The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-11-05
From the Raleigh Register.

luuOia, dud VINO was one oil the most cot
spcUOus supporters of Gen Jacksons AID
miuistralion, and friend to the eiection oi
Mr.. Van Buren,, has lately, n letter in
answer to an invitation to Wing meeiing
Of the citizens Of she District cordially uui
ted 10 opinion with the " Wigs in the ne
cessl'y Of ciectlng Van Buren, from the
Presidency. The General states that be
supported The Administrations Of Jefferson
Madison, Monroe and Jackson, and contin
ued 10 90 with Van Burcn, Until he under
took measures which no other President
from Vashington's time TO the present
would have sanctioned. The General emu
ineraies suGIe Of the leading grievances uu
der which the Country is al present suffer
I Ing. The arrangement and waai Of a
sound Currency, which has produced gen.
erul taI! N The price Of property, proves, lie
SAYS, that something is umiss 10 the ruling
I Political Power. In every wel regulated
society, all trades aud occupations are made
TO har'Donlze for he pubic good the inter
est OF each IS Identified and every attempt
TO excite the jealousy Of one class against
another, IS TO be ascr,bed TO motives Of sci
fish ambition. II is the duty Of Rulers TO
cherish harmony, and thus promote the
prosperity and happiness OF The Country +,
aud uhtneser the Head Of a Government
takes a contrary course, he ought al ouce
10 be removed.
Contrast, says The General, the situation
and progress Of every branch Of business IN
the Country, ~hi!e the currency and credit
OF our happy community was undlsiutbed.
Then, genus aud enterprise we're not PIE.
vented from inyeuIing and COMMUNICATING
The noblesl works Of man; abundance of EN-
ployment 10 all lis variety comfort aud pro.
fit every shere flowed INTO the lap Of indus
try; property Of every tind found lis value !;
pubic and private vtEIua presided over
cHulcntcd people, and The true glory OF a
happy land bbznd forth os a guiding Ii.hl
to an adnnrug World. But because, every
now and then a failure OF Bank or a Mer.
camille Concern, gns heard Of and some
persons suffered from the vlanv Of others
all must therefore be swept BY the board,
and Dew system be organized. But Who
ever saw state Of Society ~lthou, occa
sIoaal evils Of Ibis bind They are a ue
c-ssary part Of every civilized Society,
which It is the province Of law to cheek and
restrain.
The General observes, that it is truly
said, that vigilance is the price Of liberty"
and then onumerates some Of the instances
d! the gross Encouragement of the present
Administration, commencing with the Flor
idn War, which IS a subject of painful con
slderation to every friend ofhunaaity. Be
sides the many millions spent In this terri
bic contest WITH few struggling savages,
the blood of ctr population as well as that
Of our army, has been profrse'y shed, and
the destitute surviving inhabitants are fly.
ing in terror and despair, aud the mercless
Indians are invading the nelghboring States.
II is an inglorious War, Of which We enn
SEQ no end.
He next refers to the vcycd question Of
the North Eastern Boundary, uhich has
been greatly neglected and may ultimately
ba attended with serious coost quences, #
the adnstmen, be farther delayed.
The New Jersey case he represents as
violating great principle on the threshold,
and as conducted with violence destruc
tive Of the calm and lofty dignity of Legs
lailvc proceedings.
The contemptuous neglect and rejection
by Congress Of all Legislative business IN
relation to the District Of Columbia, was,
he says, as dlsgracetu as it was unjust to
the citizens; and, OF the total lnatteutton OF
Congress to the numerous and pressing prl
vale claim, upon the q Government, lie speaks
Of as unpardonabe.
The General also charges Congress with
neglect Of the noble Smithsonian
Legacy, $500 ,000 Of which have been long
AGO received by the Government, and yet
no effective measure has beer taken 10 car
ry the will of the donor into effect.
And the General asks, is moi the Admin |
lslfalion responsible for all this misconduct
Doubtless it is, Il had majari,ies in both I
Houses Of Congress, who proved their devo /
ton BY q prompt execution Of every tlVorite .
PROJECT presented by the Executive. Let
Il, then, not be SAID tor IL IS pitliui eva /
sion) 1.-THE fault hes with Congress, the |
President can do nothing" Is it possible
the people can be trcked with such mock
cry The President. we all know, can f.
e recommend strong'yfor consideration. y
fl the President had chosen 10 urge Con
sress on these topics, with bat tythe Of the
zeal which be employed in the case Of the
sub Treasury, or his war on the Credit sys
ten, he would not have failed 10 effect his
object.
The General concludes his list of abuses,
by mentioning the provision Of an act Of last
session, which gives the President the ar.
bilrary power of dispensing, a, his dtscre,
ton, with the application of certain appro
prla,Ions made by Congress, for different
objects, and to apply the money 10 such 9th
er objects as be may Judge proper.
Upon the whole, no states the ruinous
condition OF our public atnirs 10 be such as
was never before witnessed, and produced,
rs he believes, by deleterlous measures
pressed on the Legislature by sophistry, aud
, datermined SVstemattc warfare against the /