The North-Carolina standard., 1850-06-19
THE wHIG CONVENTIONS

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THE wHlG coNvENr1oN(
. This body Of :" gallant spirits. - .ass,nh,1
City on Monday the 10th. and adjourned ~: l" This
Tuesday evening the 1lth. We learn thai .e On
sions' and especially their private meetings w. ss'
no means harmonious; but the opponents ~ 10y
MANLY, and the few among them who desired ~. wv
ana decided expressions upon the question Of saNe
ern rights, Were CHqued and whipped in. and u'a'
emily, at least, there was some show Of nn.- pa''
and concord. '""'"lty
Their Resolutions (Which we shall publish h.,
a''ef ano comment upon) set out with certain v..s
expressions about Southern rghts,-endorse ,ns sue
prove the Senate's plan of 'Adiustment, ,, ,.' ap'
lnendments-express confidence in ss tho ,,.,..
integrity, and patriotism - of Gen. Taylor-and
kindly and condescendingly admit that tho no'y y
are the source of all power, and that thew p.s
they desire it, have an opportunity SO to alto, ~:
Constitution as to secure Equal Suffrage. and ~,
Judges Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary Of s,..
Justices of the Peace. and other public Officers
We point with pride to the Democratic Ro.-,
tons, in contrast with those of this Wing Conven,
The Democrats have met the Slavery question ho,a
"; and while they have refused to endorse tho g.
ate's plan, and have rejected with indiona,;on ~
Freesoil policy of Gen. Taylor on this subject ~,
have taken their stand upon the Missouri line .,;.
fled of their rights in the premises, but still wi1s
to concede much out Of regard for the Unio, ~
Wings have approved the Senate's plan in an.
breath, approved Gen. Taylor's in the next. hr
dorsing his 'ability' as President, and have ,hn.
left the people at loss to determine what tho, ~
really for or against to these vital issues ~.
Democrats came promptly out for Equal Suffrage ,nS
the election OF Judges by the people, as rig1s no
to be questioned nor denied the Wings, refnsno =.
commit themselves in favor of these rights h,,.
merely consented that the people may have them :,
they insist upon them! Here is the difference l..
tween the parties, compressed into nutshell ch,..
ye between them, friends of Southern rights and a
vocates of Equal Suffrage!
These Wings are constantly lecturing on no.n,r,,
ism, its beauties and its benefits; and vet their a.,
ernor, and the Governor of the State-the head and
representative in law of all the people-appeared be-
fore them upon their invitation. and instead of co,
Quoting himself with moderation and dignity. ..
might become Governor, he made bitter nar,,,n
harangue-appealed to partizans to re-elect him.
counted the chances of reelection, and told tboeo
partizans where he lost before and where thew mio
gain nnow-misrepresented, revied, and slandered Ms
opponents delivered, all together, Speech
made up from the odds and ends of exploded hmm.
bugs and fugitive newspaper paragraphs, and which
was calculated, not to allay popular excitement and
dispose mems minds to reflection and sober inves,i.
CATION, but to arouse, embitter, and irate, and TO
hurry the people to the polls with expressions Of
rage upon their lips, and with malice and vengeance
in their hearts. If any one supposes we have done
I" His Excelency" p" injustice in this brief sketch,
we appeal to the Speech itself-read it, consider it,
and then Judge for yourselves.
There were but three other Speeches, we believe,
delivered to this gsllant' noparty assemblage. We
heard them all. Mr.. Kerr, who spoke first on Tues.
day, outdsd himself even in the way of gesculaion
denuncation, abuse, and transcendental eloquence.
He had pillars, stars, and suns-rainbows. cataracs
and inds-alligators, volcanoes, and water.
spouts-so mixed up and so dashed together that We
scarcely knew whether to laugh or to cry, to be
amazed or to admire. Sneering at the mention Of
Southern rights as proposed to be asserted and vind
Gated by Southern union, he went off and came back,
time and again, in rhapsodies on the Union; and
from first to last, as he touched upon Slavery and
dwet upon it, he delivered such Speech as would
have been greeted with shouts of applause, as an
approved Union effort, by the masses Of Vermontam
Massachusetts. If Mr.. Kerr be the Representatives.
North Carolina Whigism on the Slavery question,
then indeed may we despair of uniting together as
one people to demand our rights at the hands Of our
Northern assailants.
Mr.. Rhodes, of Berthe, spoke next. We could
not hear all he said but understood him to utter
no word for Southern rights, but the contrary to
apologize distinctly for the Wilmot Proviso. He
said that Proviso could not affect North Carolina
injuriously that Slavery could not co. any way,
the Proviso, if applied to these Territories, would
not diminish the value of single slave. He was
for the Union, Wilmot OF no Wilmot. 1t was sub
mission Speech, just as Mr.. Kerr's was and the
spirit of both Speeches no better, if as South.
ern or tolerable, as Stanly's. *
MI. Miller, of this City, followed and concluded;
and soon after the Convention adjourned.
This Convention was the last desperate effort of
condemned and repudiated party to maintain power
in North Carolina. To this end, the leaders Of that
party will leave no stone unturned, no arti6ce un'
tried We call upon friends to meet them atsVey
point-to expose their tricks-to disprove their false
hoods-to charge their inconsistencies, their dema'
gogueisms, their equivocations and their eVasl0n'
fully and boldly upon them, from this hour until the
first day of August next. Let our watchwords be,
THE CONSTITUTION-THE RIGHTS OF
THE SOUTH-THE UNION AS OUR FAITH
ERS FORMED IT; and let every Democrat from
Currituck to Cherokee, GO TO WORK FOR Col. ReD
the PEOPLES CANDIDATE, and labor for hin
las he would for his own election. His defeat 'S'
years since, was only matter of form let his sue
cess in the present contest be matter of fact anu