Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-10-02
H- The New York Wing State Convention,
,eld last week at Syracuse adopted the following


held last week at Syracuse, adopted the following
as its only Resolution on the Slavery question:
That the Wing party, being national party. de-
voted the Union and to the welfare and promotion
of all the varied interests of this great Republic and
uniformity of action and of purpose being at
tainabe only through the agency OF National ConVen-
lions, honest acquesence in the decision ana ae-
ton of the late National Convention of the Wing
party upon all subjects iegitately before them, is the
duty of every Wing"
Horace Greedy, who present, writes as fol-
lows to his paper, the Tribune:
''The only difference of opinion developed relates
the everlasting topic Of Slavery which nothing
is directly said the resolutions, but general deca
ration is made trch nse ,UO please construe into
approval Of the Baltimore Platform.
A large majority of the Convention was opposed
in sentiment even this concession, but yielded it
for the sake of peace. On all the distinctive Wing
grounds the resolves right strong and explicit"
We invite the particular attention Of Southern
men to those portions Of the foregoing which we
have put in italics. Greedy and the higher-law -
men, as well as Stanly and Mangum, hold that the
/" compromise was not "legitimately before" the
Wing National Convention and they endeavored
to keep it out of that body; but failing in that,
and the Convention having approved it, the NeaO
York Scott men give it the cold shoulder, or
spit upon it." just as they happen to be in good
or i'll humor.
Mark what Greedy says: " Il large majority Of
the Contention Uas opposed an sentiment to
this concession but yielded 1T for the sake of eace
Such the treatment which Southern Wings are re-
ceivng at the hands of the Scott-Sewardites of New
York; and such are the allies of William A. Ora
ham, the Southern Shareholder, who, having be-
trayed Mr.. Fillmore, is now writing letters to the
Southern people urging SCOTS claims and conse-
quently his oWn, to popular support!
We now challenge the Scott-Seward Journals Of
the South to point to the first Democratic State
Convention with the exception of that of Ohio)
held in the free States before or since the passage
! of the {" compromise" which has not given to it
unqualified. sanction and cordial approval. Where
is the Raleigh Register But that paper will re-
! ply that the Van Burens and other Freesol Demo
Gratis are supporting Gen. Pierce. Admitted, but
did the Democratic National Convention truckle to
these men? Did it nominate their first choice
Did it not the contrary, nominate the first choice
of Virginia and North Carolina? Most certainly
it did; and these men in supporting Gen Pierce,
do so Democrats, and not as Freesoilers. We
neither court their support re ect it. Bad as
they are they now acquiesce IN the fugitve-slave
law, which the Sewardites of New York Pennsyl-
vania, and Ohio who controlled the Wing National
Convention and forced Scott on the Southern
Wigs, never hare done and never aciH do. That is
the difference Gen. Pierce, by whomsoever sup
ported, apas nominated By Southern men, and is
national and not sectional candidate whereas
Gen. Scott is not only supported by worse than
the Van Burens, buthe nominated as the first
choice of men, and is supported by
them as sectional candidate and that too over
the heads of Webster and Fillmore. Gen. Pierce's
whole career affords abundant proof that he would
rather be defeated than yield hairs breadth to
such Freesoilers in the Democratic ranks as choose
tu support him but Gen. Scott oaoes has nominal
ton to Wing Freesoilers, and, if elected, he will
be bound in common gratitude to yield to them
and reward them. Indeed, he has already prom
ised them in his letter of acceptance, that he will
not prescribe them account of their opinions on
Slavery