Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-06-02
THE WING PARTY,

r., number of years, the influence OF the NOUN
~, element has been increasing in the wing parry
n,iI emboldened by past concessions the Northerh
lar is ro1 resolved upon the exclusive control OF
:a1s and determined force it at even the hazard
r.oi,ical observance. Norris such resolution en-
.oIv baseless or impolitc to those who regard the
.rec of party ascendency, irrespective OF the well
r. IF the country. The strength of the wing party
:, the North, and to that section must consequent
- lie homes of triumph be directed All of the old
,;rcip;es upon which it was wont to organize are
q Obsolete" 1t being settled fact that the demo-
tic candidates will be pledged to The compromise
&C fnay, there is no prospect that any accessons
o.u he gained at the South In this state OF things
the Sewardzing of the wing party and the reoPenlng
If slavery agitation is to natural result, necessa-
~ corollary. Without any principles upon the SUD-
cts of the tariff, currency, public lands, or any oth-
o, General public policy, it is clear that the only
chance of preserving its organization is In abolition
;zng it and appealing TO the anti-savery sympaihies
If the North 1t was hoped and still is, that though
It would be weakened in the South, there would yet
he wings enough left here to form the basis OF fu-
ture organization; that by raising at the North the
hammer of agitation of the Fugitive slave law, MalHe
Iouor Lavish, and all other isms which exist as ma
;urally in Northern vhiggery as tadPoies In sag
nant pond and keeping Gen. Scott mum all the time
for the appearances Of Southern whgs together win
gun-powGer popularity, he might be elected. lhls
was the plan of the campaign. The Withdrawal OF
the Southern wings from the caucus has, however,
exposed it, and all that remains to be seen Is
whether Seward and the majority Will yleid ana II
SO how much. The manifesto of the Southern wings
excludes the idea that their position will be abandoned
or modified. TIE only hope of reunion Is tound IN
the adoption of the Compromise platform.
Future developments alone solve this problem
To place Gen. Scott upon the Compromise at this
late day, and after this traorous attempt by his Pc
cuar friends, TO ignore the question, would
be mockery and insult. 1t would be but to place
the silver veil'' the revolving features of Mo-
kama, and fail in altering even concealIng their
natural responsiveness. Many prominent southern
wings advocate the formation of union party. This
is also wrong. The Democratic party is the only
ganzaton which is both able and willing to preserve
unaltered the Fugitive Slave Law. To that great par
ty the friends of the constitution and the union must
look in the present trying crisis. In the north 1t is
admittedly willing to maintain the compromise as q
fnality. In the South, though it chaed little an
der the passage of these measures, yet it has acqui
esced in them and is resolved to maintain them
With an organization coextensive with the Union
and based upon fundamental principles, which force
it the recognition Of all constitutional rights be
longing to the South its success is the success o
the promise. To its folds all the friends of thu
fugitive slave law should rush to the 6 horns 0
the affair." the ark of safety able preserve
the rights ofthe South and ride in triumph the deug
of agitation and abolitonism which is about surge
over the land, under the potent influence of Seward
and other abolition fanatics.