Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-06-24
From the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday.
The WING National Convention.

AT the evening session yesterday. the Com
miitee on the Platform Resolutions report
ed. and their report. was adopted by a vote Of
more than three to one. We pAblish the res
olu,iops in the report ofthe proceedings. They
arc, wit, few irnme,cral alterations, the same
as were Adopted a, the meeting Of the delegates
from the Southern States, held in Carroll Hall
on Wednesday. The platform of principles
thus laid down. is that upon which every friend
Of the Union and true Wing may take his stand.
anu Ieei ano ns.o" ti,r- ~ :. supported by the
Constitution. is upheld by unalloyed patriotism
and is pIedsed to the support and advocacy Of
measures Essential to the happiness, peace pros
perity and glory of the United States.
We feel, when We contrast the course of the
Wing Convention with ,hst Of the one which
placed GeAtl Pierce up as the nominee for
President, ~ we have reason 10 lie proud Of
the party association which ranksu as Wing.
Here We have. the declaration of principles
made-wc have the platform laid down upon
which every member Of the Convention is to
tuke hi. stand I'VE nav. the pledge given in
the name Of the Wings Of the Uninn. that by
those principles and on That platform will they
stand. And having thus put on record wha,
are the political doctrines which the Wing par
~ hold they then proceed to vote to nominate
candidates for the President and Vice Presi-
dent. who if elected. are to carry these doc
trnes into practices.
The Democratic National Convention was
the very opposite cfthis. There were men in
tina, Convention, it Is but just TO ihc,n 10 say,
who were anxious and who worked hard TO
get the Convention today down the pla,fn IN
Of principles. and h,en 70 nominate a candidate
to conform to the 70. But they were ov-rru!-
ed. The candidates were accordingly norni.
mated first. with no declaration Of pIincipl
made. by which they were to be bonnl. AZ
forwards. when the resolutions laying down
the platform" were reported. they were hur.
ried through without a formal v.se, and now
We have it set forth by leading supp or,ers of
the nominees in the North. that the revolutions
were never really rassed and 'ha, The proceed
ings. by which they were said to have been a
dopted, were even more ridiculous than u
farce.
Sou goes out 10 the country. that though
the resolutions were declared by tF,,. residing
officer Of the Convention to have beer, passed
many members of the Convention = az they
were not; and while they and their free soil
friends will zealously support the nom: neethey
proclaim that they are not bound IL uphold
h. caA I'LL Il Il
the political platform they profess to L. y down
The Wing National Convention is boil.
frank and manly. ], lays down its Principles
and then every delegate in it who votes to
nominate a candidate on these p rinciples,
is bound in honor to support them. There
is no disposition among any Of the m tn dis
claim this responsibility, and they could not
do 50 with honor. With the Democ. aic Con.
ven,ion all is different. They refus ed to de-
clare their political principles till the andida,es
were denon1inated; and this done. WI list ..noise
and confusion" ruled the hour, the esoluions
were presented. hurricdly read and dec Jared to
be passcd-thus offering to those wh choose to
disclaim holding the principle of the rcso!u-
tons, the excuse to do so-and, Is we have
seen, the opportunity y readily vailed Of
So we have free-soiers, barnburncy 3. abolition.
lists Of the North supporting Gen. fierce on the
ground that the party not com mitrcd to the
support Of the principles laid dow n in the rcso-
lutions Of ths Convention, while the party q.
the South take the opposite GROUNDED
Nothing Of the kind can be cha rped upon the
Wings. They show their hasd-they pro-
claim their plinciples-and on ,tese they " III
stand or fall
TApaNrSr Cprrvr TL ru.