Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-26
The Whig Convention.

Our State Central Committee have selected
Richmond as the place, and the 18th of De-
cember as the time for holding the State Con-
vention. The object of this Convention is
not to present to the public the names of such
persons rs may be deemed suitable candidates
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of
the Republic. But higher and more i'm
portant duty devolves upon it. The assem-
\ bling of such Convention Of our citizens is
the initiatory step in the formation of great
national party, or rather the reorganization
/ of all the conservative elements of opposition
to the reckless and prohigate democracy into
one patriotic party. whose aim it shall be to
maintain the supremacy OF the Constitution
and ward off every blow, let it come from
what quarter it may, that may tend to i'm
pair the stability of the Union. A platform
of principles is to be presented to the country
as the basis of this great organization-a po-
litical creed which shall commend itself to
the whole country and rally to its support
the best wishes, the most unseliish energies
and earnest efforts Of the good and true in
all sections.
To accomplish this patriotic end, spirit OF
compromise and concession must rule the
counsels and direct the action of the Convcn-
ton: for it is body transacting business
not for Virginia alone, but for the whole ma
| ton; and its action must determine the Ques-
ton of Il united and successful opposition on
the part of the conservative masses to the
trickery and intrigues, the selfish ambition
and official corruption and profigacy OF the
party now in Office. There must be conces.
sion-not concession in regard to great con-
! a hat m
the minor matters OF mere party organization,
SO that comparatively unimportant questions
may be set aside, and the true spirit of pat
riotic devotion to the interests and honor
and glory of the nation may animate every
heart for the great work that is before US. :
There must be compromise then, OF all tri-
fling matters for the sake of perfectlng a
union Of all the sound, national and conser-
vative elements Of opposition, In order that
the best energies of the country may be call
ed into renewed activity to uphold the Com
stitution in its true spirit and carry its wise
and wholesome provisions into practical op-
Grafton.
This Convention must present the country
with platform of principles comprehensive
enough to embrace the varied interests Of the
whole country. Sectionalism must be iG.
nored. A true national sentiment, an abid,
ing faith in the power Of the Constitution to
vindicate the interests and protect the rights
of all sections, and fixed and unalterable
devotion to our heaven-blessed Union, and all
the rich blessings it bestows and secures,
these must come in to form the basis OF a
party thai shall be national in every sense
of the word, and national in eveEyssnd it seek.
20 ,r,nnnl;sh We have Ind! istIifeS and
chickering's enough. We hayehad enough OF
the unwise counsels of selfsh and designing
men tanning the famesaad adding fuel to
the fires of SECTIONAL Jealousies and hate
We have had enough of all this, and now We
desire peace. The whole country, apart
from designing demagogues, is sick of sec
tional agitation and desires peace. Let us
have it. Let this Virginia Convention IN
augurate the movement that will lead to this
happy result.-Lerinyton Ta.,) Gazefte.