The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-10-29
CHARLOTTE, N. c., OCTOBER 30, 1870.
are TO be found in dilTeNdLparls' Of the coun.
Try. One cempIalas u dle thing, another

try. One cemplaias ~ ode thing, another
OF another; and, ordinarily, there is no
strict nnHy Of object Dr. Of candidate ecd
therefore, 1t IS that those wieidiog Iesser
within the citadel are able to keep the 9th
ers out though they may be more numer-
Gus. fence Se have seen an Admnistra.
ton, though IN q minority, yet By tue con.
huued exercise Of power, able TO bring over
the people to the support Of such measure
as The Sub Treasury, Which, hen It was
first proposed, received but htlle favor in
any part Of The country.
Again though il may appear compares
lively inconsde rab!e, yet, when We are
looking a, he means by which the Execu
live power has risen TO lis presen, threaten
ing height, We must 90, overlook the pow.
er OIL will no, say pensioned-bui Of
patfoni2ed Press. Ofnll things III pop
ular Government, Government Press Is
the most to be dreaded. The Press fur.
dishes the only means Ct public address
and if Government BY supporting comes to
control Il, then they take TO themselves, at
the public expense, the gtea, channel of all
communication to the People. Unless
france be an exception, where the Minis.
ter regularly demands 50 many thousand
francs for The management Of the public
press, / know Of no Government in the
world where the Press is avowedy patron.
Zed to the saue extent as It IS 10 this conn
Try. Have not sou, men Of Virginia, been
mortified 10 witness the Importance which
is attached at Washington to the election
Of Public Printer? TO observe tho great
anxiety aud soiIciude which even your
own friends have been obliged 10 exercise
10 keep that appointment out Of the hands
Of Executive power! Oae OF the first
things 70 be dono when new Admiulstra
ton shall come into power viii be TO scpnr
ate the Government Press from the politics
Of The country. Loud Cheers | don't
want the Government Printer 10 preach
politics 10 the People because know be
fore hand what politics he Will preach-u
will all be one 10 TriumPhe from the be
ginning Of the first page TO the end OF the
last paragraph. / ain for cutting of this
power from the Executive. Give The PEG
I PIE fair pay. say, Gre the People far
play. II they think the Government Is il
ertor, or that better men may be found t
administer ii, give them chance TO ;urr
\ The preseat men out and put better men in
but don't let them be compelled 10 Civ,
their money TO pay a man TO persuade thea
not TO change the Government. Laugh
ter and loud cheerlng)
Well, there are still other modes BY
which executive power is established and
confrmed-the first thing il seeks to do Is
to dtaw strict lines Of party opinion, 10 ap
peal TO the party feelings Of men. This is
topic which might lead me very far intc
an enquiry as TO the causes which have
overturned all popular Governments. /
10 the uature Of men TO be credulous ant
con6ding toward their friends. II there
exists N The country powerful party, anC
+ If the head OF ths party be the head Of the
Government, and uvowing himself the heac
Of that party, gives thanks for the public
honcrs no has received, not TO the country,
but to bis party then we can see the caus
es 10 operation which, according 10 the well
Known character and tendencies Of man,
rad Us 10 give undue trust and confidence
70 party iayotltes. Why, gentlemen, Kings
and Queens of old, and probably 10 modern
times, have had their tayor,,es, and they
have given them uubounded trust. Well,
there are sometimes Among the people pc:
sons who arc no wiser than Kings and
Queens, who have favortes also. aud give
to those favorltes the same bind trust and
confidence, Hence It is very difficult, nay
sometimes impossible, 10 convince party
that the man al its head exercises an TN
due amount Of power. They say, 4" be is
our friend the more power he wlelds the
better for US, because be will weld II COR
our benefit" There IRE two sorts Of Re.
pubhcaus IN the world: one is very good
sort, the other, think, quite indifferent.
The latter care not what power persons in
office possess if they have the election OF
those persons. They are quite willing
their favorites should exercise all power,
and are perfectly contea; with tho tenden.
ClpS OF unNeFlItuck 'Nt .SAING btSIlNklslllt
If they may choose ,ne nan al the head of
it., aud more especially it they have a
chance Of being chosen themselves. That
is one sort of kepublicanlsm. But that IS
not our American liberty; that is not the
| Repubcanlsrn of the L. States, md espe
claly Of the State of Virginia. Nirginans
do not rush out into that eStrayagant conf.
iencc IN them; they are for restraining
power by law they are tot hedging IN and
strictly guarding all who exercise it.
They look upon all who are in Office as Inn
tied agents, and will mol repose too much
trus, IN any. That is American Republl.
canlsm. What was il that Thomas letter.
son said with so much emphasis Have
we found angels in the form OF men to gov,
err US However, /. might have been
then, we of this day may answer no, no.
Loud Iaughter,l We have found them a,
leas, like others, ga little io,cer than the
AogeIs" Roars Of lauShter.) In tht
same sprlt he has said, an elective despo
tism is not the Government we fought tor
| And that is true Rut our fathers fouuh