The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-09

Ratification In Charles County, Maryland.
A large meeting of the friends of SoorT and
GRAHAm was held at Port Tobacco on Friday, the
23d f July. ~
On motion of General J. G. Chapman. GEoaes
P. JENKiNs, ESQ.,, was appointed President, and
JOHN D, FRsEMAN and THomAs H. HALEY, esqs.,
Vice Presidents; and ...E
On motion Of General John Mathews, JAMES
Mechanics and SAMUEL T. SWAMI were appoint
ed Secretaries. g. d.
After the meeting was organized, General Chap
man rose and addressed the meeting, and in the
course of bis remarks gave a concise account Of
the proceedings Of the National Wing Convention,
held in Baltimore last June. He said that although
Scott not his choice in the convention, vet be
support, and called upon the Wings OF Charlie
county to cooperate with him; and General
Scott had accepted the nomination with the Wing
resolution annexed he was perfectly satisfied that
General Scott was safe depository Of the destnies
Of this great and growing Union 4
General Chapman stated he had addressed LETT
ter to Mr. Sellers, tho Wing electoral candidate
for this Congressional district informing him of
the time of this meeting, and his non arrival he
had no doubt was in consequence Of his not re-
ceivng his letter in time. But, said General c.,
electoral candidates for the State at large. is pres.
ent, and will with pleasure address this meeting.
He would. therefore, conclude his dcsultory re.
marks, and introduce to the meeting General
Thomas F. Bowie.
General Bowie then arose, and said he was happy
to have an opportunity of addressing the second
meeting held in this State to ratify the nominations
Of the Wing National Convention. After few
ject of the respective platforms of the Wing and
Democratic parties, more particularly a. they re-
lated to the Compromise measures OF Congress in
regard to slavery. He said that the resolutions of
the Democratic platform were in this respect, de-
lusive and deceptive, artfuly worded, and calcu.
lated to deceive the South; they in fact contained
nothing on which the South could rely.
The platform Of the Democratic party on the
subject Of slavery, he said, was one on which every
Abolitonist in the country might with propriety
stand-jus as much as the Democrats them
exclusive and ruled off every Abolitionst and Free
soiler in the country. He then proceeded to point
out in detail the difference between the two plat
forms on the question of the Compromise measures,
and of the power of Congress over slavery gene.
rally He said that the Southern States had in their
favor the constitutional guarantee that fugitivcs
from labor should be restored to them. This pro-
jurisdiction to pass laws in favor of the South, but
States. Now, says Gen. B., the Democratic plat
form denies TO Congress the power to interfere
whatever, either in the States Territories. This
was principle, he said, which was fraught with
danger to the SOUTH
aid Of Congress to pass laws to protect them in the
reclamation Of their fugitive slaves; but the De-
mocratc platform denied this power. This was
precisely what the Abolitionists wanted, what they
their party. The Freesoilers could never ally
themselves with the Wings of 1852, for the plat
form of the Wing National Convention pledges
the whole Wing party North and South TO carry
out the provisions of the Fugitive Slave law, and
TO cgslate stil further, If needs be. 10 amend any
Of its defective provisions 30 to render it more
efficient than it now ia carry out the constitutional
rights Of the slave States. There nothing like
this in the Democratic platform; and therefore
between the two parties, as they were organized.
no we-informed or true hearted southern man
could for a moment doubt as to which he ought to
support.
At the conclusion of g sneral Bowies speech, the
room resounded with rapturous applause.
The following resolution was passed unani.
mously:
Resolved That the Wings of this meeting do
hereby ratify and confirm the nominations made
by the National Convention of General WINFIELD
SCOTT for President, and WILLIAM A. GRAHAM
for Vice President.
On motion, it was ordered that the proceedings
Of this meeting be published in the Port Tobacco
Times, and the Wing papers in the State and Dis
trict of Columbia.
GEORGE P. JENKINS, President.
sAsvsI M r. swnss Secretaries.