Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-12-07
Tbt Stan0ar0.
RALEIGH, SATURDAY, DEC, 3, 1853.
THE LATE WIG NETTING.

The Wings of Wakc-or rather some thirty of
tbem-held meeting in this place one day lastweek,
,,pouted Delegates to State Convention and passed
Resolutions. We take the liberty of calling It q
Whg meeting, for it is headed as such, and We OBJ
serve among the names of the participants gentle
men who are considered Wings but, judging from
tbe Resolutions and striking the term Wig party
from them wherever it occurs, we might very reas-s
oaaby infer, if thought proper SO to do, that it
was meeting in behalf of Mormonis,n, or in favOt
Of the next war; or on the interesting subject of cop
persocks There is it is true, plentiful sprnklng of
"Whg party" "Whigs of Wake, " /" Wing friends, |" &
and the like all through the Resolutions, which, NE
must not omit to state, were gotten up and appro-
priately presented by enthusiastic cotcmporary
Of the RcgSter-but not one word is said about
principles. Mr.. Raboteau, VIC are pleased to see by
the proceedings, managed to make himself agreeable
and useful by moving Mr.. Roulhac into the Chair
Mr.. Gales, We are informed submitted some. pre-
Iminary observations Mr.. Doub was requested
to act as Secretary, and We suppose he did, as his
name is signed to the proceedings the Hon. Sion II.
Rogers supported the Resolutions in an eloquent
speech Of "some length" which speech Mr.. Doub
has not reported; the Hon. John II. Bryan and Gov.
Manly concluded the exercises by two very import
ant motions, the former to add the Chairman to the
list Of Delegates, and the latter to adourn-all this
was dcne but not word was said about principles.
Whether this was the result of forgetfulness-or
whether the respected mover of the Resolutions in
tended to insert the word principles" but was de-
tered therefrom by the mingled novelty and bold
ness of the dea-or whether it was thought it would
look like dictation to the Wings of the State to say
any thing on the subject-or whether the Secretary
made mistake in copying the Resolutions for pub
lcaton does not yet sufficiently appear. If called
upon for opinion in the matter, by some disintcr
ested gentleman duly authorized to question us, We
here state that should feel bound to answer eIE-
phaticay yes. Still, We very far from intimating
that Mr.. Doub is capable of making any such mis-.
take. We have had the pleasure of that gentleman's
acquaintance for time, and we confident from
our knowledge of his ardent pursuit Of principles
under difficulties, that if hehad found in the Resolu
tons any word bearing the most distant resemblance
to such article the under consideration, he
would at once have rendered it into most intclligi
bic English The word, then, was omitted, or the
Resolution on principles was lost Itwaslost because
We cannot suppose it at all possible that the repre-
sntaves of great party would deliberately refuse
or neglect in public meeting to set forth their Ern-
PIES 1t was lost, because to suppose the contrary
would be as absurd as to imagine that q ship could
De worked without rudder,. or that steam could be
generated without fire, or that an author could pub
sh book and at the same time omit its contents.
why docs not the Register, then, advertise five dol
lars reward for a Stray Resolution on principles
Eagle Rock and Old Trap are expected to respond
next and the Resolution, if it indeed be in exist
s0ce' may be produced by the time they need it But
however this may be, and how great soever our sur
PRISE may have been at this forgetfuness, neglect
VI mistake, or loss on the part of the meeting, we
'annot refrain from expression of wonder that no
aNuslon was made in the Resolutions, or by any d
"e speakers, to Green C. Bronson and the Consti
, ,uaon. Is not Bronson martyr? And are not ON
wing friends more or less aroused, all at once ana
o' me first time, on the subjecto of Southern rights
,'ue the slavery question has been settled Bronson
mas oeen settled, and no one is likely to be injured
'''s ume by Northern aggression, and this mainl,
'e'ause den Pierce is President, Congress Democrat
~ and all the States ditto yet we did suppose tha
a meeting, being the first one in the State for som
"Ne would rather signaze itself by saving the Uniol
.''e more in an approved style, and BY Ginning in
:" "e most melancholy manner imaginable, with th
"'0ahlhg OF some description or other Of New Yorl
''els Here again we were disappointed !; and thi
''''es 10 confirm still more in the belief that
'ou cannot predict what modern Whig meetin,
wi" say In its proceedings vo,l can almost he stireC