Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-06-03
A Xhig Contention.


in several portions Of the State already moving
in behalf Of Wing State Convention. \ Wing
meeting was held in Lynchburg on Friday night,
ana another in Norfolk Saturday night We
have heretofore suggested meeting Of the Wing
OF this city We renew that suggestion, and trust
il may be carried in the of few days at
most
IL were needless to urge that, if we are TO have
Wing Convention at all there is no time TO lose. Il
will require six Or eight weeks at least, after the
place and time Of meeting determined on, for tn
holding of county meetings and the appointment a.
delegates II the suggestions we made a fortnight
or more ago had been promptly responded to an
acted on, the Convention might easily have come To-
gether some time early in July. As IL il, their
must be still further delay. IL the time and plac,
were mar agreed on, a convention could hardly be
organized before the last of July the first OF Au
gust Ii we are to have convention, then, Is ther,
not an urgent necessity for acting in the matter
promptly and at once;
A. we have heretofore declared, are in favor Of
Wing Convention with all heart and SOUL
We believe there is an actual living pressing neces
sity for the reorganization of the old Wing party
If there waS ever a reason for Its disbandment-
which optics were never sharp enough TO per
ceiye-that reason no longer exists. On the contra
~ the reasons in our Judgment, manifold and
powerful why it should be revived and revived i'm
mcdiately.
In the first place it is needless to deny that there
is u vast number of old line Wings in this State ant
all over the country, who have always objected and
who still object to being merged into the America
party They are neither Democrats nor Americans
nor can they ever be; but they only Wings, ap
proving neither the principles nor the policy of Ell
ther of those parties; and consequently unable t,
cooperate heartily and efficiently with any OF III,
existing party organizations Of the day. what
then, are we to doy Where are we to gos" Thes,
are questions which naturally excite their concern
touch their pride, and appeal TO their patriotism :;
and they are anxious to find satisfactory solution
TO them in free full and frank consultation and in
terchange OF opinion with their brethren Throughout
the State And after a conference is had, aRd thv
course of action determined upon, they would fee
like themselves agan-like they had party which
they coald proudly call their own--n short like
they had a home and place of refuge at last.
Nor are the materials wanting wherewith to re-
vive aud reconstruct the Wing party of the State
These materials are abundant in every county; and
what is more and better, they true and valuabl,
metal-embracing much of the loflieSt intellect and
purest patriotism Of the Commonwealth We hav.
long been Of opinion that the number of old lin,
Wings in the State is far greater than either the
American or'Democratic parties have been inclined
to concede. Take the city of Richmond, for exam
Pile Flodrnoy received about twenty three hundreo
votes here. And yet the American order, so far =,
apprised never, at any time, laid claim
more than fifteen hundred members in this city,
What then is the necessary and inevitable concir.
hat han a.,
dred outside Wings in Richmond alone We kno..
not how the case may stand else where But our d.
cided conviction is, that least u third Of the vot
Flournoy received in the State were the votes of OF
line Wings. IL are correct in this estimate,
follows that there still over twenty thousand Of
line Wings in Virginia \ number quite suffice
to enable Us to re-organze the party without deli
and IN n formidable shape.
We aware Of the mpossibity Of organizi g.
the party in tune to act independently in the prese
But that consideration should not deter Ii,
from the attempt We can still exert most saut,.
ry influence upon the result of the campaign AMI
when it is over, shall be the better prepared IN
resume our old position ds an organized party, and
to net, as such, in the future
The Oil Wing party was always conservative
constitutional, nationally progressveparty The times
Nthiadh HhNil u parry INV never before tn.
country involved in such embarrassment. Neyc,
before was it beset by many and so formidabl,
dangers. Never were rights and our liberties il
such imminent peril We have heretofore pa..e,
through many trials and troubles as a nation: bu
amld them all, Wings from the North and Wing,
from the south were ever the foremost in standing
shoulder to shoulder, and deysing the means of re-
lief And come what may, we are ia favor of re.or
ganizIng party which has proved it, patriotism an,
ITS nationality, and which, we believe if opportunit,
again offered, would be found in the future what
has been IN the past
We repeat, in conclusion, the expression Of ON
hope that Convention Of the Wing, Of Virginia ma
assemble at a. early day as practicable
r. 3 Since writing the above, We have receive
the proceedings Of the meeting Of the wbi,s
Lynchburg. We heartily endorse their suggestio
Tor Convention IN this city, on the 10th day of Ju
w. and invoke all good Wings throughout the Sta,
to hold meetings aud appoint delegates.
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