Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-05-15

Republican party was sustaining the which
first placed him in position before the country ana
the world, they rejoicing at the defeat OF our
arms. And in the war with Mexico, which gave
to this nation such proud name abroad, so great
an acquisition of valuable territory, and added the
crowning glory to his fame, they not only opposed
endeavoring to produce divisions in our councils
and bring defeat upon our arms, but gave pubhclty
to treason by openly hoping the Mexicans would
welcome our brave soldiers to hospitable graves.
They care no more for General Scott than for the
epaulettes which adon his shoulders, or the buttons
that glitter on his coat General Taylor has been
used by them. General Scott is now the object OF
their designs; and if General Santa Anna, or ten
Tom Thumb, should promise greater availability
and nsalea5ilty, they would drop the one and take
up the other tomorrow.
| In my mind there is no doubt, as to which dlvl-
sion will succeed at the Wing Convention; for MIR.
Seward is as potent with the Wing party OF New
| York as Meg Merriles ever with her troupe OF
gvpsies. Governor Johnston and his friends are
said to be equally powerful in Pennsylvania. These
States cast sxtytwo votes, and will be sufficient,
acting together to control the conventon and they
will nominate some man in the interest OF that
coterie of politicians. They are too experienced
and skilful sportsmen to allow the game, when
within their reach, to escape. AS to his principles
on the compromise, any other subject, they will
not be particular for it is due to the Senator, and
those acting with him in New York, to say that
they are exceedingly liberal on these sub ecs they
are never socitous about the principles or official
capacity of their candidates the capacity of being
useful to them, being in their estimation, the only
standard of value. And General Scott is of i'm
mense value to them now, a lever with which
to hoist the present Executive from his seat If
they can succeed in his election, very WELL but if
not, they dispose of Mr.. Fillmore, get Wing can
didate from some State other than NeD York,
and zeave the FIELD open for Mr.. Seacard an 1856.
! If gentlemen want to understand the power of
Mr.. Seward in his party in New York, and know
how completely he is there the party" as a GER
tain king was the State they have but to look at
events in the fall of 1850. Mr.. Fillmore had been
inaugurated the preceding July; he had adopted
his policy and it was NATURAL it in fact but an
act of common courtesy for the State convention to
approve it. The attempt was made, but the decree
had gone forth. Mr. Seward was lauded by name,
in resolution, while the resolutions introduced by
Mr. Duer, then member of this House from New
York, approving of the Presidents policy, were
promptly voted down. The President out of a
large convention mustered forty these, headed by
Messrs. Granger and Duer, left the convention,
! called another, and when that other convention
met they dare not repudiate the action of the form
or, but fired some blank cartridges in the shape of
harmless resolutions, and went home after agreeing
to support the woolly ticket. say, therefore, the
Woolly Heads" will succeed, because they are
the fighting men, with us, while the Silver Greys"
are like the coneys, feeble folk-they show little
courage and no stomach for fight" This being
the position of affairs in the Wing party of Penn
sylvania and New York, ask again, can there be
any doubt of the action of the Wing National
Convention? For no political party will make a
nomination with the certainty of losing those two
States by it, when by making different one, they
might have at least hope of securing their elee
toral vote-sixty-two in understanding differ
ence of one hundred and twenty-four. No political
party in this country is strong enough to afford to
throw this vote away. But it makes little differ
ence to the Democracy of New York, whom the
Wings nominate. With fair nominee of their
own, one who can stand alone and bear his own
weight, we can carry the State beyond perad-
venture. And l say here, that in my judgment,
that Wing does not live who can obtain the cleo
toral vote of New York from the nominee of the
Baltimore Convention, if wisdom, prudence, and
the true principles of the party shall control its &C
We have the fullest confidence in the wisdom
and patriotism of the National Convention. We
know that no body of politicians will go on, mad
ly and blindly, to make nomination. with the
certainty that any considerable portion of their
party, in either of the States of Pennsylvania or
New York, will not rally to its support-that any
portion is lukewarm, and will stay away from the
polls even. IT, however, any party shall do this,
it needs not the ken of prophecy to foretel in the
result, another evidence of the truth of that ap-
horism-" Quene deus perdere, prius densentet." As
to which section of the Wing party shall succeed
in the Slaughter-house Convention, it is quite i'm
material to the Democracy of New York, or of the
Union-for we must expect the whole party, with
slight exceptions, will 60 for the they nominate.
We rely upon no organized opposition. We must,
therefore, prepare ourselves to meet and defeat the
whole party. But how? Not by quarreling about
the prospects, claims of candidates. or discussing
abstract questions which have practicability
in them in the next canvass. There is work enough
for us to do without attending to amateur matters
work, real work-in directing our energies to
ferreting out the frauds and corruptions, and ex-
hibting the enormous extravagances of this Adj
and bringing all in proper shape be-
fore the country. Why, the whole nation was
aroused in 1910, by the cry Of extravaganza and
because the annual expenditures of the
Government, including the Florida war; exceeded
$40, 100000 But now, in time of profound peace
the Secretary of the Treasury makes report to
this House, and puts down the expenditures of the
Government for the last fiscal year at $685.
902 So. Is it not our duty to bring these mat
tiers before the country, and show the people how
these expenditures have been made? That they
have originated, in part in speculations of Gov,
eminent officers the Government itself. By
giving to men connected with the public service
contracts at exorbtant prices which they never in
tended to execute themselves, but by which they