Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-08-26
,,,ce,cHUsETTS WHIGGERY.

MASSACHUSETTS, WHIGGERY.
indebted to the Richmond Enquirer fol
"" .'no,inr summary of the proceedings ofthe late
the ct.+o convention of Massachusetts,.
WIZ s,ot ran be no longer disguised that the Whig
INV of tbe free States is the asati7slaUery party
parry ftbe Democrats, too, have been seduced from
N9 nortv obligations and principles, and are taking
u'D ooaiust the just rights of the slaveholdng
s"'S Detection in the Democratic ranks has al
'" W. Inst us NewHampshire and Iowa, these States
rS':, been carried by the Wings and ant-Nebras-
s in opposition to the rights and interests of the
si and vet there are Wing papers in North Ca
N" .hot announced these results in the States re-
pun I 10 as Wing victories! When will the Wings
Fn So South open their eyes to the dangerous con-
W. If their allies in the free States?
~ ,rorHER WARNING TO THE SOUTH. Even at the
a If too much repetition, we feel it to be our duty
inc one more note of warning to the Wings of
70 18th as 70 the utterly demoralZed and aboli-
9s .i1ed condition of the Northern Wing party. To
% the matter in its true and strongest light we
%Eb at length the resolutions of the Wing State
PuUurontion of Massachusetts,, which was attended
.hont OO0 and at which were present, in per-
a w nv letter. the leading Wings of that State
~" R G. Winthrop declining to attend on account
rh severe and sudden illness of his son at Cam
bridge" NIL. .,,o VIII; - ,,...,.
-. ever true to liberty, the Constitution and the
S D;op needs not to abandon its organization, to
change its principles.
.on nassed by the last Legislature under the con-
rant action of all parties wise and expedient
d we'll calculated to meet the progressive spirit of
%a ore and the reasonable wishes of all those who
nooTelv desire amendments to our present Consti-
Son and that we will labor, to secure the election
I'd fO fboir
Of Senator's anu l'ePi i"'oi0"ie " 'neir
alOpiOn.
. Pes0lred That the Union was formed T" to Es-
,,Ui1sH JUSTICE, insure DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, pro-
.Otp the GENERAL WELFARE, and secure the blessings
D 0i' LIBERTY TO OURSELVES and our PosTERIrY."
ReaOlued That we cherish a cordial habitual
and immoveable attachment to the Union, as the pa
IJum of our political safety and prosperity; that
ne recognize now and ever, our fealty to the Con-
ttuion, and our obligations to maintaih its princi-
nIes and Weld to its requirements.
Pesolred, That it was the policy of the fathers
the republic to conne slavery to its then existing
limits, as is evinced by the ordinance of 1877, APP
niad to all the territories of the Union thus clearly
establishing as cardinal principle of the govern
mept that slavery should be forever prohibited in
the public domain:
6. ReOlced, That, the recent act of the National
legislature in wantonly and faithlessly annulng
solemn covenant which had stood for more than thir-
~ years. and of which the South had received the
Whole benefit leaves no restrictions upon the action
Of the free States the subject of slavery, beyond
the exact provisions of the Constitution itself
T. Resozred That the repeated and long continued
sggressions of the advocates of slavery extension,
has awakened the people of Massachusetts,, and of
the free States the fact that their end and aim is
political supremacy that by this last browning act,
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, effected
through Southern faithessnees and Northern treach-
ery simulated by the corrupt use Of executive in
faence, the naked question of liberty or slavery
the controlling principles of the government is pre-
sented to the American people and for ourselves
We declare readiness to meet that ISSUE and
determination at all times, and under all circum-
stances, so to exercise constitutional rights
ito the blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our pOsterity."
S. Resolved, That we are unalterably opposed to
the extension of slavery over one foot of territory
now ree-that we will seek the immediate and I'M
conditional repeal of so much of the Nebraska and
Kansas acts as annulS the Missouri; Compromise, and
that We will oppose the admission into the confeder
&y, of any State formed out of any of our ter
1torial possessions, unless slavery is prohibited
therein.
9. Resolred, That the provisions in the Constitu-
ton of the United States that the citizens of each
State shall be entitled to all the privileges and i'm
nunites of citizens in the several States, has been
EyearS and is now, grossly violated by those States
dths Union, where laws exist for the imprisonment
ddtzens of Massachusetts,, without trial or the i'm
putatOn of crime .-- -..
10. ResolUed That the Fugitive slave law of 1850
contains harsh and arbitrary provisions, which are
Unnecessary to secure any rights of Shareholders I'M
der the Constitution provisions which are justly
obnoxious and odious to free people, who claim by
Inheritance the right of trial by jury and of the writ
ha6eas corpus as the great safeguards of personal
hoerty, and that we will never cease to demand such
'aendmens will make it consistent with the con-
auhona rights of the free States-ol failing in this
Its unconditional repeal
H. ReSOLreI That oil y,aaDobnrs Of our Who dele
sauon in Congress deserve our hearty appreciation
Tor their patriotic opposition, on national honorable
'ndJuSt principles, to the Nebraska and Kansas bills;
snd We rejoice in the fact that every Wing member
nom the free States has been thoroughly true to
aese principles; and we honor the unf1inching in
sasrity manifested by those Southern Wings, few
aough they were, who nobly stood by the pghted
Ana OF the nation on this trying occasion.
~ ResOtced, That to all members of Congress
mo opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
aa hrmly endeavored to sustain the plighted faith
Ine nation, we the tribute due to faithful and
@aorable public servants. -
10. Res0tced That the people of the free States
" called upon by every motive of humanity, JUS
Se and patriotism, to give such aid and direction
"@e great tide of Western emigration as shall Sc
ole Our new and unoccupied territories to the do
anOn OF free labor and free institutions, and thus
"sft the efforts of the present national admlnstra-
S.a 70 bring them under the dominion of slavery.
II Resotced, That in the recent legislation which
" aroused the indignation of the freemen of the
Sltn we recognize the settled policy of the
% Jsuefs of the Democratic party, who have ever
O~n themselves subservient to the interests of sla-
Y and regardless of the welfare of the free States
u we arraign the President of the United States
va .ng wantonly violated the pledges of his inaugu-
%address-as having stopped from his high posi-
S l and prostituted the influence of his Office, for
purpose of an unwarranted interference with the
C uOn OF an independent coordinate branch of the
''tulnent; We arrai9D the present administration
/; appointing to office both home and abroad, for
anerS of