The North-Carolina standard., 1845-09-17
J q FssEW WORDS 20 THE WE1Ies.

q FEW WORDS TO THE wings.
We quote the following from the New York
CommerciaI Advertiser, one of the most respect
able whig papers in the Union
Why should the whig papers, or. any papers,
persist in contending for principles, which the ma
ioraty of The people do not care TO haze sustained?
Why should they waste time and labor in fruitless
opposition to the will, or at best, the Indifference
ofthe people2 Aboveall, why should they sttug..
gle against abuses, in the consummation and tri-
umph of which they only get mockery and vftus
peration lor their pains2 The very fruitlessness
of their struggles emboldens and strengthens those
who have set up the doctrine, that the democracy
is above Constitution and law Better wait until
some great and startling deed of wrong iscommit-
ted, by which the sense and spirit and judgment of
the country may be reused, and patriotic appeals
to the sober second thought of the people may
have some hope of successful ISSUE" ar q
What say North Carolina wings to this7
Will they "persist in contending for principles,
which the majority of the people do not care to
have sustained"2 Wings, you were beaten in the
late contest, fairly and honorably. Your strug-
giles for power had been peculiarly unfortunate up
to 1914, and then it was 1--WE say it with all due
respect) that a majority of the people decided
against you, and condemned your doctrines. But
if you say, we were not beaten fairly we answer,
fairly or not, the CONSTITUTION has been satisf-
ed-a democratic President now holds the reins ;
and no citizen ought TO look beyond that for the
purpose of bringing shame and reproach upon the
government
Now what will you do2 The government is
as much yours as ours. Our rights are the sames
and our great interests ought to be the same.
Why will you stand off from us, and oppose the
government We do not ask you to sacrifice
your principles-we only ask you to acknowledge
frankly that they have been condemned by ma
jority of the people, and to shoaO, by your acts,
that you think more ofthe popular judgment and
of your country than you do of party names and
party associations Is this request unreasonable? !?
You can 60 further than this. You can give the
President and democratic principles fair trial.
which is all they ask and you can act towards
the democratic party as every honest democrat
will-condemn it when it does wrong, and sup
port it when it does right We know this talk
will not suit whig editors and whig leaders. They
interested in keeping the whig party together.
They want Offices and rewards, and they know
they would not be able soon to get themsfr the
democrats. if they were to lay down their arms
now and unite in the support of the Administra-
ton. Hence they look to the wings, and they
will continue the struggle for political ascendancy.
They will make issues where no fair issues can
be made, and they will find fault with any demo
cratic Administration-no for good cause, but for
their own personal advantage and aggrandize-
ment. But with the whig people this is moi so.
They are not interested in the success of any par
tcular party-they want no loaves and fishes Of
office, but are quite satisfied if the government is
well administered and the country prosperous.
This sail they ask. To such, then, we speak,
and not to the whig leaders. Whigsl be INDE-
PENDENT Be men Throw off the influence
of party names and stand by yoar country
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