Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-29
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH
Ace ceptance by Gen. Scott and Mr. Crab n m
OF the Wing Nominations.
LETTER TO GENERAL SCOTT.
BALTIMORE, June %

LETTER TO GENERAL SCOTT II
BALTIMORE, June % 1852. r
SIR: am instructed by the Wing Nationals
sConvention to inform you Of your unanimouss
nomination as the Whig candidate for the oiiiccI
@of President of the United States.
enclose copy of resolutions passed by the
Convention, expressing their opinions upon some
3of the most prominent questions of national
policy; and, with sincere wishes that you may
!be elected, and for the permanent settlement Of
athe principles of the Wing party,
4 have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
Iobedient servant,
J. G. CHAPMAN, of Maryland,
President Of tie WhY National Contention.
ITO Maj. Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT.
: TILE OFFICIAL PLATFORM or THE WING NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
The Wings of the United States, in Convention
4asscmbled, firmly adherng to the great conscrva-
tive republican principles by which they con-
&trolled and governed, and now, as ever, relying
Supon the intelligence of the American people, with
I an abiding confidence in their capacity for self
#govelnment and their continued devotion to the
#constituton and the Union, do proclaim the fol-
xowing as the political sentiments and dctcrmina-
8tions for the establishment and maintenance of
i which their national organization as party Isl
Meffectcd:
III Inc government VI INC CulIcu oUlLc5 Is OIL
ssa limited character, and it is confined to the cx
Eercise Of powers expressly granted by the consti
Ftuton, and such as may be necessary and proper
5for carrying the granted powers into full execu
duon; and that all powers not thus granted or
unnecessarily implied are expressly reserved to the
4States, respectively, and to the people
2. The State governments should be held Sc
cure in their reserved rights, and the general gov
Aernment sustained in its constitutional powers
Sand the Union should be reyered and watched
Hover as :" the palladium of our liberties"
3. That, while struggling freedom everywhere
senlists the warmest sympathy of the Whig party,
1--we still adhere to the doctrines of the Father OF
flhis Country, as announced i'll his Farewell Ad
Adrcss, of keeping ourselves free from all entan-
Mgling alliances with foreign countries, and OF
Snever quitting our own to stand VI Oh foreign
aground That our mission as a republic is not Il
$propagate our opinions, or impose on other coun
atries our form OF government by artifce or force
Eabut to teach by example, and show by our sue
Ncess, moderation, and justice, the blessings Of
Aself- government and the advantages Of free in
Sastitutions.
n 4. That where the people make and control th'
Sgovernment, they should obey its constitution
and treaties, as they would retain thoir self
S&respect and the respect which they claim ant
dwill enforce from foreign powers.
Isl 5. Government should be conducted upon prin-
Eciples of the strictest economy and revenue suf-
Efficient for the expenses thereof in time Of peace,
Fought to be mainly derived from duty on i'm
sports, and not from direct taxes and in leyying
Asuch duties, sound policy requires just discrimi-
anation, and protection from fraud by specific du,
Cites when practicable, whereby suitable encour.
5sagenent may be assured to American industry
8equally to all classes and to all portions of the
1country.
"a 6. The constitution vests in Congress the powe
%to open and repair harbors and remove obstruc
lItions from naygable rivers; and it is expedien
s5that Congress should exercise that power, wheR
ever such improvements are necessary for tie conao,
HaefeHce, or for the protection and facility Of
Hcommerce with foreign nations or among the
Estates such improvements being, in every in.
Stance, national and general in their character
Il T. The federal and State governments are parts
I 3of one system, alike necessary for the common
\ prosperity, peace, and security, and ought TO be
sregarded alike with a cordial habitHal, and
5immovablc attachment. Respect for the author
eity of each, and acquicscence in the constitu
Stional measures of each, are duties required by
HLhe plainest considerations Of national Of State,
I and Of individual welfare.
8. The series of acts Of the 3lst Congress com
fmonly known as the Compromise or Adjustment
q the act for the recovery Of fugtives from labor
&includcd) are received and acquiesced in by the
Bin principle and substance, Of the subjects t
(which they relate; and, SO far these acts arr
fconcemed, we will maintain them, and iusis
Con their strict enforcement, until time and cx
Experience shall demonstrate the necessity Of fur
ather legislation, to guard against the evasion o
Sthe laws on the one hand and the abuse OF tLei
spowers on the othcr-not imparing their prescn
deficiency to carry out the requirements Of tht
constitution and we dcprccato al further agita
ation Of the questions thus settled, rs dangerous
4 Ito our peace, and will discountcnancc all effort
: Ito continue or renew such agitation, whenever
B Ewhcreycr, or however made aud We will main.
Etain this settlement as essential to the nationality
Eof the Whig party and the integrity OF the mon.
y q CHAPMAN, II Maryland
y Iy,srlent 0C m Hb,1 .N'''1H"l tttrs"t'sH.
-. Iluo,,uts--Nuhan D. Appleton, y Nain" 'eorEo
" Nc1nith Of New hampshire; Carlos Coolidge of
Vermont; seth SprRguc oi Massachusetts. y. W. Bl
,ranston NJ Rh0dc Island: samuel u. Hubbard, of
Cnnnccirut. Edward 4. C"wcs, oi New York: james
-lc.art ui New Jersey John Strohm, 0i rcnnsylya-
nin Caleb s. Layton. oi Delaware Francis L. hclps
N Msrylaul William H. Goggin, of Virginia a. IL.