The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-08-27

ilcularly desire 10 call Tue attention OF OUT
readers.
~ am most happy to inform you, gentlemen,
that have this day signed the bail for the estab.
lishment of an Independent Treasury, measure
Of which you speak in decided commentator. BY
this measure, the management Of an important
branch of our national concerns, after dtPar-
furs of nearly half century, tClH be brought
back to the letter, as nell rs The otciO1s spirit
and intention of the Constitution. The system
nOr superseded pas in fact one Of those early
measures devised by the friends and advocates 81
pr,riieged orders for the purpose Of perueTtiag
the Government from its pure principles and s-
ultimate objects, resting all poteer IN The hGRds
Of far, and enabling them 10 prght at the eT'
Pense Of The many"
"The system now superseded was the
depositing OF the public money in banks; a
system which, the President asserts, is
against the "oBvIous spirit and intention OF
the Constitution; !" but which, nevertheless,
was acted on from the very beginning Of
the Government, I'LL July A, lS40-" near.
" half century" In other words, the
present Chief Magistrate Of the United
States deliberately tells his countrymen that
ALL his predecessors in his high Office,
Washington, J. Adams, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, J. q. Adams, and jackson, 10
combination with the Legislative and Ju.
dietary Departments of the Government,
from It's very origin, have been violating
+" the obvious spirit and intention Of The
Consultation (" OF their country mot mere.
| " violating the esprit and attention OF the
Constitution" bot Esprit and intention =
which we're oByIous-that is, PLAIN, EyI
DENT, aud NOT TO BE MISTAKEN
But this is not oil. Ths, no doubt may
exist as 10 the nature Of the accusation
brought by the President, be tells US that the
authors of the "sys,em now superseded ="
we're the friends and ddeocaies 81 Priri'
legged orders" and thai they devised II
FOR ruE PURPOSE Of perrerfiag the Cor
ernmfat from us pure principles and iegi
innate objects, resting oil powtr a The hands
of a far, ard enabling them 10 profit al the
expense Of The many"
And is II by the use OF such phrases as
privileged ORDERS the profit Of the ieS
at the expense of the many" &c, that the
American People are TO be seduced into tol.
Grating ibels on the founders Of their Lib
erues, the fathers Of their Constitution, and
their most trusted servants, through the
long period of fifty yearsl We took occa,
SION in former article (Ste MAJ. iaiel.
June 6, lsi0) to notice all Address, COZ
ceived IN similar spirit, Of the Admins
tratlon members Of the New York Legis!a.
ture, aud CITED the following passage;
The early history Of this Republic too abln
dainty proves that M,SY Of those who took part
in the Revolution fought Tor independence rather
than liberty They robcllod agiins, a monarch
abroad FOR rtE PURPOSE oF SITTING ~ a MONARCH
AT HOME. Placed at a distance from the throne
Of Great Britain, they had little chance to partic.
pate IN is hoEors, us titles, and IT'S PENSIONS;
and they aimed to ERtcr a THEoSg IN America,
around which they might form baad Of PRIV.
legged mobiles. No sooner was tho object achiey.
ed, and the States separated from their parent
land than these began 20 develupe themselves in
the writings and acts Of some Of the Revolution.
agy leaders
Deeply Is it to be lamentcd that denuncl.
atoms which, when made BY party ~ u
State Legislature, shocked the feelings Of
the whole country, should now nguiu be put
forward with the added sanction OF the Chef
Magistrate Of the Union. And this is done,
too, It should be observed, because IN .ba
vicissitudes Of political strife be finds 1t COO
yenIeni 10 day to rails passions and preludl
ces IN favor Of a measure which, but yester.
day, his immediate predecessor declared to
be dangerous to the liberties Of the People
and his parilsans branded as " dtsorRauz
ing and revolutionary and "as fruitful
source Of mischief and corruption"
To one or two Their passages Of the Pre-
sldenis letter passIug notice IS due. Al
ter characierizlug the administration Of Mr..
John Adams and Mr.. jefferson IN terms
quite edryingno doub! 10 Messrs Buchanan,
Wall, &c. he says:
a web moro antnlIy eou'r.gcd rornpoqra Of
a high protective tariff, a system Of internal i'm.
Proyemen,a, hnd National Bllk. wss then
twined around tho sleeping giant. IN the valn
hope Of subIsctlng him forever 10 the dominion
and viii Of the ambitious and cra~,5suv i,.a . and
you have se#n how bo bas scattered tho whole 10
tho winds when reused Dry The warming voice Of
the homes, aud intrepid dickson,
Again, ~ tine triumph Of the Iudrrsgf.n,
Treasury. wa witness tho triumph Of the pop4'aF
Intelligence andfwucs~ over the arts arrHnien,y.
appliance, and alarms Of the Interested few who
desTo 70 enrich themselves by the usu Of the pub.
lie money mother and most gratifying evidence
that 'He People, when aroused. are competent a,
maintain any Just principle, ,nd correct any abuse.
however sanctioned b. precedent or sustained by
wealth"
Now how stood Mr. Van Buren, ne IN
this "web p He voted for the tariff Of
ls2l, without Instructions, voted tor that
OF ls27, under Instructions, of which the
secret history - now known, and a curious
history It ls, and even those instructions left .
HIM a VIDE discretion, and he sustained IN .
MS speeches the principle Of protective .
tariff lie voted for the system Of internal .
improvements, even 10 the extent Of erect.
lng toll gates on the Cumberland road and
nobody ever heard murmur from him
AGAINST a national bunk rs Ear as We are
ndVsed, until thai eleventh hour when he
vowed incorporating hostility" to il.
The President thinks fit to designate 9th.
triumph OF the Independent Treasury as
u the triumph Of the popular intelligence
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