The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-03-26
Mnllard Creek, March 90, $40.


surprised a few days since, at hearing a
report now quite current in my ncigAbor-
hood, that the Superintendent OF the Mint
had been betting freely on the approaching
Presidential Election. say was sur
prised, because the Superintendent since
lie came 10 our county, has been classed
among that order of individuals who STYLE
themselves Van Buren, Democrats, The ST.
mon pures Of the land; and you know, sir,
that Thomas Jefferson, the Father of De
nCcracy, said that any interference on the
part of an office holder under the General
Government, with the freedom Of elections
ought to be u ground Of impeachment, so
gross a violation did he consider ii OF re-
publican doctrines. Yet such an interior
ence has become the daily practice Of the
Aristocrauc Democrats of the immaculate
Van Buren, party. was credibly inform
ed that during the last Superior Court in
Charlotte, the Superintendent was fire.
quently seen busving himself in the Court
Yard, chanting the praises Of his master
Van, and denouncing tho venerable Harri-
son rs an Abolltonist. Yes, sir, the peo-
PIES Candidate denounced, yiliticd and a.
buscd by an Office holder, an aristocrat Of
the first water, with a fine carriage and
horses, dashing about the country, drawing
a salary Of t,ro thousand dollars n wear
from the Goyernmeut-for what Is il to
electioneer for Martin Van Buren-or to
supcrintend the business of the Mint he
can decide, Well might Mr.. Jefferson
have looked upon snCh conduct as a suifi-
cient ground of Impeachment. Let any
farmer in the community look at the mat
ter cooIly and dispassionately, and say
whether it is consistent with republicanism
and the duties of public officer thus to
interfere with the freedom, OF elections.
Blu! as the day of retribution draws near,
the Superintendent is beginning to lay his
aristocracy on the shelf and mingle with
the people, shake hands with the farmers
talk of Democracy, entreating the dear
people not to forsake Mr.. Van Buren, in
this hour Of trlbulatlon--makes great
fuss in order to convince the bystanders of
the certainty of Vans election, and to
prove that he is in earnest ventures bet
of two hundred Enthusiastically however,
he is seen slipping around the crowd, takes
aside the gentleman with whom he bets aud
bogs off, rather considering the two hundred
dollars safer in his pocket than when stalk
ed on Van against Harrison. The cerc-
mony Of betting two hundred dollars public
" for effect, and drawing it privately for
interest, being gone through with, the cur
tain falls-soon the aristocratc Supernten-
dent is seen vending his way home hum
ming God sdre the King. The next stu
alton you might expect to find hun in is
standing over u bowl of water scrubbing
his hands to remove the disagrceable oder
of the farm ynrd occasioned by shaking
hands with tarmers-or in other words oc-
casioned by too close contact of arlstoc-
racy with democracy. Such is small
specimen of the office holders republican
ism. The people should he on their guard
and not suffer themselves to be duped BY
such odrmants, for it must be rccollected
that they arc well paid for their zeal in the
support of Van Buren,. The interest Of
the office holder is not the interest of the
people. A FARMER.