Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-05-20

OeioI the time and place tor holding /
the National Convention were deter
mined, he designed to submit a resolu-
ton to the meeting imbodying the |
proclaimed by the whig con-
gressional 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 whig mem
bers of Congress were only authorized
to Gx the time & place for the National
and therefore any rcsola-
ton to test political opinion was beyond
their province TO consider in the meet
ing. In another quarter it was argued
that the eattemp: to harmonic the opin-
ions of wings on the compromise meas
ures or their affect, or upon the ques-
lions springing from the Institution OF
slavery, was useless: that the proper
course was 'to agree to disagree where
radical differences were known to ex-
ist, and that true policy required all TO
abstain from The effort to engraft new
principles upon the long-estabIished
creed of the party, leaving every sec
ton to think and to act at will where
common platform was inaccessible.
The debate was participated in by
several gentlemen, and we only seek
to state the points of it. The chair
man remarked that, before submitting
the question of adjournment, he felt
bound to say that, should the resolu-
ton indicated by the member from
Kentucky be offered at the next meet
ing, the Chair would refuse to enter
tain it, and should decide it to be out of
order. This statement the chairman
made in advance, that gentlemen dis
satisfied with the view entertained by
the Chair might proceed to select some
one else TO preside.
The annunciation of a foregone de-
termination by the Chairman to limit
the subjects TO which attention might
be directed i'll a meeting convened un
der general notice to consult on mat
ters of Importance TO the whig party,
and this refusal, in advance, TO consid-
er political proposition which is, in the
opinion of many, vital to the union
and essential to the integrity of the
wing party, at once invested the tu-
fure action of this congressional con-
sultation with an interest and impor-
tance that had not heretofore attached
TO it. The assumption of the Chair
was met by instant remOnStrance. The
right to present the resolution was
pressed now as point OF principle,
and notice was given that at the next
meeting it would be insisted upon. On
this issue the meeting was ad journed
to the both day of April.
At the appointed hour, on the even
ing of the Doth of April, the Hon. w.
p Mangum called the meeting to or
der. SO soon as the journal was read,
Hon. Edward Stauly, of North Caro-
lima, offered the following resolution
20 Resolped, Tha! it be recommended to
hold the Wing National Convention in the
/ city of Baltimore, in the State of Mary
+ land, on Wednesday, the 18th day of June
next, for the purpose of nominating can
didates for President and Vice President
of the United States
Mr.. Marshall, of Kentucky, imme.
diately presented the resolution o.
which notice had been given at the
former meeting, and asked that il
might be adopted as substitute for The
proposition of the gentleman from
North Carolina. 1t is in these words:
WHEREAS the determination of The
time and place for holding the Nationa
I Wing Convention has been referred to th,
wings of Congress, the whig members O
the Senate and House of Representative
having assembled in convention with th'
explicit understanding that they 'regart
the series of acts known as the adjustmen
measures as forming in their mutual depen
dence and connexion a system of compro
mise the most conciliatory and the best fo
the entire country that could be obtained
from conflicting sectional interests and opin
ions; and that, therefore, they ought to b
adhered to and carried into faithful execu
ton, as final settlement, in principle anc
substance, of the dangerous and exciting
subjects which they embrace, and to un it
on this basis as well as upon the long-es
tabhshed principles of the whig party, d
hereby recommend the da-
. of and the city of a
the time and place for holding the Nationa
Whig Convention for the choice of viii;
candidates for the Presidency and Vic
Presidency respectively
Mr.. Stanly objected to the introduc
ton of the substitute, because it wa
out of order. The chairman sustaine,
the objection. Mr. Marshall appeale,
from the decision Of the Chair
Mr.. S Stanly moved that tn
appeal do lie on the table. An in
formal debate ensued, which was Gu
off by decision OF the Chair, that a
discussion was out order unless stric,
ly confined to the question of ORDER
The vote was then taken by ayes an
noes on the question, "ShalF the appea
from the decision of the Chair lie o
the tablet" and it was decided in tn
affirmative-ayes 46, noes 81. Th
following viii exhibit the names of th
gentlemen who voted, and their RI
lspective localities.
A ES.
States. Senators. Representatives