Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-05-07
aaarr ;, to the wings OF the un,sea states.


mperious sense of duty. Events have occurred at
this Capitol within the last twenty days which are
worthy of your serious and immediate consideration
They likely to affect the future unity of the Wing
party, they have already disturbed the harmony
of its members. We desire to state them accurate
w. that you may estimate their tendency and force
correctly A plain narrative of facts in proper con-
nexion, will accomplish this purpose, and will serve,
at the time, to impart correct conception of
our own motives and conduct.
In the early part of this month, at q meeting of
Senators it was determined to invite consultation
between the Wings of the Senate and House of Re-
representatives.. Who initiated this movement for
what purpose is known from the following notice,
which was published in the newspapers of this city
on the 7th day of April 1852 by direction of Hon.
| Willie P Mangum. of North Carolina:
"The Wing Members of Congress requested meet
the Senate Chamber Friday evening next the 9th in
stant O'clock consider Of matters of Importance
"Wednesday, April Z, 1882
At the time and place suggested by the notice, some
sixty eight members Of the two Houses assembled.
| MIR. Mangum called to the chair, and Messrs
Chandler and Dockery appointed secretaries.
Before any distinct proposition submitted to the
consideration of the meeting after the statement
| from the Chair, motion made to adi ourn to a
subsequent day, that more numerous attendance
of the Wing members of Congress might be obtained
Remarks were made by several gentlemen indica-
tive cf desire to limit the attention of the meeting
to the single object of determining the time and
place for National Convention to select Wing can
didaes for the Presidency and the Vice Presidency
And it was urged that the most important results
might flow from the determination of the time and
place for the convention, each point calcua-
ted to affect the nomination. 1t was then suggested
| (by MIR. Marshall, of Kentucky,) that it deem
ed material the meeting should pass upon another
proposition before proceeding to determine time and
place for the National Conventional proposition
which affected the persons to exercise the right of
determining the time and place fer holding the con-
vention. He observed that, at the commencement
of this session OF Congress. certain gentlemen had
retired from meeting of Wing Representatives be-
that meeting refused to lay on the table res
oIuton endorsing the position of the present Admin
istraon upon the series of measures known as the
Compromise measuresn-that some of The same per-
sons had, during the session, publicly assaulted the
said resolution untrue expression of Wing SEN
timent in regard to those measures-and that these
persons were present now, to assist in deter
mining the time and place for the Wing Ma
tional Convention. Considering tie position of
the administration this class of questions the con-
dtion of political parties, and the fact that by some,
the resolution referred to deemed cardinal as
principle, it thought by many to be the proper
course to restate in the meeting of the Wing men,
bers of the two Houses, the position which the
Wings in Congress hold on the Compromise mea-
sures before proceeding to the steps preparatory
for convention of the Wing party. He then re-
marked that before the time and place for holding
the National Convention determined he design
the pricple proclaimed by the Wing Congressional
f caucus of December last and he hoped all present
to participate in the proceedings, would agree to the
same
This view was met by the argument, from one
quarter, that the Wing members of Congress were
only authorized to fix the time and place for the Ma
tonal Convention and therefore any resolution ia
test political opinion was beyond their province to
consider in the meeting. In another quarter it was
argued that the attempt to harmonic the opinions
of ba Ton tho1p
feet upon the questions spring from the inst
tuition of slavery useless that the proper course
to agree to disagree where radical differences
e were known to exist, and that true policy required
upon the long established creed of the party, leav-
ing every section to think and to act at will where
common platform was inaccessible.
The debate participated in by several gentle
men, and only seek to state the points of it. The
Chairman remarked that before submitting the ques
ton of adjournment he felt bound to say that should
the resolution indicated by the member from Ken
lucky be offered at the next meeting the Chair woulc
refuse to entertain it, and should decide it to be
r of order This statement the Chairman made in ad
vance, that gentlemen dissatisfied with the view
tertaned by the Chair might proceed to select some
one else to preside.
The enumeration of foregone determination by
the Chairman to limit the subjects to which atten
= tion might be directed in meeting convened under
a general notice to consult matters of importance
consider political proposition which is, in the opin
ion of many vital to the Union and essential to tb
integrity of the Wing party at invested the flu
ture action of this Congressional consultation witt
interest and Importance that had not heretofore at
tached to it. TIE assumption of the Chair was me
IS by instant remonsrance. The right to present th
resolution was pressed as point of principle
and notice given that at the next meeting
would be insisted upon. On this issue the mectn;
e, was adjourned to the Goth day of April
! At the appointed hour, the evening of the 20tl
u of April, the Hon. w. P. Mangum called the meet
n ing to order So the Journal was read, Hon
IS Edward Stany, of North Carolina offered the fol
u lowing resolution:
National Convention in the city of Baltimore in the Stat
n Of Maryland Wednesday, the 10th day of next 70
the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vic
President of the United States
>. Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky, Immediately present
r. ed the resolution of which notice had been given
the former meeting and asked that might be adop
ID ted substitute for the proposition OF the gentle
Is man from North Carolina. 1t is in these words:
Whereas the determination of the time place
f holding National Wing Convention has been referred
the wings of Congress- the Wing members of the Senate
House of Representatives having assembled in convento
with the explicit understanding that they regard the sere
of known the Adjustment forming the
mutual dependence and system of
the eoncaory the best the entire country
could be obtained from conflicting sectional interests
opinions and that therefore, they ght to be adhered
principle and substance of the dangerous and exciting
jects which they embrace, and do unite this basis
- upon the ongesabshed principles of the Wing part.
&c do hereby recommend the. day of and the city of
the time and place for holding the National Wing Coz
n for the choice of Wing candidates for the Prede
m cy and Vice Presidency respectively.
he Mr. Sanly objected to the introduction of the sui
as stitute. because it out of order The Charma