The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-09-07

" suiiehuef even my present station, befor,
l am SO enteebled, either in body, or mind
: as 10 make It necessary for the interest o
tennessee to hiss me FROM the stage.
ne late Executive then has had his will
! carried INTO effect by the vote of the Anne
rican people. They have listened 10 h,.
D statements, "thai the whole yalue of ~.
. Administration would be lost, unless Mr.
/, Van Buren was elected to carry out MS un
finished measures" The appointee Of tho
late Ffesidnet has been elected to IL fnist
! his unfinished business
NY friends, Is he not getting through i
: with rapidity which you did not anticipate
From the height oil prosperity, in about 81,
months from the day OF his Inauguration
Tie country was brought to state of unex
amped embarrassment. Should he keep on
10 his ilkadvlsed course, he will have per
formed his allotted task, long before the
lapse OF his four years. The great luteres.
OF the country will be all sacrificed, aud by
an addition OF the monied powers already
possessed by The Federal Executive, The ib
eriy OF the people Will be near lis termi.
nation.
DO not deceive yourselves by thinking,
that the Executive project for uniting tue
purse with the sword IS 10 be abandoned.-
No such thing. Ii will be renewed, again
and again, So long as the most distant hope
OF success continues. The present Execu
tive knows full well ne has no distinctive
character Of his own. That he must cen
form TO The will and wish OF those who
placed him III his present high sIation.-
lie knows the means by which he acquired
II, and must act out hls part.
+ Remember that the miserable Lizard can
reach the pinnacle OF the same spire, Oh
which the Eagle proudly perches himself;
but the process by which lie reaches II, is
very different. The latter trusting to his
native strength And his own good wings,
ieariessIy scars aloil and proudly perches
himself on the summit, IN view OF all be
holders. hale the other, degraded reptile,
steulihily and cautiously creeps up, cling,
lng TO, aud ascending, that side of the co
iumn, ahtch viii but screen hlm from OBJ
seryaiion, until he reaches the pinnacle, and
then silly peeps over, ready TO shriuk buck
when he hGtis himself discovered.
a political Izatd has taken possession OF
the station Walch ought alone 10 be occu
pied by the Eaaiel My answer IS ready.
Through the ballot boxes, keep steadh,
switching him, ualll he desceuds to thai
level Which II Is The interest of mankind he
should occupy.
II IS useless 10 denv The fact, il is uude
nlabiy true, that notwithstanding all the |
promises, professions and pledges, OF the |
late Administrators, the Executive branch /
7t the government has beceme piece Oh
more party machinery. operating IN all cleo !
tlous, both State aud Federal. Some teU |
years si0ce, on the centenary birth day 81
Gen. ashington, 1t vas beautifully SAID /
by one OF our most dlstln -ulshed met,
/" that whenever our govaqua.-nt brcame a
party machine, the liberty OF. ne country |
could mol be preserved; that the government
could by law protect men against murder, !
but not against suicide" There is gfea,
force IN the remark, vet ] hope 1t is not
tree. There is, however, but one remedy
IN either case. Take from the individual
the razor with which he Is about 10 cut his
throat, aud he is, for the present, safe asains,
suicide. In the same way, when you fud
those in possession Of Executive power Us
ing II, as the machiue Of political smcide,
take away the means of mischief, aud you
prevent political suicide. Take FROM them
their offices, and place them in hands mere
worthy, and the Republic may yet be saved.
The late Administration came in on the
question Of reform and retrenchment of
Pray, what abuse has been
cofreoIedl Not one hat retrenchment
aas taken place None. Abuses have
oeen multiplied and expenditures have been
II
MIR. Adams was turned out because he
vas expending from twelve to thirteen mil {
ions oil dollars per year, and now We are
'xpendng from thirty five to forty millions |
yer annum. 4
Can any man be so stupid as not 10 see i
his is all wrong Can the babble Of De, d
nocracy sanetliy such course? Il
psrtlzans may sing Democracy, until like 4
he ioeusts, their backs are split. bul il viii y
ot satisfy the people. We must be taught
wo things, and that speedily. We must j,
ave sound currency and the goyernment4a
,ust erpend less money. c
There is constant press to increase off /
es, and TO increase salaries. Can any n
'iend Of the Administration put hls finger y
pom any message, specifying the office to Y
e abolished, or the salary to be decreased Sc
ct they pirate ot Democracy. Pr
A short time siace, we had a great strug
lie to knew what should be done with sur |
lus money 10 the Treasury. Now the st
ruggle is To know how to raise enough TO "
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