Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-04-23
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HOLDEN / WILSON, SrA1s PlmfE,s,
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HOLDEN WILSON, sr.s. P,msrrs.
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o,,.rD PUBLISHERS o. saE LAWS OF RE UNITED STATE
Federal whigia Rsyivi.s.
:, 1914 in 1s4s, and in 1859 we had Whigismin
80 s..e and besides this Whigism-old federal
'%r,;c;sm-snd Democracy, there was nothing else.
:. ..s all Whigism or all Democracy. Wings in
DAYS we're proud Of their name and their prin-
'.ss 4 Wing in New England was the same in
,su IS Wing in North Carolina The Wings
r.e then national, and not,sectional They advo-
.,d national Bank, 3 high Tariff bankrupt laws
.srnsl improvements by the general government
I'D the greatest good of the favored few At the ex-
..nse Of the neglected many; and true to their fed
f,,;nstincts, derived from Hamilton and the elder
,d,ms. they opposed the progress Of American laws
md institutions over new territories They declar-
=, that as they were Wings then they would be
Wings always; that it was more honorable to be de-
s,tad in good cause than it was to triumph with
md one that made no difference, so far as the in
,s.dty of their principles was concerned, whether
,hey were successful unsuccessful in political con-
t,sts: and that, so holding and 20 believing they
would always maintain their organization and their
principles. But Henry Clay died and the question
# slavery, with the unsoundness Of their Northern
wing on that subject pressed screly upon them In
addition to this. they became wearied with defeats
md thew began to long for the spoils Of Office In
an aril hour for them and for the morals of the
country Sam" suddenly appeared upon the stage,
Altering them the fruits of victory over the rights of
Catholics and naturalized citizens. The proud old
Wbs party was tempted, and it fell Thousands
and tens of thousands of the men whom Henry Clay
had rallied to the charge, and who declared time
and again they would never desert the old Wing
banner, renegaded from their allegiance with the
declaration of fidelity almost warm on their lips;
and in 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1851, and 1858, We
mad Sam" with his test oaths his midnight meet
iags, and his dark lantern, instead of the proud
erect, defiant and p'iae;pled old Wing party. But
this resort failed also; and now we find these same
politicians rsnegeding back to the old Wing fold
Thsy are returning with tattered garments and al
tered aspects; with deeper hatred Of Democracy
than they ever INDUCED before; and with less of
their own respect and less Of the respect Of oth rs
than they formerly enjoyed In this condition. with
tie odor OF defeat and Of fathlessness to their
first principles all about them, they ask the people
again to confde in them, and to set aside consist
snt straightforward, unaltering national party for
their benefit But this is not ALL They are national
party in no sense, for at the North, old Wing
ISM which became Know Nothingism. is now black
Republicansm and this black Republicanism, uni
led with Know Nothingism South, constitutes what
is noe known as 1.-The opposition" 1t is this oppo-
si!on, then, which is contendins for ascendency !;
and should it succeed the country will be substan-
tally under black Republican rule.
We have been led to these remarks by the pro-
ceelings Of a ''Whig Meeting in Arson County"
which VIC find in the last Register. The leading
actors in this meeting were such men as Gen. Dock
cry and Col John W. Cameron-men who were
formerly Wings, then Know Nothings, and who arc
now trying TO be Wings again. We give below
some of their resolutions:
"Re~lred, That We are tired and sick Of the use.
less agitation of the slavery question. which hope
however, has at last satisfied the Southern people
that there is some difference between Democratic
promises and Democratic performance"
Very well, so are We all tired of this agitation
soi demands? What did the old Wing party or tn.
Know Nothing faction ever do to arrest this agita
ton, to give to the South peace, and at the sam'
time her rights? Why, nothing. One Of the maiI
causes Of the dissolution Of the old Wing party wa
the rottenness of its Northern wing on this sam
question Of slavery; and We all know that the Know
Nothing platform ignored Southern rights out an
mt horo
this subject which they have not kept They passe
the fugitive-slave law, and Democratic President
have enforced the law at the point Of the bayone
They defeated and put to rest the Wilmot Proviso
they abrogated the Missouri line, which was an VI
Just and odious discrimination against the South
and they hive never elected President who va
not as Sound on the question Of the Constitution
rights Of the South as the Southern people then
selves
The Arson Wings, alias Know Nothings, also
Resolred, That the defeat of the Democrat
party is, in opinion, indispensable to the welfa
and continuance Of the Urion, and is, therefore,
great national necessity.
Reso'red, That We deem it the duty of every Co
servative man in the Union, with whatever party
may have acted in the past, now to use and exc
ns influence to the uttermost to defeat this sc
uHna and slavery agitating party, and to unite hi
sf to the great national party-the National VIII
party"
Now, the Union has existed, and the affairs Of {
government have been successfully administer
oaly because the Democratic party has existed d
neld sway. Everybody knows that, and the VIII
history Of the country proves it But the first r
oiut'on above given was meant to pave the way
'ne second in which the Arson Wings declare tn
Willingness to cooperate with all parties and nea,
all kinds Of people in the free States, so they
ea'fed conservative" in order to defeat the
t0nal Democracy. The great "national Wing p
y" indeed! Why, where is sit? Talk of Whigi
IN the free States, and you would be laughed
There are no Wings in the free States, with the