The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-01-09
ZOE al eIlAnIor1E !ernNAL. !
Clear Greek, MeekienJurg Comfy,
December 26th, 1889.

Mr.. Horror. SIR: | have taken the
liberty Of addressing letter OF inquiry to
you, relative to a meeting that is said to
have been held By the Van Buren, party
on the 2lst Of December in Charlotte-the
object Of which understand was to appoint
| Delegates to a Convention to he held at
Raleigh on the sth OF January, for the pur-
pose OF nominating a candidate for Cover
nor. My informant tells me that not more
/ than eight or zen persons were present,
they being | suppose, the leaders of the
party, and consequently the most interest
cd m the mat,er--notwlthstandlng the few
| in attendance, the meeting was organized
and proceeded with their deliberations,
which resulted finally in the appointment
Of several gentlemen 10 represent the party
IN this county in the conyention--onc Of
the Delegates appointed is the Superlnen.
dent of the Branch Mint, who is also un-
dcrstand Director and Stakeholder in the
State Bank and goes to Raleigh in the
double capacity Of Delegate to a Con-
yention Of the mt Bank party, and to be
present at, or rather to attend meeting
of the Bank directors. II is for Informal
ton solely on this point, that ! have trou-
bled you, sir, with this communication
The first inquiry then, is, whether the Su-
perlntendent of the Mint has actually been
appointed one Of the Delegates 10 the Con.
yentlon. If 50, whether he is a Director
and Stakeholder in the State Bank. If
both these intcrrogations be answered in
The affirmative, what are my neighbors,
who are mostly of the Van Buren, party,
and myself, TO think of the consistency of
that party whom we have been taught TO
bcheve-wcre opposed to all Banks, and
moncd corporations, as being dangerous
to the liberties Of the people. When those
gentlemen are called upon for an expIana-
ton Of this matter-lt may be said IN us-
iliicatl0n that because one man Of the par
" is Inconsistent, or in other words that
because one of the party may condemn and
abuse the Banks before the people, when
al the same time he IS Director and
Stakeholder in Bank, IS no reason that
all the prominent men and leaders of the
party should he Inconsistent, or be Bank
Directors or Stockholders. To this areu-
mont can only answer that when We the
people see the leaders Of the party, mean
the Van Buren, Locofoco party, holding
caucus and appointing an Office holder IN.
der the General Government with salary
.of lwo thousand dollars year, who is also
a Bark Director and Stockholder-to re-
present their principles IN a convention
say when we see these things, we are
astonished, and cannot tell who Of that
party are consistent and who are not-who
are Bank Directors and Stockholders and
who are not. Ought we not therefore 10
look upon all their professions of consis-
tency with suspicion. Have we not good
cause TO do 50 Here then we find the
anli.Bank Van Burcn Locofoco party meet.
lng IN caucus and appointing Bank Di-
rector and office holder 10 represent them
and Their principles IN a convention 10 be |
heid al Raleigh on lhc 9Th Of January
What commentary upon the consistency |
Of that party. Only think of it. The
Van Buren, party, sending a bank man to
represent them in a Conycntion-yet, they
halc the face 10 tell the people that all /
Banks are unconstitutional, an,I.republican
and dangerous to their libertics--whcn at
the same time their actions give the lie to 4
their words II the Van Buren, party Of
this county are ready 10 submit to such /.
base deception a. this, let Us have no more /
OF their boaStcd conslstency-the pure /
democracy ard lheiranti- Bank principles
Blu, let them tamely submit TO the collar
and suffer themselves TO be led witherso.
ever the interests of few designing dem
agogucs NAV dictate. Can the Van Buren,
party of this county any longer with con
si>tency claim TO be republicans mean
Jciilrsonan repubhcaus-when they suffey
an office holder under the Government
whose politics are based upon his Office, 10
in elections, and 10 represent them
in a convention. No matter whether the
Superintendent attends the Convention or
not, the principle Is the same, the decd is
done-thc Locofocos have appointed him
and it presents one specimen of Locotoco-
ISM out of the many that have been prac-
tisod upon the msuspccting people of this
Yours, &c.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
we received the above communication for
publication las, week but as We issued no paper
it was deferred until this week We now inform
our Correspondent One Of the People that the
Democrats did hold a meeting in Charlotte, on
the 2lsi of December. As respects tie number
We are unable to say how many attended as We
were not present, but we understood not more
than 10 or Is The meeting also appointed the
Superintendent Of the Branch Mint one of the
Delegates 10 the Convention held in Raleigh on
the Sth and for the further information Of our
Correspondent We state that the Superintendent
is a Stakeholder as well as Director in the Bank
of the State of North Carolina.-Ed. Charlotte
Journal.
To the Commissioners Of Charlotte:
Charlotte, ~ c. january 9th, 1910.