Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-02-07
THE STANDARD.
WING HARMONY.

..to occasion, as a matter of news, to lay be-
~ neople the following evidences of Wing har-
iOre Tbe last Greensborough Patriot copies the
mV", ,,be Wing Resolutions, and adds
Buncombe brethren have, in our estimation,
I'D the proper platform for the Wings OF North
adePEr and we ready, as journalists, to stand
Cato;;,hh tbem and defend it while there is plank
ig2a. with ''''" s' .,,.,., .
's' among the Buncombe Resolutions alluded to- are
l., two following:
II" pIred That we regard the proposed amend
"T our State Constitution by Legislative enact
men. single particular, as calculated TO deceive
me""o,Ie bv offering the shadow, while II with
me ,Ie substantial relief required.
nous GJ further, That regard an unrestricted
tion of the people as the only proper mode of
the Constitution, and 1UiH not therefore sup
he office of Governor any man Wh0 shall adUO-
sqts the former '''''' y
", ~. those Buncombe and Guilford movements the
,,.-Lo,b City Old North State thus responds
w. ,voud caution our Wing brethren of the
mart Of the State, if they desire the co-ope-
we" Of The East to avoid dragging intothe Conven
lion any new issues
- Il thew desire the success of the Wing party
olVt PPp coming election Amendments to the Consti-
we are opposed tot Is good enough for US as
:. stands but if they must come, we prefer to have
,beu by Legislative enactment 10 any other mooe'
.nt1oot for free Convention, while the Register,
,bouob for some sort of a Convention, endeavors to
,a between the rocks on either hand and make fair
weather and good sea generally. But the people
n,r0 RIGHT 10 know achere the Register is these
,oiuts and we call upon that paper to say
biob section is in the right-the Elizabeth City
the Buncombe and Guilford section. Which of these
sectops represents true Vhiggery2 Is the Times
sound?
The Greensborough Patriot, short time since,
Ipctured the Wing leaders the cardinal virtue of
honesty, and begged them to drop their old game of
blinking" and s. sliding" upon public questions;
hut we are incded to think, from the signs of the
times that this lecture will turn out to have been
thrown away. Democracy, be it remembered, has but
one face and but platform, and that platform
is larre enough for all sections and every interest.
There will be no " blinking" nor sliding " in our
ranks. Our doctrines and principles are "known and
read of all men, We hold them up proudly before
al sections, and knowing them to be true and sound
we court the fullest investigation of their merits.
We intend to hold the Greensborough Patriot and
the Buncombe Wing leaders TO the record. They
may q blink and "slide'' when the time comes,
but determined that the people shall know it.
III The Wilmington Herald complains that the
States prcxy-Miles Costn, Esq.-did not receive
his commission in time TO enable him to attend the
late meeting of the Stockholders of the Manchester
Road and that paper Gov Reid for alleged
delay and inattention in the premises. simple state
ment of the facts will convince the Herald that it
has done injustice TO the Governor.
The Governor has no power to make such appoint
ments without the concurrence and sanction of the
Board of Internal Improvements. Both the members
of this Board reside considerable distance from
Raleigh and is always convenient for them to
be present when meeting is desired. The Governor,
we know, was anxious to make the appointment above
referred to- in time; but he could not have made it
all, but for the fact that Mr.. Bragg, one of the men,
bers of the Board, happened to be in Raleigh in at
tendance on the Supreme Court.
The Heralds article charges that, because the
States proxy absent from the meeting, major
ty of the stock unrepreseDted. Where were
the other Stockholders? Are not they much con-
cerned in the work as the State is! The truth is, it
frequently happens that Corporations in which the
State has voice, call their meetings without giving
the Governor the requisite time the Board
Tor having the State represened and, in such cases,
We submit it is neither just nor fair that the Govern
or should be blamed.
We learn from the Commercial that neither North
nor S'uth Carolina represented at the late meet
ing OF the Stockholders The next meeting has been
called for the first Thursday in March, when,
have no doubt, this State will be represented.