The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-06-04
go NY CONSTITUENTS

Il has been my habit, Gu nav annual re
|iaru from Washington. 10 miN 50 freely
slib you that | hase DOT found II necessary
30 address you III the form Of circular
circumstances have changed, and nos finl
myself holding opinions opposed 10 those Of
ie undivided newspaper press ol the state.
Il IS due TO mysel and to you tia, SHOULD
pot conceal these opinions IRON you, nor
withhold the reasons which have led 10 lhcG..
haYe not a.ade up ny mind hastily, as to
The course winch Il vas proper for those
rccupying the peculiar position which Do,
10 take ia the coming Presidential election.
! haze done so with the uimos, dehbcraiton,
I'D alter the fullest enquiry. M, that !
ave ever once though, Of supporting Mr.
Nan Buren you seRi me here opposed to
! 10; all that | have since seen OF the prin
! piles aud character OF BIS administration
as ouiy tended TO confirm and add energy
o thu. opposition. Bu, bad doubts aheth.
|f there we're not grounds Of opposition to
he other candidate, though not equally
Ioug, yet strong enough To forbid Iny sup
ouing hin. There are differences of opla.
ia Oh lmportaa, subjects between Gen.
8llfnsou and myself, but there IS no pros
&C, for the present, and see bu, little Cor
lie future, Of the elevation 70 the PtesIdcn
b Of any one holding my peculiar PFino'.
les. have therefore 10 ca0ose between
he tao, aud having decided preference,
y canno, consent to withhold the EXPIRE ssion
hi that preference. do not Intend 10 60
ulo the caByoss but between lho, aud vo
ng al tho election ttere IS wide dit
,reIee. do not intend to be forced milo
tny position which will IN any way utter
rre slth my placing myself IN opposition,
81 Gen. Harrison shall ba elected 10 any
Pleasures which ho may propose, OF eenrr
3ilIy 10 his administration, Il duty shall dc
snand II u me. No; TO vote is mere chlld's'
ehy, and unbeoomlng the Stale lit had
leased the leaders OF the old notification
arty to have absianod from any parilcipl
ION whatever 10 thu contest, ] should hive
cen grati6cd; but /, has mt. The most
tlreuuous advocates Of Mr.. Van Buren, tha,
know are politicians and leaders If the
publication party. That party has been
badeed dissolved, and the largest portion IN
|Fuf own State are neic distinctly mustered
flnder the banner OF Mr.. Van Buren,.
erapnot culist in that service, and for the
folloaung among many other reasons
Pave always looked with the greatest fears
r. the introduction into the politics ot the
II nton of the system Of tho Albany Recen
Fy, system commenced immediately after
|ibe close Of The Revolution. by Aaron Burr,
|hnl Of which Mr.. Van Bureu IS the ac
|knowlodscd head, The great Characters
pc Oh that system is 10 govern men by ad
dressing the loves, Of their selfish passions,
Iihe love OF money add Of office. The same
|system upon which Sir Robert Walpulc
|praclised with such cotrupllng i1fl1unce
upon English morals, aud with such fatal
4 fleets upon English liberty. II for no 9th.
|cr reason, would not sanction, by re.
ELECTION, the iutluruccs which brought Mr.
Van Buren, into power; no fair man will
deny tina, he was broush, into office by The
|ovcpowering influence Of Gen. Jackson
The FIRST step in the decline OF oil fee re.
publIcs has been the nomination by tho cx
ccutiye bend Of the Government Of his sue
cessor 1t is curious fact, and viii be SO
regarded hereafter, that man should have
attained the Presidency wilhou, having as
socia,ed his name with ono single lmpor
tan, period or measure iu the history Of his
country. IL tho most prolix aud minute
historian we're to write tho history Of thus
country previous TO Mr.. Van Bufen's cleo
ton, ,hero 10 no single point IN that history
with which he would find occasion or ex'
cuse for connecting his name. regard as
The very greatest danger Of the times IN
which we live, greater even than the on.
crcachments of the Federal on the State
Governments, tho alarming tendency to
the accumulation in the Federal Executive
oil all the powers Of tho coordinate depart
Inen,s Of the Federal Government. We
have scon Mr.. Van Buren, pcrslstlng II
pressing upon tho country his hnnncIa
schemes after repeated decisions Of the PEG
pie against them in defiance Of their ramon
strances and in disregard Of their great ant
universal sutiarings. We havo seen h'u
urging these schemes by all the vast pat