The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-21

Southern support. II no man so blind not to seess
his intellect 80 stupid not TO believe that this
position assailable IS II is in some respects, YET
convenient as is in other respects ID position assumed
for the purpose OF sustaining the arms Of his Southern
friends when they want to represent him on one side Of
they want TO represent him holding the other side OF
that question: (Appaause) My idea Is this, that we
snOua Pass h our posUa upou thus s
wing party Of Virginia. We should do now before
the people, not for the purpose OF bringing wing support
Know Nothing support democratic support though
the result may be that this may bring both) IN order
that every gentleman may be understood by every
gentleman who may be associated with him this great
cause app ause Mr.. Speed concluded with eulogy
Mr Fillmore amid thunders Of applause.
Mr. MARMAprKx JOHNSON, by request Of the Go nmittee
Resolutions order TO afford them more time to dis
charge the duties assigned TO them asked that the Con-
venon when should adjourn, would agree to adjourn
till O'Clock P. NJ, instead of O'Clock P. III.
The question put and agreed 10, whereupon the
Convention took recess until the hour agreed upon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention re assembled al the appointed hour,
when VIM e. MCFARLAND, Esq, Chairman OF the
Committee on Resolutions, submitted the following pre-
ambe and resolutions, prefacng that duty with few re
marks upon the unanimy which pervaded the commit
tee the adoption Of these resolutions and express
sion OF their opinion that the OF the Of
the country and the perpetuy Of its institutions would
depend upon the influence which the wing party would
exert in the future
We who here assembled wings and the representatives
dating wing party and OF its unremIed vigilance
and activity the 70 be a and he .
when the influence and exeons party
Cd haas %
hea, and @ the day The sense
temperate contentious and violence and anarchy vi
o he 1n me the missed at The
has accustomed occupy and ennobis Is the proud
Wees 10 The country web when power BY the
he
esaspepated to fierce intolerance nor the party
ofhavins Denounced them when their adoption would have
credit to Their or asd Pure pnr
have power selfish and crooked counses beyond the
The memories Of the past the hopes and the
obligations Of the the thought Of dsan
The party It's ana has as Ss pa ae
aered in It's exersns through disappointment de
Its maxim has been that was better to be right than
The immediate practical question to be determined
prosehins election IN the decision Question there
moi De pe7 81 the
lie mind -disaiection amounting even to rebellion un
tons and intolerance which deliberations of
ne national esds srss and hos
with unerng certainty the remedy which /, required The
moderation his nieibie official importantly equal and
mperurbable attachment to each and every section his in
arriving them his veneracn for the constitution as
tend With such man at the the administration of
whom the world has had witness that such in truth he was
esousies the restoration Of the reign OF
good ne IF M re GOOD
and fraerna condencewould succeed 10 dsrus
Tha, having had no In the
Of ior me s @ ana ss n are M
select among the candidates already before the public
cpes and duty and by merge themselves in
hs h1ss sD s s
distinctive principles as known to the country and at
That regarding party sbsurdy styling itself
ppseed IN crusade rights
and the Union Of the States needless to more Of ITS
scrunived and unit considered in NATIONAL contest
ansi psr 70 se Of
that all agitation the subject OF slavery IN Congress
pledge Sy he President himself IN his inaugural
paes s rs a his NJ have this
agitation by giving is coueenance and patronage TO me ag
that had long the peace and harmony OF eoun
That a party whose administration Of the government
from It's to power has been characterized by o
blunders dcues foreign relations reducing tho
anmoiiy uncxamped in annals justly for
fei,s the confidence OF all conservative men go, !.
the honor bis consistently support he eand
other weiehiy Objections on the question Of Terr
iorial right we ind him sustained at the North As
his Of he power q Congress slavery
n ns @ 70 Be ms Ss nd % o ne re-
sponsse for he Doctrines Of o-iend msno rspssnant
lated % commit the country to career Of foreign aggression
hat result in eepravng public morals and provoking
s. That wing party Of Virginia having cordially accept
nng and Interests and being opposed to the renewal
Of agitation o. We question 70 snsse ss
Nebraska act is calculated % renew and niame the strife
that this time endsngcs the rights and the Union OF the
= That convinced that in Mlard Fillmore the qualities
endowmens combined which in the foregoing preamble
and resolutions held indispensable In chci gistrae
express his opinions and that their principles viii control
his admni,'raion = elected % the Presaeney' the mem.
mend him The choice q the nation and while they dis
pary earnestly invoke their broher wings
% eIseps hey %y y sk m a s aees
and support, TO which he entitled from the molel he
That relying the efforts ofthc whig party
Of he nation FOR hs q NE Union ana me e1ns
with them IN National Convention in the city Of BALTIMORE
smbodSing and rsTyins great national party, North and
south Eas and West :, as e be peps or nov .Sr ami n ny
fairs due 10 moderate and conservative counses and 70
spnoo ae"n esae and o Alternate for each 70 repre-
sent he wings % the state ~ such convention .u,..,
executive committee Of thirteen, whose duty shall be- By
soa s ACTIVITY s9a e %hT party a & STATE and he
Declarations from ne respective COUNTIES oe Lels'e 70 s
campaign.
dissatisfied with the terms Of the resolutions referring TO
the conditions upon which the wings were W yield their
support TO Mr.. Fillmore. lie sad being always whlgi
and opposed rom the beginning TO the principles OF the
Know Nothing party, he anxious that the distinctive
character Of the wing party, as reflected 10 s org mai
principles should be preserved To avoid any taint
IRON support OF candidate who the nominee OF
the Know Nothing party, and TO obya,e the evils when
would in his otanion. 10 the whig party BY any
implied coalition with the called American party He
in favor of employing such sn expression o. opinion
in the resolutions would set forth the conditions upon
which the support Of the wings would be given TO MI
Fillmore taking care 10 repudiae the proscrptive doc
irnes held by the Know Nothing party With that view
he would offer the following resolution -
Resolved. That pubic Offices being constituted solely for
the public 6de,y asd efficiency for the dis
charge CT duty the only true tests Of eligibility and
wings who have always opposed prescription for political
utterly opposed 70 making birth place. or religious
faith test for election appointment 10 public station or en-
poyment.
Mr. JoHS s. pNptrToS, Of Orange county, known
formerly the lone star from Virginia in Con
grcss, being the only wing member IN that body
rom this state, arose and said-Mr. President and
gentleman of the Convention II were TO yield
to the inclination Of my feelings, would have re-
Trained from any public discussion Of my own views upon
this occasion In awaiting myself Of the present opportu
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