The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-26
From the Nashville Banner, July IT.
Wing Ratification MT Dover, Tennessee

At meeting OF the Wings of Stewart county,
held in the town of Dover, on Monday, the 18th of
July, 1852, organized by placing Col. J. F. GEN.
TRY in the chair, ard appointing r. CALDWELL
secretary, the following resolutions read, sub
mitted, and unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolued. That the series of resolutions adopted
by the National Wing Convention which recently
assembled at Baltimore, embracing, as that series
does, the great cardinal principles of the Wing
party Of the United States, meets with our hearty
and entire appreciation; and that we will, to the
utmost of our ability, aid and assist in their propa-
CATION and success believing them to be such prin
ciplcs as are necessary to promote the harmony
and advance the interest of the whole country.
especially the emphatic and unresistabe endorse
mcnt Of the Compromise measures Of the 3lst Con-
gress, by means of which endorsement an end has
been put, go far as the Wing party both North and
South is concerned to the agitation Of the slavery
question, which has go immnently threatened the
existence of the Union.
Resoiued, That General WINFIELD Scorr, the
mighty warrior and the distinguished civilian, and
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, the ex-Secretary Of the
Navy, both of whom have rendered distinguished
services to their country. especially the former,
and who have been nominated by eaid convention,
having accepted the nomination and placed them.
selves on said national platform in manner which
admits of no doubt Of their cheerful and united
support of the entire series of measures therein
contained, the representatives of the Wing party
of the Union, are entitled to, and shall have,
cordial and enthusiastic support for the respective
offices for which they are the nominees, and that
under their banner we feel no fear of the result,
but confidently expect glorious and overwhem-
ing victory at the ballot box in November, despite
OF the ISLANDERS heaped upon General Scott by the
interruptions of his opponents AID enemies.
Resoloed, That Willard Fillmore, the President
of the United States, having through his entire ad-
ministration Of the affairs of the Government
given inconrovertble proof Of his devotion to the
Union regardless Of sectional interests. and to the
welfare OF the whole people of this Confederacy,
n I'm
manner in which he has guided the ship of State
through the perils of the great comnoton through
which we have passed' and that we regard the
acts OF his administration the full guarantee of
the promises of the Wings of lS4S, and an ire
iragable demonstration of the falsty of the charge
OF abolitionism 80 pertuaciously and extensively
made against him by our Democratic opponents;
and with pride and exultation we point the Ameri
can people to his administration as the brightest
and most illustrious since the days of Washington
Adopted standing.]
Hesolued, That the wall of the nation at the
annunciation of the death of Henry Clay strikes a
sympathetic chord in our hearts which vbrates to
each note of sorrow in responsive unison the
drge Of the great statesman, the unrivalcd orator,
the skilful debater. and the nations hope and
vour in times that stretched to their tension the
lgaments that bind this Union-whose career,
unparalleled in history, shines out upon the annals
OF the past belt of light vivifying and illuninat
ing by it's brilliant rays the remotcst regions of our
continent, shooting far out into the darkness and
gloom of despotsm and monarchy wherever found
disseminating principles having truth as their
origin, right their means, and happiness and
prosperity their end; and he knew no North, no
South, no East, no West nothing but his whole
country, so his name belongs to no age nation,
but ia
One of the few, the immortal names
That were not born to die"
Resoved, That Russell Houston, esq.,, the selected
candidate for elector the Wing ticket for this
district, having declined the post
rendered him, and there being constituted au-
tborty to fill the vacancy this convention suggests
the meeting of another convention of the counties
of this district at ClarSsville, on Monday the I'd
day of August, to elect some other standard bearer
for this coatest. and urges the other counties to do
likewise, and the following gentlemen appoint
ed delegates to attend said convention, viz: A. nj.
Walls, 8 w. Kelly, G. T. Lewis. J. c. Richards,
J. NJ Elan, s. II. Wilkerson, DR.. Taylor, John
Parchment. esq, N. T. Allen, James Wilson, esq
and WIN. C. Jones.
Whereas, L. A. r. Nelson, who was appointed
an elector for the State large by the State Con-
vention having declined the station and whereas.
the Central Committee at Nashville, which is vested
with the power to fill the vacancy, request the
suggcstions Of the various counties to suitable
person for the appointment:
Resolued, That this convention suggests that r.
L. Caruthers, OF Lebanon, be appointed to fill the
vacancy, or the Hon. Milton Brown John Meth
erland
Resolved. That the proceedings OF this conven-
ton be published in the papers Of this district.
J. +. GENTRY, Chairman.
r. CALDwELL, Secretary.