Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-08-07

HENRY ". MILLER, Eso.-Among the distinguish
ed Wings Of North Carolina. no private gentleman
has commanded more influence or ELECTED higher
public admiration than Henry W. Miller. lawyer
by profession and by practice he has sgnalized his
talents chiefly in successful and brilliant achieve
ments at the bar. But in every important political
contest If the last twenty years the Wing party OF
the old North State has pressed him into service.
and according to the.accounts which We used to
read Of his efforts in the Wing journals, many is the
field ON which he has retired with trophies Of vic
tory and amid the Involuntary tributes Of universal
admiration No mans intellect expounded public
measures with more clearness and power, or eiuc
dated and enforced his views with more felicity OF
illustration strength Of lgc, or fervor OF el"que'ce
No mans bosom burned with a purer and more
glowing patriotism throbbed win more noble
and unselfish aspiration He songh not office; he
cared not for the emoluments and honors Of place.
In response to the prOmptings Of generous nature,
the rich OF his genius and accomplishments
were literally expended in the cause of his country,
at the call Of the party to which he gave his honest
and chvalrous fidelity. Such is faint echo Of the
applause which everywhere followed his name and
OF which the reverberations have scarcely yet died
away among the lowands and mountains Of that
good old State.
But the nationality of the Wing party gave way.
The Abolition sections in the chain were rotten
links. and though spliced and mended often, and at
great expense Of ingenuity and effort, the cable
could never be restored, and is now completely
discovered and dissolved the Atlantic failure Of
the Swans The Wing party is gore to atoms -
The Know Nothing combination which strove to
reconstruct it, has only persisted in disgrace amid
its ruins. Meanwhile. the strong an:l.savery feel
ing or fanaticsm Of the North, has organized and
is daily consolidating powerful and dangerous
force whose object is the destruction Of Southern
rights and equality in the Union and the ultimate
abolition Of the institution of slavery, upon the
perpetuity and prosperity Of which depend the best
interests Of the country and Of the world In this
conjnncture the Democratic State Rights National
party composed Of almost the entire South, and of
the sound, sterling conversative. patriotic men Of
the North and West. challenges the confidence and
support of every thinking. far.ninded man of every
section, It has already absorbed in the South the
larger portion Of the best talent and patriotism Of
what once constituted the great and gallant old
| Wing party, 80 ndissolubly associated with the
! memories of ts ilustriOus leaders, Clay and Web
| ster with whom it's prextige departed forever.
| The last among the distinguished men of that
| efsts organization who has announced his deter.
mination to act for the future with the Democratic
party. is Mr. Miller: and in a series Of speeches du-
ring the pending Gubernatorisl canvass in North.
Carolina made in obedience to the urgent solicita
tons Of his friends, he has exposed, with all the
power Of his splendid intellect and captivating eo.
quence the mischievous tendencies of the fanatical
free soil Abolition party of the North and the utter
hopeessneas Of successful opposition to that formi-
| dable combination, save and except in the united
| action Of the true patriots Of all parties with the
great National State Rights Democratic party
Straightway s'quondim friends Of the old regime,
acting now with the odds and ends Of every clique
and the struggling deserters from the true standard
| have let loose upon him the dogs Of War. Tray
Blanche and Sweetheart bark At him. To judge
from the Raleigh Register and papers of that iik
never Was patriot better abused It is to be hoped
however, that amid the respect and confidence, e
the great body Of the people, Mr. Miller will posi-
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