The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-02-24

'u WIN l'o"Sf ana patronage. Has ruthless pro
scfIption Tor opinions sake turned faithful prb
servants out of their employment, and spatche,
ron the mouth Of their families their bread p
r" e are told the President ordered the removals
ana ING People had sanctioned prescription Hai
id'oiilism h!led The vacancies which prescription
mas mace WIN the servile tools Of party to DO n,
Diuolhg oil power We arc tod that The Presi
dent had need Of ms own friends, aud that III,
Ieople nave sanctioned the maxim, F" hat to tn,
victofs belong the spols :" Have the highest an,
richest offices, worth more than halo million
been bestowed as rewards upon members OF Con
cTess, and has corruption become the order o
the day I" We are told that the President was th,
best Judge Of the selection of high functionarles
and that the People have sanctioned the order o
NE day !. We are told that the aristocratic Sen
ate had dared 10 offend Tie majesty Of the Presi
dent, and that tie People have sanctioned IL,
word "eypunge" Has the inde pendence OF Con
sress been totally destroyed BY corrupt brides anc
the power OF appointing members to Office
We are told that the representative. OF the peo.
pc are selected 10 do tie will Of the President
anc mat The people have iDBsd the creed that
there can be no treason to the country so long a.
There is fidelity 10 " the party" Has the Pre,i.
dent assumed the responsibility" seized the cu,.
lody and The control Of the public money, in def.
ahce q al law and precedent, and placed them ia
me hahas Of a traitor and perlurcd knave We
are told that the monster bana VA, his enemy. and
tat tle People have sanctioned the union o.
the purse and the sword" iias he ASSUMED 10
himself judicial powers and the pretnca,ive to ad.
minlster the Laws and the Constitution ACCORDING
70 his own Interpretation and his own Irresponsl.
bic viii We are told that The President i the
f,gFFTnVqguf nd t.t L. 4 4
the pteep.ion that all officers and their bowers
are his Have tie expenditures OF his acmlnls.
Iration increased ard grown enormously beyond
all example, to g. millions from Is millions. /. IN.
out cent o pubic debt to be paia Weafe told
TIA, the President is the best Judge OF the want.
Of the country, and, that the People have SANCTION
ed the waste vi and proflgate extravaganza -
Have thousands and hundreds Of thousands been
expended on east rooms, aud gravel WORKS, and
all The regalla ni palace 10 fact. Tor republican
oihccr IN :ortn2 We are tod thai The Presidents
Court should be as splendid = any Kings and that
TIE People have sanctioned ROYALTY! ilas Ire pat
ronGge OF the Federal Government been tremcn
dorsty increased and exerted ia conflict WIN tie
freedom q elections? We are told that tie reiyp
OF 'he President should be perpetua,ed. aud thar
he People have sanctioned The interference OF o..
nee.Soiaers win tie elective franchise Has the
eurronc5 OF the country been total deranged. and
IS there Danger d universal crash in trade aud
hHance We are told thai the Presidents gocen
experiment mus. be 10 il tested 70 our hearts CON-
tent, aud that Tie People have sanctioned the in.
yerttd pYfamId' ci local buuA rags, Inch threat.
en- 10 t'tsef over our heads Has the fine theo.
~ oi q republic lusen-i5;y vanished, and u,ado
way tot The more naturfI and "substantia fell
Ings OF a MONARCHY ~ We are told that the Pre-
SlJtaf may be h'Rg by The Wi Of the PeOpe
and that TIE People have already consented to the
change. Has the P.esi1enl been freed from
tie restraint OF civil laws, caa he command hv his
vii tie lives aud fortunes o his SUBJECTS
-ud, hnat!l, has be dlsp sed OF the empire is Of
his private PatflWouy" bg nominating QaG eiscting
ms successor We are told thai the Pfeslden.
was emitted to his right Of election Us " q! as 9TH
CT mon, 40 that tne People have sanctioned and
submitted 10 HE dic,alou
So LEI me not I've misunderstood. Let no one
inter that am iudulging ia any TRADE against the
F'rcsioeut, or that ain venting any spesn what
ever. No, sir; no. Far, far be II irom ne nor,
Roic when II Is too late, II ever II Was rleh; aud
proper to indulge IA stronger lnyccliys against a
Chei Magistrate than truth aud patriotism re-.
CURED. Tie OF whom | speak Is, | deeply regret,
now lying on the couca OF human suffering, the
last .tar from What | attn Told, OF has sGtferiBgs
10 this world oil sorrow. | too have served hin
with more than halt the yea. ever served more
master. lie NIL, Il lie lives soon re.
tire from the palace OF power, and resign all the
Ponp and circumstance Of state and station into
other hands, which are 10 reign after blm. God
grant, SIR that has retirement may be that peaceful
and calm aud blessed retirement from the -raSs.
ltE cares OF otnce, which belongs 10 wisdom viz.
tue, ana the consciousness ct being public bene.
iaCtor-Sueh as was Illustrated 10 the examples
OF " Washington and Madison. VI prayer ter.
yeHtiY Is, that he may yot 1--we long at bis beloved
Hermitage, n tie holy retreat o his own private
sanctuary, aud spend the decline u his days In
solemn reflections upon tho scenes and eveuts OF
a hong lite, most actively speut in deeds by with
the tate OF country ho has defended, and OF is
institutions, " halloStd by the wisdom OF sases,
and couseera,od by the blood OF heroes" MAY he
live long to witness the effects OF his errors. ii
errors, lie has committed, t. acknowledge aud re.
pCut OF them; and IN Ike manner 10 enjoy the
blessings Q; his Administration, IL OF any blessings
II has been fruitful Ne sir. my nearing is no,
now to condemn the President bui TO defend the
People Tins Is the sole obiscl OF III, questions
have put. l do not mean 10 accuse the Pre- iIeut
OF all these cnorptties against civil liberty, OF
winch have asked Is he guilty. Nor do ad.
INIT, II he Is guilty OF them, taat the People nave
sanctioned all on any winch | have enumerated.
bul, sir, merely state the TACT that the party
who claim TO hold hlm in keeping, ard to hold On
10 hts power after mm, clam auu toll us that The
People have yielded every thin. worth preserving,
aud have sanctioned all these cnormiJies, and
more, and worse. What tasr object MAY be IN
admitting these entertainments, aud IN claiming
that tde feoPle hare sanctioned end apprgrsa tam,
know not, unless they mean hereafter to rely
upon most unsafe preeedeu,s.' The .act Is L.
Iarmlngy 81, that these clalms are Hotc set up,
going 50 far as TO a>perSe the People waoeu they
affect 50 much 10 reverence, with GPp'or'ag aud
sanctioaiag prescription, cafFapioa arbitrary Potc-
sr The distraction If tas checks and balances u the