The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-09-14

he Northern manufacturers had seen that
their reliance on their numerical majority
10 Congress had been, at least, hazardous.
state tntcTposltlon had assumed an attitude
and aspect which had nearly frightened them
from their prey, and nothing could equal
their grateful and sppaudlng admiration of
bun, who, by the breath OF his mouth, had
i dIsperses the phantom IN thin air, and, by
his word OF power, had aunlhated The soy.
ereign'y olthe States. Nothing could equal
Z the popularity of the President with the pe0-
pie Of the manufacturing States, and Of the
whole North. The triumph Of Federalism
vas complete. The doctrines OF consclida.
ton, which sho had always cherished, but
+ never avoUed, with which she had been of.
ten reprOached, and winch she had as often
denied, were now The maxIms Of triumphant
democracy and tongue and pen, and brisi.
/ ling bayopei, and The cleaning blade of the
vauniing lowiander, and the grim rifle Of
the stern mouu,aneer, and hives and for,
tunes and sacred honour" so often pledged
10 oppose them, were now united IN their
defence. In this sudden change Of position
and characters, the situation of some Of
those who had TO shift their dresses on the
stage, was ladIcrous enough. have no
doubt you remember, SIR, the amusing and
edhying scene, when MIR. " ebster, doing
the honoufs las Of right he should) Of the
college OF Federalism, extended the night
hand of fellowship 10 Mr. Rwes, aud made
ban welcome, bile yet he could not refrain
Z from eynfasSinfr hts ,tgnDGar - h,tv ba da
4 vi he got there - and this M. Rires IS
The man on whom, some would have II, that
John Randolph laid his amounting hand,
consecraling ban 10 the defence OF the soy
erelGnty OF Virginia. No, SIR From that
day william &. RIvrs was to John Ran
dolph an OBJECT OF unrnea>ured aud unds-
gused contempt. No, SIR john Randolph
knew the last hope OF the severe. nty Of
Virginia died with hun.
IS Pereama de1,ra
D-fcndi posscnt, etian hac dsicnsa fuissentn
I ms was his consolation IN death. BE
thls his epltuph.
perceive, sir, that | have, Undersigned
ly, miXed up So much known iacl wi.h con
lecture, that | have uncousclously gIlded
from The language Of HYPOTHESIS lnto that OF
narrative. | have not meant 10 aver ALL
that have said, only propose 10 ask wheih.
er the p&lncal phenomena winch We have
uitnessedN and which have lus,I, caused
our special wonder, would not be made pjaln
10 US, 1t Il could now be revealed that al
that have suggested was as true as n par
Of IT Is Known to be. Should We any Tong.
er wonder atIhe popularity u Andrew Jack.
son, Il i IA the South aud theu 10 the Norih
Could We wouder, that, IN the minds ot lnen.
the Executive has SINCE been every thing,
she Legislature nothing, aud State suye
relgnly less than ao,hIng, "a bye word,
reproach, and Kissing" Could we even
wonder, that that boosted sovereignty
while bound ~ CHAINS and led 10 triumph,
submitted 10 be decked IN roy al robes and,
crowned as with thorns, and tainted and
spit upon, to 90 through the forums of au
ihorlty and to exercise its high fuRctioAs,
at The bidding Of a master.
Great let me call bim for he conquered NE ;"
has been the language, al once ablect and
boasiiul, vt fallen ambition, since the world
began and by none has it been uttered with
more jealous submission than by the very
State which bad made herself mos, conspic.
uous MS the champion OF State sovereignty.
Al have had their turn. That ct South Car.
oitna is now come. Tour friend, Mr.. Pres.
ton, will tell you, that, two years ago, he
was warned "that the time was at hand,
hen resolutions, commanding him to con.
form to Executive dlc,ation, would be pre-.
pared 10 Washington, and echoed back from
Columbia"
The part you acted, sir, on that occasion
is not forgiven. But thus is not the time to
speak of II. That Won condemned the doc.
trnes of the Proclamation, without uniting
with the States Right Party, aud that you
sui stood IN the opposition TO the usurper,
without separating from such Of your for.
mer friends as pressed forward to welcome
the new prose'yte TO ultra Federalism is
well remembered. Bu, | reserve my re-
marks on that subject, I'LL shall come To
speak of Mr.. Caboun's boosted triumph OF
Notification.
am sensible, sir, that nothing | have
said explains the remarkable fact that the
President retained his popularity in the
North after the removal of the deposltes,
That such step, II taken before his power
was established and universally recognized,
would have destroyed hun can hardly be
doubted. But be had already shown hlm-
self 10 he master every where. A Govern.
ment Of opinion had been exchanged for
Government of force. II was obvious that,
in the South, fear had taken the place at
anu ,,nro ranaro,,s rr,pc,pla of dpyutlnn