The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-19
WING NATIONAL CONVENTION.
SECOND Evening Session.

I when the journal of the morning was read.
The President stated the question before thu
body to be on the substitute offered by MIR. Ewing
for the second resolution of MIR Duncan, as given
in the former proceedings. and which resolution
had been amended by Mr.. Jessup.
mir. Ewing's substitute is as follows
"Rescired, Thatthe committee shall consist of one
delegate from each State, selected by the delegates
of said State
, Mr.. Jessup moved TO amend tbi. as follows:
, ''rhat each member Of said Committee on Resolu-
tions shall be entie to vote 30 many votes AS he
State he represents is entitled to in the Electoral
College"
This wns, in substance, the amendment
which had been adopted as amendment to Mr..
Duncan'5 r solution,
A point of order having been raised, the Chair
decided the amendment OF Mr.. Jessup out of order.
Mr. Vintou, Of Ohio, appealed from the decision.
Mr. Loo mis-, of Pennsylvan argued against the
decision Of the Chair.
Alter much confusion the amendment was again
read, and the Chair reversed his decision, deciding
the amendment TO be in order.
MIR. Jessup said desirc to state in few words
the object of my proposition think the interests
of the great Wing party of the whole Union are
| involved in this subject No one who knows US
can be disposed to doubt the attachment of Penn
sylvania to the Constitution and the compromises
OF the Constitution, and to all proper and legiti-
mate laws and Legislation under that Constitution.
Pennsylvania will never hesitate in giving her
! cordial and earnest support TO all constitutional
laws. [App!ause
| Pennsylvania has been misrepresented, and be-
cause she has been msrepreso nted her position has
been misunderstood Other Statcs-New York
and Ohio-had been misrepresented, and the char.
acter of their delegates was misunderstood dc
.ir tho Of ID
solutions. to avoid having offered to US resolutions
OF an extreme character, such as may be unplea-
SAINT to any portion of the delegates TO this con
vcntion. desire, if to have resolutions
that the committee should fairly represent the
great conservative character of the convention,
and present to US resolutions Of conservative
! ture, upon which we could all agree. THIS com
,tttee, thus organized, with each State fully and
| fairly represented, will meet in harmony, IN union,
and in a desire further the interests of The whole
! Wing party Gentlemen surely misunderstood
the character of the Pennsylvania de!eg CATION if
| they suppose We have any other object. The
Whigs OF the middle portion of the Union-of the
State, Of New York, Ohio, and Pennsy lyania- are
as sound upon every question southern
brethren can desire. [Great applauscl
| Mr.. Robert Stanard, of Virginia, considered this
among the most important questions which could
be brought before the convention He was happy
to hear of the conservative character Of the middle
States, as alluded to by the gentleman from Penn
sylvania. Why seek to depart from all usage and
parliamentary experience In the appointment Of
this committee? You may search precedents in
vain TO justify this course. What would be thought
OF the power given to three gentlemen TO cast sev.
enty nine votes? 1t novel, dangerous and
unprecedented proposition. Let The committee he
organized as other committees have been. But let
ecommitteebe organized as now proposed, and the
delegate from one State may represent but por-
ton OF his delegation, and yet the vote of the
whole. The New York delegation, upon this very
proposition, was divided this morning Her vote
stood 81 yeas, and nays, including among the
yeas all the contested seats OF the merits Of thcse
contestants he knew nothing; but it was possible
that the whole six who voted this morning may be
excluded, and six others who would vote differently
be admitted. This would make a change OF twelve
votes
Independent OF this, how would harmony be
produced by the proposed of elccting the
committee; whch would be most likely TO produce
harmony, TO give each sovereign State a right to b.
heard on that committee or TO give to tue three
delegates Of three States the power 20 ewalov Up a
half dozen smaller States. [Applausel lie ap-
pealed to the Wings Of all parts Of the Union not
to force upon themselves dangerous and unprecc
dented propositions IL was not presented when
the other committees were chosen and why should
it now. The convention was not prepared now TO
say who was entitled TO vote this or any other
proposition; therefore he moved that the whole
subject be laid the table.
He withdrew the motion at the request Of the
Hon. WIN. C. Dawson, Of Georgia.
Mr.. Dawson said, in the of his remarks,
hope all will speak without excitement, and with
deliberation. ] ogrec with my friend from yir
a.. a. -
country into the widest sort of democrscy-th
democracy Of nUmbcrs. For the first time the
large States presume to control the sovereignty Of
the States The principle contended for will up
root your Constitution, and u, sovereign charac.
ter Of the States will be Frustrated to numbers
Applause The little state Of Rhode leland il
entitled to the same power, in virtue of her cover
eighty, a. either of the great States Of New York
Ptnnsyvanis, or Ohio; and yet the conservative
party Of the country arc asked that numbers shall
govern, and not the sovereignty Of the States. !
know the subject has not been properly considered
by the WING party.
This question Of power shows the necessity Of
rigid adherence 10 the Constitution TO preserve
the liberty Of the states and the Onion of TIC states
Applause RAD proclaim j, now, that this is
the widest effort 10 ALLEVIATE ono section Of tho
country from the oihcr. Why this innovation on
all established rules2 u is that tire sovereign States
governed Ivy no rules when the soycrcisntics
are represented here 10y delegates have long
belonged to the Wing party, because believed
| it TO be conservative and stood GA principle, aud
because believed il would De the last 10 dcsert the
principle, on. " hch the COnicdoracy il founded.
When IL deserts those great principles. su help me
God will abandon H. Il VIC adopt the cyurso
proposed, power will be welded by The majority
and not by the sovereignty recognised by the Con.
stitution, and bot three states would seem to have
any position the great States of New York, Penn
| sylyana, and Ohio.
! desire dscossiyn. but fcck 10 impress Up
on the Whigs an adherence to principle, and to
pursue the old practices marked out from the day
you called this convention. Do you suppose that
Rhode leland Delaware aud Georgia arc going to
Acknowledge their inlrriOrty 20 those great Statcs2
New York delegate here asked whether the
States rcprcscntcd in their senatorial as well os
! representative capacity.
| Mr.. Dawson Certainly.