Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-07-05

Rutherfordton, Wednesday, 10
DISSOLUTION OF THE WING PARTY.
We referred in last to the fact that the
of the Wing Federal party in the late Presidential
election its in relation to the fugitiveslav
law and the united opposition of that party in the
free States to the Nebraska bill, and the cry now
raised for the repeal of that BILL had at last produced
dissolution of that party national organization.
This fact, stated felt, seen and well under
stood at Washington City; and we gave it our
opinion that many of those Southern Wings who
supported the Nebraska BILL would at an early day.
take occasion to declare in their places in the Senate
and the House, that the Wing party, a national
party, has ceased to exist.
On Monday, the 26th If June, the Hon. James
c. Jones, Wing Senator from Tennessee addressed
the Senate at length, and with force and eloquence
on the subject of petition from Massachusetts
praying for the repeal of the fugitive-save law. Mr.
Jones replied to the Nebraska Address recent
ly put forth by members of Congress who opposed
the Nebraska bill. He said:
"Ths brings me to the conclusion of the pa
per, where it is announced, in terms of awful soem-
nifty, " the deed is DONE" Pray, sir, what deed is
thus solemnly proclaimed? Why, the bill organic
ing territorial governments for Kansas and Nebras-
ka has become the law; and what is there in this
bill that invests with much interest," and excitcs
much feeling, and invokes such solemnity of
declaration? 1t simply provides that Congress shall
exercise control the domestic of the
Territories but that the people shall regulate these
things for themselves 1t asserts the great principle
for which we have contended, that the people
capable of scfgovcrnment, and that Congress shall
not intervene in order to prevent the people from
exercising this inaenable right. This is the sum
and substance of the bill.
" The very head and front of our offending
Hath this extent, more"
Who objects to this2 If any, let him speak. But
it is said we repealed the Missouri compromise. If
it stood in the way, it did, of the establishment
of these great principles it ought to have been it
has been repealed and if there were ten thousand
such anti-republican, infamous restrictions on the
statute-book, would repeal them ALL "
Mr.. Jones, after quoting from portion of this
Address which refers to the ground lost to free
dom " by the passage of that BILL concludes his re-
marks as follows:
"a few words more and shall have done, for |
have already trespassed the attention of the SEN
ate than was my purpose. The last paragraph of
the address prociams to the country: 20.
'For ourselves ready to do all that shall be
in our power to restore the MISSOURI compromise,
and to execute such further you in your
wisdom shall commend, and may be necessary for
the recovery of the ground lost to freedom, and to
prevent the further aggression of slavery"
understand that to mean simply proclamation
to the country that there is to be peace quiet
no harmony, until that portion of the Kansas and
Nebraska bill which repeats the MISSOURI restriction
than that After that is done, the fugitive slave law
is to be repealed and then slavery in the District of
Columbia is to be abolished. And when that is DONE
slavery in the States is to be abolished That seems
to be the programme. That to be the line of
policy which these gentlemen have laid down for
themselves. All have to say to yeu, gentlemen,
is: -if.. -..
"Iay on Macduff:
And damnd be him that first cries, Hold enough"
If be your purpose to destroy the rights and the
property fthe South, strike like men strike boldly;
seek not to fire from behind masked batteries but
come out like and tell that you wage the war
to the knife, and the knife to the hilt.
Is there man here who believes this Union could !
be preserved one hour nay, sir, is there a man
stultfed as to believe the Union could survive one
moment after the granting of the prayer of the pc
tition which is now before you? Do you believe is
there any man who believes, that the South would |
so degrade and dshonor herself to hold an asso-
citation with any man, set of men, who attempted
to take from her the rights guaranteed by the Con-
stitution? To suppose so, is to suppose that the
South is made up of set of cravens who deserved
to be kicked by every vile Abolitionst who may pass
in their way To believe that the South would stand
by you one hour with such an innovation, such an
on her rights by the force of numbers
to believe that she is too low, too mean degra
led for your association and companonship. Rath-
er than see her submit to an outrage of that sort
with all that is great with all that is glorious sur
rounding her, would prefer to see the earth open
md swallow the last Southern man beneath its ga
ping jaws.
ASH e W IlauIiiIi aSSociatlon Win you as slave
% your accursed anaticism 1 will not do it. We
seek to do you no wrong; we wish to do you no in
ustce We give you a full and equal participation
all the benefits of the government in all its terri
ories, all its property. All that we ask is that we
nay enjoy the same right. To deny that to US is to
ieny that which is ours and to take from us the
protection which the Constitution guarantees to u.s.
S to strike a blow which will sound the funeral
lnell of this Union itself Without imputiag to any
nan design to dissolve the Union, must saw with
he convictions which I have that can see no diff.
erence between the presentation of such petition
IS this and one asking that this Union may be dis
olved for no sensible man believes the Union could
preserved for single day after the repeal of the
fugitive slave law You have trespassed on our feel
ngs long enough you have trespassed on our rights
ong enough We have borneit patiently but there