Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-10-01

again spoken out for the Wilmot Proviso, and have
refused TO regard the fugitivesIave law final in its
character, but contend for the right to repeal mod
ify it; while the Democrats of New York, as body,
have set their faces against any and all kinds of agi
taon on the Slavery question: and have declared that
they will abide the Compromise, including, of course,
the fugitive-slave law. This, in few words, is a
just and fair statement of the positions of ths
parties, as parties, in that State.
The Raleigh Register, the organ of the Wings OF
this State, has thus far made reliable statement of
facts in relation to this action of the two parties in
New York but that paper has generally approved
the coalition between the forces Of Seward and Fill
more, and denounced all in the South who cannot do
the same, as &c clamorers,' {" babbers," and Dsu-
nionists.'' The Register is afraid Of the light, be-
cause its deeds ev.''
Now let US turn to Massachusetts.
We published, a few weeks since, the Resolutions
adopted by the Democrats in their recent Conven-
ton in that State Those Resolutions sound.
They not only go 6 for faithful execution and ac-
quiescence in all the compromise measures of the
last Congress-, but they deprccate 6 as dsunion, in
its worst form, the attempts of any party class to
stgmatize and denounce any portion of the Union or
its domestic institutions ''-and they announce, as
the New York Resolutions do, that the Democracy
which adopted them are ready now, heretofore, to
stand the noble and tme-honored platform of the
Baltimore Conventions. In publishing these Reso-
lutons we said 6 But the Register-as if one wrong
could justify another-will reply TO this, that the
Democrats of Massachusetts, formed coalition with
the Abolitionists, by which they elected Sumner to
the Senate, and carried the State. We admitted the
fact al the time, and deplored and denounced it; but
the Massachusetts Democracy have recovered from
this unfortunate condition, and doing all they
can to atone for their grievous error The Register,
although it promised to do so, has replied to
article of the 10th September, exposing this New
York coalition nor has it had the common fairness
inform its readers of the action Of either of the De-
mocratic Conventions, in New FORK and Massachu-
setts, alluded to in this article. Its party interests
might suffer, if it should speak the truth and hence
it either msrepresents or is silent.
The Wings OF Massachusetts, held Convention
on the 10Th inst, at which they adopted Resolutions
| laudatory of the Union, complimented Mr.. Webster
pledged themselves to support Mr.. Fillmore in ''all
his just and patriotic measures and nominated the
Hon. Robert G. Winthrop for Governor. They make
no alusion ,vhaierer, their Resolutions, to the
promise and so far from approving them,
and pledging themselves 10 faithful execution of
the fugtve.save law they declare that they with
the New York Wings, the Seward and Fillmore
platform. Here is the Resolution, in which they
endorse the New York coalition:
s' Resolred, That the members of this Convention
have witnessed with unieigned satisfaction the efforts
which have recently been made by the Wings of New
ork to bring about intelligent, honest. and cor
dial cooperation among themselves, and with the
Wings of other States of the Union.'' That we re-
have mod
cess, and have met the universal appreciation of the
Whig party throughout the country, and that we
heartily concur in the sentiments which have been
expressed by them the result of their consultations,
and as the basis of their future action.'
The Raleigh Register of the 18th instant thus ap-
proves these Resolutions and the nomination of MIR.
Winthrop:
"Of the resolutions adopted by the Convention,
the following have reference to National affairs, and
we point to them with pride ard pleasure as indicat.
ing healthy and patriotic sentiment among the
Wings of Massachusetts with reference to the ques-
ton of Slavery. Upon such a platform we can all
sand-and under that sign, we can easily conquer.
Having shown the nature of the Whig coalition in
New York, and the action of the Massachusetts
Wings, thus endorsed and commended by the Reg
iser e, who this favorile of that paper is,
Rober, c. Winthrop. Mr.. Winthrop has been a
Freesoiler and an Abolitionist from the first. He
opposed the annexation of Texas a slaveholdng
State he voted, in February, 1912, with Gddings,
against motion to lay on the table petition present
ed by the latter for dissolving the Union he voted,
in March of the same year, against Resolution
suring Giddings for introducing Resolutions sane
oning murder and piracy the high by slaves
in the Creole case he voted against the New Mexi.
and Utah bills because they did not contain the
! Wilmo, Proviso; he misrepresented and slandered
South Carolina during the last session of Congress
in relation 10 her laws touching free negroes, and
persisted in uttering fasehoods the subject, afte
he had been informed that he uttering them BY
Mr.. Senator Butler; and 0@T he voted against the
fugitve-save law, and opposed it in debate with al
3 the vehemence and ability he could bring TO bea
against ito In proof of this latter vote, We quote
as follows from the Congressional Globe, vol. 81
part I'd, page 1917:
"THE FuG1r1vE-SLAvE BILL. The Senate resum
ed the consideration of the bill provide for the
effecual execution Of the third clause of the secont
section of the fourth article of the Constitution of th
United States. .'
Several amendments offered to the bil whicl
were debated at length and disposed of, and the bill
was finally ordered to be engrossed tor third read
iny by yeas and nays, as follows:
YEAs.-Messrs. Achison, Badger, Barnwell, Bell
Berrien Butler, Davis of Mississippi Dawson. Dodg
;, of Iowa, Downs, Foote, Houston, Hunter. Jones
King, Mangum, Mason. Pearce, Rusk, Sebastian
Soule, Spruance. Sturgeon, furney, Underwood
Wales, and Yulee-27.
J. NAYs.-Messrs. Baldwin, Bradbury, Chase, Coop
d er, Davis of Massachusetts, Dayton. Dodge of Wis
consn, Greene, Saith, Upham, Walker, and WIN
q THROP-l2."
y This them is the healihv and pQtriotic" septi