Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-08-23
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large number Of the Wings Of Charles
county assembled in Port Tobacco on Tues
day, the 2ls,, for the purpose of selecting
three delegates to represent the party in the
Wing Slate Convention, called to meet in
Baltimore on Thursday, the 23d.
The meeting, on motion Of Gen. CHAP
MAN, was organized by the appointment. al
JOSEPH YOU'VE, Esq, ss Chairman, and E
w. DAY, Esq as Vice Chairman, and J. r
BATEMAN and VIM. BOSWELL, E>qr's, a.
Secretaries.
After much discussion, in which Gen
CHAPMAN. Messrs. GEORGE BRENT, F. w
WEEMs, SAMUEL Cox and JOHN HAMIL.
TON participated, the following resolution:
were ad"p,ed and ordered to be published
in The Por. Tobacco Times.
The LIST, 4,h, 5.h, and 9Th resolutions
were offered BY GEORGE BRENT, Esq. snc
The 81, 81, and 7'h by Gen. CHAPMAN
Resolved, That we, the Wings of Charles coun
ty, are devoted, as we ever have been, to the
Constitution Of the United States, and are deter
mined at all hazards to sustain it in all its part:
and compromises.
Resolred. That we reaffirm the principles of the
party as understood, recognised and maintained
by the late patriotic HENRY CLAY and his com
peers, and as expressed and laid down in the
Platform of the National Wing Convention OF
1852, and that we will stand by them, until time
and circumstances, affecting the best interests OF
the country, may require their modification.
Resotred, That we recognise the spirit of reli.
glous freedom and liberation, which is so conspi-
cuous in the early acts of the Government OF
Maryland, and which has been so firmly and libe-
rally maintained SO far in the history of the State,
as one of our dearest and most cherished rights
we deprecate all union of Church and State-we
utterly and entirely abure all bigotry and intole
rance, and proclaim as cardinal principle, that
no man shall be prescribed or prejudiced on &C.
count of his religious faith-that every man is en-
titled to worship God according to the dictates of
his own consclence-and that we will ever and
always oppose any interference Of politics with
religion, a disqualification because of differ
ence of Falkland we declare that all Christians
of every denomination SHOULD enjoy equal and the
same political rights.
Resolved, That we are uncompromsingly op-
posed to all secret political organizations in this
country-where freedom Of the press and freedom
of discussion exist and are recognised to their
fullest extent
Resolved. That any party, which seeks to es-
tablish religious test to mingle religion with
politics. does so in disregard of, and in opposition
to the organic law and the spirit of the insttu-
tons under which we live, and therefore deserves
our unqualified condemnation.
Resolved, That we hereby declare our opposi-
ton to the party called ''Know Nothings,'' and
that we will not support or vote for any person
who is ssKnow Nothing" candidate, or who
holds political alliance with them.
Resolved, That we regard the virtue and intel
gence of the people as among the surest safe
guards to our republican institutions, and that a
general system of education, dispensing its bene-
fits, and its blessings alike to all the youth Of the
country, should be fostered and sustained.
The Convention then appointed Messrs
GEORGE DENT, PEMBROKE A. BRAwNER
and JEREMIAH DYER. delegates To the Stale
Convention: with power to. I'll! any vacancy
,hs, may happen in their delegation.
The Convention thereupon adjourned
sine die. JnsEPH YOU'VE, Chairman
E. w. DAY, Kice Chairman.
): r. BATEMAN' Secretaries.
VIM. Boswell.
august %, 1866.