Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-05-05
Address Of the southern wings.
The Southern wbiro ,vbo ret;red from

The Southern Wings who retired from tn
Congressional Caucus, on account of the action ia
ken by that body in reference to the Compromise
have put forth an address to the people of the U
mted states, In Justification of their course. The,
frst relate the proceedings at the previous meet
ing, which was attended by some sixty-eigh
members of the two Houses.
Owing to the small number present, it wa
thought best to adjourn to subsequent day. Be
fore the adjournment, however, Mr.. Marshall, O
Kentucky, suggested that it was deemed materia
the meeting should pass upon another proposition
before proceeding to determine time and place fo
the National Conventon-a proposition which af
fected the persons to exercise the right of determ
lining the time and place.
lie observed that there were persons presen
who had retired from meeting of Wing Repre-
sentatives early in the Session, because that meet
ing had refused to lay on the table resolution en-
dorsing the position of the Administration on the
Compromise, and some of whom had subsequently
assailed the resolution as an untrue expression Of
wing ooii'iiiohI' III VleW Vi lliiS circumstance
before the time and place for holding the National
Convention were determined, he designed to sub
init a resolution to the meeting embodying the
principle proclaimed by the Wing Congressional
Caucus of December last.
1t was urged, on the other hand, in opposition
that the Wing members of Congress We're only
authorized to fix the time and place for the Con-
vention, land not to engraft principles upon the
creed of the party and that the proper course was
''to agree to disagree" where radical differences
existed.
The Chairman, Senator Mangum of North Car
olina, announced that should the resolution indca-
ted by Mr.. Marshall be ntroduceda at thenext meet-
ing, he would decide it TO be out of ORDER and the
meeting then adjourned to the Goth of April.
The Address proceeds
At the appointed hour, on the evening of the
Goth of April the Hon. w. p Mangum called the
meeting to order. So soon as the Journal was
read, Hon. Edward Stanly, of North Carolina, Of
fered the following resolution:
! ''Resolued, That it be recommended to hold the
Wing National Convention in the city of Balti-
lliOIC, III ptdtC uH w y,
the 10th day of June next for the purpose of nom
mating candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States"
Mr.. Marshall, of Kentucky, Immediately pre-
scented the resolution of which notice had been
given at the former meeting, and asked that it
might be adopted as substitute for the proposition
of the gentleman from North Carolina 1t is in
these words:
s'Whereas, the determination of the time and
place for holding National Wing Convention has
been referred to the Wings of Congress, the Wing
members of the Senate and House of Representa-
| tves having assembled in convention with the eX-
plicit understanding that they regard the series of
acts known as til, Adjustment measures as forming
in their mutual dependence and connexion sys-
tenn of compromise the most conciliatory and the
best for the entire country that could be obtained
from conflicting sectional interests and opinions ;
and that, therefore, they ought to be adhered to
and carried into faithful execution, as final set
Element, in principle and substance, of the danger
Gus and exciting subjects which they embrace
and do unite on this basis as well as upon the long
established principles of the Wing party, do here
| by recommended the day of and the
city of as the time and place for holding
the National Wing Convention for the choice Of
Wing candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency respectively"
Mr.. Stanly objected to the introduction of the
substitute, because it out of order. The Chair
man sustained the objection. Mr.. Marshall APP
pealed from the decision of the Chair. Mr.. Stan
ly moved that the appeal do lie on the table. An
informal debate ensued which was cut off by de-
cision of the Chair, that all discussion was out of
order unless strictly confined to the question of Or
der. The vote was then taken by ayes and noes
on the question: ''Shall the appeal from the decis-
ION of the Chair lie on the table ?" and it was de-
cided in the affirmative-ayes DC, noes 81. The
following will exhibit the names of the gentlemen
who voted, and their respective localities:
.4yes-Maine, Goodenow, Washbum; New
Hampshire, -; Vermont, Hebard, Meacham;
Massachusetts, John Davis, (Senator,) Fowler,
Goodrich, Scudder; Connecticut, Il. Smith, (Sen-
ator,) Chapman Rhode Island, Clarke, SENATOR
G G King New York, Fish, (Senator,) Browne,
Briggs, Hascall, Horsford, Sackett, Schoolcraft,
Walbridge, Wells; New jersey, Miller, (Senator;)
Pennsylvania, Allison, Chandler, T M Howe, j
w Howe, Kuhns, Moore; Delaware, Spruance,
(Senator) Ohio, Wade, (Senator,) Barrere, L..
d. Campbell, Hunter, Stanton, Taylor; Indiana,
Parker, Brenton; Illinois, Yates; Michigan, Pen
niman; Kentucky, Underwood, (Senator,) Grey,
Ward Missouri, Porter; Tennessee, Cullom !;
North Carolina, Morehead, Stanly-Total 46.
Noes-Massachusetts, Appleton New York,
Brooks, Haws, Haven, Schermorhom, Martin !;
Pennsylvania, Cooper, (Senator ;)Virginia, Stroth
er; Kentucky, Ewing, Marshall, White; Tennes-
see, Gentry, Williams; North Carolina, Cling
man, Dockery, Outlaw louisiana Moore, Lam
dry Florida, Morton, (Senator,) Cabel Missis-
sppi Brooke, (Senator, Total, 81.
| When this result was announced several of the
undersigned formally withdrew from the meeting.
Mr.. Gentry, of Tennessee, then submitted the
following to be added as an amendment to the res
olution offered by Mr.. Stanly
''Resolred, That the Wing members of Con-
gress, in thus recommending time and place for
the National Wing Convention to assemble, are
not to be understood as pledgng themselves to sup
port the naminees of said convention, except upon
the condition that the persons then and there nom
mated as candidates for President and Vice Pres-
dent shall be publicly and unequivocally pledged
to regard the series of measures known as the
Compromise measures as final settlement of the
dangerous questions which they embraced, and to
maintain that settlement inviolate."
Objection was made to the introduction of this
amendment, because 1t avas ont of order. The
Chair sustained the objection. An appeal was ia
ken from the decision of the Chair; and, after some
debate, the meeting sustained the ruling of the
Chair. Thereupon, the remainder of the under
signed formally withdrew from the meeting.
1t is officially announced that, after our with
drawal, the resolution of Mr.. Stanly was passed;&
then the meeting adjourned
The foregoing statement exhibits the character
and order of the proceedings, which compelled the
undersigned to leave the meeting of the Goth inst
By reference to the list of persons who partic-
ipated in these proceedings, it will be perceived
there was a great disparity in the representation
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We are authorized to state that several gentlemen
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