The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-01
From lhe NaiionaI In,tlLieeneer


Well, the Proclamation is cut. On Tho
last day Of May, ten weeks from Monda,.
next, Congress is to assemble at the Car!
iol, in an Extra Session, TO deliberate 4,
such matters as shall then appear TO re
quire their attention.
This il the step Of which the exped;e,
cy, il not necessity, was so plain IN or,
perception two months ago, that We then
pointed IL OUT to our readers. Our con
yictions on this head have been confirmed
by every days subsequent observation.
An early convention Of the new Co,
grcss seems TO be expedient, in the s,.,
place, TO carry out the riH IF me peonl,
as expressed in the election Of Gen. ia
rison to the Presidency. Not that. as hss
been objected to our former remark 10 H.
same effect, We would for a momen, "A
NIT that in electing u President, the Peo
pie ratiiy all his known opinions; but. tba,
there were certain points so prominep, il
all the discussions Of the nine months nro
ccding the hate election of Pres, dent. AZ 70
leave no doubt upon any mind Of their bay.
ing been those upon which the decision Of
the People mainly turned. Among these
beyond question, was the argument Of Tho
necessity Of a change Of public measure,
as the only means Of arresiing the Genera
Government in lis career along tas road
to ruin.
As for our own part in the canvass. III
Is Just year ago this very day tina, We
invited tho serious attention Of our reade, 1
TO the actual condition Of our common
country. We asked them 10 cast ,hei l
eyes over the continent, and behold in al
directions the evidences of fatal mislnan.
agcmeni Of public affairs. We reminded
them Of our commerce, dwindIed 10 a mo
remnant OF cur manufactures, lingering
out an Improbable existence; Of our az.
riculturo, seeking IN vain for a market, al
our internal improvements, abandoned
with the loss Of millions Of dollars from
AeIr suspension 10 an unfinished state al
foreign and domestic credit PROSTATE !;
of enterprise strickcn down in despair ofI
labor wandering about in rags begging ior
employment Of the ruInous state of curl
interior exchanges; Of the existence, al
fine, Of national paralysis, the cousc.
qucncc OF which was, TO individuals, nun.
ed fortunes and suffering, and to the Gov.
ernment a bankrupt Treasury. Nor, We
then said, had things yet reached Their
worst, Unless The People ,n,srposed al
the tendency Of things vQs still doahNrrd
Such being the fruits Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
siill persisted ia, said wc, what thinking
man bot must be- satisfied Of the ncceGiy
Of n change Of Administration, With yiey
TO change Of measures Was Il not the
/ known determination Of the dominant pow.
or IN the Government 10 perscycrc 10 ih
injurious policy Was there, then, re
asked, auy other earthly mode Of bringing
back the country TO is former sound au4
happy condition than b. ef.cllng such
reform in the administration Of the Gov.
ernmen, as would give il a new dircehoH
THIS was the argument which, IN vi
opening Of the campaign, We addressed %
our readers IN favor o. the cleehpu Of Gen.
Harrison to the Presidency. We waited
a change Of mcasyTes and therefore 4
change OF Administration, in orler, ss VI
said, to give the Government new dlrec.
ton. Bad as things werc, We added, ihey
had not reached their worst. Nor ksd
they. II was no, lill three months after
this that Mr.. Van buren, succeeded IN fas
iening upon the country the SUB. Trashy
Scheme, that odIous measure, persisted u
against the will of the People for tlrea
years, and the passage Of which was ai
lbs. only effected by means Of the y.oicnl
expulsion OF the lawful Representatives d
ono Of the States from the Legislative Hal.
I If The necessity for n change Of measures
was apparent then, IL IL lcss 50 now A@|
the circumstances Of the country OF all lm
proved IN the Intervening time Has or
the progress Of public affairs, on the COO
irary, under the influence Of unchanged
and unchecked Locolaeo legislation, bcea
from bad 10 worse Can ans ono dcny
that the existing state Of things, a. cShb.
tied IN the stsguatlon Of every stream q
commerce, and every branch Of industry
has been brought about by the action q
the government Itself, and that It Is ony
through the counter. action Of the govern,
meni thai any improvement IN the state
the country can be hoped for
Il is to Congress alone, cooperating
with the Executive, that We can look TOT
such Legislation as will al least rcpe' thf
incubus which Expresses the yiials ana
stagnates the fluids of the body pcliile'
II do not also, as we trust Il will, re-in'Is'
crate its nerves, and restore 10 all is Foio'
a healthful circulation. Upon the Prrs
dent We can implicitly rely to do ever
thing IN his power towards the accomplish
nent Of these importan. objects. Bnl b''
agency in the work Of Legislation IS limI'eo
10 the recommendation Of measures TO lhe
consideration Of Congress, and The aPP'o'
baton or dlsapprobation of such measures
as Congress may mature. Without W"
aid Of Congress, the President can DO no'o'
ing but wha, is already prescribed or per
mittod by The laws.
1t Is to Congress, therefore, That W.
must look for efficient acton in the reform