The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-05-06
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The Washington correspondent Of che
Philadelphia North American--goOd Scott
Whig authority -fives the following report
Of the proceedings which took place IN re.
Iatinn TO the Compromise, after the original
resolutions of Marshall, Of Kentucky, on that
subject, had been ruled out Of order and be
had declared tho caucus was no place for q
wing to remain in:
Afterth withdrawal ofMr. Marshall, Mr..
Gentry, with much feeling, said he would
make one effort more to save the unity Of
the wing party, and offered resolution,
which in substance, declared that, in fixing
the time and place for holding the National
Convention, the wings did not commit them
selves unless the compromises were fnalties.
A long debate ensued, in which Messrs.
Outlaw, Campbell, Brooke of Mississippi,
Strother, Moore of Louisiana, Ewing, Cabell
and Clingman participated.
Mr.. Outlaw said he wished it to be under
stood that if the Compromise resolutions
were thrust out Of the whig caucus it was
thrusting him out and the wings whom he
represented. Having said this Mr.. Outlaw
withdrew.
Mr.. Brooke, of Mississippi, said he would
like to know, before be went to the Wing
National Convention, what company be was
to keep; and he left also.
Mr.. Strother said that the wings Of Vir-
GINA had, in substance, instructed him to
leave the caucus when the compromises we're
thrown out and he obeyed these instrue-
lions by taking his departure.
Mr.. Cabell said that the dicisiOn of the
chair, at the previous meeting OF tue caucus
had caused many southern wings to be ab-
sent tonight. He and others came hoping
for reversal of such decision. The con-
firmation of that decision would leave the
caucus composed of only northern men, and
and eight or ten southern wings. He then
left with Senator morton.
Mr. Clingman, after some few remarks,
left also with Mr.. Williams, of Tennessee.
Mr. Gentry gave utterance to some indig-
nant remarks, and retired with others so
that of the Tennessee delegation, there re-
manned in the Chamber but Messrs. Cullom
and Jones.
The excitement caused by this secession
was intense At this time there remained
from the South only part of the North Caro-
lima, Kentucky, and Tennessee delegations
all the other southern States being wholly
unrepresented. Indeed, it had become almost
exclusively a northern caucus.
Mr.. Morehead, of North Carolina, said he
had staid behind only because he hoped the
wing convention would adopt the Compro-
mise, and it was certain that North Carroll
ma would vote only for known compromise
men.
Mr.. Dockery said be endorsed his coll
eague to she fullest extent.
Mr.. Cullom said no man could hope to
carry Tennessee unless he was for the COM
promise
On motion of Mr.. Sackett, the time and
place were then fixed for the holding of the
National Convention.
Upon adivision beil.g taken between Bal
timOre and Pittsburg, the former received 81
votes, and the latter 18-showing but 40
members present after the southern members
had left.
Mr.. Stanly defined his position at length
and said that, unless the wing party stood
upon the Compromise, no candidate nomina-
ted by the party could receive the southern
vote.
Previous to the adjournment, Mr.. Man
gum said that he apprehendcd that mani
festo would be prepared by the southern re-
firing whigs-and, in that case, he desired
the authority to reconvene the caucus,
and the authority was given.
A sharp controversy ensued between
Messrs. Brooks, Stanly, and Truman Smith,
and the caucus separated, amid great excite
ment, about midnight
"Ion," of the Baltimore San says:
That all the speaking was among the south
crn members. The northern Scott men were
as mum as they desire their candidate to be.
But they did the voting very promptly and
efficiently.
Mr.. Seward was not present in the caucus;
but he, with some associate leaders, we're
posted in an ante-room as a reserved corps.
The meeting was in fine, declared to be OK
ceedingly harmonious and satifactory, and
affording an assurance that the anti-compro-
mise men would have no difficulty amOug
each other in selecting nominee. The
assent of the southern members was not ex-
pected, nor deemed necessary. 1t is very
doubtful whether the southern wings, after
, what has passed, will support Gen. Scott,
even if he should offer the pledge that his
northern whig friends have refused to give.