The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-08-31
A CARD-TO THE WINGS OF NORTH
CARROT INA

| FELLow-CITIZENS: We congratulate you on
the success which has so far crowned your efforts
in defence of the constitution Of your country,
and those great and salutary principles, on the
triumph of which we honestly believe, depend
the prosperity and honor, yea, the LIBERTIES of
our common country. SeUere, indeed, is the re-
buke which the People Of North Carolina have,
by the result of their late political struggle given
those who, in defiance of the ruin which would
necessarily ensue, have fixed on the country an
odious system of policy,-dangerous and oppres-
sive in its character, and marked with every fea-
ture which would become despotism Clear,
indeed, is the Judgment which North Carolina
has pronounced or the conduct and principles of
those who pTQteSsed economy to acquire power,
and praetiSed extravaganza to retain it,-who
have experimental on the currency until distress
and ruin have succeeded, who have converted
the Offices and emoluments of Government into
rewards for partisan services,-who have ostra-
cised public servants because they dared to speak
out fearlessly, their fathers of the Revolutisn
did, in relation to the abuses and corruptIons OF
these in power,-who have permitted every spe-
cies OF fraud to be practised, with absolute i'm
punity, en- the revenues of the Countrywide
have wasted the public funds with profuseness,
which will ultimately fix on the people an alarm
ing and oppressive tax,-who have had the hardi-
hood to insult the South, By the violation of her
principles in approving the reception of negro
testimony against one of her gallant sons, who
had perled his life ia the service of his country,
those who, having seized on the PURSE of the
nation, have also reached QUITO clutch the SWORD,
and in their eagerness to concentrate oil p07CeT
into the hands of ONE MAN, have, in the face of
the admonitions of the trainers of the constitu-
ton, and the fatal experience of all countries,
demanded, in time of profound peace, an i'm
mense "STANDING ARMY" to be subject to the
ton of the President! 1t behooves every Wing
who values the bright inheritance which has been
handed down to him by his ancestors, and who
feels anxious to transmit it to posterity,-to bear
in mind that his services are still required, and
that vigilance, zeal, and promptness in exercis-
ing the elective franchise are necessary to
the country from the curse of misrule and tyran-
nv. THEN LET NO WING DESERT HIS
POSTi Every means, however base, will be
used by the leaders of the Administration, to lull
you to sleep or seduce you from the path of duty.
They know your strength, and feel confident that
with this strength brought into action, they must
inevitably be defeated. Hence their desire to see
you inactive and slothful, and thus calculate on
snatching from you the honor of your late brill
liant victory. Remember that eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty. PREPARE, WE INTREAT
YOU, ONE AND ALL TO GO TO THE POLLS IN No
vEMBER NEXT, and show that you have cent?
WIN peuCts iido pCCh
ed as good citizen, ripe scholar and profound
statesman, and who in tCaT-even in the darkest
hour of his countrys need, has stood boldly forth
to rescue her name from disgrace, and her citi-
zens from the massacre of a ruthless foe!
8T-IT is THE WISH OF THE WINGS IN MANY
PARTS OF THE STATE THAT CONVENTION
SHOULD BE HELD IN THIS PLACE ON THE 9TH OF
OCTOBER NExT;-BELIEvING THIS SUGGESTION
TO HAVE MET. WITH GENERAL APPRECIATION, WE
HEREBY ANNOUNCE, IN BEHALF OF
THE WING PARTY OF NORTH CARO-
LIMA, THAN THERE WILL BE WIG STATE
CONVENTION HELD IN THE City OF RALEIGH
ON THE 9Th OF OCTOBER NExT-tte day on
aoliicEt acas achieved the gictO7y of the Thames
wheqt the friends of e'Ha'rison and reform"
throughout the State sciN be expected to be re-
presented, either IN person or By delegates
WINGS OF NORTH CAROLINA! Your
country expects eeefy man to do has duty!
CHARLES MANLY,
J. H. BRYAN,
GEO. w. HAYWOOD,
T. J. LEMAY,
JAMES IREDELL,
H. w. MILLER,
w r. GALES,
H. MCQUEEN,
w. Fl. BATTLE.