Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-05-05
THE NORTHERN WINGS.


! The New York Times is of the ablest and
most digni6ed journals in the country. tits also
of the Seward and Scott organs for the free States,
and it seldom speaks without having fully weighed
and considered it's words. A late number of this
paper contains the following remarks, called by
the Wing caucus in Washington, which we copy for
| the special benefit of Southern Wings:
"THE WIG CAUCUS. The apprehensious EXPRESS
ed in the Times OF Wednesday morning, in regard to
the doings of the Wing Congress ona caucus were
fully realized on Wednesday night. large proper
ton of the Southern Wings seeded, because reso-
lutlons pledglng the Wing party an absolute en-
dorsement of the compromise measures and the fugi-
tlveslave law of 1850 ruled of order by the
chair; and of those who remained, several declared
that they did go only in the hope that this decision
might be reversed.
The Southern Wings thus seem determined TO force
upon the Wing party, and upon the country, direct
issue ON The question Of siGuery They demand the
price of their adhesion. not silent acquiescence but
an explicit open, unmstakable CpprOUaL by Northern
Wings, of measures which they voted against, and
did all In their power defeat, the time of their
! passage. Whether such demand is reasonable or
Representatives. there is anything in the condition of
the country to excuse 1t, and whether it could be
ceded by Northern men who profess any regard for
principle and consistency, the country at large can
! judge.
The Southern Wings apparently forget that a very
large majority of their Northern brethren in Congress
voted against all the compromise bills; that only three
Northern Wing votes cast in favor of the fug-
uveslave law that of those three members, but one
was re-eleced that the delegation from the State of
New ork cast tcoeny votes against it and but in
its favor that there but tlUent for it
of all parties from all the Northern States that every
Northern State with the exception of Iowa, endorsed
the provisions OF the Wilmot proviso and that three
fourths of the people of the Northern States affirmed
it by their votes in lS48, while political party
dared take ground against it. They either forget
those facts or they believe that the North is ready to
nall and 10 Tho
principles which they then pSofessed at their dicta-
ton, and to retain their support. No expectation
could possibly be more baseess and absurd If the
Wing caucus had passed the resolutions so Pertlna-
cIously pressed upon them, it would inevitably have
thrown New York, Ohio and the Wing States of
New England into the opposition ranks. No one
who understands the public sentiment and the public
character Of the North can doubt this fact.
The result of this movement it is not easy to forsee
If it shall be persisted n the coming contest a0iH be
mainly sectional 1t will be entirely useless, after
open rupture by the South from such and for
such end talk about any other issues than those
which grow out of slavery. The whole country wiki
divide upon those questions and party discipline
or hope of party sPois can possibly prevent 1t.
Whether such contest will tend still further to
strengthen Southern institutions, to erect new barr
cades around slavery, and to protect still further the
rights and interests of the South, the of the
South must ud for themselves. 1t rests with them
to say whether the contest shall be national
HOndk II they see fit to with their political breth
rem of the North, upon such grounds as they can
hold, and without forcing upon them declarations
which would degrade and break them down, they
can keep the free from slavery anti-save.
ry issues. But if they demand that the issues shall
be distinctly made; that the N orth shall be compel-
ed to pronounce upon the question of slavery, and
that this shall be the only issue made-they may ef
feet that object and renew all the agatlons which
opposite course would at once aay. But the result
of such movement upon the interests of the South
and the peace of the country, We fear they have not
fully weighed"
The Petersburg Integencer, Wing paper, takes
the following notice of the address of the seeding
Wings, the substance of which we have given our
readers to-day:
"THE ADDRESS OF THE RETIRING WHIGs. We
give to-day nearly all the space usually devoted to
reading matter the address of the Wings, who re-
tired from the late Congressional Caucus. No one
read the call for the first meeting of the Wing
members Of Congress- without coming TO the conclu-
sion that Mr.. Mangums decision that Mr.. Marshalls
resolution out of order, outrage upon par
liamentary law, and utterly unworthy of one who has
been thirty years " in public life, and who for three
years presided the deliberations of the National
Senate. The following was the call for the first
meeting:
1.-The Wing members of Congress are requested
to meet at the Senate Chamber, Friday evening
next, the 9th inst at o'clock, TO consider of mat
ters of importance to the Wing party.
Wednesday, .AprI7 T, 1852"
Under this call the first meeting was held and if
call more broad and comprehensive could have been
Penned have misunderstood the force of the Eng
lish language To consider Of matters of importance
to The Wing party!' Now we would be glad TO know
if any thing more important, not only 10 the Wing
party, but TO the country could have been considered
than the Compromise measures? There reason,
cogent for the re-armance of these
for but recently many wings had voted against
HillyeT's resolution pronouncing the Compromise to
be " fnality," and it was important that the Wing
friends of the Compromise should know with whom
they to cooperate. We commend this original
call the attention of the Editor of the Raleigh Re-
giser, who, very sorry to say seems disposed
to censure the retiring Wings for their The
Register is mistaken in supposng that these gentle
intended to dictate programme to the National
Convention. Their address explicitly disclaims any
get expression of the opinion of the Wing men,
bers of Congress. That they had right to make
this effort, presume none will deny. Such an
expression of opinion would have gone to the coun-
try and received just the weight it entitled to
and no more. Of one thing, however, there can be
doubt. Had Mr.. Marshall, and those who acted
With him, succeeded in obtaining vote favorable to
Compromise fnality, the effect would have
been mos: happy upon the country. 1t would have
been proclamation that the Wings in Congress who
are in favor of opening the Compromise question and
renewing agitation, were in a minority. 1t would
have been death-blow TO Sewardism.''
A New York paper states that the Georgia State
loan of 1926, 900 for Railroad purposes, has been
gotiaed in that City at five per cent. premium. The