Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-04-16
NUMBER 1863.
SUBMISSION RESOLUTIONS.

SUBMISSION RESOLUTIONS.
The Wings of Wayne County recently held a
Meeting and adopted series Of Resolutions, which
will be found below. We are surprised that such
sentiments and views should have emanated from any
body Of men in slaveholding State. ......
The Raleigh Register copies these Resolutions,
but it very prudenly declines to endorse them in so
many words.
The GoIdsborough Republican makes the follow
ing excellent remarks in relation to this Meeting and
its Resolutions: .
.THE WAYNE RESOLUTIONS. The handful !"
of Wings of this county held meeting last week to
appoint delegates the Wing Convention when
series of resolutions were adopted, part Of which
we propose to notice briefly In order that there
may be no misapprehensions, we give the four fol-
lowing resolutions in full:
Re~lred, That the Hon. Edward Stanly has per-
tied the appreciation of his constituents, for the pat
riotic and conservative pursued by him. in the
late Congress of the United States.
esOired, That the series of measures lately passed
by Congress, and commonly known as the'' Compro-
mse' are Constitutional in their nature, beneficial
in their operation, and absolutely necessary to the
South, to her the free exercise of her rights
Res0/ved, That the repeal OF the Ia# passed, Tor
the purpose of securing the delivery Of fugitive
slaves the proper ownefs the modification there
of, in any of its essential provisions, would be
&C, of injustice the South, and would be we'll cal
culaed disturb the tranquility, which that law was
intended effect, and which it has, in inconsider
able degree, effected.
Resoiued, That no gentleman opposed to the spirit
and operation of said law, will truly represent the feel
ings and sentiments of the Wings of Wayne County.
The Wings Of Wayne county have thus defined,
accurately and with comn,endable boldness, the pre-
else position which they occupy. They have made
known the principles upon which they intend 10 en-
ter upon the campaign, and we take them at their
word.
In the first place the pursued by Mr.. Stan.
y in the late Congress Of the United States, is pro-
nounced have been patriotic and conservative"
and that he has mered the appreciation of his
stituents.'
We cannot imagine patriotic and conservative -
course the part Of Representative. TO be any thing
else than productive of the best interest of his
constituents. Duty to constituency. and patriotism
and conservatism never be Inconsistent with each
other. Has MIR. Stanys course accorded with the
best interest of his constituents !?
In the contest between the North and South on the
subject Of Slavery, the friends Of the South that
little could be effected without entire unaninity Of
action and purpose among themselves. 1t be.
eved and rightly believed, ti'aa pnion of Southern
would secure settlement OF The controversy to
the satisfaction of the South. Hence it was that
Messrs. Toombs and Stephens of Georgia, Hiliiard
of Alabama, and other Wings, threw off the lies Of
party for time, and united hand to hand with those
who struggling against aggression. Did Mr..
Stanly unite with those Wings and help to beat back
the tide of abolitionism' No! On the contrary, he
sneered at the South, ridculed the excitement here,
avowed that he would stick TO the Union whatever
might be done, and thus encouraged the abotonists
continue their aggressions Is that the patriotism
and conservatism for which he merits Interpretation
of his constituents? But satisfied with favorng
Northern views on the slavery question, he also de-
sired increase OF the tariff 10 protect Northern
manufactures, thus imposing higher tax on his own
constituents. For this, the Wayne Wings declare
shat Mr.. Stany has meri'ed the appreciation Of his
constituents. '.
The next resolution lays down two propositions
which astonished that any party at the South
should affirm. The FIRST is that the Compromise Acts
are beneficial in their operaton,' and the second
declares that they absolutely necessary to the
South her the free exercise Of her rights"
Beneficial in their operation! Those acts were the
result of the Anti-slavery agitation and nothing
less than absolute cession to the North by the
South of all the rights Of the latter in the territory
acquired from Mexico. The benefits to the South
were complete exclusion from the gold mines Of
California and all the territory of the United States
But in addition, it is declared tina, they obso
htey necessary TO the South TO secure to her the free
exercise OF her rights.'' Absolutely necessary
implies, if We understand it, that other mode of
settlement would have been efficient TO the
rights of the South, as the compromise acts. The
Wings Of Wayne must have forgotten that the MD
the Missouri Compromise line extended to the Pac-
hc Ocean. That would have been settlement" ben
e6cia in its operation, and would have secured to
the South her rights but now, the South has rights
it, California the territories; she is directly vir
lualy excluded. No citizen of the South can carry
his slaves California will Ire the risk of
carrying them to Utah or New Mexico. The South,
according 10 the compromise acts, has no rights
whatever in any territory of the United States, yet
the resolution under consideration declares that their
operation is beneficial" and secures the free ex-
ercise OF her rights" t'"
The third resolution quoted, simply declares that
the repeal Of the fugitive slave law would be an act
of injustice, we'll calculated to disturb the tranquility
of the South. And is that all We shall consider
the repeal OF the fugitive slave law abrogatou
Of part of the Constitution itself, which will be
such conclusive evidence Of the hostility Of the North;
that the dissolution Of the Union should Immediately
follow. fae ,-."
The last is a rare specimen of a resolution. We
had not supposed before, that there any person,
Wing or Democrat, in the 9th District who was OPP
posed the spirit and operation Of the fugitive slave
law but is passage of this resolution by the Wings
Of Wayne, leads Us 10 suppose that there must be
some person persons among the Wings, aspirants
for seat in Congress too. WHO opposed TO the
spirit and operation Of said Iaw.' Else, why the
necessity OF passing this resolution! Who can he
be We are at a loss to guess. W I'LL the 1sAgsaph
inform US ?'' ,za.-... ...i- -
We nave nothing to add to the above: Our friend
Gulick has taken just view OF the matters and has
exposed in the clearsst manner tire unsoundness Of
these submission Resolutions. Sad, dreary, and dark
indeed will be the day when the sentiments and pr-