FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD.
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Mr.. Editor: Il am by no means a politician
Indeed have no pretension to it, but have always
voted what has been considered the Repu5Iica q
ticket. was present. few days ago, in what
may be properly termed a mixed company of poll
ticians, when the different names of parties seem
ed to be warmly discussed; each claiming the dis
tinguished name of "whig."


1t was contended by one who seemed to be a
leading modern whig, that whiggism, at this time,
and under existing circumstances, would by no
means apply to the wings of the Revolution = That
at the time when they were dubbed wings, the su-
premacy was in the king of England but that the
wings had battled for and 4obtaned the supre-
macy and from that time they ceased to be whigs
That whiggism in its nature and tendency implied
Revolution. That as the administration of that
supremacy had been found oppressive by another
party, that party was now battling for change of
men and measures, and consequently they were
truly and properly the wings of the country at the
present time. That as all who were opposed to the
change OF the supremacy at that time were called
Tories, he saw no good reason why those now op.
posed to change should be deprived of that appelIa
ton; and hence (he said) the appelIation of Wing
and Tory, as understood by the present whig party


There happened to be an old Revolutionary Sol
der present This seemed to be more than he
could bear. With the aid of his cane he arose,
and addressed the gentleman as follows "Sir,
was whig in the Revolution. fought as whig;
we conquered as wings, so far as the king of Eng
land was concerned. But the kings party, (the
tories) remains unconquered, and am still fight
ing them as whig. They were our worst enc
mics in the Revolution, and have ever been So
They aroused the Lion of England a second time;
le came over in all his strength, and shook his