The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-03-09
II is a remarkable circumstance, that, in
!FoR THE CHARLOTTE ioURsAL.l
THE TIMES.

DE- ~ every department Of lIte, public and
pirate, moral, political, and social, Iaxlly
10 The ORDINARY restraint that prevent nen
from crime, which bespcaks the fearful an.
proach of anarchy. From the President,
down TO The lowest and meahes, official hire
hng-irom the wealthy of the land, TO the
poor and humble-one universal, all pervad.
ing disposition daily mdnilesls itself, OF
throwing Of the moral obligations that were
won, to induce, at least, the appearance of
honesty. Even within our own recolIec
ton, things have sadly changed for the
worse. The older men of the country, who
came TO manhood ~ the purer DAYS Of the
republic, aud who IN times past were ac.
cusiomed 10 place some little confidence IN
the integrity OF their public servants, are
no" approaching tina, state Of drspoudencv,
when even the patriot despaIrs OF the uItl
mate success ct our great experiment az
self government. The diff ull, IN the mat
ter Is, that private morals are at a lower
ebb than pubic virtue, and men IN author.
y have only TO propose the basest aud most
sands Of the "Unoficidt sopreigns" are
found rail- Iug to lhelr support, dnc !audnp
The wisdom of the proposed policy. This
has been eyempthrd III hundreds of recent
Instances, particularly during tie admins
trallon OF Gen. jackson, whose word was
law, and hose wall, with thousands of his
StdrtSh followers, VAS more potent than all
the solemn sanctions of our once glorious
bul nov conIrmned and de IdedconslIlullon.
II rs a melancholy truth, but il is one
that must be Acknowledge al whatever
cost OF feeling or Of shame, that al least
halt OF the Officers who GerIye their autho.
my from the United States, are a worth.
Irss sci Of scdmpS, fa,tenlng ou the spnIls If
! their country, and ready any convenient
hour TO run away with the llunder that
their ,illainl has robbed from an njuted
people. Every hTelIng, 10 every depart.
men. OF the Government, considers hlustIl'
/ al perfect liberty to fitch from the cotf,rs u
his country the money that has been accu.
mulated there By taxes upon the mdustr, of
honest men. l. tins a new thing. or was 1t
so 10 former tunes We appeal to the re.
collections ol the few grey headed slres that
yet lux the past 10 the present generation,
TO say whether We are mistaken IN the be.
| llet, That the honesty of pubic men is al a
/ low ebb, whether officers Of the Govern
meni may not now d. With perfect lnpun
/ ty what, twenty years ago, would have
4 branded them with the burning sea- Of uui
sefsai condru nation; and finally. whether
/ tins abandoned and reckless spirit, 0h ch
+ pefvadrs the whole COUNTLESS host 81 officers
and Utii tai dependents, Is not saintug dalIy
aud hnarly, vIgor from the perfect lupunl
" witt which ITS practical Indul aeucr is al
tended These qIestInns We pul, with be-
coming respect, To The aged aud experienced
fathers, who have lvrd IN times when pub
lic virtue was valued as a priceless gem,
aud who have survived 10 witness the pre-.
sent corrupt and corrupftng state OF affairs
These remarks viii probably be attubut
ed to The effects Of party spirit, or to lha,
deep settled aud abiding hatred which We
bear 10 the present head Of the present weak
and shameless administration. Let II be so.
This course on the part OF our opponents
can neither weaken tie force of certain
truths, or make the conduct Of certain func
tlonarIes any thing else than morally, po
hticdliy, and Individually dishonest, Are
We asked to make specific chargesl Is It
thought necessary to specify, when the
whole scheme OF Government, with all lis
( extensive aud complex operations, has been
/ reduced by Ms managers 10 one grand sys
ten of s~lndhng Look at any thing or
at every thing that Is done take these
/ modern patriots in detail or IN mass, and
/ the same scene of petty pIterIng and plau
slble plumber, the same acts of low Iarcen,
! and lawless IiSertnlsIn marks and brand
! them. II these things be true, why arr
not the authors of the mischief arraIgued
aud punished. Before whom will you ar,
ralen them. VIII you bring them before
packed committee of Congress, no better
than they, and attempt 10 mend their NOR
ais IN a school where, Of late, bu, few les
s,ns worth learning have been laugh, =
Nonsense. The remedy is in the hands of
the people. II is their great business to re.
deem the country from the pompyres thai
be now drawing It's blood, to save what lit
tie is now lett of honor and treasure, and
DIVE the s,rorm of oGce holders that have
so long aud 81 merc,Iessly tntfed with the
sutirrings of the nation, TO the shades of
private life.
A question here very naturally arises,
which we confess our inability TO answer.
Il is kaown that every station of the coun
try IS filled with unofficial" villains, of
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