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

mig bauk notes for q year, aud yet they
nronise to pay IN specie on demand aud
his. too, sir, when draft Of the Slate for
three hundred thousand dollars has been re
Gently protested, without any provision
uhateyer being made 10 meet III but, on the
contrary, stock which was hypothecaled for
ia nayment is ordered 10 be sold for other
nurposes. This law was signed on Friday,
and the bank suspended the next Monday.
These. sir, are characteristic signs of what
will be the general feeling aud the general
,.sults 10 the end, Of this most disastrous
exoeriment upon the happiness, and fortunes,
and business oiihe People. lrcJoIce, there
fore, tina, the purposes OF the Administration
are al length avowed. If these objects are
sanctioned any where, | shall be disappolnl
ed Ii there is one man IA South Carroll
na who is IN favor of aboIlshiug bank pa
per as a currency, have never seen him.
The President attaches much importance
N The fact which he states, that there is
never any large amount a, any one time 10
the hands Of collectors, &c. Who did not
know hiatt Who did not know that the
uroaieate waste Of the public money by this
sneudhrlit Administration, at the same lime
that our revenues was greatly diminished,
had forced the GoYerntDcnt literally 10 1--we
from hand to mouth Nay, more, sir, 10
resort TO the mos, despeahe shifts to
Z" raise the wind l"--no other phrase will so
vel; express the idea. To do that which
would irretrlegably disgrace private man
TO draw for money when they knew taey
mad nnnc on which TO draw But, sir, this
state Of things, IL is to be hoped, IS not 10
las, always. Ii We should ever again have
fuIl Treasury, the currency will be dlsas
tronsly contracted, and, what is more, your
sub Treusurefs, With large amounts OF gold
and silver 90 hand, may ruin at will every
bsGk IN the country. Will not this give
political power over those institution which
may well be dreaded
must apolog,ze for OBTAINING the House
50 long bOl icel IT 70 be my duty To call
The pubic attention 70 some Of I've points Of
th,s Message, especially 10 the Startling pro.
position To abolish, III effect, bluk paper,
and thus 10 operate on State institutions by
the indirect use Of power gfan,ed Cor 9th.
er and different purposes power which
never would have been granted III the pur.
poses for which S nov proposed to be used.
We entertain very great hopes that the
ridiculous extent 10 which The doctrine q
inNrucing Senators - cerued 10y some OF
Inc States will work us owa cure. Attach
q, ourselves, 10 the right Of Instruction. II
the sense ia which that right was conluuded
for and used BY me Democratic periS 10 for
mer times, we are mortified to see the fool
tn extremes to which II Is pushed Dy The
"pa,enl dcmoGrats OF the present DAY.
Were a State eu,eflaims thorough and
settled conviction on any great point Of pub
lie policy, aud her Senator should differ
from his State, ia his views ~Ih regard To
that particular measure OF policy, the State,
in cur humble opinion, NAV instruct, aud the
Senator ought to obey Butio be instruct.
ing Senator's on, Of their seats, on oil the
miserable petty political questions Of the
lv--iuslrucicd, too, bl accidental parts
mal3nl.es IA the Legislature, winch major
t,ts mas be changed Ia SIX monlhs--ls too
ab.Ifd Il u high time for independent
sta,esncG 10 resist this thing. 1t the
Constitution be placed above The reach Of
TIE two peaay palic,aus N the LcsIsla.
lore-.-AitrgHdrfa ia -Ee.
Tho Hartford Tunes tells the following
snecdote q the Connecticut Legislature.
1 certain city member whose vanity has
heretofore tel hum iuto various parts Of the
county and state, to mike display barrel
eoqlencc," was 30 ffcqleutly upon his feet
to utter some poin,Iess remark 10 pomp
Gus manner, as at length 10 uausealc the
somachs Of bis own parry. The usual pre-
face 10 his exhibition Of strong luGgs winit
a seak BRAIN" was a dccIalmer al every
thing but COMMON sense, aud no less AFRO
CANT claim 10 the possession d that cnyil.
bic faculty. 81 do claim TO be i man Of
Common sense, Mr.. Speaker" bad been SO
often repeated, aud followed by the immcdt
ate proof Of the wan, Of IT, that wag Of his
own party declared that he would take the
sense of the House upon ii, It the gentleman
from Hartford persisted 10 so uutouuded q
claim Accordingly when the standing
preface was again repeated, = do claim 70
he man OF common sense, Mr. Speak =,
the reply was Immediately heard, Mr.,
Speaker, | demand the yeas and nays on
that question:"
Extraordinary Fasting. Calvin Nor
/ gun, Ul Gfoton, Conn on the 18th %. No
tenbcr last, commenced fast ul forty days
from all food, taking nothing but u lnIe
cold water, say half pint IN every hours
for the whole time. During the latter part
| Of bus abstinence, he vas VISITED by the
| physician OF the place almost every day
lie was able TO 90 about and continued to
do so evea ia the very cold days OF last
week. n2l days Of has abstinence, naiibm
SGD IMAM erucudtionem habuit, his pulse va
RED from 40 to 80 10 minute, aud very
feeble ; and there was nothing, bat once, to
Indicate any activity of the bowels. Ga
tuesday evening OF the present mouth, with