New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-08-30
The Wing Convention.

TO THE WINGS OF THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
The Delegates from NeU0reaus and the par
ish of Jefferson to the late Wing Congressional
Convention at Donsldsonvile feel it due to
themselves, their constituents and the Congress
sional nominee, to notice the evidences of dis
content and dissatisfaction with the manner of
choosing, and the choice Of that Convention, as
set forth in the proceedings of meeting Of
wings in the parish Of st. Martin, and of anoth-
er at Donaldsonville, in the parish of Ascension
That our constituents may be in possession Of
fair account of our stewardship, and to lessen
if we cannot entirely remove the prejudice
which unhappily exists in the country towards
the city, we propose presenting a brief and plain
statement Of facts.
The New0rleans and parish Of Jefferson dele
cation, as far as is known to us Individually,
were the spontaneous and uuinstructed choice
of the wings of the portion Of the city lying
within the Second Congressional District The
duty deyolyed upon them was to select suitable
person to represent the Second Congressional
District of the State of Louisiana in the Con
gress of the United States. Upon meeting their
wing brethren from other parishes in Conven-
ton at Donaldsonville, and when the Conven-
ton was organized, question was made as to the
rules by which its proceedings were to be gov
erned, The delegates from the parish of Or
leans as well a. those from the parish Of Jeffer-
son, looking fairly to the business entrusted 10
them, and considering that they were charged
specially with the nomination of Compression
al candidate, regarded the number Of whig votes
east at the next preceding Congressional cleo
ton the most just and fair basis upon which
the votes of each parish were to be calculated
and given in convention, allowing one vote for
each one hundred and one vote for every fifty
or more votes So cast To this basis objection
was made by several delegations from country
parishes, some proposing the representative or
mixed vote, and others the presidential or guber-
Material wing vote, as the basis by which voting
in the Convention was to be measured The
delegates from the parishes of Orleans and JEFF
ferson, although cherishing the kindest frater-
nal feelings for their brethren Of other parts Of
the district and being as regar1ful Of the rights
of wings every where as they are Of their own
could not perceive what relation an election for
President or for Governor, held at different sea
sons and under quite dissimilar influences and
circumstances, bore to an election for Repre-
sentative in Congress, and refused to 20 into
nomination upon any other basis than the Con-
gressonal one. They had the precedent of the
Wing Convention assembled at the same place
for like object two years before to guide and
tOrtlfy them IN their course. At this stage Of
the proceedings it became apparent to the dele
cations from the parishes Of Orleans and Jefer-
son that they could not get the just basis which
they claimed they therefore Withdrew from the
Convention. lnthe evening they were invited te
return, to which they promptly responded iii
the desire to restore harmony, and in the pa
triotic hope that the Convention would finally
make selection Of person who would he ac-
ceptable TO the wings Of the district
Upon the re-assembhug Of the Convention, an
unanimous report Of a committee Of seven mem
bers, ALL but one from the Parish Of Jefferson
we believe, delegates from the country, making
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