The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-01-21
CHARLOTTE, N. c., JANUARY 81, 1871.

. 80 p'o' ".fh Sttot NGHttIeEcet lIiaI no VIII
no, behese that these gentlemen are IN ia
yor Of the project, unril bill for Ina, pur
pose has been passed aud ratified, and be
sees II published IN the National inlelligen
Ger. These, sir, are most extraordinary
declarations on The part Of The gentleman.
Why did he not make them Ia CAUCUS, whe,e
The persons assailed might have had an OPP.
PorIUuiiy Of defending themselves What
proof can he bring forward now TO sustain
them II he should say that Mr.. Maugum
Omitted, six years ago, to vote for the meas
nre, tim, is not sufficient TO support bis pres.
ent charges. Aud with respect 20 Mr. Ora
ham, can he pct his finger upap one act Of
his life TO justify them agGiBs. LIm VIII
ham A, Z raham, sir, is a map Of as much
candor, trGIh and honor, as much frmDess
I aud consistency, as any ever kuew.--
When, therefore, he walt1ny, aud without
one Paillcle Of proof to support hun, cbarg
es that gentleman with iasincsrity aud by.
pocrlsy, and says, that Until Law is passed,
he %il! not believe IN the truth OF his declar
llloas, tho Senator on this floor has taken
lao altitude which relieves ne from all obi.
gailou 10 extend to him any extraordinary
degree Of forbearsnce. His course would
DO without parallel on this occasion, were
Il loi for that OF ,ae newspaper printed in
his town, the remaks Of whose editor, equal.
y uujus., coarse, ard mpudan:, appears to
have pleased nobody bot the gentleman
himself.
The Senator, 10 the next place, Dr.
Speaker, lands mr. 3iacsn as the greatest
and yisest man the State ever produced.
hr. Macon himself was Of different opin-
ION, il have been correctly informed, he
having declared that a certain gentleman
in EdgecoInb county was the greatest man
10 ever saw. lie SAYS further, that Mr..
N2coA was only at one caucus, and declaT-
ed that ii was 40 place fer an honest man.
In this matter, too, unfortunately for his
present purpose, the gentleman differs from
Nh. Macon, be having been to more than
one caucus. In fact, Sir, as far as | have
kHcwn tho gentlcmans views and Mr. Ma
cons, they differed entirely. What can be
his motives for thus praising him now =
Whv, Mr.. Macon, az | have understood,
was not only opposed 10 kagshesd, but he
was utterly hostile to al! kinds Of Internal
improve ient, whether made hv the Gen
eral or Stale Governments. But the gen
lemna tells US that he has always been in
favor Of Internal Improvements. Are we
to understand, therefore, that the scales ara
beginning 10 fal! from the Honorable Soma
tors eyes, and that he is about to surren.
der up his former opinions Again, Sir,
Biz. Macon was opposed to the United
States Bank, and thought it unconstilutiop-
al. The gentleman is not only favorable
70 such an Institution, but at the last ses-
sion he made a speech IN favor Of thr9o
United States Banks at once, sort of IN
coath, hideous three headed monster. Mr..
Macon supported the election and the prin-
ljples Of Nr. Van Bpyen. But tho Sena-
tor opposed both, rather thiuk, though,
Il tell the truth, sir, he has been so near
lie line which divides the parties, that at
my distance, without taking fine sight, !
could not tell which side he was on. He
lisclalms with great yehsmence, against
caucuses, and SAYS that be will lei his con-
sliiuents know hat sort of things they are.
Does he really believe that his constituents
arc 50 ignorant IS to need information on
tina, point, or that they will be humbugsed
hv that kind Of defamation There is one
species of caucus to which the Wing party
generally, and think the people, also, are
now opposed. allude TO meetings Of the
members of Congress to nominate Presi-
Dental candidates. We dsnounce these,
because the members of Congress were
elected 10 make laws and not Presidents
and because the choosing Of Presidents be-
longs exclusively to the people. But who
ever blamed members of Congress for hay
ing a nsetiso to determine who they wonld
run tor the Speakers chair, or for any 9th.
cr Office which they have right TO fill =
This is no more to be ceusurcd than meet
ing Of the people at homo to determine
who are to be county candidates. or for any
other purpose, 10 the success of which,
Union is necessary, 1t is practice which
las prevailed which has prevailed with all
parties in our Legislature, from time i'm
memorial. Ii is the right of each party,
and duty Of the majority, when political
Office is to be filed, to have a conference
Of It's members, with a view of selecting
the person most acceptable to be run. Had
we taken a different course, we might have
been divided by the running Of several can
didates, and after balloting perhaps for
week, our opponents would have made an
election hy uniting on the individual least
acceptable to the Wing party generally
Had such an event occurred, we should
have me..tod, as VIC should most assuredly
have received, the censurc Of those who
sent us here. 1t was far better to have
general meeting, aud after conference
and interchange of views, to choose those
individuals OF sound Wing principles, who
would be most acceptable to our political
friends. II, therefore, the gentleman thinks
that he can make any capital at home out
of this proceeding, then he is at liberty to
try it TO the uttermost. He, himself, he
tells US, is especially hater of cauouses,