Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-01
ADDRESS
TO THE WINGS OF THE UNITED STATES.

ADDRESS
TO THE WINGS OF THE UNITED STATES
The undersigned, members of the Thirty Con-
gress of the United States address you under mperous
Of duty Events have occurred this Capitol with
in the last twenty days which worthy of your serious
and immediate consideration. They likely to affect the
future unity of the Wing party they have already dis
turbed the harmony Of its members We desire to state
them accurately that you may estimate their tendency
and force correctly plain narrative of facts proper
connexion will accomplish this purpose, and will at
the time to mpart correct conception of
motives and conduct
tors, it determined to invite consultation between the
Wings of the Senate and House of Representatives Who
initiated this movement for what purpose, is known
from the following notice, which published in the
newspapers of this city the It'll day of April 1852 by
direction of Hon. WILLIE p MASGuM of North Carolina:
"THE WING MEMBERS CosGREss are requested to meet
at the Senate Chamber Friday evening next, the 9th in
stan o'clock consider of matters importance
the Wing party. "WEDNESDAY, APRIL Z, 1852"
At the time and place suggested by the notice some
sixtyeight members of the Houses assembled Mr..
MANGUM called to the chair and Messrs CHANDLER
and DocKERY were appointed Secretaries. Before any
distinct proposition was submitted the consideration Of
the meeting after the statement from the Chair motion
was made to adjourn to subsequent day. that more
attendance of the Wing members of Congress
might be obtained Remarks made by several gen.
temen indicative of desire limit the attention of the
meeting to the single object of determining the time and
place for National Convention to select Wing candidates
for the Presidency and the Vice Presidency And it
urged that the most important results flow from the
determination of the time and place for the Convention,
each point calculated to affect the nomination 1t
then suggested by Mr. MARSHALL of Kentucky that
it was deemed material the meeting should pass upon
another proposition before proceeding determine time
and place for the National Convention-a proposition
which affected the persons to exercise the right of deter
mining the time and place for holding the Convention He
rived al he I'm of az
Congress- certain gentlemen had retired from meeting of
Wing Representatives because that meeting refused lay
the table resolution endorsing the position of the
present Administration upon the series known
as the Compromise measures'-that some Of the
persons had, during the session. publicly assailed
the said resolution as untrue expression of Wing SEN
tment in regard to those measuresand that these per-
present to assist in determining the time
and place for the Wing National Convention. Considering
the position Of the Administration this class of ques
tons the condition Of political parties and the fact that
by some, the resolution referred to deemed cardinal
as principle it was thought by many TO be the proper
to resate in the meeting of the Wing members of
the two Houses the position which the Wings in Congress
hold the Compromise measures before proceeding to
the steps preparatory for Convention Of the Wing party
He then remarked that before the time and place for
holding the National Convention were determined he de-
signed to submit resolution the meeting embodying
the principle proclaimed by the Wing Congressional
Of December last and he hoped all present to participate
in the proceedings would agree to the same.
This view met by the argument from one quarter,
that the Wing members Of Congress only authorized
to fix the time and place for the National Convention; and
therefore any resolution to test political opinion was be-
yond their province TO consider in the meeting In
other quarter it argued that the attempt TO hamonse
the opinions of Wings the Compromise measures,
their effect upon the questions sprngng from the in
suton of slavery useless that the proper
Ito agree TO disagree" where radical differences
known to exist and that policy required all to
abstain from effort to engraft principles upon the
long creed Of the party leaving every section
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inaccessible.
The debate participated in by several gentlemen
and only seek to state the points Of it. The Chairman
remarked that before submitting the question Of adjourn
ment he felt bound to say that should the resolution in
dicated by the member from Kentucky be offered the
next meeting, the Chair would refuse entertain it.
should decide it to be ont Of order This statement the
Chairman maden advance that gentlemen with
the view entertained by the Chair proceed select
some one else to preside.
The annunciation Of foregone determination by the
Chairman to limit the subjects to which attention
might be directed in meeting convened under general
notice to consult matters Of Importance to the whr
party and this refusal in ADVANCE to consider political
proposition which is in the opinion Of many vital TO the
Unon and essential to the integrity of the Wing party
at once invested the future action Of this Congressional
consultation with interest and Importance that had
not Heretofore attached to it. The assumption of the
Chair met by instant remonstrance The right to
cpe, and notice given that at the next meeting il
would be insisted upon On this issue the meeting was
adjourned to the Goth day Of April.
AT the appointed hour, the evening Of the Goth Of
April the Hon w. p MaSeUm called the meeting to or
der. SO as the journal read Hon EDWARD
sTANLy Of North Carolina, offered the following resolution:
"Rsolped That be to hold the whie Ma
onal Convention in the city Of Baltimore in the State Of
ryand Wednesday, the 10th day June next for the
purpose Of nominating candidates for President and Vice Pre-
sident Of the United Statesp
Mr.. MARSHALL, Of Kentucky, Immediately presented
the resolution of which notice had been given the for
me lpd L.. II
stute for the proposition Of the gentleman from North
Carolina. 1t is in these words:
Whereas tho determination time and place hold
ing the National Wing Convention has been referred TO the
Wings Of Congress- the Wing members the Senate House
Of Representatives having assembled in convention with the
explicit understanding that they regard the series Of