The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-02-29
tfmore at ! time thas shali be designed by

The National Executive Committee, which
General Convention shall be empowered to
select from the whole number Of the nomi-
nations transmitted to il, candidate for
President and Vice President, as the candi-
dates of the Constitutional Union party;
That this General Convention shall con-
sist Of representation from each State. com.
posed of the same number OF members as its
representation in the two houses Of Con-
gress;
That this representation OF each State be
chosen either BY the State Convention itself
or in such other manner as such Convention,
in view Of the shortness OF the time Tor the
proceeding, may appoint.
A Convention constituted in accordance
with this plan, we think, would be satisiac-
tory to all parts OF the country, and altogeth-
er competent to the duty Of discreet and
judicious selection of candidates. The pco.
pie, who have SO much reason, in their ha-
bitual experience of the insuficiency OF Con-
yentions, to feel no little distrnst OF these
bodies, mght prefer some other mode OF mo-
mination, IL better could now be adopted.
But in the present emergency, when delay
would render any attempt to make a noml-
nation for the coming election useless, We
are persuaded they will acquiesce in the
plan proposed. as the bes, the time will al
low.
Such Convention will avoid some Of the
objections 10 which the ordinary and accus-
toned composition Of Conventions IS expos
ed. Ii will be confined to the single duty
of selecting the candidates from number OF
eminent citizens presented by the several
States as worthy Of the first office in the Co
Sernment; and it will, most probably. find
in the concarring opinion OF several State
Conventions in favor oil one or more lndlyid-
uals, a useful guide to the most acceptable
nomination. And as it will be restricted IN
its choice 10 the names presented, It Will
under no circumstances offend the public
wish by selecting candidates unknown to, or
unexpected, by the country.
Whether any other principles than those
We have enumerated, shall be enunclatcd IT
will be for the Convention TO determine.
Platforms" have been so frequently en-
played as the shallow devices OF party de.
ception, that they have come 70 be viewed
with distrust by The people. We know Of
no higher and nnber aim than the restora-
ton Of peace and harmony to a dlyided and
distracted country, and no platform mure
acceptable to every true patriot than the
7" Union, the Constitution, aud the enforce
mcnt Of the laws"
Fellow citizens, the task that has been al
lottcd TO US is performed. We have pointed
out 4 path, bv which, in our 0pnlon, th'
country NAV be rescued from It's perilons po
siti9n Il Is for you to determine wheihe
you will pursue that path, or continue u
one which. however the approaching stlug
gle may terminate. may lead 10 victory ba
not to peace; to a brief cessation Of strife
} but not to restoration Of harmony.
} Washington, February .sd 1850.
JOHN J. CRIfTENDEN, KY, Can.
! WILLIAM c. RlEEs, Va,
WASHINGTON HUNT. N. ",
WM. A. GRAHAM. y. G.,
HENRY NJ. FULLER. Pa,
JOHN p. KENNEDY, Nd,
HERY Y. CRANST0N, r. T.,
ALEXANDER X. BOTElER, Va.
JOHN A. ROCKWELL. CT,
JOHN WHEELER, VT,
I ]. MORRISON HARRIS. Nd,
LEWIS CONDlCT. y. j..
CHARLES II. CONRAD. La,
!. MARSHALL p. WILDER, Mass,
JOSHUA HILL, Ga,
JOSEPH n. SNYDER. Ohio,
: WILLIAM TEMPLE. Del,
JOHN DUNHAM. Cpnn..
JOHN A. GILMER. y. e.,
c. e. LATHR0P. Pa.
! r. W. THOMPSON, Ind,
(. y. w. SHELLEY. Ala,
I GEO. BRIGGS, y. ".
: WA. q. BROWNLOA, Tenn,
: WM. L. T00LE. Iowa,
}. JOHN WILSON, Ill.,,
> JERE CLEMENS, Tenn.
! T. J. WHITLOCK, n. T..
Committee.
= FRANCIS GRANGER,
i Chm Nat. Wing Executive Com.