Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-04-22

was Whig dleed. and what was ita It consisted
ola Bank of the United States with the stronges
powers high Tariff for the profession Of North
q ern manufactures Internal Improvement by tne
Federal GovernInen OF the proceeds Q
the Public Lands ogation OF the veto power = =
1.-THE Consttution--and general Bankrupt law iol
q the payment of Z debts This was w hig char
ST for . Wing administration and you may thank the
people for their honest condemnation OF these PIin-
ciples. Otherwise instead of that prosperity when
4 now gladdens country eyeryw here ana re%aIus
Industry and enterprise, should have been oorne
j down by them and these Wing measures would nave
hing like an incubus upon the onward and glorious
4 march of our model republic. Democratic principles
and democratic measures have rescued US nom sucn
! a fate.
- And what let me ask has become of these great
Wing principles which was to be great panacea 1or
all our ills They have all been repudiated but not
until they had first been repudiated by the people,
In their late Platform adopted in this place not
of them is to be found, not even the distribution OF
the proceeds of the public lands. They simply de-
clare that they are in favor of North Carolina get
/ against it.? The Democrats contend and justly con-
tend that North Carolina gets her share most etec-
tually when the public lands applied, we are
bound by law to apply them, first in the payment
of the public debt, and then in the payment OF the
expenses of the federal government In this way
North Carolina gets her just and equal share and 1t
is the only way she ever will do it. But did the
wings, when in power, ever propose to give North
Carolina her just and equal share of the public
lands? Nothing like 1.-THE very reverse-they OF
fered her step-son's portion. By the Bill of l841
they gave to each of the States 100000 acres
of the public domain and II per cent over and above
what was to be given to North Carolina, and even
that insulting portion snatched from her by
these whigs that they might lay upon her
greater and additional burthens. A provision was
inserted in the law to accommodate the views OF the
then President of the United States, that no dstr
button should take place if the compromise of the
Tariff should be violated and the duties raised above
20 per cent. The compromise was violated-the
for;H oh nor canf
scattered to the four winds; but not until the
new States had received each their 10000 acres of
the public lands and this too done by this same
wing party who now profess so much zeal for the
Just and equal share of North Carolina in the public
domain. The people asked for bread and they gave
them stone-they asked for fish and they gave
them scorpion.
The Wings, in their extravagant promises and small
performances remind me of an anccdote which
read in Esops Fables, book full of practical
wisdom. A poor Catholic was overtaken in storm
at Alarmed at the sudden approach of death
he betook himself to his guardian sant-he prayed
earnesty-he promised extravagantly, if the saint
would only conduct him to the haven of safety, he
would dedicate to him waxen candles of great size
and value. A friend who overheard his promises
reminded him of his total inability to do any such
thing Be easy, replied the poor Catholic. Let me
once get to land and won't give him tallow can
die as large your finger. So it is with the wings,
when the elections are on hand and the political cam
paign RACES, they promise every thing-the election
over or in power they perform nothing-large waxen
candles before the election-not the smallest allow
candle after.
They complain loudly of unjust and unequal APP
preparations of the public lands for the benefit of
the new States So do We but whose fault is it l
challenge contradiction when [ say the Journals of
Congress will show that these measures more
generally supported by Wings than by Democrats,
and all of them received the approval and signature
of their model Wing PRESIDENT They produce an
evil and then assign that evil reason for break
ing up that land system which adopted by !
Washington and matured and approved by every
succeeding President.
But must come to close. 1t will thus be seen |
that the Wing party have from time to time repudi
ated their principles, and when in power falsfed !
their profession; while the Democratic platform |
stands firm as tower of strength 1t has withstood
only shown its truth and wisdom The people have |
not stand ready to do SO again.
The following officers, also reported by the Com
mttee, were unanimously appointed. Vice Presi-
dents: Col. CASTOR Meares, of Brunswick; Col John
B. Jones, of Currituck F. P. Glass, of Burke S. E.
Williams of Caswell Thoms j. Faison, of Sampson;
Gen. Joseph Allison, of Orange. Secretaries: w.
W. Holden, of Wake; Thomas H. Holmes, Of Samp-
son; d. W. c. Stone, of Franklin. Doorkseper:
James w. Chadwick, of Wake.
On motion of Col. Biggs of Martin, it Resolv-
ed, that Committee consisting Of two from each
Congressional District be appointed to report Rcso
utions for the action of the Convention The Pres
dent appointed the Committee as follows:
1st District, Asa Biggs, William Hill.
I'd W. I. Dortch, James E. Morris.