The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-06-29

ss0. 900. the present annual amt to S2lO,
aoo You will add TO the like expenses Of
The Senate and to all other public eSpendl
tnres IN the same ratio and the SUN total
for the whole total civil list and ordinary
aDeroprlaiions Of the Government, which IS
now Sl2.l63.43S, will be increased from
lime 10 time under your boasted reform, un.
nj il shall exceed thirty millions per year
You now question the nigh, OF Depart
ment to purchase print OF likeness OF the
immortal Washington but will decorate
every room in all the Departments with por. f
traits Of Martin Van Buren,. You will by
means Of the Office holders" the "enllst. /
ed soldiers" as you have Just called them,
bring the patronage Of the General Govern.
meni into conflict with the freedom oil cleo
items, and YOU will resist the bill that shall
be brought 10 10 secure the freedom oil those
elections. You, Mr.. Randolph, will 90 up
On what YOU call sleeveless GRAND,
and after salutng the Emperor Of Russia,
will make pleasant solourn in . old Eng
land" and return to your estate IN Virginia.
You, Mr, Buchanan, Will become "an OF
ice holder" go on the very MISSION TO
Russia which YOU are now censurIng aud
will pocket the 81 900 for a twelve. month
and DAVIS service. You, TO the gentle
man from New York; Mr.. Cambreleng,
will oppose a vote against the very measure
which YOU now report and recommend, tor
reducing the paw OF members, as means
ofshor,ening the session Of Congress. You,
Mr.. Stevenson, will be made Speaker OF this
House, and sne.iut It's committees, and dis
pense It's rules, with the promise Of a for
eign mission IN your pocket. You, Mr.,
Benton, will vote to lay on the table the bill
which YOU nov report, TO take the patron
age of the press from the Government, and
your report on Executive patronage with Its
six accompanying bills so imposlngiy intro
duced, will prove to have been but as sound
ing brass and tinkllng cymbals" You, Mr..
Van Buren,, who now, as a member OF the
committee on Executive patronage, report
a bill requiring reasons 10 be assigned for
removing an incumbent from Office, will be
made Secretary of State, and In due time
President, but from the moment YOU obtain
power, you will forget your bill, and not
only violate but refuse 10 be governed by lis
principles. You, Mr.. Dickerson. also a
member of that committee, will be made
Secretary of the Navy; DO, the Department,
will be 50 mismanaged under your dlrec.
tion, that it viii be truly said Of you on the
foor of Congress, there - none So poor
as 10 do him reverence" You Mr.. Wood
bury, will take first the Navy and then the
Treasury Department, and under your 81
peryIslan 40 attempt 10 humbug The People
with the promise Of an exclusive hard mo.
ney currency will result in the banishalent
of all specie, bankrupt Treasury, and ctr
culation OF shlnplasters and Treasury notes
Imagine, then, Mr.. Speaker such res
ponse 10 have been made al the period Of
time which have suggested. What would
have been your reply, and what would Mr.
Buchanan, who made the scripura allu
sion, have said : Methlnks | almost see
and hear him exclaim, is thy servant dog
that be should do this thing 2
We are told that, notwithstanding the IN.
dignalinn Of Hazael, he reached the throne
Of SYRIA by numbering the king hrs master,
aud soon committed all the euormities fore.
told BY the prophet
Sir, fear that, in despite Of The protes.
tations Of Amos Kendall, the promised
reform" was an empty sound, " inlen
ded to apply merely TO a change Of s,en."
Bot leave II for this House and for the
People Of this country 10 Judge whether
their confidence has mol been betrayed and
their hopes Disappointed.