The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-04-07

Mr.. President, what patriotic purpose is n be
accomplished by this expuuging resolulion7 What
new honor or fresh laureis ~ IL win for our COM
mon country? Is the power Of the Senate so vast
that IT ought to be clrcumscrIbed and that of the
President restricted that IT ought 10 be extend
ed What power has the Senate None SEPARATE
~ Ii can only act Jointly with the other House.
or Jointly with the Executive. Although the the
Dry OF the Constitution supposes, That when consul
led BY him, i, may freely give an affirmative or
negative response it HoD exists, it has lost the
faculty Of pronouncing the negative monosyilable.
When the Senate expresscdi its deliberate Judgment
IA the form OF resolution that resolution has no
compulsory force. but appeals only TO the dispas-
sIona,e intelligence, the calm reason, and the sober
judgment OF the community. The Senate has no
army, no navy, nc patronage, no lucrative offices,
no gitteflng honofs TO bestow. Around us, there
is no swarm OF greedy cxpectants, rendering
homage anticipating our wishes, and ready 10 ext
cute Our Commands
How is it with the President Is he powerless
lie Is felt from one extremely to the other OF this
vast Republic. BY means of principles which no
has introduced and nnov atoms which he has made
IN our institutions, alas but too much countenan-
ced by Congress and confding people, he expe-
rIences uncontrolled the power of the State. In
Que hand he holds the purse, and in the other
branolshes the sword of the country. Mvrads OF
deperdants and partisans, scattered over Inc land
are ever ready 10 sing hosannas to him, and to
aud to the skies whatever he does. He has swept
over the government during The last eight years,
like tropical tornado. Every department exhb-
IT'S traces of the ravages of the storm Take, AZ
me example, the Bank of the United States No
institution could have been more popular with tis
people, with Congress, and with State legislatures.
None ever better fulfilled the great purposes Of
- establishment Bot it unior unately incurred
The dispeasure OF the President; he spoke. and tho
bank lles PROSTATE. And those who we're loudess
In its praise now loudest in its condemnation.
" hat object of his ambition is unsatished When
disabled from age any longer to hold the scepiro
of power, he desgnates his successor and trans.
mlts II to his ayorite What more does be WANT
Must we blot, deiace and mutiate the records OF
ne country to punish the presumptuousness of ex-
pressing an opinion contrary to his own.
What patriotic purpose is TO be accomplished
by this expunging resolution CapsYeu make
that not To be which has been ~ - sxadi-
cate from memory and history 49,. HAT in
March 1884, majority of the S6ulte VI the Uni
ted 81 ties passed The resolution which exces
our enmlty 1t is your vain and wicked object
TO arrogate to yourselves that power of annihila-
ting the past which has been denied Onnpotence
ITSELF Do you intend to thrust your hands into
our hearts and 10 plncS out the deeply rooted con-
yctions which there Or is II Your design
merely TO stigmatze u.s. You cannot stigmsrzs US.
Neer did tase disboDor blur onr names.
Sanding securely upon our conscious rectiude,
and bearing alott the shield of the Constitution Of
our country, your puny efforts lmpotcnt, and
We defy all your power. Put the majority of 1884
in one scale, and that BY hich the expunging
resolution is to be carried in the other and let
truth and justice, in Heaven above, and on Earth
below, and liberty and patriotism, decide the pre-
pouderance,
What patriotic purpose is to be accomplished by
this expungng resolution Is it 10 appease the
wrath and 10 heal the wounded pride OF the Chief
Magistrate Ii he be really the hero that his
friends represent him, he must despise all mean
condescension, all groveling sycophancy, and self
degradation and self abasement. lie would reject,
with scorn aud contempt, as unworthy ofhis fame,
your black scratches ard yo9r baby lines in the
fair records of his country. Black lines Black
lines SIR, hope the Secretary of the Senate will
preserve the pen win which he NAV inscribe them,
aud present to that Senator of the majority whom
he may select, as proud trophy, to be transmit
ted to his descendants. And hereafter, when we
shall lose the forms OF our free Institutions all that
now remain TO US, some future American monarch,
in gratitude TO those by whose means he has been
enabled, upon the ruins of civil liberty, TO e.
erect throne, and TO commemorate il new order
OF knighthood. and confer on it the appropriate
name OF the Knights of the Black Lines.
I But why should dean the Senate, or needless
ly waste my breath in fruitless exertions7 The
decree has gone forth. Ii is one Of urgency, too.
The deed is TO be done, that foul deed, which, like
the blood stained hands of the guilty Macbeth, all
Oceans waters will never wash out. Proceed,
thep 10 the noble work which lies before 700, and
like other skilfu exeeutoners, DO it quickly. And
when you have perpetaied it. go home 10 the PEG
PIE and tell them what glorious honors you have
achieved for our common country. Tell Them that
you have extinguished one of the brightest aud
pufest lights that ever burnt at the altar of civil
liberty. Tell them that you have siienoed one of
the noblest batteries that ever Numbered in defence
ofthe Constitution and bravely spiked the cannon.
Tel them that hencetorward, no matter what da-
ring or outrageous act any President NAV perform,
you have forever Theoretically sealed the mouth
OF the Senate. Tell them that he may fearlessly
assume what powers be pleases, snatch from its
law less custody the public purse, command mill
tsry detachment 10 enter the Halls Of the Capitol,
oyeiawe Congress, trampe down the Constitution,
and raze every bulwark Of freedom but that tbs
Senate must stand mute, in silent submission. and
no; dare to raise It's opposing voice That it must
" ali untIa House Of Representatives. humbledand
subdued like ITSELF and Csaiority of !, composed
of the party of the presrali shall prefer articles
oiimpcachment. Tellther8 finally, that YOU have
restored the glorious doctrine Of passive obedience
and non-resislance And il the people do not pour
out their lndignations and mprecallens, have yet
TO learn the character Of American fIeemen."
L.. ii. Marsleler, OF Wilmington. Sena.
tor from New Hanover, in the last LegisIa-
ture, has been appointed Collector of that
Port, rice Gen. James Owen, removed.