The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-06-28

....;, yt,.;.p o-assembllng oil the Consll-
,u-s.l "A Convention at Milledgevile, in
..ce of the resolution providing for such
second meeting, passed by the late constitutional
Union Convention.
Referring to the complicated condition OF par
ties there, the Ne,os says:
"The action of our State conventions present
q rather anomalous state Of affairs. we hrst
had Democratic Southern Rights convention,
who sent delegates to the National Democratic
convention at Baltimore; next We have the
| Constitutional Union convention, who deter
mined to be represented in neither of the great
national conventions next we had caucus
convention of the Union Democrats, an offshoOt
from the Constitutional Union convention, who
sent delegates to the National Democratic con-
vention at Baltimore; next we had Wing or
Fillmore convention, who sent delegates to the
National Wing convention, and now we are TO
have another Constitutional Union convention,
to determine what course that party will take In
the present Presidential contest.
"What is to be the action Of this convention
we are left to COMIC .ure Will they ratify the
nomination of Gen. Scott with Senator Dawson,
who advised the previous convention to keep aloof
from both the national conventions? Or will
they, with the more consistent Mr.. Jenkins, still
stand aloof, ard put in nomination third ticket,
and invite the Union men Of the North to join
them in its support? Or will they, as has been
suggested, nominate new electoral ticket for
Pierce and King? We think as matters now
stand, it will be hard to define the party that are
to assemble at Milledgevile. Those of both the
old parties who have acted with their respective
party conventions at Baltimore, will be tram
melted by that action. How then are they TO
unite in any new movements"
Here is the call:
CONVENTION OF THE UNION PARTY.-The fol.
lowing announcement appears in the Macon
Messenger of yesterday:
The Democratic and Wing parties Of the
United States, having made their Presidential
no.auations, it becomes the duty of the under
signed, MS president and vice-presdents of the
convention OF the Constitutional Union party,
held mt Milledgeville, in April last, TO fulfil the
requirement contained in the third resolution OF
that body. In obedience to this resolution, we
do hereby appoint Thursday, the 18th day of
July next as the time of the meeting OF another
convention of the Constitutional Union party
at Mledgeville, for the purpose of considering
the nominations for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency, that have been made by the Wing
and Democratic parties; and for the purpose of
taking such action in relation to the Presidential
election, as shall be deemed proper. The party
in each county will be entitled to send up II num-
Der of delegates equal to the representation
which the county had in both branches Of the
legislature, under the old apportionment
A. II. CHAPPELL,
SAMUEL FARRIs,
JAMES THOMAS.
W. armand ol,o tho fo1Iou,;pp axtracts from
leading Union Wing papers repudiating General
SCOTT:
GENERAL SCoTT's NoMINATIoN REPUDIATED.
The editor Of the Macon Messenger, one Of
the ablest Wing papers in this State, in an ar.
tcle on the convention, holds the following lam
guage:
The chances, we fear, are in favor of the
nomination of Gen. Scott His nomination
thus far has been prevented only by the fact
that Fillmore men have persevered in voting for
their candidate. If they attempt to effect the
election of Webster, by giving him Mr.. Fill.
more's strength, they cannot control the entire
Fillmore vote, but number sufficient to nomi
nate him will be given 70 Gen. Scott.
This is the position Of the Fillmore men in
the convention. They must hold on to Fillmore,
without hope of nominating him, simply to
prevent the nomination of Scott. Their Fl st
object is to defeat General Scott and the plan
by which this can be done is to vote for Mr.
Webster. But they cannot transfer Mr. Fill.
more's entire vote to Mr.. Webster, and we
therefore fear the nomination of Scott Such
a result would be the triumph of the Freesoil
wing of the Wing party, and would give new
vitality to that party at the North which has
denied the supremacy of the law, and the obi
cations of the Constitution, and systematically
encroached upon the rights of the South.
Freesoers would control the administration
of Gen. Scott, and dispense the patronage of
the general government, if he was elected. 1t
is true the convention has endorsed the compro-
mise measures in its platform of principles.
But, in the vote upon that platform, the majority
of Scott votes in the convention was recorded
in the negative. With candidate whom they
can control, they care not for the principles of
platform, for which they never voted, and with
the officers of the government at their disposal,
they would not hesitate to declare their opposi-
ton to that platform. These are plain truths,
which, unpaatabe as they may be to our Wing
readers. must be spoken. We profess to have
devotion to the principles of the great conser-
vative Wing party of the Union, as ardent, and
an admiration of those principles illustrated in
Wing administrations, and in the public career
OF the great statesmen OF the party, as strong
as any one. But, the great issues of the next
Presidential canvass are those connected with
slavery, and they swallow up the minor pointa
of political faith upon which the Wing and
Democratic parties are divided. In the language
of the resolutions of the late Fillmore conven.
ton of this State, "the safety and honor of the
South are dearer to us than the triumph of any
party" and if Scott is nominated, we shall act
The do, in 6ofarpainipu bo candidate we
shall support.
Here follows a telegraphic postscript annonn.
cling the nomination of Scott and Graham. The
editor adds
We can recall nothing which we have written.
We uie,o the nomination of Gen. Scott as
triumph ofihe enemies of The South; and it now
remains for our political friends in the State to
take such course as will best conserve the great
interests of our section.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says:
Tur WrrIc NonrNA will ha saon nv