Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-08-02

ination of President Pierce, that .al agi-
taton on the subject of slavery in Con-
grassland elsew here Should cease" and
reiterat,on IF That pledge ~ HE President
himself in his Inaugural address and in his
first message to Congress, it was not TO have
been expected that his Administration
would have eiicoerased this agitation by
giving lis countenance and patronage 20
the sgtators, and by disturbing for mere
party ends compromises that had long
preserved The peace and harmony OF the
country.
A That party whose administration Of
the Government, from its accession to pow
rr, has been characterized by violated
pledges and fragrant abuses in its domestic
policy, aud by blunders and difficulties in
its 'orega relations. reisaeiag the country
from peace aud happiness to state Of dis.
traction, amir osity aud violence unexam-
Piled in our annals, justly forfets the conf
dence OF all conservative men.
S. That no Wing attached to his rrin.
eiples, and Jealous OF the he Tor Of his coan-
Try, can consistently suppor: the candidate
Of this party, especially while, in addition
to Other weighty objections on the question
OF our Territorial rights, we find him sus-
lsined at the North as the advocate OF
"squatter sovereignty" and at The South
his doctrine Of TIE absolute power of Con-
gress over slavery IN the Territories has to
lie met BY explanations and CLOSES as IN
tenable as they are unacceptable and
while, he Is responsible for tbs doctrine
oft the 0stend manifesto, repugnant to eve
rs sentiment of national honor and morali.
ty, and calculsled to commit the country
10 d career Ct foreign aggression that must
result III OBTAINING public morals aud pro-
voking war wifi other nations.
&. That the Wigs Of Virginia, having
cordially accepted The compromises of 1850
as necessary concessions to conflicting
views Al d interests, and betty opposed ta
the renewal OF the agitation Of the ques-
ton TO which those eonipromises relate,
will how resist any repeal or modification
of he Kansas. Nebraska act as calculated
to renew And inhame the strife that At this
time endangeIs the rights aud the union Of
the States.
I. That convinced tlai in Aiilla,d Fill
more The qualities and endowments are
combined which in the foregoing pream.
be are held indispensable in a Chief Mag
lstrate at the alarming crisis, aud bee
lleylng that these resolutions express his
opiHlons and that their principles will con-
lttol his administration if elected to the
Presidency the members Of this Gonven-
tiea DO not hesitate to Recommend him to
the choice q lie nattoh ata. while they
d.9eiatnI ali Intention to adept the priEci
eiPles Of another party, eerl,estly in'oke
tbeir brethtren throughout t'le State to
surrender whatever exec 3uoDs frey may
take - the apafier whence hja nomiaa-
ton proceeded, and to yield him the active
aid jealous support 10 which he is entitled
from the model lie has gwen OF truly ma.
tional Administration.
s. That this convention relying on the
enolts Of the Wing party Ct tue nation for
the preservation OF the Union and thee
slitution, earnestly invite their brelheren
IN other States TO unite with them in
National Convention in the city of Balti-
more on the third "Wednesday Of Septem-
Der next for The purpose OF embodying
aud rallying great National party, North
and South, Eas. and West, 40 as to be- pre-
pared now and al ali future times to exert
that wholesome cont oil over public affairs
ever due 10 moas.ate and conservative
counsels and to this end that this Conyen-
ten will proceed on i. par, to appoint
fifteen delegates, sni two alternates for
each TO represen; the Wing, Of the State
in such Convention. .x
8. That the Preslden, of this Conyen-
tion appoint Central Executive Commit.
tee 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 aud that the
delegations from the ,espeetive counties be
requested to give 10 the chairman OF the
Central Committee the names CT suca per-
sons as they would recommend for the &C.
tive duties of the campaign.