Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-03-03
THE STANDARD.
RALEIGH, N. C..
s,rURDAY, FEBRUARY 9S, 1859.

III. Hitor of the Register, in = late number of
H., nauer, dscourses learnedly upon the origin Of
ub;,asry; and concludes. upon the whole, that
.,ra Whisgery is Just what ancient, old-fashioned
U5i,pe,y used to be. There n.ver was greater
nauke
Il !, not important that we should differ with the
Ei,,, as to the origin of the term " Whig." He
a,s the band of Highlanders who opposed the usur.
ni,us Of Charles the lst, were called the Whiga-
nr's Raid, from the word Whig, Wing. that is,
Il on, get on, which was used by the Western peas
rs driving their horses and that this '' name
ndually spread through the whole army. and became
he mBrquet Of the Parliament party" On the
ether hand, Defoe says Wing was the word used.
n,bose parts for kind of liquor the western High
,pders used to drink,'' whose composition he does
,,, remember; and he adds that the term Wing ''af
usards became denomination of the poor. harrass-
Cd people Of that part Of the country" who banded
against King Charles. Burnet says that the word
Whssam used BY the Western Scotchmen in driv-
ins their horses, was the origin Of the term Wing
applied 10 them others, with Defoe, derive it from
h.Sco,eh word Wing. or wigg, sgnifyi"g 'ohey ;
and Janieson, in his Dictionary of the Scotch Ian.
suge, does not venture to decide.
So much 'for the origin of the term.
Every one knows that the Wings of the American
Revolution were those men who opposed the usur.
nions of the English Parliament, and contended fol
ad established the independence of these States.
At the close Of the Revolution, the term ceased to
have any Immediate or direct application to ou'
people, so tax as party appella,ions were concern.
Wings; but when questions arose touching the con-
sctOn Of the Constitution, the rights of the States
and the best 0ode for perpetuating those liberties
which the Whigs had established, new names aAst
1@, and the people were divided into Republicans
and Federalisss. For instance, Jefferson and Hamil
ION were both Wings, and yet, soon after the close
The Revelation, the former announced himself q
Republican &nd the latter proclaimed himself Fed
sa's'; and to this day these appelIations are knowr
and properly applied 10 their respective followers
a' Hamilton held that the Federal Governmen
ought to exercise controlling influence over th'
Sass and his policy, financial and otherwise, val
'sadly directed to that cad. Mr.. Adams held thu
sne opinions and during his Administration, labor
70 h1 them permanently on the country. HI
a'''sd National Bank, large standing army il
ans Of peace, and laws restricting the freedom o
press and subjecting foreign emigrants TO heavy
'a0l''es; and the result of his Administration was
sa 'a1es and general discomfort among the people
@e other hand, Mr.. Jefferson maintained that tn
constitution ought to be construed stricty-that Con
81" possessed no powers but such a. had been ex
'''! delegated, or were necessary, by implication
Is'y out express grants-that the States were sh
'' hey were the sole judges of all measures pei
sa "'s 10 their domestic concerns-that the freedom
j.. cypress ought not to be encroached upon by 'se
s "'' laws-'hat large standing army. in time
,I. r'''s was dangerous to the public lberties-an
G.s. S"s a1es levied upon the people ought to be "a
,s s." as possible, and scrupuIously applied to tn
~ lP'" Of an economically administered governmen
~ "e extlnguishment of the National debt. Nj
M a''a was brought forward for the Presidency
II. ' people decided, by electing him, in favor {
y. p'as'pes. Those who voted for him were cal
*faoaeans. and those Who sustained Mr.. Adam
n% W. called fsderahsts. These are facts we'll know
4, ,s ' country. and no doubt distinctly remembers
d. 'ssa men now living among US. who took part
n te''y contests Of that day.
49,. .as 'e'm Wk;g was therefore lost sight Of, az
s ' appellatiou, at the close Of the Revolution,
~ ceased 70 be used. at that cay. to distinguis
IA p'"'0n Of the people from the other. .AA, VIII
,b,,s ea friends of the country in the trying scene
,.s sn %' which It had passed. had been Whigs-the
wings still in contradistiRction to the traitor
iva" "'"; but new views and new opinions, as b.
,.s ~ ourselves, and not as against common fo
s.~a ss 'p' and new party names. based upon tho'
aan; 'ano opinions, succeeded. Indeed, the Regist
d, H.. "'s' there is eka,m of just half a century
Of y" ''o's Of the Whig party-that is from the clio
ss.. s revolution to 1880; and the question now
W. "e'e tie Whigs all th;. time?
an. ~ snail continue our remarks on this subject
''' ne1t issue.
iom " vi. Anderson has returned to Derry, Irelan
aoo 40 a'''orn'a, with fortune of Fec, 900, abe
''''' he had been absent about four years.