The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-02-13

their businesses IN the ciCtWfy 81 inc HeN
| Indies, and in the very centre Of the South.
Are gentlemen aware that the Maine boun-
dairy question is far, very far from yet be,
/ ing even in train of adjustment, aud that
the utmost discretion will be required ON
/ the part of both Governments to avoid a
war at the end OF that question! Without
even possibility OF that, is there any man
who can look without indignation at so
! formidable an enemy being embodied IN the
very heart Of the South, or at the miserable
| farce Of a treaty which stipulated 10 yield
10 them portion of the Territory SIR,
/ /, is not the land that we want we have too
much of that already. Ii is the removal OF
the Indians, and that only, which will salts.
/ fy us. And what has been done to this end
by this President OF ours This Northern
man with Southern principles, and his Sec.
retary OF War, a Sollhern man whit am
at a loss 10 say ~ha. principles, except John
Randolph's celebrated seven. Why, sir,
we have seen the larger part Of the Army
withdrawn from the ouly point where they
we're really required, and engaged 10 an
empty pageant at Trenton-an empty pa.
I geant made still more ridiculous By re.
view and inspection Of the discipline and
tactics by the President and his Secretary.
Yes, sir, the army which should have been
IN Florida was eucamped a thousand miles
IRON the point where they were hourly re-
quired, when every morning reveIlle was
he news Of the massacre OF their fellow sol
dlers, and Of the women and children Of Flo
rida. Was II to remove them from the
presidential mtasma of the swamps OF Flon
ra That climate was deemed good enough
for the gallant TAYLOR and Harvey. Why
was II not so for all am sure that there
vas none amongst the officers who would
DOT have preferred 10 remain at the post Of
duty and Of honor. Has such hing ever
before occurred Generally We haze seen
troops concentrated npon the point Of dan.
ger uod of war-hut here We see them re.
moved from 1t, aud the country left wholly
exposed.
The first passage Of the Message on the
Currency subject, which strikes me, IS the
following:
1.-The nineteen millions Of Treasury notes au-
ihorized BY the ac, Of Congress OF 1887, and the
notifications thereof with ? view to tue indul.
gcnce Of merchants on their duty bonds, and OF
the deposi;e banks ia the payment Of public mo-
news held By them, have been 50 punctlaily r.
deemed, as to lc.ye loss than the original ten
millions outstanding At any one time, and the
whole amount uuTcdeculed now falls short Of
three millions Ofthcsc, the chief portion IS not
due tlll next year and the whole would have
beer already extingushrd could the Treasury
have realized toe payments due TO Il from the
banks. II those due from them during the next
year shall be punctu4l!y made, aud Il Congress
shall keep the appropriations within the estimates.
there is every reason 10 believe that al the out
standing Treasury notes can be redeemed, and
the ordinary expenses betrayed without Imposing
on the People any additional burden, either OF
loans or increased taxes
Z Now, sir, must be allowed, without the
/ slightest intentional personal disrespect TO
The President, to say, that not a single state.
ment contained IN the above extract IS true.
| do not insiuuaie, because | 20 not believe
the Presdcut capable % an intentional ms
statement, BOT | do say that these state
ments are incorrect, and that he might aud
ought to have known better. First: were
these Treasury notes issued with view to
enable the Government TO indulge the banks
aud merchants The debt from bo,h these
sources was less than sir millions at the
period Of the last issue vf ten millions o.
these Treasury notes. How, lhen, can a
debt o. six millions be the reason and the
excuse for issuing ten millions Of notes -
Although not so expressly stated, there arr
other passages Of the message a. vel "a.
Of the Treasury report, winch imply, that
indulgence to the banks was tire sole rca
son for this issue Of az Unconstitutional cur
rency, How gross a Misrepresentation thl'
u, will be seen from the fact that, al the
period Of the last issue OF ten millions, The
banks owed lass than two millions. woull
here take occasion to say, in passing, that
these deposlte banks, which have been hab
lluaIlv denounced for their failures anC
frauds, have gwen evidence OF power Il
-Jihl their engagements and noble fidelity
IN doing so absolutely unprecedented, ans
beyond the hopes 81 the most saugUinc, anC
which throughout Europe - regarded wnt
wonder aud admiration. They have iu!h'l
ed, to a miracle, all their engagements, and
besides that, have sustained the country
under circumstances Of difficulty and DIS
tress where the boIJcst might have despair
ed. know, sir, that these are unfash,yn
able opinions and truths, unwhoIcsgme tc
Drawing po'iticIans-that desplclbie nnd
perncous class, whose only ambition is 10
rise from tha, obscurlry to which a want
Of al lalcut and all virtue has destined them,
BY joining every popular clamor even against
the best and most sacred institutions Of so.
ciely. | am not one Of those whose
thoughts ever keep the roadway can
not lend myself to injustice Of any Sort
What, sir, are the facts in relation to on
counexion with the depos,e banks? The
year before the suspension they held, OF
account Of the Government, more than siN
millions Of money. Il was contemplated
by the distribution bill to withdraw this
sum in eighteen months. That itself was
r regarded nv rnost men who were best in