The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-09-16
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IN WOODRURY'S LETTER.

oes WHICH we made. and the lnterences
x,b,ch we drew. Should tcc become IN.
ralred IN a real or quasi irdr iclfh HeTico,
saws the Secretary of the Treasury, "he
surplus mcy nercr be dirided, or will soon
be recalled Coupling this language with
other collateral circumstances, We maintain
that we had authority for making the as
sertlnns we did. Compare the date OF Mr..
Woodbury's letter with that Of the Orders
ISSUED TO General Games, and what, is the
irresistible conclusion at which we arrive
The former bears date the sth, and the lat.
Ter the llth Of July-So that the INK upon
the Secretary 5 letter was hardly dry when
,he orders to invade Mexico were issued
These orders it was Intended 10 keep secret
from the people, but they we're disclosed
through the indlsceret garfahty OF mem'
Der of Congress. Whatever may be Gen.
eral Jackson's notions of neutrality at the
Hermitage, we know that they are not such
as were inculcated upon him at the Nhite
House-and we know that both the kltch.
en- Cabinet and the Cabinet Proper, did con-
ce,ve the infamous project, which we have
dragged forth TO the hght,-To PREVENT
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SURPLUS MONEY,
rPoN THE PRETENCE OF QUASI WAR WITH
MEXICO. Ii any one doubts our assertion,
let hun examine the articles IN the Globe
upon the Opposite question during the month
Of july. and the Orders 10 Gen. GaInes-
let him ponder on rs presumptuous declara'
tion, = that me lGbors of the opposition 10
transform The deposite dct into an act 81
distribution. must BE- met and c0lnterqcted
nay. let him look at the comments IN the
government journal upon the recent letter
of Gen. jackson Ia Governor Cannon, and
to the language Of the Richmond Enquirer
deplorng the Presidents course.
But what must be the astonlshment Of
the great majority in Congress, by whose
faithful compliance with the will OF their
constituents, the Distribution Ball was car,
red through, when they tind, that scarcely
a week after their adjournment the Score.
,ary OF the Treasury, IN letter 10 DR..
Waierhouse, saws that under certain con.
,ineenc,es the law which they have passed
Will DOT be carried into operation Scarce.
" had the bill received the signature of the
President, when plot was atoot TO defeat
il. According to Mr.. Noodbury's own
testimony, the law may not be carried into
execution in a certain event--may not be
Does Mr.. Woodbury. presume 10 say, that
under any contingency, he or the President
would be justified ~ violating law delb.
erately passed by Congress, aud sanctioned
BY the Executive But what is the con-
tlngency, which Mr.. Woodbury. mentions
a real or qadSi war with Mexico" What
reason had he for apprehendlng war with
Mexico What provocatIon has been CIV
en- by Mexico! What disposition has she
manifested 10 provoke a rupture with the
United States We all know there is no
danger Of declaration Of war on the part
Of Mexico. From whom then was il 10
come By whom was the war or the quasi
war to be got up Evidently by the cor.
rupt intriguers who have undertaken the
task of defeating the Distribution Bill. The
passage of this bill may be emInently term.
ed the Peoples Measure. 1t was carried
through by the weight Of their own Will
against which not even the supple slaves Of
the administration 10 Congress dared 20 op.
pose the will Of Mr.. Van Buren, aud the
Kitchen Cabinet. And yet now when the
bill has irreyocably pas.sd into law, We
find tie Gh..e attacking II with violence
and seurriiity, as If It's operation could be
preyenied-we find The Secretary of the
Treasury admitting the possibility of BIZ,
refusing TO carry It into execution, even
agalns, the overwhelming Will Of Congress:
and OF the People.
There are other points 10 Mr. Woodbu
rvs letter, which we may take up on anoth
er occasions. He expresses his belief thai
" the ensuing presidential election IS 10 be
unusually quiet" and considers the sign:
OF the tunes to be "portentous. We are
happy to agree with Mr.. Woodbury. in ,hi,
sentiment. The signs Of the tunes are in
deed portentous to Mr.. Van Buren, and hi:
supporters-omlnous of defeat, discontinue
and disgrace. To the friends Of the Unor
and the Constitution, they are full of cheer
ing augurlcs-and few more such deyel
opmenis as that which we have made IN re-
lation to the surplus treasure, will arouse
the whole people TO a sense Of dishonesty
the proflgacy, aud the perfidy Of their ~
lefs.
THE LETTER.
Washington. 9Th JUN 1896.
Dear sir,-Yours Of the ID met. deserves ms
best acknowledgements for It's numerous usef1
suggestions.
The naval bill. sio Admirals. did not get through
both Houses, and our friend Elliott, with som,
other gallant fellows, must longer feel the pang'
OF hope deierf.l.