The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-09-06
Wings OF Now Hampshire In Conven ton.


Response Of the Whigs of the Granite State to the
examinations Of Scott and Graham. The Religious
Test Denounced. -
STATEsMAN OFFICE,
Concord, N, II. Sept. l, 1852.
The Wbig State Convention for the nomination
of Presidential electors, Governor, and Railroad
Commissioner, met at Concord to day, and was
called to order by Mr.. GILMAN, of Exeter. Ex-
Gov. Colby was appointed temporary chairman.
committee Of ten were chosen, from each
county, to nominate permanent officers. The com.
mittee reported, for President, Tnos. Nj. EDWARDS,
of Keene. Vice Presidents-Messrs. Boa fdman, of
Newmarket; Brewster, of Portsmouth; Adams, of
Keene; Walker, Of Claremont; Thompson, of Hol.
derness; Tilton, Of Clifford; Currier, of Auburn;
Fuller, of Francestown; Smart, of Concord; and
Peavey, OF STAFFORD. Secretaries-John b. Kelley,
OF Manchester; Abel Hutchins, of Concord. The
Committee on Resolutions were J. C. Abbott, of
Manchester; John Prentiss. Of keene; Thomas E.
Sawyer, Of Dover; w. H. Bartlett, of Concord; Ma
thaniel e. Gilman, Of Exeter; Thomas Wadleigh,
OF Somersworth; Milon c. Mcclure, of Claremont;
E. r. Lpscomb, OF Lebanon; s. w. Lougee, of AL
ton; Geo. S. Towle, of Lebanon. Adjourned until
afternoon.
AFTERNOON SEssIoN.-The following persons
were nominated for electors of President and Vice
President: For Rockingham, councillor districts,
w. H. Y. Hackett, ofPortsmoutb; Hillsboro', Aus
tin F. Pike, Of Franklin; Merrimack, A. H. Cra-
gin, of Lebanon ; STAFFORD, Daniel S. Christie, of
Dover; Cheshire, Thomas Nj. Edwards, Of Keene.
BY vote Of the convention, the candidates were
instructed to meet the Pierce and King candidates
upon the stump, and discuss the respective candi-
da tes and their principles.
The ballot for candidate for Governor resulted
Gil I'LL non II
ford had 2l3, and was declared nominated.
For Railroad Commissioner, Joseph Sawyer, OF
Piermont, was unanimously nominated by accla.
nation.
J. c. Abbott chairman ofthe Committee on Re-
solutions, reported the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
l. Resolued, That believing a general and har-
monious action necessary to the existence of ma
tional party and the ultimate success of its prin.
ciples, we endorse cordially and fully the action OF
the last National Wing Convention at Baltimore
2. Resolued That in General WINFIELD ScoTr
we recognise man who, while he ia faithful to
Wing principles, has also added fame to the coun-
| try and himself by a life of unprecedented SER
vice, and deeds of unparalleled glory. That rely
ing upon the exemplification given by long life
OF fidelity to Wing principles and the Wing cause,
in both Houses of Congress- and as the executive
of his own State, the Wings of New Hampshire
Hon. WILLIAM A. GRAHAM.
3. Resolued, That MILLARD FILLMORE, the pre-
| sent able Chief Magistrate of the Union. and his
patriotic Cabinet, entitled to the confidence of
| the Wing party, for the frmness with which they
have supported the Constitution and laws Of their
| country.
4. Resolued, That while the administration of
Millard Fillmore has thus caused the country to be
respected abroad, promoted peace and happiness at
home, and laid the people under strong obligation
for continued favors, yet we can revert to no one
act in his official life which portrays substan
italy the fact that selfaggrandizementi is no ele-
name more dear to the Wings of New Hampshire,
than his frank, open, and unreserved acquescence
in the nomination of Winfield Scott for the Presi-
dency.
s. Resolued, That the nomination of SCOTT and
! GRAHAM will carry with them a moral power,
| which ought to be irresistible in young nation,
not yet deeply contaminated with the corruption
and abuses of the Old World.
g. ResOiped, That the true interests of the
| United States demand the development Of her re
sources by the addition of productive industry to
| material wealth, thus creating and combining all
the elements OF civilization; and as we believe it
possible for those results to be secured only by en-
| enlargement to American industry in the levying
OF specific duties; and as we can never consent to
build up English manufacturers, to the destruction
of our own, and to support the arstocracy OF Eng
land at the expense of our own free and intelligent
aborers, therefore we can only regard the support
of General Pierce by the free-trade journals of
England as conclusive argument for the election
Of the Wing nominees.
T. Resoiued. That the Locofoco doctrine of indi-
vdual liability, set forth in law of this State,
which makes stockholders of manufacturing and
railroad corporations individually liable for all the
debts of such corporations, has been found, in it's
operation, highly injurious to the best interest OF
the State, public good demands it's speedy abro
CATION, and return to the true Wing policy relating
| to corporations.
g. Resoiped That we believe it to have been the
design of the founders Of the Government to make
America the sylum of the oppressed, but never to
the subverson of its distinctive characterized
it be the refuge alike from religious and political
oppression, and that within its boundaries civil
privileges should be unabridged by religious opin-
ions; therefore we, the Wings Of New Hampshire
are, we always have been, decidedly in favor OF
blottng the religious test from State constitu-
! ton
9. R.solved, That we cordially approve the nomi-
nation of Hon. JAMES BELL for Governor, and Hon.
JOSEPH SAWYER for Railroad Commissioner, and
pledge them our hearty support.
After several animated speeches, the convention
| adjourned.