Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-09-29

a, TammAny Hall on Friday evening. desiring me 10 par
tiepate With YOU In raSing yoar STATE ticket and CO
menting the bonds that unite the States oil our eoned-
There are two State tickets before the public nominated
nv two crarae assemblies of proesed Democrats which
were by the authority and held at the same
time aud place which of these tickets Is entted TO his
preference and support question now forced upon every
Democrat IN the State and well by your letter OF invi
talion by the public announcement OF my name among
those invited address the intended meeting Il - nenm
bent upon frankly and at this early period,
how for personal government have resolved It.
Al the ensuing and all future elections In wh h
may be allowed participate, shall give my iul support
to that State ticket by whatsoever name may be called
which shall be most distinctly and reliably pledged 10
cemeutng the bonds that unite the States OF our coned
eracy" All who know me will credit this avoSaL
Although thus fully ecing with the only principle Ia
ken notice Of in circular cannot advocate the cleo
ton OF what calls your ticket Judging the tickets be-
fore by the and known cedents OF the oppo
sing candidates found upon them or by the names and
published observations Of the leading members OF the Con-
ventons by which those tickets respectively nomi.
mated reasonable doubt be entertained which OF
them il devoted preserving union and harmony be-
the States OF this Confederacy One OF the Conven-
lions was uneontaminated by the presence OF single
member known Agator oil principles or prac-
tees tending 10 degree however slight to disturb that
union aud harmony the candidates put forth by II are
equally free from reproaeh Turning to me contemplation
Of the other Convention find that all its leaders were but
recently engaged Of political agitation directly
tending dscord between the Northern and Southern
States IL has indeed presented platform OF principles I'M
Quahedy dcnouncing that political organization a. dan
gerous the permancncy of the Union and nadmssbe
among Democrats but when it is considered that
the leaders, with one unimpressive exception,
pressly withheld assent to that PLATFORM or re-
pudiated it. the resolution adopting it is not in my
opinion entitled any confidence Whatever One OF the
candidates nominated by this body, who was himself
member OF it, refused his assent to these very principles
in the emphatic lately the month OF
June 1859. As far known me, he still repudites
them IL presumable that he fairly reflects the dn'
of the Convention which nominated him, and know no
for supposng that of his associates on the
tickle; are, in this respect, unlike him.
Ny choice between tickets thus presented iseasy made
adopt that which made by convention OF sound,
unquestoncd and unquesonabe Democrats, whose plat
form is nexceptonable in its terms is admitted on all
hands have been adopted with sincerity, aud CORES
ponds with the political life and actions Of its trainers.
shall support the best OF my ability the ticket first nom
mated Syracuse and headed George w. Clinton for
Secretary of State.
am gentlemen, with great respect your obedent ser
want Gil. OCONOR.