Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-01
Wing State Convention.

wy q sJhOpStS Vi INC proceedings OF IhlS
body, which held its sessions in this City, on
the 2lst and 22d ultimo. Forty-two coun-
ties were represented, by one hundred and
eighty-four delegates-the largest political
Convention held here for several years. The
following gentlemen were chosen officers j;
Hon. r. S. Donnell, of Beaufort, President.
Vice Pres'ts. Robt. Ransom, Warren II. B.
Elliott Randolph G. L.. Hinton Wake; H.
L.. Robards, Rowan s. L. Russell Bruins
wick. Talcott Burr of New Hanover; Seat
on Gales of Wake, and John D. Hyman of
Buncombe, Secretaries.
A committee of two from each Congress
ional district represented, was appointed to
prepare matter for the action of the Conven-
ton.
AT a subsequent meeting Mr.. Cherry, in
behalf of said Committee, made the following
Report:
l. Resolred, That we cherish a cordial and
immovable attachment to the Constitution
and Union Of the States, and it is our deter
mination to resist every attempt to ALLEVIATE
one portion of our country from the rest, and
to cnfeeble the sacred ties which link togeth-
er its various parts.
2. ResolUed, That we disapprove the legis-
lation of Congress by which the Public Lands,
the common property of all the States-are
so often appropriated for the sole and exclu-
sive benefit of the new States, and we insist
and shall continue to insist, that the State of
North Carolina should receive her equal and
just share of the same, for purposes of Edu-
cation and Internal Improvement within the
State.
3. ResolUed, That we reafirm the Resolu-
ton of the last Wing Convention on the Com
promise measures Of 1850, which declares
them a final settlement in principle and in
substance, of the dangerous and exciting sub
jects to which they relate, and that we are
in favor of the doctrine of non-intervention
by Congress on the subject of slavery within
the territories of the United States, now held
or hereafter to be acquired.
4. ReSolved, That we most decidedly con-
demnthe action ofthe President and his Cabi-
nett their centinterferen ice in the local cleo
tons of sovereign States, and regard their
conduct as alike calculated to detract from
the dignity of their station and subversive of
the dearest rights ola free people.
5. ResoIDed, That the conduct of the pre-
sent Administration in the appointment of
Free Sellers to Office, is an unjustifable in
suit to the southern portion of the Union, and
{ in violation of the pledges upon which the
party went into power.
&. ResOLUed, That we are of opinion that
the people of North Carolina desire a change
in the Constitution of the State, and that this
can be most wisely and safely done by a Con-
%vention of Delegates, elected by the people /;
Therefore we recommend to the Legislature
/ to call such q Convention, and in submitting
the election of Delegates to the people, so to
provide as to preserve the present basis of
representation in the Legislature.
7. ReSoLCed, That we are in favor of in
creasing the efficiency of our present Com
E mon Schools, so that the blessings of a IL
boraleducationma IA be freely diffused through
out the State.
t 8. ResolUed, That we are in favor of a libe-
= raj system of Internal Improvement on the
part of North Carolina, and especially recon-
mend the extension of the North Carolina
Road, East and West, to the favorable con-
sideration of the next Legislature.
9. ResolUed, That the President appoint
an Executive Committee o%fnine, whose duty
4 it shall be to act for the Wing Party in the
} approaching campaign.
Thu Resolutions were taken up separately
c and unanimously and enthusiastically adop.
ted.
Mr.. Cherry then, in a few eloquent re
marks, nominated, as the Wing Candidate fol
Governor, GEN. ALFRED DoCKERY, Of Rich
mOnd County, whose name was received by
the Convention with loud reclamation, ant
whose nomination was unanimously concur
red in.
Y The Resolutions and nominations were elo
quently sustained by speeches from a mum
Der of delegates.
. The President appointed the following gen
IS tlemen as members of the State Executiv
h Committee:
it LIST. Dist. Edward Warren, of Chowan.
End. Walter Dunn, of Wayne.
3rd. Chas. A. Harrison, Of Sampson
" 4th. J. J. Davis, of Franklin.
& 5th. II. b. Elliot, of Randolph.