Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-07-03
Wing Meeting in Randolph.


At meeting fthe Wings of Randolph
county, held at the courthouse in Huntsville,
on Monday 23d inst, Mr.. THos. P. COATES
was appointed President, and F. NJ. Tay-
lor Secretary.
The President in few remarks explain
ed the object Of the meeting, after which q
committee Of seven, consisting of Messrs.
D. R. Denny, T. &. Reed, w. T. Ruther-
ford, c. Courtney, n. B. Coates, L. G. Ma
son, and Samuel b. Bradley, were appoint
ed to present suitable resolution to the meet
ing.
After the retirement of the committee,
Mr.. ALrx. F. DENNY was called upon and
addressed the meeting in an appropriate and
eloquent manner, urging the Importance of
a thorough organization of the old party.
Mr.. Reed, from the committee on reso-
lutions, reported the following:
l. We, the Wings of Randolph county,
in mass meeting assembled, do hereby re-
assert our ancient principles, and adopt and
pronu!gate them as embodied in the nation
al Whig platform of 1852.
2. That we further approve of and adopt
the two following resolutions of the old
line Wings Of Tennessee, to-wi,:
Resolved, That in our judgement, the dis
banding Of the Wing party, and the merging
OF its members into the body of either olthe
existing parties Of the day, would be re-
suit not justifiable by a full accomplishment,
OF its mission; that such a disbandmentis is not
called Tor by the capacity OF any existing
organization TO supply It's place, and dis.
charge lis duties; and that such dissolu-
ton Of one of the principal agencies BY
which cur country has been advanced TO lis
present great, prosperous, and honorable
rank in the scale oil natio.s, would be a
common public misfortune.
Resoiued, That we deplore and deprecate
the present distracted state of our political
affairs, by which the country is divided into
fractions of parties, neither of them power
full enough tc command the controlling influ.
ence of public affairs, as fraught with dan
ger to the tranquility and integrity of the
Union; and that we deem it patriotic duty
to maintain and uphold our Wing principles
and Wing organization as nucleus around
which, under proper future exigenoies, con
servative men Of all sections NAV rally in
aid of the perpetuity Of our glorious Re-
public.
3. That we are in favor of holding Whig
Conventions, State and National; that we
recommend Boonvllle as the place and the
4th day OF July next as the time for holding
the State Convention, and that J. w. W.
Sears Of Charlton township, A. F. Denny
OF Silver Creek, F. M. Taylor of Salt
Spring, U. G. Mason OF Sugar Creek, F.
X. Collins OF Prairie, Thos. p. Coates of
Union and Daniel Mckinney of Salt River
township be appointed delegates to said Con.
vention.
4. That the settlement Of the slavery
question in 1920, growing out of the pur-
chase Of Lousiana,-a settlement effected
mainly by the agency of HEERY CLAY,-and
the settlement OF the same qestion in 1850
growing out Of the acquisition of territory
from Mexico,-a settlement effected by the
| Joint labors Of CLAY, WEBSTER, CAss.
DIcKINsoN, FILLMORE and other patriots
ought never TO have been disturbed; but
while we deprecate the re-opening of the
slavery agitation by the present Admins.
tration, we also deprecate any and all at
tempts to repeal existing laws on that sub
ject.
S. That Francis M. Tay Tor of Salt Spring
township, F. X. Collins Of Prairie, Thos.
P. Coates of Union, William Rogers of
Salt River, U. G. Mason of Sugar Creek.
Charles B. Stewart of Charlton and Samuel
Y. Pitts Of Silver Creek, are hereby ap.
pointed Committee to correspond with the
Wings of this Congressional District, and
also of the State of Missouri, in reference 10
the course to he pursued by Wings in the
ensuing election.
6. That mass meetings of the Wings Of
Randolph county be held on the lst Monday
in July next, to take into consideration the
policy to be pursued by the Randolph Wings
in the ensuing election.
7. That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the President and Secretary,
and published in the Randolph Ciiisen.
These Resolutions were adopted unani-
mously except the fourth. Objection being
made to that by Mr.. N. B. Coates, it wa,
discussed at considerable length in favor Of
its adoption by Mr.. Reed. to which Mr..
Coates made short reply. The question