The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-06-11
CHARLOTTE, N. G., JUNE IL, 1910.

T
rem has ayowed IN his letter 10 a committee
Of gentlemen Of North Carolina that Con.
gress has the power 10 abolish slavery III
The District Of Columbia. Is such the
Southern doctrine II such are the views
Of gentlemen Of the South, stand aool from
them. But they answer, if The two llou.
SEES should pass bill to abolish slavery, Mr..
Van Buren, is pledged to put his veto upon
IL Is the South 10 be enlfnpped by such
delusiHe security? What would veto be
worth IN such contingency ? Nothing
The majority, once told 10 this House aud
the other, wuald alarm the South to disso.
luton; your Union, IN despite Of the veto,
would not last moment. Bat, did Mr..
Van Buren, believe that during his admins.
traitor there was likely TO be majority in
either House Was any sensible or half
! deIaded man in the South OF such an opin.
/ ion Mr.. Van Buren, ayowed IT as clap
/ trap 10 catch the deluded. 1t was throw.
/ lng sop to Cerberus. Bot let US progress
~ the analogy, or rather want Of similarity
IN their conduct and sentiments. Mr.. Van
Buren, voted instructions, when a member
Of the Senate of New York, 10 the Senators
and Representatives IN Congress, to vote
against the admission oil Missouri INTO the
/ Lnlon. Has that vote lpgratiated him with
/ the South What did General Harrison
/ do Although member Of Congress from
d free State, he voted with the South for
+ the admission Of Missouri, aud made patri.
otto sacrifice Of himself for the South and
I for the Union. VIII the South reward him
nov with lngratiiude and denunciatlon!
Mr.. Van Buren voted in the New York
i Convention in favor oil the right and by his
/ Influence secured the passage Of the mea.
sure, for free negroes to vote in that State.
Are such the views Of the South, and has
/ that vote made the South revere him as u
! Northern man with Southern principles -
have been in 0atario county, New York,
during an election when one Of the blacklist
negroes in America, as black one as ever
doiicd cap or dropped a smiling curiesy to
the Wee President Of the United States,
was led 10 the polls by two or three Of the
followers Of Mr Van Buren,, and he voted
their ticket.
will no, charge Mr. Van Burcn with
being an aboitionlst. But | will say that
he is Just the kind Of man who has the abil.
iiy and the will 10 so shape his course, and
10 spread his net, as to take the majority
Of them TO himself Ii becomes his policy
10 concilae them. Aud here will ven.
,ure prediction, that Col. r. VI. Johnson,
who said in the debate on the Missouri
Question, February l, 1920, that In the
Dls,ric, of Columbia, containing a popula,
ton Of 10000 souls, and probably as many
slaves as the Whcic OF Missouri, the power
OF providing Tor their emancipation rests
with Congress alone. will not be run in
the South, where the views Of Governor
Tyler are so well known. For the latter
stands upon the high patriotic and demo.
cratic ground Of defending the right OF pro-
pcrty from all unlawful and unconstitutional
seizure or Interference. Willis, the for.
mer will be run 10 all the Northern and
Middle States, in order to secure the aboll
ton, and tha, kindred and worse class of
voters
W,th such opinions Of Mr.. Van Buren,
as have alluded 10, some Of the designing
politicians OF the South have justified them
selves q; home for sustaining him against
the interest Of the South, because they call
him a Northern man with Southern prIncl.
pies. Is his sub Treasury scheme a mca.
sure in accordance with Southern prlnci
pies, which is destined to hoard all the sDe.
cie in the nation in the hands of The office.
hodersl Is his Treasury Bank, that mea.
sure of Executive consolidation and Urea.
sury note paper, measure Of Southern ad.
mratlon Is his miserable arrangement
Of the currency measure favorable 10 the
South, which has reduced the real aud per.
sonaI estate Of the South, and all lis staples,
to half the price they were when he ascend
ed the Executive chair
Is his informing the Congress of the Uni.
ted States, and the People, that the People
expect too mich Of Government, when they
desire the Government TO adopt measures
to Improve the currency, and the country,
a sentiment which meets with a favorable
response from the South Do such opn.
ions aud such conduct ondoar Mr. Nan Blu.
ren to the South
Sir, detesl the name Of Northern man
with Southern principles. | dctcst any
Executive that would sacrifice any portion
Of the Uaion TO the rest If Il were true
that Mr.. Van Buren, has done so, as
Southern Representative, would abhor
the motive and the man.
If he has sold, betrayed, or sacrificed the
interest of the North to the South, is such
a man trustworthy If he has turned tra,
tor to the North 10 buy up the South, if he
has done such thing once, will he not, If
it is his interest, turn false to you, as he
has TO his friends at tho North VIII he
not sacrifice you as readily as he would the
people Of the North Is his attachment
any stronger for you than it was for those
who first supported him, who made him all
that he isl And if it is true that he is now
false to them, is he not chargeable with tho
viest ingratitude
Will the proud and boosted chiyalry of
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