Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-09-23
NATIoNAL CONVENTION OF
s'OLD LINE" WHIGS.


timore will influence the result Of the Presiden-
tinl election about as much as a summers show
err affects the tides of the ocean. Never did any
set of men get together who represented so lit
tie of the popular interests, and whose declara-
tons express SO little of the thought and feeling
of the country. ltwas emphahcally and exclu-
siTely a convention of politicians and of broken
down ppliticians too. From VIM. A. Graham,
the great defeated for the Tice.P Presidency, down
to Alexander Rives, the unsuccessful aspirant
for the small honors of 9 county constituency,
they all belong to the same class ofdisaPpointed
placement Rare cabinet of curious antiquities
Interesting collection of fossil speclmensi Nal-
liable museum Of mumnies! Sach another hoT-
tts sieegs of withered leaves and faded flowers
no female enthusiast in botanical studies ever
wearied polite attendant withai, The list cfdel-
egates reads like n census of the antediluylans.
we seem to associate with spectres just risen
from sepulchral sleep of centuries. Amiabie
old gentlemen How pleasantly they passed
their time in fmpotent imitation ofthc vigorous
buster of youth. With what an easy and equa-
bic current did the stream of garrulity flow \
No doubt they forgot their govt in the agreeable
illusion of the moment. No doubt their dinner
of Cruel and cracker was relished with an appe-
tito which might have enjoyed roast beef but
for a difficulty OF masGcatiou.
a convention implies purpose and an act OF
deliberatiou. But, it is obvious from the pro-
that they got together for the simple object OF
rat;fyinS the Know Nothing nominations of the
Philadelphia convention. Listen 10 the Hon.
VIM. 4. Graham:
But he knew the purpose for which he came
here. (Applause.) And the purpose for which
the present convention came here was to persuade
the people to take Willard Fillmore. loud cheers
and applause for several minutes.) Like the
man who when asked if he would take this wo-
man to be his welded wife, he replied he ''came
purpose" daughter and applause) If they
did not do what the people who sent them here
expected of them, why they would disappoint
them; and the delegates had better, not, purhaps,
return home again"
This is an honest confession of the fact that
the Baltimore Convention of "Old-Line" Wings
is simply an expedient for the promotion of Fill
more's desperates fortunes. The National IN
tsNigcnecr-the organ par excellence of the odd
Line" Whigs-is indignant at the fraud of its
party and the country. Hear it:
H'We suppose that this Convention was intend
ed for consultation and deliheration, and rot
merely to enunciate forgone conclusions; and
VIC may be pardoned for admitting doubt otthe
choice of body of Wings to whom it is held 10
be reasonable to offer the name Of Edward Ev-
crett or of Edward Bates, or Of Francis Gran
ger, or of John Bell, or OF Rufus Choate, or of
John N. Clayton. or of any other genuine Wing
North or South, for its consideration"
ton of Old-Line Wings, were given in the En-
guirer Of yesterday. Did anybody ever read
anything hafso funny in the shape ola party
platform?-The first resolution declares that
''the Wings ofthe United States have no new
principles ito announce.
The second resolution is lament over the I'M
happy condition of the country, which is the re-
suit, Of course, Of Democratic misrule The
Democrats have had control of the country nine
years in ten of its history; aud its slow develop
ment its poverty, its want Of prosperity at home
and power abroad are all due to Democratic
lnisrule. 1t is true bill, andwc have no reply
The third and fourth resolutions deprecatc
sectional parties Why then did not "thc Wings
of the United States" denounce the Black Re-
publican organization? Why did they not re-
cord an emphatic protest against the election Of
Fremont? And why did they not pledge them
selves to the support of Buchanan, the only ma
tional candidate and TO cooperation with the
Democracy, the only national party? Perhaps
they considered that the best way to manifest
their aversion to sectOnaiiSm, was by declaring
themselves in favor ola candidate who IS equal
w and mpartially repudated in all sections
The ffth and Sicth resolutions declare that
the "Whigs of the United States" have no more
sympathy for the Democracy than for the Black
Republicans; aud that the only way to save the
country is to support Willard FILLMORE.
The ssrenM and eighth resolutions formally
nominate Fillmore Tor the Presidency, ana en-
patiate on his imaginary virtues. He is nomi-
mated, however, with ambiguous and indi-
rect protest against the principles of the Know
Nothing party.
The ninth resolution dominates DonneIson
for the Vice Presidency; the tenth compliments
the patriotism of Wings; and the last orders
the publication Of their proceedings in Baltimore.
The nomination Of Andrew jackson DonnelsOn
Democrat in the disguise Of Know Nothingisni,
attcsts a wonderful devotion to Wing principles
and the reputation of the Whig, party. This
act exposes the,true character of the movement.
The Baltimore Convention of "Old Lince" Wings
is a mere tender to the Philadelphia Convention
of Know Nothings Neither is worth mo-
mcnts consideration in the canvass, and they
are equally contemplate in combination
mon@ Enquirer.
IMPORTANT ARREsT-Don Vicent Hernandez