North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-29
WING PRINCIPLES.

WING PRINCIPLES.
The Raleigh Register has at length come forwar
with statement of its principles. That paper O
Wednesday last says the Wings are for and agains
the following propositions:
81. They are for economical administration o
the Government.
/ Q. They are for eacff and every public officer per
forming his duty with fidelity. M
8. They are for the industry of their coun
try when coming in competitor with that of foreigI
country.
4. They for preserving peace by RETAINING
from all interference with the affairs of other ma
tions. 81. . ..-...-... $50
5. They are for protecting their own Government
and liberties against all interference from abroad
6. They are for the faithful execution of the Com
promise measures.
7. The are for the Constitution and the Union al
they are.
8. They are for the laws and for sustaining those
who sustain the laws
g. They are for Willard Fillmore for the next Pre-.
sidency.
10. They aretor William A. Graham for the Vice
Presidency.
IL. They are against Abolitionsm and Seces-
sionism. .
IL. They are against Dsunion. .
Ii. They are against foreign conquests.
| IA. They are against those who are for Disunon,
and who giving aid and comfort'' the Des-
pots of Europe, by endeavoring to break up this
gre at and glorious RePubIic!"
Here are fourteen propositions laid down by the
Register, and we|take occasion to say that we are
,rth that paper to the whole fourteen, with the
exception of the ninth and tenth. We are for econ
omy in the government and fidelity in public officers
we for the industry of country in pref
erence to that of other countries-for preserving
peace with all nations and protecting own liber-
ties from foreign interference-for the faithful
ton of the fugitive-slave law-for the Constitution
and the Union as they now are-for sustaining the
laws, no matter who may be in power; and we are
against Dsunion. against Abotionism and the exer-
else of the right of Secession, against foreign
quests, against giving " aid and comfort - to the
despots of Europe, by abusing Kossuth, as some of
the sWhig journals have done; and we also for
this "great and glorious Republic against all cre-
alton and 's the rest of mankind Here, then, the
Register and the Standard are substantially together
so far as this platform is concerned. We confess we
cannot 60 Willard and Graham. The former is un-
sound upon the Slavery question, and the latter is
Federalist of the stripe; and they boh we
have no doubt. for National Bank, against the in
dependent Treasury, and in favor of increasing the
Tarif-taxes of the people.
But the Raleigh Star is one notch ahead of the
Register in defining Wing principles. The Star is
out for Liberty" The Star says, indeed, that the
" iuuSt LlOeIly. ne Quar- Is EVIL.
IDENTIFY touched by the {" lucid remarks'' of Mr.. Bry-
an, the tremendous getting together of five Wings
in Randolph to adopt Resolutions, and by the thrill
ing prospect which 4" watchful Wake holds out of
" shaking the dew-drops from her mane' and doing
something for the Wing cause generally but all
this is circumstance compared to that new is
sue of " Liberty" Scoring particulars, the Star
goes right in for" Liberty" Now, we beg leave
to say that with the Star on this point, as we
are with the Register to others. We have been
for 4" Liberty" all along. We go further-we are
for Magma Charta-for habeas corpus, trial by Jury,
and against King John at Runnymede and every 9TH
er John opposed to " Liberty How do you relish
that, gentlemen! Where you upon these issues
Hurrah for 'Liberty"!
But seriously, we called upon these Wing Editors
for statement of their principles, and they have re-
piled in generalites and by hurrahs for Liberty"
We now call upon them again, in the name of the
people, to say what they for. Are they for Ma
tional Bank Do they wish increase of the Tariff
taxes? Are they for the white basis Do they still
advocate Convention to change the Constitution |
Are they for against Equal Sufrage1 These are
the points to which their attention is invited and not
10 abstract propositions. The people something
Of practical and useful nature and if these Wing
leaders have any thing of the offer, let them
come forward at once and open their budget. But if
not, let them hold their peace, and be under
Democratic rule. A party is made up of men who
hold certain principles, and who labor to establish
hose principles the policy of the government but
association of without principles, is no party
1t all, but faction.