Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-08-30

who opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
and firmly endeavored to sustain the plighted faith
of the nation, the tribute due to faithful and
honorable public servants.
l3. Res0lued, That the people of the free States
are called upon by every motive of humanity, JUS
tce and patriotism, to give such aid and direction
to the great tide of Western emigration as shall
and unoccuped territories to the do
minion of free labor and free institutions and thus
thwart the efforts Of the present national admnistra
ton to bring them under the dominion of slavery.
IA. Resolced, That in the recent legislation which
has aroused the indignation of the freemen of the
North, recognize anew the settled policy of the
leaders of the Democratic party, who have ever
shown themselves subservient to the interests of sa
very and regardless of the welfare of the free States
and arragn the President of the United States as
having wantonly violated the pledges of his inaugu-
raj address-as having stopped from his high posi-
ton and prosttuted the influence of his Office, for
the purpose of unwarranted interference with the
action of an independent coordinate branch of the
Government; we arraigD the present administration
for appointing to office, both home and abroad, fcr-
eigners of questionable character and doubtful tde
ity, to the exclusion of native citizens of high repu
taton and lofty patriotism for its cowardy attack
upon weak and defenceless community upon the
most trivial grounds while has not dared to insist
upon the enjoyment by American citizens in foreign
countries of that full measure of religious freedom
which is possessed by all classes of men, of what
ever faith, under the protection of the American
Constitution; and we call upon all lovers of free
dom and friends of the free State to unite with in
determined effort to rescue the government of the
nation from their hands.
Is. ReSolred, That we unanimously nominate En-
ory Washburn of Worcester, for the Office of Cover
nor, and W lliam &. Piunkeit of South Adams, for
the office of Lieutenant Governor for the ensuing po-
tical year that the ability and fidelity with which
they have discharged the duties of those Offices dur
ing the present year prove them to be eminently
titled to the continued confidence and support of the
citizens of Massachusetts.
In reading the full proceedings of this Wing Con-
ventlon, their speeches, &c, find breathing
through the whole the spirit Of ferocous def
ance Of the South, of bitter denunciation Of Prcs-
dent Pierce for his devotion to the rights of the
South, and of malignant opposition to the conServa-
tive compromises of the Constitution. Their pro-
fessed devotion to the Union is but pharisaical hypo
crisy-for they must know that, if their programme
be carried out into real action the Union is at
shiEercd into atoms.
The speeches, made on the occasion, cast lurd
glare the dctestabe and mischievous principles
adopted by the Convention. 4 pandcmonium of
aboltlonlsts could haye concocted more deadly
poison for the South than those scfstylcd "Natondl
Wings" Mr.. P. Emory Aldrch said that while she
was not ready to dissolve the Wing party he asyct
ready to cooperate with any party that promised
most against slarery. He gave his cordial approJa
tion to the nominees Of tie Conrention." But the
most remarkable speech made was that of MIR. Lord,
Speaker Of the Massachusetts, House of Representa-
tivcs. He commenced by expressing his JOY, ito
come back and revive old associations with men who
believe we have a country, and whole country, and
that Nhig policy-dnti-siarerY though that policy
may be-(cheers)-is broad enough to comprehend
the uhole conntry Except for that, sir should not
have remained here. Renewed cheers.'0
He next defines " National" OHeaven save the
mark y Whiggery, as follows:
''While the Wings of this Commonw calth stand
firmly, as they have Stood against the encro1ch
nqens Of the Stare p9rer there let Amerie9" noton-
al men stand scith hem Let them stand by the
Union and its flag of stars and stripes. Let them
stand by that glorious flag whether its stars be thr
teen thirty one or even three hundred. Loud
cheers This afternoon have heard Wing doc.
trine My friend there [pointins to Mr.. Waliey,]
of Massachusetts,; and did Nebraska pass through
his instrumentaiity, either by direct vote ndi
directly? [Applause.] Talk about Nebraska Those
are the Nebraska men who said the South have got
majority but they cannot exercise their power
without two-thirds vote we will give them that
vote, and then they will do it, and we shall be
sidered anti-N Nebraska. Laughter Yet here the
Coatonists stand, throwing up their caps, asking
support for those Anti-Ncbraska men who put it in
to the power of slavery to pass the Nebraska BILL
That bill could not be passed without suspension
of the rules and those anti-N Nebraska voted for
that suspension. The fact is as my friend has told
you and few words will tell the whole story, with
a Wing administration you never could do it, and
with Democratic administration you are sure TO 90
it that is the story and the whole of it. Cheers
The cry is, want new party! In Hearens
nane qchat do zoe aoant 1t for? Tell me o. Whig Of
Massachusetts,, u Whig Of Neao England, a Wig Of
the North, that goes for Nebraska? Are not the
Whigs all right? Tell me of one, even, who skulked
under suspension of the rules, to give other folks
a chance to pass the Nebraska bill. Laughter and
appause.1 No, sir! The Nebraska measure is an
4dministrution measure, and IhoM Franklin Pierce
and his characterization to 1t. They did it, Laugh
teri 1t is not true that the South did it, nor they
could not have done it. 1t was the North-not the
North-it aoas the Democracy Of the North. [Ap-
pausel And aoho IS to resist them? The Wing
party-the only party acho has erer done so-or are
we to undertake denatonalize ourselves, to sink
ourselves into a sectional party, and then stand
against them? Not for moment can we do it.
[Cheers. Has any man aught to say against the
Wings of the North or their action? repeat that
it was the Democrats who did it. yet they talk about
making a Governor of one of those Democrats, Mr.,
Banks, one of those who did not do it but helped
other people to do it the gentleman who put the
spear into the hands of those who stood ready to
plunge into the vitas of the freedom of the North
! [Appause)
The worst sign visible is that the professedly con
servative Whig press of Boston eagerly lauding
the action of the Convention. The Boston Courier
once the organ of Mr.. Webster, and now the repre-
sentative medium of the Winthrops, Appletons ani
the other Wing ogarchy of Boston, pronounces the
above speech of Mr.. Lord to be ''manly and patri
otic.' Thus all disguise is thrown off, and the Whis
party of Massachusetts, stand forth the great anC
practical abolition party of the land They assert
too, and with the greatest truth, that the who'll
/ Whig party of the North occupy the same platform
to which they invite all national men, to come up
They proclaim, moreover, that Franklin Pierce, ant