The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-12-10
TO OUR WING FRIENDS.

that our Loco foco opponents wiil esiab-
lsh au opposition Press III Charlotte. We
admit they have the right to do so--of this
We DO not cemplaa; but We think it moth.
no but Justice to ourselves to inform our
friends Of the fact, and the manner in " hich
,he opposition is raised. A subscription
has been made and many Of our political
opponents have subscribed, some fifty dol.
lars and some less, land the size Of their
subscription no doubt speaks their hatred
Il to us, and they have by this means obtain
d sum sufficient TO deiray the purchase
81 Il au establishment. No one disputes tia;
"A lueg heye the right to do with their mo.
roy what they please-but it is their OBJ
& Get re tase to DO. If they were merely
" lsrous Of advocating their principles, as
laey say, why did they not get q man to
come on his oYn hook. The reason is OBJ.
yiaus to us--because few would be found
to run the risk. Dir. Hampton will come
here with an establishment furnished to his
band, well, if he succeeds he will pay for
i IT course, IL not be loses nothing. Thus
chr iriends will see the necessity Of stick.
FOG to us closer than ever. We do not seek
opposition, but fair one we DO not fear.
While VIC are on this subject, We would
cali the attention OF our readers to The
name Of the proposed new paper. Il is to
BE- called tho I" Aiecslenburg Jeaersonian.'
IL our view the name is slar on the
county OF Mecltlenburg, for II IS well known
Tia, many and Mr.. Jefferson araong the
number, disbcleved in the Mcckleuburg
Declaration Of Independence fact that
can be as satisfactorily proven as any CIR
Gimstance that transpired during the Rev /
cla;ion, and one il not more Of the subscri-
hers 10 this new press is also disbeliev-
or, &c, this name is taken to gull the peo.
pie into the impression that this paper viii !
be tho only defender Of the doctrines cd.
saeaied by tie Wings Of rs, the Editor Of
which few years ago abused Mr.. Van I
Barcn like pick pocket, and who abouta
year ago became an advocate for bis re-
Zeeeiion. With these facts before them
scl The fact tha, the Van Buren, men are
wiibdrawiog their support from Us, can any I
Wigs support ii.
TIE following is an extract from lei
ter written by Mr.. jefferson TO the elder
Adams relative to the Mecklenburg Dec.
ara,ion Of Independence. Hear what he I
says about it:
aioaGeslio, July Q. 1919
Dear Sir.
Il Bot what has attracted my peculiar notice, is 4
10 paper from Mrcklenbnrs county, Of North |
3sfGIins, pablishel IN the Essex Register /
heh you were so kind as 10 enclose 10 your last,
- b Jane the e1i. And you seom 10 thnh II geo.
as. beliars Il spurious ! deem Il TO be
ssy unjus,ifahle quiz. like that Of tho volcano,
o minutely related 10 US az haviag broken Out ia 4
S0r;h Carolina, some hstf dozen years ago, in I
BAT part Of the country. and perhaps in that very
aaa,y Of iiecktenburg, for do not romsm6er
precise locality If tnIs paper be really taken
oio ,bs RAsigh Register, as qno,ed, wonder
iboaid havs escaped Richie, who evlls what Is
eOa from every papsr. ss tho bee from every
ssst and tho National Inteligenesr,' too,
Ehoh is edited BY North Csrolinian and that
be Gre should bGIs out Ill st once in Essex one
5oasiod miles from whsre the spark IL SAID 10
ave fallen. But If rssly taken from the Ra
siah Register who is the narrator, and is the
sDe s1bscrkad real, or is Il as fictitious as the
paper tssIff II appeals too, 10 az risiual book.
shicb IL burui, To Mr.. Alexander, who Is dead,
10 JON, lsttsr from Csswell, HuEhas, and Hoop
p, ell dad 20 copy son' to The dead oaswel,
and snoihsr sent TO Doctor williamson, nov pro
zbly dsnd. whose memory did not reeeileet 10
the history he has wriitsn OF n orth Carolina, this
giqsntio step of lis county Of Mseksnhurr,.
bOrry, too. Is silent IN his history Of Marion,
whose scene OF action was the country bordering
|on MosklenbnSg Ramsay, MARSHALL, Jones,
GsFardiu, WIT, historians Of the adjacent States
al silent When Nh Hsnry's resolutions. far
shor ofiUdependsnce, few like lightning through
every paper, and kinded both SIDES Of the Allan.
10, this Gaming declaration Of the Same date, OF
The Independence Of Meckenburg county OF
Sunh carolius, absolving it fron tho British al
aeanee, and abiuring all pslitcs eonnex'on
siih ths, nation. although sent 70 Congress toe
Il never heard OF. II ia not known even twelve
mouth altar. WHOM similar proposition is hrst
made in thai body Armed with this bold exsm-
ple, would ncuyon have Addressed our timid breih-
ran in peals Of thunder. on their tardy fears =
Would not every advocate Of independence have
nng the gcries Of Mecklenburg county, in North
Carolina, in the ears Of doubling Dickinson and
'the7, who hung so heavily on us' Yet the ex-
snpa Of independent Necklenhnrg county, IN
Ssnh Carolina, was never once quoted The
Paper speaks, too, Of the continued exsrt'ohs OF
asr delegation (Caswell, Hooper, Hugh-s,l in
Tho cnnss cfiiber,y and Independence Now you
fsrsmber as w-ll az do, that we had not grea-
e' tory IN Congress than Hooper that hughes
wa very wavering, sometimes firm sometimes
Fable, according as tho day was clear or cloudy
That Cas~e.!, indeed. was good whig, and Kept
these gentlemen 10 the notch, while he vas pre-
ssni bui that he left soon, and their line OF con
duo, became then uncertain until Penn came,
who Fixed Hughes and the vote Of tho state
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