The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-06-11
NUMBER 81.


/ la Congress We dud him dcyising sys.
TEN TO divide the public lands 10 small lots,
so that every poor man could purchase a
home and a farm. Ia the Senate, wise in
counsel, able in dcbate-bis opinions and
advice esteemed by all. As Minister,
i next to his anxiety for The glory Of his own
1 country, his soliciiude was engaged for tho
| prosperity OF the young republics of South
! America. What man living bas.been in SO
many stations SO variant in their duties, and
what man living could have discharged them
with such consummale ability and ludg-
mcntl Who has a mind 50 well balanced,
with so many high traits Of intellect 80 well
/ developed! And this eminent man, who
/ has added so much !uy:rc to the fame of bis
country, IS traduced and sIau&rred by every
adyenturing politician Of the Van Buren,
party. Go on and deuouuce him, gentle,
/ mon, with your yllcst eIithcts. gu but
make his cause the cause OF the People
4 4 man who has the civic wreath entwined
/ with the martial on his brow cannot be in.
iured by denunciatiou. TIE unnatural hand
IS wlihered that wc0.d pluck one spyig from
the chaplet won by tie toll Of the soldier
and the statesman. he is one Of The Peo-
pie, identified in feeling and interest with
them, and they with him. They are his
defenders and his friends. TIE People have
themselves brought him forward without
his solicitation, and the People will support
hlm; and he stands as deeply Embedded in
the American People as the Allegheny and
the Andes do in their soil Hurl your DC.
nuncations against him like the ftiul and
wrathful clodd against the mountains brow;
/ It will bu. lerilize and keep in perennial
/ freshness the evergreen on its summit.
The People have called upon his nama
/ TO be their candidate for the Presidency be.
cause you have abused their confidence, not
redeemed your pledges, and you have filed
the land with suffering, bankruptcy, and dis.
tress. You promised them gold when you
closed the doors Of the banks, and you have
afflicted them with poverty. You have
made the banks suspend, and now you tell
the People that they must work for as low
wages as the People Of Europe. You have
told the manufacturer and the merchant tha.
they have no right to trade with credit, and
you have forced the workshops 10 be closed
/ and the factory hands to be dismissed.
/ You promised the farmer better prices for
lis flour, his corn, and his pork, aud be
cannot sell either for the cost of producing.
/ \ on have abused and deceived the People,
and now you insult them if they complain.
You have boarded up all the gold by your
office holders, and left the People not even
/ good bank paper TO do business upon. You
have tried to destroy the capital of the
country, and have reduced all wages. You
have been either too ignorant or too vicious
not TO know that wages must fall when mo.
ney is scarce, and that wages can only bo
high when capital is plenty You have re.
duccd by your measures the wages Of the
aborer and the mechanic, whilst your sal
aries have been increased by the scarcity
Of money. You can pay yourselves in gold
and silver, whilst the mechanic, the farmer,
aud the merchant cannot dispose Of their
commodities for even good bank paper.
The day of retribution is close at hand;
you have refused to listen to the complaints
and suffering of tAe People; and they will
90 themselves justice at the ballot, box
Tpe People are moving in their majesty
- their power, and will elect General
Harrison BY reclamation.
He is farmer as well as soldier and
statesman; he understands the interest Of
the farmers, and has a sympathy which
you have not, for the laboring man and the
mechanic. The People will call him from
the plough, as the Romans did Cincinnatus
OF old, 10 quiet domestic confusion and dis
order, and put the Republic once more in
prosperous condition. Post up your
books, then, tell you, fairly, and square
your accounts honestly, or burn up your de-
partments as YOU have done heretofore or
he will punish your army of defauters.
The voice of the People is heard already
like the moving of mighty waters. They
have agitated the waters that healing may
spring from them. You had as well try
and stopithe voice of the wind, as TO stifo
the voice of the People. Your selfish of
fee. holders who have fattened apon the sub
stance of the People will try and oppose
their will, but it will be useless. The Peo-
pie can aud will shake them off as easy
as the lion does the dew drops from his
name"
1.-THE People will ever remember" in
the patriotic sentiment of General Harrl-
son, "that, to preserve their liberties, they
must do their otrn roting and their owE
fighting"
4 Good Rnle III is a good criterion