New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-18
ola Line WING convention Or mary land, .

The Maryland Old Line Wing Convention, which
assembled iii Baltimore on tile 9th inst passed the
following preamble and resolutions during the after
noon session Of that day:
The Wings Of Maryland, in general convention, be-
ieyng that crisis has arrived in the political affairs
of the country which renders it the patriotic duty OF
every good citizen to use all proper TO check
the national and conservative portion OF all parties
the annexed declaration of principles and purposes
First; The Wings Of Maryland adhere 70 the prn-
eiples Of the party and having stood aloof from pre-
sent party organizations declare their intention to
maintain an independent position, dsavoWing all po
tcal disabilities on account Of religious Creed and
favoring the fullest enjoyment of the rights OF con-
science; neither abandoning any old Or adding any
new principle except such Of pnrey national char
acter as the progress OF the country may render ne
cessary. %
Second: The Wings Of Maryland enter upon the
contest with the Constitution as their guide and the
preservation Of the Union from the designs of sec
tional parties object superior to all party aa
tions and cordially invite "unon for the sake of the
Union in an effort to restore the country to the in,
ternal harmony prevailing between the North and
South when the present Administration came into
power.
Third That we regard Col. Fremont as unquali-
fed for the duties Of President and the platform of
the Republican party as antrepuhlican nnconstitu-
tona and fanatical, calculated to foment discord in
crease sectional agitation and lead to civil war and
dsunion and entirely repudiate them as unworthy
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Fourth That we declare the Democratic PLATFORM
with regard to the foreign policy of the party calcu
lated to tarnsh the national character countenancing
fbustering designs against friendly nations, and to-
tally subversive Of the general principles of right and
Justice SO ably carried out by Willard Fillmore during
| the administration which gained for him the proud
4 title of the model President.
Fifth: That we regard James Buchanan, as one OF
the partcipators in the Ostend Conference as dan
gerous and unsafe man to be entrusted with the Ex
| ecutive power of the country.
Sfrth: That we can sec nothing in the present po-
ston Of the Democratic party that promises terml-
nation of sectional agitation and nothing that Will
restore peace and harmony to the country but find it
holding position Of extreme sectional bias, the sue
cess Of which can only tend to prolong the present
unhappy condition Of affairs and give loom for re-
newed attacks on the integrity and pernanency OF
the Union. =. 49,
Seventh That Wings delighted to honor Henry
Clay while living, and revere his memory now that
he is dead, knowing him as pure and patriotic; and
that they regard James Buchanan as the man above
all others who knew the falsty of the charge OF bar
gain and corruption when he promulgated it.
Eighth: That we regard Milard Fillmore as one
whose antecedents warrant a truly national admins
tration-irn, moderate and tranquil; equal and i'm
partial to the North and South faithful to the Con
sttution and the laws ; national man with natlona
principles, whose conservative character and yeWt
are calculated to aay the sectional strife now threat
enng the stability Of the Union, and who WILL BY
: compromise concession and singeness of purpose
Q secure the welfare and harmony Of the country
Ninth: That, as citizens of a saveholding State
anxiods FOR the restoration of kind and brothery feel
ing between all sections, and anxious for the eradica
ton of sectional luminosity and agitation, we call Oh
our brethren at the North and at the South to paus
and reflect, and meet the approaching crisis as pa
triotic citizens without unnatural luminosity agains
those brethren who were by the same ties united t
:, the country and a common destiny
d Tenth. That in Willard Fillmore we recognize
consistent and conservative statesman in whose ante
cedents we nothing fear but everything expect tend
i ing to the national tranquility, and honor and glor
;, of the common country. In the language Of Henr
: Clay, /" He has administered the Executive Cover
ment with signal success and ability J" and we hay
d tried him and found him faithful and honest.
:. : The tenth resolution concludes by commendin
l. 1.-THE foregoing declaration to their political brethre
n throughout the Union.
These resolutions were adopted with unbounde
= enthusiasm by the Convention.