North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-12
SUBMISSION RESOLUTIONS.

sentiments and views should have enanated from any
body of men in slaveholding State.
The Raleigh Register copies these Resolutions
but very prudently declines to endorse them in SO
many words.
The Goldsborough Republican makes the follow.
ing excellent remarks in relation to this Meeting and
its Resolutions:
.sTHE WAYNE Resolutions. The Is handful Is
of Whigs of this county held meeting last week to
appoint delegates to the Wing Convention when a
series of resolutions were adopted, a part of which
we propose to notice briefly. In order that there
may be misrepresentation, we give the four fol-
lowing resolutions in full:
Resolved, That the Hon. Edward Stanly has mer-
tied the appreciation of his constituents for the pat.
riotic and conservative pursued by him. in the
late Congress of the United States.
ReSOied, That the series of measures lately passed
by Congress, and commonly known as thess Compro-
MISE" are Constitutional in their nature, beneficial
in their operation. and absolutely necessary the
South to secure to her the free exercise of her rights.
Resofred, That the repeal of the law passed, for
the purpose of securing the delivery of fugitive
slaves to the proper owners the modification there
Of in any of its essential provisions, would be an
of injustice to the South, and would be we'll cal
culaed to disturb the tranquility, which that law
intended to effect, and which it has, in nconsider
able degree, effected.
ResoLUed, That gentleman opposed to the spirit
and operation of said law, will truly represent the feel
ngs and sentiments of the Wings of Wayne County.
The Wings of Wayne county have thus defined,
accurately and with commendable holiness the pre-
else position which they occupy. They have made
known the principles upon which they intend to en-
ter upon the campaign, and we take them at their
word.
In the first place the course pursued bv Mr., Stan.
ly in the late Congress of the United States is pro-
nounced to have been patriotic and conservative,
and that he has merited the appreciation of his
stituents.''
We cannot imagine patriotic and conservative -
course the part of Representative. be any thing
else than promotive of the best interest of his
constituents. Duty constituency, and patriotism
and conservatism. be inconsistent with each
other. Has Mr.. Stanly's 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 unanmity of
action and purpose among themselves. 1t be.
lieved and rightly believed, that union of Southern
would secure settlement of the controversy to
the satisfaction of the South. Hence it was that
Messrs. Toombs and Stephens of Georgia, Hilliard
of Alabama, and other Wings, threw off the ties of
party for time, and united hand to hand with those
who were struggling against aggression. Did Mr..
Stany unite with those Wings, and help to beat back
the tide of abolitionismt No! On the contrary, he
sneered at the South, rldicued the excitement here
avowed that he would stick to the Union whatever
might be done, and thus encouraged the abolitionsts
to continue their aggressions. Is that the patriotism
and conservatism for which he merits heapprobation
of his constituents But not satisfied with favoring
Northern views the slavery question, he also de-
sired an increase of the tariff to protect Northern
manufactures, thus imposing higher tax on his own
constituents. For this, the Wayne Wings declare
that Mr.. Stany has merited the appreciation of his
constituents.
The next resolution lays down two propositions
which we astonished that any party at the South
should affirm. The first is that the Compromise Acts
are I" beneficial in their operaon," and the second
declares that they " absolutely necessary to the
South to TO her the free exercise of her rights
Beneficial in their operation Those acts were the
less than an absolute cesson 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 a complete exclusion from the gold mines Of
California, and all the territory of the United States.
But in addition, it is declared that they obsO
tey necessary the South to her the free
exercise of her rights" absolutely necessary"
implies, if understand it, that other mode of
settlement would have been efficient to secure the
rights of the South, as the compromise acts. The
Wings of Wayne must have forgotten that the ma !
ority of the Southern members in Congress desired
the Missouri Compromise line extended to the Paci-
fc Ocean. That would have been settlement" ben
efcia " in its operation, and would have secured to
the South her rights; but now the South has rights
In California the territories; she is directly viz
tually excluded. No citizen of the South carry
his slaves to California will he the risk of
carrying them to Utah or New Mexico. The South, !
according to the compromise acts, has rights
whatever in any territory of the United States, yet
the resolution under consideration declares that their
ercse of her rights
The third resolution quoted, simply declares that
the repeal of the fugitive slave law, would be an act
of injustice well calculated to disturb the tranquility
of the South. And is that all B.? We shall consider
the repeal of the fugitive slave law abrogation
of part of the Constitution itself, which will be
such conclusive evidence ofthe hostility of the orth,
that the dissolution of the Union should Immediately
follow.
The last is a rare specimen of resolution. We
had not supposed before, that there any person,
Wing or Democrat, in the 9th District who OPP
posed the spirit and operation of the fugitive slave
law but the passage of this resolution by the Wings
of Wayne, leads US 10 suppose that there must be
some person persons among the Wings, asplrants
for in Congress too, who are opposed to the
spirit and operation Of said law.'' Else, why the I
necessity of passing this resolution? Who he
be- We are al a loss to guess. Will the Telegraph
inform US %
We nave nothing to add to the above. Our friend
Gulick has taken just view of the matter, and has
exposed in the clearest manner the unsoundness oil
these submission Resolutions. Sad, dreay and dark
indeed will be the day when the sentiments and prln-
ciples of these Resolutions shall prevail in North
Carolina. May the God of the free and fearless avert
that day! Southern men exult over the passage OF
a " compromise" by which they gained nothing, but
lost important rights members of Confederaey OF
equals Southern men declare this s. compromise
to be absolutely necessary to them 10 secure to
them " the free exercise of their rights -! South
make merit of being in favor of the fugitive
slave law, which law is nothing more nor less than
the plain words of the Constitution carried out by act
| of congress!!! Bnt enough-enough. Such is
| StanlV ;1rsc To fire at her