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


,h,i, emil, than he knew OF the facts of certain
event ia this Capitol last winter OF which you and
I MI. Chairman, knew all and more than We want.
"a 10 know; about which it the Tennessee papers
are 10 be believed the President has given another
certificate though he was more than mile of,
and lhere were al least athoms of bricks and
mortar and stone between him and the place OF the
occurrence They have made him witness IN
both cases where ii was impossible fer him TO be
witness, and in giving his testimony he has been
compelled TO resort 10 his " Inauguration for ts
facts" cared nothing about the certificates OF
the President so long as they sbldsd ia the C.
uhemeral form of heated partisan declarations
along the public roads, or SO long as they were
1 from the stump rly a thousand miles oft. But,
SIR, this certificate IN chief" is longer a mere
tavern ipss dirii on the highway, but it is 10 be
/ fled in the archives of this Government as part
/ aud parcel of the last aRnuGi message" OF the
Greatest and Best. Perenuis and Cleander have
certified TO their own good behavior, Innocence,
and purity, have incorporated their certificate 10
the last annual message" and have affixed to 1t
the official manual Of Andrew Jackson
Is this certificate true Pot it to gentlemen If
il be not true, whether injustice has not been done
10 Andrew jackson, to those who have uttered Just
complaints, and TO the public service, by this aeds.
cious forged seli.scquttal
I Is il true or false. that the various Executive
Departments have been conducted with ability and
integrity and that they IN pros perous cond-
ton That is The issue. How Is II to be tried
VIII gentlemen tell me that the President has tried
the issue already, and that they are content with
his certificate IN form Sir, begin this session
as ended the last session, by asking the opportu-
nifty and power, and by claiming the night OF an
iHrestIgdtiea BY committee, an efficient, shle,
and fair committee, with foil powers TO evlscerate
the truth The tg,th is all | desire make no ac-
cusatloas no complaints, except Of the denial OF
Investigator.
Ii all have been conducted with ability and In
tegrity, The Departments have nothing TO fear and
inveslig ation may DO great good. If It does not
find and pose past fraud aud corruption 1t may
prsren much evil hereafter, BY the fear OF scrutiny
do sincerely from the best OF motives, earnestly
desire to see the doors OF the Treasury Department
OF the Land Offices, OF the Indian Bureau, and oi
other departments and offices, thrown open 10 full
and fair investigation. We then have the facts Of
which TO Judge tor ourselves, and on which 10 make
up our own verdict 1t is the duty of the grand
Inquest to nd OF igRoTs bill for itself, and OF the
reaire TO Try the issue aud find verdict for itself
No Judge, much more no party, shall find bill
true or false, or render verdict, for them. Cleanse
The Augean stables say |, aud | saw more. The
Nlinldlan sing. when he Was carried captive TO
Rome, and saw the eofruplI0ns of her citizens, ne.
turned from the city with contempt, and said
GiCe me Icegith. and triI buy up N, toA0te IL
pubic" Fanny Wright, believe, uttered tfuth,
that Whenever you see two men talking together,
there are ten chahces 10 one they are talAIng ON
one of three subjects Il AIDE, politics, % reii Ion.
The three subjects have SINCE she wrote the r.
mark, entirely amalg amated into itoo. Trade aud
politics have now become Some OF the priests,
| am told, are offering 10 ION The union, aud nam
mon is the god OF this dsy's worship. Trade slr,
trade swallows up every thing.
Tel me not this . The short session invesi-
CATION was reused, last winter when The session
was long. know, sIf, tliet tits Is Inauspicous
period, perhaps, 10 expect gentlemen 10 ssoA beck
at The past, OF 20 pause moment sn the present
| know thai every eye u ;urnec, and every mInd
OF gentlemen IS beat towards the faflTs. Coming
events, which csst their shadows beoEe. are much
Gsfz.ing u their hopes and ancles, than pain
iul truths oi the past or the preseAi are to their
memories or their wills They know. ar, tHat
some OF the swarm OF " Conservatives which are
now tai aud iul Of The blood OF the Treasury, must
be driven oil tor some OF the ank and hungry "ioco-
ioco' flies, no yorlclousiy eager to light upon
tlls poor body po.ilc Of ours. All lhiags may not
become new, but there must Be some changes; and
Tor every change there = u be chance tor some
impatient expcctaut. | know that General Jack.
sou has been made TO say bis 4" last annual
messags" =" tie that cOmeih after is mig hitter
than " but be has not been nede to add--"N hose
ian is ~ has hand, and he will thoroughly purge
his floor" Sir, lest he may not purge hts iloor
wish II to he swept clean for him before he comes
10, 50 that jackson may not be blamed alter ne Ia
gone.
Certain il is | carRo, anticipate time must dc.
yelop the course and the policy OF the coming Ad-
mlnistraiioB And let no one accuse me OF com.
mencing an attack upon il m advance. No, sir
81 far from It, though | hold Mr.. Van Buren, re-
sponsible tor most mischief that has been done
and most that Is nou doing though be his been
the caucus candidate for the Presidency, and was
the nominated successor; though he Is elected BY
Executive patronage, corruption, and diei4ton
though he succeeds at The expense Of the elective
franchise; though he is minority President, and
has promised to follow generally m the footsteps OF
this Kitchen Cabinet Administration; yet, II he
braVely tares to talsiiy that promise, more hon.
ored 10 the breach than IN tho observance" i be
will Kick away the base ladders BY which he has
climbed to the height Of his ambition II be will
nos leave Fas,af > here he found him, and array
around him the wisdom, intelligence, and virtue
OF the country, and base his Administration on a
sound, elevated and enlightened policy, free from
corruption, and purely patriotic, uncsgltanniated
by party, ! viii pledge my humble support 10 has
measures, though | never can support the man, OF
pardon The pasl examples be has set. And why
cOnno, ! support the man whilst ! approve his
measures For the very reason that he has not
"eat,rsd in nj II. straight gate" shall always
eschew the example which has been set IN 1886,
as did thai Of ls2J, IN the election oil President
Of these United States. The one example has been
rebnked with vengeance-the other will not DC
forgiven by ne.
Sir, in this contest ono great battle only has
4 been fought setween Power and the People The
result IL known. The conflict was not decisive,