The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-10-31
rrou Tur posrox ATLAS.
THE BLESSINGS or JACKSoN's AND
VAN BUREN'S ADMINISTRATION.

VAN BUREN'S ADMINISTRATION
The People of this once happy country
are now ENJOYING the nuts of their miser-
able Iatatuaton, IN conhdIng the direction
Of their affairs 10 men VIGOROUSLY deStl-
,uta Of every qualification for civil employ
nent. There was not pledge of GeRer.
al Jackson, before entering office, which
was not by HIM miserably violated; there
was not promise which was not shame
fully broken there was hardly measure
Of his Administration which did not ter
inmate in the most disastrous failure.
b. his REBORN he subsidized the Press
and Frustrated the independence OF Con,
rress.
~ his anxiety to render the Govern
mcnt 4 SMILE MACHINE, he absorbed all
the power of the Government in the hands
Of the Executive.
Ry his RETRENcHNENT he TREBLED
the Expenditures of Government.
By his YEro Of the United States Bank
i.c destroyed q solvent institution, and scat
tered the public treasures among eighty
Pc; banks, every one of which was obllg-
ed 10 suspend specie payments.
By the importation Of gold and SILVER,
when the balance Of trade was largely
against US, he brought Us largely in debt
10 foreign countries, dimmishedconsequent'
IL the value Of all our exports, MADE our
merchants bankrupt, and Frustrated that
roREIGS CREDIT which Is the lite Of our
commerce and manufactures.
And finally BY his HUMBLE EFFORTS to
restore a purely METALLIC cURRrNcY-a
currency which cannot exist among any
tree, CIVILIZED, and commercial People
currency only fit for slaves and savages--
h Geluged the community with IRREOEEM-
ALE PAPER. The calamity, which all the
troubles OF a disastrous war failed to bring
upon Us. was induced BY the blind, blunder.
M, and proaieate policy Of an under cab
net Of swlndlers ana yacabondS.
And al this was anticipated Of the rule
81 General jackson b. the men who best
fnew his disposition and capacities, Mr.
Cay told US tHliy that his election would
~ : more serious calamity than WAR, PES.
THENCE, or FAMINE. And the very mer
uho sustained him after his elevation with
q. the bascness Of sycophants, were the
carles, and the loudest IN denounclng biz
unfiuess for the stauon.
Mr.. Van Buren, came into power viii
pledge to carry cut the measures whict
has llas;rlous predecessor had resolved
Should be carried INTO execution. They
we're carried cut with a vengeance. Hard
i vas he seated in the chair Of the Exc
eslGse Ehen calamity stalked through gu
country. No war-no pes,Ilence--no fam
5le dcsoiated onr borders. In the mlds
Il rsace, sudden paralysis seized on tbs
III sry Of the county, and rum threat
eaet Is N every form.
TIC Government reused itself Mr.
IN Barren coayoked Congress, that il
wisdom might relieve our distress, tn
Representatives Of the People assembled
H. bfe-thiess anxiety they waited the Do
4f-il9n Of the oracle to the lmportan
glesaoa, Uhai shall VIC DO to be saved
Aas what wa proposed 70 Congress b,
oracle of VISION
~ every one take care q himself, sal
&c t4ckass when he vas dancing anon
tla cEi.EcHs.
LF- C5NNLgCr TAKE CARE OF ITSELF
sad TIE President u people essential
s.aracrctal.
La TIE EXCHANGES MANAGE THEN
srIgEs, sad this great Government banker
LIT THE CURRENCY 60 on A. IT MAI
sad ,hls wholesale Geaic. IN million
raaze influence and power on the cor
ra-rce and the exchanges and the cu-rel
g have made them what liry are.
NJ predecessor has been striving duI
n- the greater par; u ms Administratio
q requisite these affair, and has rczll,
tons a4Ec eut41gied them ia hopele CO.
.4as.
Will AEAHDoS TIE WHOLE CoECERs
III REwEDE FqR ALL THE EVILS on III
gIHEs Il TO % NOTHING. TINS | PRopoa
- DO. AND | HAVE CONVENED CoysRE.
TO ASSIST XII ~ DorSC II.
Sgch gas the language of the Preslder
Il his first message. Meanwhile what h;
taken place The Government has n
let os alone. TIE use Of the revenue d
rived from commerce, always a CONNIE
clal capital, has been Withdrawn. II
niIIous Of the Treasury have been hoar
e. IN the iron chests Of its agencies. II
s1b-TreasUry has actually been IN oper
ton, and war has been declared and ca
red on 10 the knife against the bankir
iEsiitations Of the country. We are {
the eve Il another commercial cOuvulsiol
and confusion, bankruptcy, and distrc,
s,are US "a the face.
Now, We iay down, and we arc Brcpa
cd e maintain, that the Government Of ii
United States has the exclusive night
regulate the commerce of the country.
Ii has exercised this right fulIy, coi
s.antly, and extensively, from the first M
uent OF lts existence.
In the practice II the Government, i
revenue is the product Of commerce
Even the millions it has received for ii
sale Of the public lands have been borrow
Cd, tor the most part, from that reycnu
through the facilities which the Admin