Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-18
Our statc ConNentIon.


The Virginia Opposition State Convention wb;. i N
assemble in this city the 18th of December NEXT Will
obvious from present indications he one of the arr
and abest political bodies that ever met in the Com
monWeah. A deep interest, too, is ALREADY felt in IL
proceedings by conservative, national mon loving mon
in all portions of our common country and its final ,c
on il wise, sagaciOus and disintcrested is destined -
unusually pow erlu and be elicen influence nv
the political events of the future 1t will be the dun,
OF that Convention TO point the way to union Of The
Opposition North and South East aud West in the com,
ing Presidential election union upon the broad
and mpregnabe basis Of the Constitution the Tnio,
and the Rights of the States. twill perhaps be ts d,
also recommend time and place for the holding Of
National Opposition Convention for the nomination n,
candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidencvo,
opposed TO slavery agitation and sectionasni in a
their varied forms, and who will administer the Govern
m"nt in the interests and for the benefit of the whole
p"opl" "i the ntied staieS-That such Convention
can nc no doubt at all If prudent and common-seuse
c"'@- shHi' prevail ln the approaching Convention in
Virginia There thousands of honest consarv,,,o
patriotic men in each aud all Of the Northern s,,,
who have. never united themselves with either ,,
Republican or Democratic parties and who oo.
not, under any circumstance be driven h,,o -
ranks OF any selfish, sectional organization VII ,o,-
and these men are as willing and as anxious as mr.
selves for fair and just union of the opposton el
ments of the country upon the same platform and :;
support OF the same candidates in the approaching Pro-
ineh''"i eeeton Nor can the Republicans as a party
wish to adhere to their own organization and their own
name, III view OF the fact that such course would ne
'rNs'riy prevent uniot Of the Opposition and nece,
eIri! lead 10 'he success OF the Democracy We b. :
leve that the mass Of heRepublicans-all excen, SOM
oi the selfish politicians and leaders of the parvsae
the matter in the light that do and would r,oica r.;
the disbandment Of the Republican party AZ a son
arae anddistinct political organization and in upo, ~
all the elements of Opposition to Democracy :, - ,.
aud National Opposition party Why. indeed should
an7 member Of the Republican party he lcsir,rs n,
chnrng 10 their name and organization which b, ,
least bad odor and which aye offensive to tho er,;,
southern Opposition, together with large rcspect,Il
and influential body of the Northern Opposition wi on
TIE -A'ery issue has become totally extinct and when
the fact Is apparent that uch policy on their mar, T.;
simply unnecessary, mscheyous and suicidal ond,,,;,
inevitably TO another Presidential triumph Of the hoc
democracy and 10 the prostraton of all the interests
hopes If the country
It would be idle TO disguise the fact that ro;,ho. i
conservative Southern nor Northern Oppositon .ol,
take any part in professedly Republican Copvcnto
81 give their support 10 candidates nominated bv er
'oh'eHhon such Convention, therefore would La
composed OF delegate only from the free States aud
"1ald necessarily be sectional in ~ character in 81,
poErance at least, II not in fact IL is olvious tb 90
Southern man, no matter how unzectonal the ,I,,c,
or the candidates Of such Convention might he could
stand on the one support the other nor coyld ,b
conservative Opposition at the North do So either A.
national men aud aut.scctional men. thcv canno, ,
prove even the appearance Of sectionaism in any $40
hnca party. On the contrary their PRINCIPLES and bcir
ti-tss all a war both with scctonalisu and tho o
anrc Of sectonalism whether manfe.ting itself in the
Democratic tie Republican or any other poltic,I mr.
Plantation.
u The Virginia Convention therefore which ,peet m,
Ilih OF December shall place itself on the simple i'm,
comprehensive, and all--uicien platform Of non,gi,
ton on the subject Of slavery and Of devotion Il, tho
Constitution and the Mon a. they are ,s IL mos, MOI,
ably will, what Is 10 hinder Of az parties North and
0uh from coming together upon IT, If they are not "a
ial' bent on purely sectional ends aud aims What do
W." Republicans propose themselves by holding IN "a,
their name and organization when the issue upon With
their part, was founded has pissed away and become
" sytinrt"s They DO not AZ uartv ne ,b., H.,
selves a'sure ne, mediate any Interference with s,y.r
boz The States where IL exists Their only ic, and
Object heretofore and now, they are CONSTANTS
iuf be- the exclusion II slavery FROM the Territories
Well s tlere any Territory from which slavery h,. boo,
been excluded already j. there any danger In tis
world Il be- going into Kau-as or Nebraska or Wsstiay
"r or bacoah n any Of the Territories nov belong.
hr O" th' nonY n there b. not whore j. the necessity
or The pr'ieNi or the occasion Tor the longer existence
OF ih" Republican party a separate aud distinct and
s'conal organization And Why should IL not d.h,pd
90 once and drop it name. and unite with s n Nation.
" Imposition parry for the purpose Of putting down tie
proH'g''e and destructive bogul Democracy and reto
ring Tho Naturalization Of The Government 10 he original
purity. vg"r aud efficiency Why contribute 10 Keen
up '"rtonal party, when there q. no pngcf any pr,et
cal sectional ssuevhen there j. scarcely Theoretical
sectional 'sus hctsecu The North aud South not moro
c"rtauly tan has existed since the formation Of the
Constitution Surely. when the Republican. shall calm.
" cous Der ih,ir duy and POLICY in the premises they
will not permit their mere attachment 10 particular
name and particular organ zation prevent that union
Of the OPPOSITION TO Democracy, Without ubich Demo
cratic riamphs for years come in years past will
h. ne,h'ble. lftbere really any issue bow srs,.
lng between thv North and South on the slavery cues
lon ~ could understand the Pernseiy With which Re.