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

sooii ioduu WE RdHoOiph giving up Ills CNu'
stItuents, aud leaving all the boosted endear-
ments of his district, Tor a foreign mission
TO Russia, where, as far as any prhhc ad.
vantage resulted from It, he eIDpbaIicaiiy
went on a " sleeveless errand," and cane
back re infecta TO pocket his emolumcn,s =
Indeed, this mission 10 Russia seems 10
have been specially dedicated by the party
to short terms of six aud twelvemonths for
the advantage Of some of the enlisted sol.
diers" described by Mr.. Buchanan. In
this way, the cost of that mlsslun has been
Unfortunately increased; and 1t Is bIgh iine
that this dram on the public Treasury for
private benefit shuiIld be5checked.
SIR, has moi The country been dlsappoin,-
ed Have not the people been deceived
and allured by specieus aud VAIN promises
Has not The Fedora Executive patronage
Unfortunately increased, and IS It mol still On.
restrained! Is not the power over II abused
and perverted Do not the expenses Of
our General Government far transcend in
amount all our past history Why are
these things SO, and Why has not this
" plague been stayed" MIR. Speaker, ac-
cordlng TO your phghted faith! | win tell
you Why, sir, but | prefer doing so in the
language and illustration of one OF your own
frlends, MIR. Buchanan, of the Senate, TO
whom have before referred. In hi> speech
here, already alluded to, and when he was
assaultng the Chem Administration, he
thus exclaimed: 1.-THE very possession Of
power has a strong, natural tendency 10
corrupt the heart. The lust of dominion
grows with lis possession; and the uIan
who, in humble life, was pure and innocent,
and Just, has often been transformed, by
long possession OF power, into monster.
In the sacred Book, which contains lessons
Of Isdom for the politician as well as for
tie Christian We find happy illustration
Of the corruping influence OF power upon
the human heart. W hen HaZae came TO
consult Elisha, whether his master, the
King of SYRIA, would recover from a dan
gerous illness the prophet, looking through
The vista oi iuurity, saw the crimes ut
which the messenger, no stood before hun,
would be guilty, and he wept. Hazsel asked
= why weepe,h my lord = The prophet
then recounted 10 hun the murders aud he
crueItIes of which he should be- guilty to-
wards the children of Israel. Haz ei, IA the
spirit of yIriUous indignation, replied; " Is
thy servant a dog, tina, he should do this
thing :" And Elisha answered, The Lord
hath show me that thou shalt be klng over
SYRIA This man afterwards became hing,
by the murder Of h,s master, aud WIS gull
" of euormltles, the bare recital of which
makes US shudder."
How true, aud, alas how applicable is
this sacred ilus,aiIon To Those who invoked
It's use IN eIevating themselves to powerl
Suppose, Mr.. Speaker, that some inspired
Elisha had been present when gu aud Mr..
Buchanan, with others engaged IN the de-
bate which has been referred 10, and moved
by the systematic tear OF The prophet you
had asked, Why weepeth my lord !" how
would YOU have been astonlshed 10 being
then told what the People of this country
have since realized
Imagine, sir, the inspired one locking
through the vista of few brief years and
saving, You will be placed IN power, but
will greatly increase the amount of all pub.
1 lie expenditures. You will use the offices
aud patronage Of the country for private and
no, for public good. You will create off.
ces for favorlies. You will enlarge all ESecu.
tive power. You will deny the right TO call
. for reasons on a removal from office, ard in
a few wears will remove more than 1900
persons from office for opinions sake You
will derange and corrupt the Post Office
Department, which you now admit TO be
sound, and you will not reform any of your
designated abuses in the other Departments.
You will appoint more members Of Con-
gress to cfiice IN rn"i years than has been
done IN all the puSS history of the Govern.
meut. Your bill for the abolition of the
power and patronage over the Press will
sleep the sleep of death. You VIII retaiu
the press, the post.office, The armed force
anu the appointing power in the hands of
the President, and will not suffer them to
change position ard take post on the side Of
the People," You now censure small
appropriation TO purchase some additional
furniture for the Presidents house, bur YOU
will furnish that house in luxurious sly lie for
General Jackson, who will be succeeded by
W.T. an pu'Vh nhu hei uot CoutSpt villa
the secondhand lurnIture of his predecessor,
will cast it of and make his entry into tina,
edihre, with one appropriation of $500
COR alterations Of the House and Superinten.
dence of the grounds, and another appro.
priaiiou of $50, 900 for new furniture and
this, too, m the very year when Your pub.
lie treasury will be bankrupt. You will in,
crease the expenses OF Foreign missions and