Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-05-12
D." THE SPOILS,"

| The spoils-the spoils-this seems to be the main
idea-the groundwork present of the action of the
Wing leaders. Their talk in Convention, in the
ewspapers, and elsewhere, is all bottomed on this
you hear but little, if any thing. about the bes
ways and means for advancing the public interests
and benefing the State but the cry is let Us redeem
the State-let vindicate the principles Of the Wing
party (which, being rendered in plain English
MEANS let US beat the Democrats, and thus get pos
session of the Offices and sPoils.
This was the burden of the address Of the Presi-
dent of the late Convention, we'll of Mr.. Nash's
remarks, who came boldly out for a clean sweep-for
prescription of the general character, in the
Whiks should prove successful Mr. Kerr too, it
appears has caught the idea, for in his letter of
ceptance he says:
81 am deeply sensible of the honor conferred upon
me, by my political friends who composed the Con-
yentioD and accept the nomination they have tender
ed with anxious desire and full determination to
do all can to restore North Carolina to her former
eminent position Whig State, and Advance her
Interests. and rindicate the principles of the Whig
party.
And now is not this noble, glorious platform for
candidate for Governor! He wants to I" restore
North Carolina to her former eminent position
Wing State ''-he burns with desire to 6 virdicate
the principles of the Wing party" Why, what has
all this do with the duties of the Office to which
he aspres! Does he mean to say that, if elected. he
will be the Governor of party. and not of the STATED
And how kind the nominee is to offer to I" restore !"
the good old Commonwealth And how much af-
ficted they all the idea that the State is Os
and needs to be I" redeemed -! No, felow-citizens
it is not the State that is lost, but the offices; the Dem
ocrats are TN, and the object of these Wing gentle
men is to create crisis, and to induce the people
turn out one set Of and put another in This
is the way, doubtless, in which Mr.. Kerr and his
supporters wish vindcate - Wing principles and
redeem - the State.
Can the honest people of North Carolina be ope-
rated upon and Influenced in this way1 What has
Gov. Reid done, that he should be denied re-elec-
ton! What the charges against him! What
great public necessity exists that he should be turned
out and Mr.. Kerr put in! Whom has he offended
We have said the Democrats are in, but Wings
are in Office also under Democratic rule. There is
Wing Secretary of State-a Wing Clerk in the
Treasure''s o6ice-a Wing on the commission to re-
wise the Statutes Wing in the Literary Board
there Wings in Office in corporations, either by d.
rect appointment of the Governor by the States
vote and that party has, upon the WHOLE been treated
with iberality and magnanimity in this respect, by
the Democratic party and by the present Administra
ton, which puts to the blush all former Wing Ad-
mnstrations. The history of parties will show that
the Wing leaders began, thirteen or fourteen years
ago, system Of prescription arhich left Democrat in
office whose place they could touch; and this, too,
in the face of declarations made by them just before
every election, that they were opposed to proscrip
ton and would remove man from Office for opin-
ions sake. The Democrats, on the contrary, make
professions with view to deceive the people, but
they have been and are still to let their
course in this respect speak for itself.
We shall alIude to this subject again.