Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-25
The Virginia Whig Resolutions.

| We publish below the preamble and resolutions
Of the late Whig Convention of Virginia. in full
having previously published synopsis of tho
came: u
We, who arc here assembled, Wings, and tho
representatives Of Wings are painfully convir ced
OF the necessity Of consolidating the national Wing
party and of its unremitted vigilance and activity,
if the Union is to perpetuated and the Consti-
tuition and laws upheld and preserved. There has
| not been time when the Influence and exertons
od the party were more needed, and never before
ha = 6 appeared to hesitate waver. On all past
occa sioos 1t has entered the field, eager to bear
the he at and burden of the day, on the slightest
appeal 70 it's sense of public duty but now when
the count Y IL conyulsed by intempefate sectional
contentious. and violence and anarchy, vitupela-
ton and abuse threaten the subyersion of public
order for the iii vt time the party Is missed ut the
advanced posts il has been accustomed ~ oecapE
and ennoble. 1t ~u the proud distinction OF rho
Wing party to have rendered invaluahe services
10 the country when o,at OF power, as III, oy the
influence of its sound m odeiate, and conservative
views In rebuking and res training party bgotry. 1t
was the w hig party witch composed the agahop
aud restored the fraternAl relstons OF the Uuon,
| in former instances Of civh fu,ds, exasperated 70
! fierce intolerance. Nor has tire Dominant party
/ refused 10 seize upon Whe propositions as lis
| n vn regardless of having DENOUNCED them, when
the,'r adoption would have inureo 10 The c'edt OF
tbei authors. Generous and pure aiuls ca as
those " hich have characterized the wing party,
have n mn :wer over selfish and crooked counseIs
bevond the influence which is found i'll nlete num-
bers.
The memorj. es of the past, the hopes of the fu-
ture and the oh lie atons Of the present. condemn
the thouobt of disba nding the Wing party, and of
apy remission OF itA un'irng ex. rtons. Tho
strength of the party Is in its principles; and as
these depend not on acc ptance for their truth,
neither has the parry falte.'ed III its exeftlons
through fears of disappointment Or deieat.. us
maxim has been that it was better 10 oe ngnF than
to succeed.
The immeda te and practical question, now to
be determined 'espects the course position of
the Wing party in the approaching election In
the decision of th is question: there should not Lc,
in our judgment any hesitation or dissent. TIE
prevailing distract ions, the uneasiness pervading
the public mind, di safection amounting even to re-
Jellion unreclaifned after months of nsurgent de-
fance, the denunci alton and intolerance which
have invaded the nat .ional legislature the feuds,
strfes and sectional os 'ity which cast their APP
palling shadows before tn en- indicate, with unerr-
ing certainty, the remedy which is required The
services OF national chi, 4 magistrate-of one
known for his moderation his infexible official
impartality his equal and i'm oertuibabe attach.
ment to each and every sect, n; his inuepidity
IN adhering to his convictions an patient fidelity
in arriving at them his veneratio for the con6t-
tuition as the object which his love nd duty both
constrain him to defend. With such, a man at the
head OF the administration, of whom the world
has had witness that such in truth he was, from
having once discharged its high duties. 10 the ex-
tinguishment Of sectional jealousies the res tora
ton OF the reign of good feeling, the mai tenaLce
Of the honor Of the Government and the advance.
ment of its welfare, confidence, good feeling, and
fraternal conference, would succeed to distrust
elimination, and intolerance
4 lPesoiyed, That having no agency in the nomina
ton OF candidates for the Presidency, and decli-
ming now TO make any nomination of their own.
the Wings Of Virginia are left free to select among
the candidates already before the public, but in
making their selection they consult alone their
principles and Their duty, and by no means merge
themselves in that party whose candidate thew
may adopt. But they will on all occasions main
tain and preserve their tme-honored and distinct.
I've principles az known to the country and at.
tested by their history.
2. That regarding the new party, absurdly
styling itself Republicans, as wholly committed
to sectional issue, and engaged in crusade
against acknowledged constitutional rights and
the Union OF the States, it is needless to say
more of its cand' date than that his pretensions
are unworthy of being scrutinized and unfit to be
considered in national contest.
g. That looking to the pledge publicly given by
the Democratic party in its nomination Of Presi.
dent Pierce, that all agitation on the subject Of
slavery In Congress and elsewhere should cease"
and the reiteraton of that pledge by the President
himself In his inaugural address and in his first mes
sage to Congress, it was not to have been EXPECTED
that his administration would have encouraged this
agitation by giving its countenance and patronage
to the agitators, and by disturbing for mere party
ends, compromises that had long preserved the
peace and harmony of the country.
4. That a party whose administration of the
government, from its accession 70 power has been
characterized by violated pledges and fagrant
abuses in its domestic policy; and by blunders and
difficulties in its foreign relations reducing the
country from peace and happiness to a state of dis
traction, animosty and violence unexamplsd in
our annals justly foifes the confidence Of all con-
servative men, .U
S, That no Whig attached to his principles, and
jealous Of the honor of bis country can consist
emily support the candidate OF this party especi.
ally while, in addition other weghty objections
on the question of our Territorial rights we find
him sustained at the North as the advocate of
" squatter sovereignty and at the South his doc
trine OF the absolute power Of Congress over sa.
very in the Territories, has be met BY explana-
lions and CLOSES unenabe as they are unaccept-
able and while, too he Il responsible for the doc
trine Of the Ostend manifesto, repugnant to every
of national honor and morality, and
to commit the country TO a career OF
foreign aggressions that must result IN deiaming
public morals aud provoking war withothernanons.
9. That the Wings of Virginia, having,cordiaiy
accepted the Compromises Of 1850 as necessary
20 conflicting views and interests, and
being opposed TO the renewal Of the agitation Of
the Question TO which those compromises relate,
win now resist any repeal or modification OF the
X Kansas- Nebraska act, ss calculated to renew and
infame the STRIFE that at this time endaugers the
rights and the Union Of the States.