Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-07-19

than tn succeed.
Tho immediate aud practical question now to
De determined. RESPECTS the course or position Of
| The Wing party in the approaching eIeetiun.--
In the decision Of this question, there should not
/ be- M our Judgment any hesitation OF dissent
he prevailing distractions. he uneasiness per
sading the public mind. disutf ction amounting
! erento rebellion, unreolnimrd after months of
/ ihsnreeni defiance. the deuunciation and intoler.
anee which have Invaded the deliberations oi the
national legislature. the feuds, siriies and sec
i4ona hostilites which cat their appalling shad.
ews before them. indicate with unerfing certain.
/ ~ the remedy which Is required The services
| at II national chief magistrate one known for
bis moderation, his nfeNible official impnriialitv,
his equal aud imperturable attachment 10 each
aud every section, his intrcpidity in adhering To
! his convictions, and patic1t fidelity in arriving
1T them, his veneration for the Constitution
! the object which his love aud duty both con
strained him To defend. With such II man at
Tie head ot the administration t whom the world
| has had witness TINT such in truth he was, from
having once discharged its high duties, Ia tho ex-
iiogulshment OF sectional jeaousics, the restora-
fienot the reign of good feeling the mantananoe-
| OF the honor of the government, and the advance
| mcnt of its welfare, confidence good feeling and
! maternal conference would succeed 10 dstrust
| erlmnotion and intolerance.
ReSofred, That having had no agency in the
| nomination Of candidates for the Presidency. and
| ohclining now to make any nomination of their
own the Wings of Virginia are left free 10 select
! among the candidates already before the public;
bat in making their selection they consult alone
/ their principles and their duty, and by no means
merge themselves in that party whose candidate
| they may adopt, but they will ON all occasions
maintain and preserved their time -honored and
dis tinctive principles, as known to the country
arid attested by their history
:. That regarding the new party ,absudly styl
/ sol i,,ll, oil
sectional issue,and engaged in crusade against
| acknowledged constitutional rights and the Union
| Of the States, II is needless to say more oi It's
candidate than that his pre.ensions are unworthy
al being scrutinlzed and unfit to be considered in
Il national contest.
3. That looking to the pledge publicly given
! by the Democratic party in its nomination of
President Pierce TINT "all agitation ON the sub.
| iect OF slavery IN Congress md elsewhere should
| cease,' and reiteration of that pledge by the
| President himself in his inaugural address and in
his lirst message to Congress, it was not to have
! been expected that his administration would have
encouraged this agitation by giving its counte-
nance aud patronage to the agitators and by dis
! tnibing, for mere party ends. compromises that
had long preserved the peace and harmony of
| the country.
4. That party, whose administration of the
! government from its accession to power has
been characterized by violated pledges aud flag
rant abuses in its domestic policy, and by blum
ders and difficulties in its foreign relations, redu-
! cling the country from peace and happiness To
| state of distraction, luminosity and violence un-
exampled in our annals, justly forfeits the con
| iilence Of all conservative men.
;. That no " hig, attached to his principles
and Jealous of tho honor of his country, can
consistently support the candidate of this party;
especially while in addition to other weghty ob
/ cctions on the question ofterritora right,
AL tba a.. ia,
of 'Squater Soveregnty;" and at the South his
/ doctrine of the absolute power of Congress over
slavery in the territories. has to he met by ex
/ plantations and elosses hs untenahle ~ they are
deceptive; and while, too, he is responsible for
, the doctrines of the Dsf"nd manifesto, repngnnut
! 10 every sentiment Of national honor aud moral.
| ty, and calculated 10 commit the. country to
career of foreign aggressions, that must result in
depraying. public morals aud provoking wars
| with other nations.
6, That The Whg- of Virginia having eordi-
ally accepted the Compromises of 1880,
cessary concessions To conflicting views and in
| tercsts; and being opposed the renewal of tho
/ agitatan of the question to which those compro
/ mise relate they will now resist any repeal or
| modification If the Kansas. Nebraska act, as cal
| culated to renew and in1ame tho strife that at
| this time endangers tho rights and the Union Of
the States.
Z. That convinced that in Willard Fillmore the
| qualities and endowments are combined which, in
the foregoing preamble are held Indispensable in
ii Chief Magistrate at the present alarming ori-
sis, aud believing that these resolutions cypress
| his opinions and that their principles will control
his administration If elected to the Presidency,
| the members of this Convention do not hesitate
| 10 recommend him TO the choice Of the nation |;
and While they dsclaim all intentions to adopt
the principles of another party. earnestly invoke
/ their brother Wings throughout The State to sur
render whatever exceptions they may take to the
/ quarter whence his nomination proceeded, and to
! yis4d Trim the active aud zealuGs support 10 which
| he is entitled from the model he has given Of u
truly national administration.
g. That this Convention, relying on the efforts
of the Wing party Of the nation for tic preser-
walton Of the Union and the Constitution, earn
estly invite then brethren in other States TO unite
with them in II National Convention in the city
of Baltimore on the third Wednesday of Septem-
Der next. for the purpose Of emhodying and raj.
living great National Party. North and South,
East and West, SO as to be repaired now and at
all future times TO exert that wholesome control
over public affairs ever due to moderate and con
| servatve counspls and to this end, that this
| Convention will proceed on its own part to mp
| point fifteen delegates, aud two alternates for
each, to represent the Wings of the State in such
| Convention.
9 That the President of this Convention an
| point "A Central Executive Committee Of thirteen,
whose duty it shall be, by correspondence and
otherwise. to promote the organization and the
activity of the Wing party IN this State and
| that the delegations be requested 10 give to the
| Chairman of the Central Committee the names
of such persons they would recommend for
the active duties of the campaign.
Col J. b. Baldwin, of Augusta, desired to
| have the line distinctly drawn between the
Wing and American parties. He had always
| bppn n Whiu and was ODDOSed religious