The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-06-21
WING NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THIRD Eotning S,ssion.

ltlRD ia EotHtng S'SStoH
BALTinoRE, June IS, 1852.
The convention having been called 10 order at
5o'cloCk-
Mr.. A5hmun arose and said: have been in
structed cir, by the committee of one from each
5 ate, " no charged with the duty OF report
ing to this convention series of resolutions, TO
present report which hold in my hand. And
beg leave 20 cay that after much elaboration,
Quoted with the kindest and most concihatory
feeings, the report has been adopted with very
great, though not entire, unaninty. Applause. J
And sir by leave VI the chair, will, owing to the
hasty manner in which the resolutions have been
drawn up, take position in front Of the chair and
read the resolutions which have Seen instructed
10 present
AIr Ashmun then took position near the Presi.
druPs chair, and read the resolutions, which, -
finally amended, appear in another part Of this
paper
The resolutions as they were read. were
rally received with demonstrations Of applause,
especially those relating to the Compromise mea-
There were loud cries Of "Choate," "Choate;"
when, amid the almost general call
Mr.. Ruf1s Choate rose and said that he did not
clear apprehend the exact terms Of the last
luton. the esIing Of which very anxious attcn.
ton paid. but he understood in general thst il
affirmed tho hnality o. the Compromise, and that
Il deprecated any further political agitation on the
subject Il slavery. And If he rightly understood
Il. he made haste to rse and thank God that the
doctrine for which he had oontended in his
sufe aud place though circumstances we're unpro-
ptiou. in Faneuil Hall, when Faneuil Hall
opened-if he might Judge by the cheering indica-
tiOns-soemed to be sustained by the highest
thority which, az a party man snd Whig, be could
80, fk T. ~ ND ~ he
United States.
Why, he ssked, should not this organ Of the
great Cuion party Of wbigs, one Of the great ns.
tBnsl parties which divides the people but unites
the Onion for be held that great national parties
when sisc.y md morally administered, are among
our most eficscous instrumentalities Of UniOn-so
ds,laroy
WAY should not this organ make haste, in
form q phraseology distinct, explicit, and uno.
q4ivDcsl. o. dccls that it - the opinion Of the
convention that the agitation Of slavery hence
for ard shall be excluded and forbidden in the
nat Jnal poi'ic, Of America, Hong continued
sgglau., Why should not here and nov,
vIth all slscrity, as, party Of whigs, declare the
hlsliy II the CJmprJm'e measures, Demon
STATIONS Z applause Was there human b ing
who e d Mt now b'gin W sgroe, whatever he nay
have though, before the 7th Of March, 1850. thai
gt,st moral necessity demanded they should have
beeu passed a, first,
tie thanked God that there was courage enough
60 pas them, and condemned the hlse pIilan
'rropy sud iaustcisin e the day, and oIphtisted
generally the sut Jet of tho C1mpromisc; and
uel asked Why should we hesitate 10 declare in
our Judgment that thosc measures shall remain
permanent Adjustment u TIE slavery controversy
10 the language Of Daniel w,b.ter, "sink or
seiin, live die, survive perish, arm for that
very declaration" fApplagss.l lie begged to
b. permitted 10 ssy that tle Democratic COnyen
ton bid u, tie Wing. no alternatives and thank
Cyd ~, llai.-but 70 adopt the Compromise mea.
tUrss. yyU DO not do ii you will be swallowed
u aud altered ~ the whirlpool u nationality
Wa multitude II sine, ~hat multitude Of
,hs.lo.y yYlcy in the Dsmocrstc platform 10 CO.
ysr.I ayer With mantle Of nstiJnsiity,
H. projected, i an eiOq 8cnt strain, % urge that
hcnct.-,a 'rd tlis issue Of slavery he drawn from
the political ctseds ard contentious u both the
great partes Of the country, which would have the
CT 60 ID ailayiug The spirit II strife and securing
'bo pace which We nOR - richly enjoy. Among
the rbat.rs afduccd Why the Compromise mea.
slrrs %. uid be sustained was one that no man oil
honor right 90 out and advocate the support o.
tte n.miuee on the ground that, by bis election
agitation would ccase, while another should sdys
cate hs election on the ground that citation woulc
De iucre1scd. Would not every man having
hsartin bic yYs1m regard With contempt whif
gong into one region and from the northern sii'
q be mouth soying, ono platform, agitation for
eycg' snd hen going into another and blow NJ
oI of The southern EIDE, "no platform, bot a lette
10 ,vcry mans breeches pocket" Applause an,
laughter ]
Nome Of that, be remarked, If you love me
Trad W not into temptation, but deliver Va from
that evil. How much better to run up to the msst
head the fog bearing the words, the "seventeenu
- JuLs." Liberty and Union, nov and forever
one aud insepsrsOIe;' and il the ship is to G