Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-05-03
Movements of oId.Lipe whiys.

hofChChts Vi Oiu- Line wings.
The old-line Wings of Philadelphia
have withdrawn their municipal ticket,
stating in reference to that city (what is
equally applicable to this and indeed all
cities that have suffered from Kpow-no-
thing misrule) that /" it is hard to con-
ceive to what point of economical en-
barrassment and discredit the affairs of
the city of Philadelphia have been
brought" They also state :" that not
yet relinquishing the hope that ultimate
ly their principles may be triumphant,
they feel it duty in Withdrawing the
ticket, to leave individual members of the
party to pursue such course, at the APP
preaching election, as will best promote
an honest and economical administration
of city affairs"
We quote again: "By the force of
political eXclusiveness which seems to be
shared equally by those who are confident
of success and those who are as certain
of defeat, the effort now to revive our
party as it used to be, has been unsuc-
cessful. OF this the Wing Convention
does not mean to complain. We simply
state the fact. We, as Wings and as
honorable men, feel reason to be proud
of our good faith to each other proud
of the fidelity with which, to the last,
we have stood by the cause which, in
its day of triumph, had naturally more
friends than now. We may have a right
no haul down the flag. We have not
thought whilsta rag of it was flying, we
had right to desert it.
"But the effort, for the time, has failed
To keep candidates before the public
without a chance of success, is wrong
and an injustice to individuals which
ought not lightly to be inflicted. They
are therefore withdrawn"
1t is understood that Messrs. Gipin,
VIM B. Reed and other eminent Wings
of Philadelphia will hereafter act with
the Democratic party.
The old-line Wings of Kentucky have
recently been in session at Lexington and
have called Gas is well known Nation
al Convention of old Wings, to assemble
at Louisville on the 4th of July next.
AT the Lexington Convention, Senator
Dixon declared want of faith and con
fidence in Mr.. Fillmore at the present
emergency, and stated that his course
upon the Compromise measures was oc-
casioned by the commanding influence Of
Messrs. Clay and Webster. In respect
to the celebrated Fillmore letter of 1888,
to the Abolitionists, Mr.. Dixon might
have added the very significant fact that
Mr.. Fillmore's organ, the Buffalo Com
nercial Adreytiser, in referring to it,
within the present year, says: We
defy the world to show that Mr.. Fillmore
has ever been inconsistent with these
declarations. His friends will see il
quoted with feeling of pride in its Gle.
waited and Independent Interpretation Of
public duty" That letter was in reply
to one addressed to him in 1888, by al
anti-slavory society, propounding thu
four following questions, viz :--Whethel
he was in favor of the right of petition
opposed to the annexation of Texas; il
favor of the abolition of the interna
slave trade; and of the slavery in tn,
District of Columbia. To these interro
gatories he replied =
~ am much engaged, and have NJ
time to enter into argument or to explain
at length my reasons for my opinion
| shall, therefore, content myself for the
present, by answering all your intcrrog.
atories in the affirmative, and leave fol
some future occasion more extended
discussion of the subject"
We have not space for the entire pro
ceedings of the old-line Wings of Ken
lucky, nor have we seen them published
in any other paper than the Nationa
h,telligencer, yet it is proper at this time
to reproduce their declaration "Md
ece,y right protected By tie Constitutio,
should be .faitlJuly accorded to ereyl
class 10 which ats provisions eatend, pith
ont reference to birth, sect or religion, anc
that they cannot cooperate with ate inner
lean party because Of their MiJeral pria
cipleS and spirit, ingoloing menac
against cjoa and religious liberty, and be
caus@, furthermore, hot party HAVE sYs
TEMATIcALLY INTRODUCED PRACTICES SUB
oRDINATING THE JUDICIARY TO POLITICAL
AND PARTY INFLUENCES"
The old-line Wings of Iowa, Maine
and New York city, though few in mum
Der, have determined to shape thei
course by events and bide their time. Ii
! Virginia no movement has been made
: and the Richmond Wing (says the I'm
q,Grer) is so far fallen from its ancen
faith that it cannot find room in its col
umns for the proceedings of the Whigi
of Kentucky, the very body guard 0
Henry Clay.
In Georgia, Alabama, and indeed il
nearly all of the States south Of Virginia
Democrats and Old Wings have sunk al
remembrance of pastpolitical differences
and are moving shoulder to shoulder an
eye to eye against the broken and dc
moralized array of intolerance. In thi
State the union" so happily commences
in the last campaign has been so gaininI
in strength and intensity as to justify til
supposition that Maryland will take he
stand with the sister Southern States 0
the Confederacy .-Boh. RepuJticaa.