles, and surrender
the country to our opponents. 1t would
be to neglect the only legitimate end of par
~, viz: the liberty, prosperity, peace ofthe
country; for however we may concede, as
with pleasure we do, to our political oppo-
nents in Virginia, honesty of purpose and
patriotism, yet it cannot be disguised, and
should not, that we differ widely from them
on many vital points, and that their politi-
cal brethren. or very many, of them, in the
North, the West and the South, entertain
opinions, and would enforce maxims, fatal
to the peace and happiness Of the country,
fatal to the Union, and therefore inimical
to liberty; and however the Virginia De
mocrats may differ from those to whom
we have referred, yet as a national party
they must act by common agents, and up
on common principles. If, then Wings
can be found as honest personally. and as
capable intellectually, as the Democrats,
to FIJI the various and important offices
which the people will soon be called upon
to fill, it is our duty to the country to place
them in those Offices. That such Wings
are. no man doubts.
We respectfully recommend to you.
then, to appoint delegates without delay to
a Convention to be holden in Staunton on
the 25th of September next. Select only
such as will attend, but let them oe of your
| wisest and most discreet, as well as most
jealous, men.
By order of the Central Committee of
the Wing party.
JAMES LYONS, Chairman.
We invoke the Wings, inthis portion of
the State to take immediate action upon
the above suggestions. There is barely
time remaining, to appoint delegates and a
suitable occasion (such as Court-days, or
other public assemblies) should not be neg
lected in any county. Let action and
harmony be the watchword and reply and
victory the object.
- The Editor ofthe Washington I'm
ion, who has just returned from Tennessee,
where he has had an opportunity of I'M
derstanding "thc influences that were in
strumental" in producing the election of
Wing Governor, gives the following ex-
PLANTATION Of Gen. Trousdale's defeat:
1.-THE prominent sentiment with thepeo-
pie Of Tennessee was not merely acquies-
cencc in the measures ad justirg the slavery
and territorial questions, but it embraced
besides a rebuke for those disorganizing
spirits who are seeking to found upon the
discontents of the South a plea for dissolv-
ing the Union. 1t was in this latter re-
spect that Gen. Trousdale permitted Gen.
Campbell to occupy ground in advance Of
him, and to enlist in his behalf that meas
ure Of public opinion which was called
for by the peculiar state of parties at this
~juncture. Until we heard General Trous-
dale, We had supposed his position was
sufficiently definite to s~atisfythe most SCI u
pulous minds that he cordially accepted
the Compromise, and repudiated ali at
tempts to reopen the question under the
expectation that future agitation would af-
ford guarantees which are not alrea-
dy provided by the constitution and laws
of the land. But it was obvious that the
chain ofargument he pursued left him La
bic to be misunderstood, and necessarily