North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-24
VERMONT AND THE WINGS.

FERMONf AND The w Illus.
Southern Wing papers are exuIting over Vermont
as the $. Wing star that never sets and record
ing the result of the recent elections in that State
with evident satisfaction and qualification. The |
following, from, Democratic paper printed at Name
will show what sort of triumph it is the W higs
have achieved in Vermont. We quote from the Ban
gor Democrat of the 9th instant
"VERMoNT AND THE WIG PARTY. Judge Will
liams, the present wing governor of Vermont and
who was trumphantly reelected last week, is the
same man who approved and signed the multiplying
law of that State, which substantially overthrows
the tugtivesave law passed by Congress to carry
plain provision of the constitution of the United
States. The wing dynasty, which the election of
last week continues in power, Is the same dynasty
under whose auspices this mschievous piece of null
LITIGATION was enacted, and under whose auspices,
too it will doubtless be retained upon the statute
book of Vermont.
escape public attention that the reelection
of Gov. Williams, Notifying it ought to be to
every friend of the Union and of the peace and
pose of the country, is everywhere hailed as go-
rious whig triumph" and even by that portion of
the whig press which affects support the slavery
compromise of $780,
In the great State of Pennsylvania, the whg can
ddate for governor is the present incumbent of that
office, who pocketed and thereby practically vetoed.
a law passed by the Legislature, authorizing the
of the State ails in aid of the execution of the
fugtive-save law. While thus abusing his official
power to foment illblood between the North and the
South, he is on the stump still further striving to
concate abolition support, by declaring himself in
favor of substantial and material alterations of the
law, which is essential and vital part of the
compromise measures, and which can never be
touched, except with the of its friends, it'll
out producing an instantaneous disruption of the
! Union.
should it unfortunately OCCUR will be hailed with the
Same shouts OF triumph which have greeted the reel
ection of Governor Williams in Vermont.
! Mr.. Clay declared year ago that he should leave
he WI he PratIn IntO A
contemplate abolition party.' 1t seems that
it is about time tor him to redeem his pledge.
| We doubt not there are many wings throughout
the North who sincerely deprecate the abolition ten
dency of the party to which they belong. We know
that there many such in Maine. We ask them
to look carefully at the signs of the times and then
if they do not duties to the country altogeth-
er paramount to the obligations of party ties.
How long will. such men continue to act wit the
Nilliamses of Vermont, the Johnsons of Pennsyl
vania, the Stewards of New York, the Winthrops OF
| Massachusetts, and the Otises of Maine? How
long will they countenance these rampant fanatics in
their mad career %
We can answer the Democrat: Northern Wings
will continue act with the Abolitionsts, and will
be Abolitonists themselves, long their conduct
is concealed, excused and paated, and thereby en-.
couraged by Southern Whigs. And who can blame
them? The Raleigh Register, for instance is in open
alliance with such men as w inthrop and the Vermont
Whigs for it has words of praise for the former and
no word of condemnation for the latter.
| Those in the South who excuse Freesoiism and
Abolitionism, for party purposes, Than ht
.4boEt:onists themselves. They so, because they
are false not only to the of the Union, but to
their section; while the Abolitionist, though a
bitter foe to the Union, at least plead tina: he
represents his section, extent, in its feel
! ings and sympathies the subject of Slavery
Patriotism begins at home. The who is no,
true to his neighborhood, when assailed, will not
be true to his County the who is not true to
his County, when assaulted, will not be true to his
State; and the who is not true to his State,
when assailed. will not be to the Union OF
the States.