The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-08-31


OF knowing. Whether he was expected 10
JOIN with the latter in proposing TO the
North, the choice between the repeal of the
lanii aud dsunIon or merely to interpose
The ris inerfR of bis authority TO even the
notification of South Carolina, is known
only TO those who will not iell the secret.
| am persuaded that Mr.. Randolph gave no
intImation bu, by mysterious silence. 9th
ers Will doubtless, be equally guarded
But, 10 spite Of all conceaImcnts, you can.
not doubt, SIR, no man versed III the history
Of that day can doubt, that TO some extent,
the Chefs Of the State Rights Party held
his pledge, that his authority and influence,
direct or indirect, legal or Illegal, should be
cxer,cd 10 procure recognition of The prln.
cples for which they contended, renun.
citation Of the claim OF Federal Supremacy,
and repeal Of the laws of which they com
planned. No one has forgotten Mr.. Haynes
justly celebrated speech IN favor Of nulhii.
cation, which the Author of the Proclama.
ton propos d to have printed on satin,
framed IN gold, and placed among the mo.
nnmenls OF his estate, 10 descend as an heir.
loom 10 hlsAaIDiiy. No one has forgotten
the iamRIar botiness with shlch South Ca
rolina put ionh her hand TO touch the Ii.
on's beard, nor the percIpitancy With which
she drew u back, when he uttered iha, appa.
ling roar which shook the land as with an
Earthquake, and nj which the sovereignty
ol the States and the v hole fabric of the
constitution came topping down. No one
who remembers The dlfierance between the
bearing Of certain gentlemen before and al.
ter the Proclamation can doubt for mo.
mcnt that they were completely taken bJ
surprise.
II Is superfluous at this day TO enquire,
whether the usurper medlla,ed rom the first,
the ireachery he afterwards pracilsed.-
That be pallered IN a double sense" with
beth parties, IS cer,eln. That his iirgon
If "Jodicioos lantf" and of {" Internal
Improvements Of a national character" was
adopted With view TO such Interpretation
as he might find most convenient, cannot be
doubted. That be, even then, CONSCIOUS
that hc must break faith with one party or
the o'hcr,) foresaw that II might be most
desirable 10 beiray the weaker, is quite
probable. for one, anticipated such re.
sol, al tho time. There we're not wanting
those who tried 10 convince the leaders Of
the State Rights Party, OF the danger oil
g,yIag the South 10 Federalism, BY placing
10 the PreAdenlias Char a man OF Ssufh.
eyH position and Nortk,5a principles anc
hoidlags II may b. lesson OF practical
wisdom To the rash experimental IN politics,
TO be told, that Mr.. Randolph, just before
hts death, declared. that IN the retrospect
Of hts y hole litc, Of the faliies Of youth and
Ibe SINS 81 ripper years, nothing 50 disturbed
has last hours, as the anught That the al.
had been lost on bun"
Can we then doubt, sir, that when the
historian comes TO make up
has estimate q: the causes Of Ina, sudden
revolution ohch has made the representa-
ilvrs 81 the People the mere instruments oi
The ESecYlve ~III, he vii fail 10 trace II
to The lupatience Of the South under the
American System know that he will |
read 10 our journals, and IN the speeches Of
our orators, that evhry thing is attributable /
10 the uarIualIed popularity Of Andrew
Jackson. But be viii see that this TOO, Is but |
an plirC, which must have had u cause and !
be must be a careless reader 1t he docs not |
perceive, that that extraordinary popularity !
ld not reach its highest point until after |
the abuses which IT was supposed to excuse
When did he become generally popular
We know that be was not at FIRST the choice |
IF majority. We know that tho mind Of
ho country denied his pretenslons With |
scorn. We know that the moral seaSe OF
he country rejected bin with adherence.
)ut Of his own State, he vas not nj FIRST
bought Of even in the Western Country,
lnd his nomination there was received with
idlcule aud disgust. But we are told, sir,
II an honest German in Pennsylvania, al
low living, he is doubtless a staunch ad
'ocate Of the Sub Treasury,) who was
much addicted to boarding. Some time in
he last century, he had put away some of
he notes of the THEN Bank of the United
states, which he kept with q mlses's care,
ntIl the year 1893. Al that time he be
anne alarmed al the removal of the depo
ties and the cutlery against the Bank, and
fastening TO Philadelphia with his paper,
ould not be made TO believe IT possible,
hat the Bank of tho United States which :
e found there, could be any other than
hat whose notes he held, We must not {
iugh at this. II is no whit more absurd
n IFS way, than the converse idea, which
AS lately given birth to penal law Of the
Jnlted States. Well, sir, thus worthy, and
theirs his countrymen, who knew nothing
{ the public history Of the country from the
leue Of " nrk 10 The hatile of New Orleans. I