Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-10-04
NORTHERN SENTIMENT.


now, as they have ever DONE cordial and immova-
BILE attachment to the federal Union and to the Con-
stitution having been framed and ordained to
tablish justice, insure domestic tranquility promote
the general welfare, and secure the blessings of lib
erty to ourselves and our posterity; and that they
will resist any attempt from any quarter to divide
the one and violate the other, to diver. either
from the benefcent purposes for which they were
established.
Resolred That the passage by the trainers of the
Constitution and the fathers of the republic of the
ordinance of 1857, clearly established a cardinal
principle with them that slavery should be forever
prohibited in the Territories of the United States.
Resolred That we cordially approve of the firm
and manly stand of the whig senator's of the State
of New York in defence of the rights of the free
States and maintenance of the principles and policy
of the whg party and that we tender our grateful
thanks to those members of Congress who resisted
with fixed fidelity the breach of public faith nvolv-
ed in the repeal of the Missouri compromise.
Resolred, That by the act procuring the repeal of
the Missouri Compromise we hold that we are for
discharged from all obligations to support any
compromise with slavery except such arc contain
ed in the constitution Of the United States and most
especially that forever released from all ob
cations to admit into our union any State which
sanctions permits slavery.
Resolred, That the recent action of Congress,
stimulated and approved by the President, whereby
the compact commonly known as the Missouri Com
PROMISE is repudatcd, and the vast territory known
as Nebraska and Kansas opened to slavery, has al
ready received the unqualified condemnation of the
wings of New York, and we point with satisfaction
and pride to the fact that not single whig member
of either House of Congress from this any other
free State, yielded any sort of support countenance
or favor to that most unjust and unrghteous pro-
ceeding.
Resolred, That measure so pervading and mo-
mentous in its scope and influence, so vitality affect
ing the reputation and destiny of whole country,
the establishment introduction of human slave
ry throughout portion of the national domain lar
ger than the old thirteen States can, with proprety,
be referred to no tribunal less exciting and command
ing than that composed of the whole American peo-
pie, and we protest against its diversion under the
false and deceptive cry of popular sovereignty"
from this august tribunal to one composed of the
few hundreds or thousands Of SquattcrS who may
encamp in said territory as palpable dereliction
from duty, under pretext too timsy to misead any
but those anxious to be deluded and eager to be led
astray
Resolred, That against the principles involved in
the Nebraska BILL in their application either to
ritory now belonging to the Union or hereafter to
be acquired, the Wings of New York will struggle
with equal resolution and confidence that they can
not receive the sanction of the American people
and in this struggle invite the cooperation, on
terms of equality and fraternity, of all sincere and
earnest champions of free labor and frceso.
Resotrea That in the recent veto of the River and
Harbor bill we will perceive legitimate consequence
of that political dogma which regards war and con-
and esteem all devotion of pubic resources and
erges to extend the domain of industry and cherish
the arts Of peace violation of public duty; and
! we trust this malign veto will open many eyes to
the truth that the policy which it indicates involves
its supporters in perpetual collision with the pub
! lie welfare and is a war on common sense.
| Resotred, That congratulate the people Of this
State on the final triumph, long and dlsasrsusly
delayed by the political hostility to the whig policy,
which seeks the speedy completion OF the State
0nH of fl,oc of xl,n
| State which has followed the economical and Judi
cous efforts of whig administration ofts tinance
| and that its executive power should no longer rest
in the hands which have proved powerlcss for good
and efficient only in thwartng and defeating the
| popular will
| Resolred, That the indications of a purpose on
the part of the champions of slavery, made manifest
through their recognised representatives, and
tcnanced by the organs of the federal administration
to restore the African slave trade sufficient to
excite apprehension and alarm in the mind of every
patriot and every friend of humanity and that the
! wings of New York take this timely opportunity to
declare they will resist at every hazard and to the
last extremity, every effort to drag down this free
republic by such step from the proud position which
it holds among the civilized and Christian nations
of the earth, as the first to prohibit that inhuman
| traffic, and brand it as piracy.
ResOtred, That the executive department of the
federal government ought no longer to be vested in
| the hands of men who would WELD its patron.
age anu lIlnuenCe lot the agSranQlSement Ol
slavery and the extension of its political power
and the wings of New York will labor to the ut
most to effect the overthrow of the administration
which has proved reckless to duty and regard
less of the rights and interests of the Unen and
elect President with whom fidelity to freedom,
shall not be perpetual disqualification for the pub
! lie service"
Comment on such resolutions is needless. They
are abolition in their character and if the people o.
New York should approve them at the polls as they
probably will, they will thereby have declared vir'
tually for dissolution of the Union.
The Richmond Wing, Petersburg Intelligcncer
and last, and most surprising, the Raleigh Register
have denounced these Resolutions in the most de-
cided terms, and severed their connection with New
York Whiggery
The action of the New York Wings is similar tc
that of Whiggery in all the free States No voice
in their ranks is raised in favor of the Constitutions
al rights of the South not Whg, large small
can be found in the free States, who is in favor O.
the Nebraska bill or willing to admit into the Unior
more slave-holding States. In the late Massachu
sets Whig Convention one of the delegates, Mr.
Lord, spoke thus:
| "WHo WANTS NEW PARTY? We want q new
party In Heavens name what do We want it for
| Tell of Whig of Massachusetts, Whig of New
England-a Whig of the North that goes for Ne
braska Are not the Wings all right? Tell me Of
one, even who skulkcd under a suspension of the
rules, to give others chance to do it. Laughter
and applausel No sir! The Nebraska measure is
an administration measure, and l hold Franklin