The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-07-20

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does him henor,) to his early patron, he
feels secure. But Mr.. Preston is denounc.
eli for holding the same opinions he has al
ways held. Is Mr.. Calhoun one OF those
who can "bear, like the Turk, no brother
near the throne o. Yet Mr.. Calhoun saw
no inconsistency in himself when he was
Bank man and States Right man. Even
BOW. in making confession of his sins, he
does not put that on the list-on the con.
trary, be explains and jus,ihes. " The
Government" he says, had treated Bank
paper as money, and SO made It money,
and so changed the Constitution, and so
cave itself power 10 create Bank. Then
comes the President in his competence,
and refuses TO treat Bank paper as money,
and so changes the Constitution back again,
and SO takes away the power TO create a
Bank" THIS is his argument. Well, now
it seems land you have my thanks tor II,
sir,) the Government, again treats Bank pa.
per, as every body else treats ii--thas is,
according TO Mr.. Calhoun-as money, aud,
by consequence, the Constitution Is again
changed, aud by consequence, the power 10
create bank Is restored. This is Mr..
CsIhouu's conclusion ; not mine. Ii is above
me. can never understand how, IT anoth-
err man is bound TO deliver me a horse, and
take money in satisfaction, that the mo.
ney thereby becomes horse, end must be
fed with corn-but TO Mr.. Calhoun, all this
is plain: and, as he has learned OF late 10
hate the Bank and lis President, for having
successfully, and with 6rmness that shamed
his pusillanimity, braved the Tyrant before
whose iruwn rs covered, and from whose
wrath You saved him-he has found hun.
self constrained, from regard TO has dear
consistency. TO oppose the repeal Of the ar
bitrary Specie Circular, for which repeal
he formerly voted. Had he again voted
for it, he must psrforce have acquiesced 10
the charter OF new Bank. To M under
standing, he must do so still. tie is no.
the Government. fils beggarly one vote
in nine, against thirty odd, cannot change
the fact. The Government, in spite OF him,
again treats bank paper as money, and, on
his principles the Government IS again
bound 10 establish Bank, and he, as a
member Of the Government, is bound to
vote for il. He has no choice. The Go.
yernmeut is bound to regulate as money,
whatever il treats as money, and, by his
own showing. bank i the Only MEANS
dare say he will find some way to escape
this concusion-for my part, see none.
As | never adopted his premises, am free
to reject it bat If he can escape 1t, 50 can
he evade any argument, any obligation, any
pledge whatever. | will have no such
la / r
bank, Mr.. Calhoun will he The very las
man to whom | will entrust the defeuce o
the Constitution against the friends of one
But on whom, after all, does II depend
whether We are 10 have Bank Of the L.
nited States or no On Mr. saa Buren,
Ne. On you No. Il depends on the
People. The people may awake from then
le,hargy-ihey may shake off this incubus
admlnlstra,ion-ihey may punish the crimes
of peculators, plunderers and tyrants--they
NAV even elect YOU President. and YET have
no Baak, unless they choose. But they vii
choose to have Bank, aud Bank they
will have, whether you be elected or no
and why
Because the conduct Of Government ha:
driven them to believe II indispensa ble.-
For this, you have all along commended.
differed from you, and do SO still. So once
did many who are now convinced for the
conviction which your arguments failed tc
carry TO their minds, has been forced upon
them by their recent suHerings. hen you
assured them that their only choice was be
tween Bank, and great fiscal and com
merc!at embarrassment, thew hoped that
you might be wrong, or that the Inconye
nience might not be ntolerabc But the
Government has come in aid of your argu
mcnt-lt has brought upon them degree
Of distress, such as you certainly never an.
ticipated, from the mere pdnt Of a Bank
and tells them that THIS Is the true aud on.
" alternative: that there is 10 choice; but
between Bank and system Of Flosnce,
which thinking men fnfesaw, aud which all
men now feel, must be attended by lnsup.
portable disaster. Both parties have thus
laboured the one leading the other dris ing ;
the one by argument The other by misrule,
% establish this CONCLUSION ~ he common
mind. The excitement Of war, The prae
Of military glory, tue stimulus Of resent.
meat and ambition, may fortfp the minds
Of people 10 bear much. But shat =
there ii The calapties Of modern war, like
what ~ have b9fne7 And shat rs there,
IN these weak piping times Of peace, to
steel the hearts u men against such infltc.
lions The History Of The World tells Of
no peoHe having enough oil public virtue,
10 lie dosa FOREVER n misery, from any