The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-05-27
pARk AND DEADLY


We invite the attention of every friend
OF h's country, whether Wing or Demo
erat, 10 the dangerous, destructive and de-.
moralizing principles openly avowed by
The EDITOR Of the Richmond Enquire. =
Tins paper has been one Of the most in
Huenlial Journals under the controul Of the
two preceding administrations. Seyera!
years ago the doctrines here put forth were
br1aa he'd IN Pennsylvania; but thc indir.
nation Of every honest and patriotic md.
sIdual soon hushed ihym into silence. Ru.
now, chaling beneath an iguominious de-
feat, Thos. Richie steps before tie world
and ayows sentiments, subgersive Of all the
privileges and principles Of frcemcn. Adj.
mt the principles declared and where
stands the sacred doctrine Of contracts,
respected aud regarded throughout the ci-
yillzed world } What stability have we in
Any institution If the Legislature can
revoke a Bank Charter solemaly entered
Into, why may II not declare any contract
void II the ia,th aud credit Of the ooun.
Try be pledged for the payment Of debts
contracted by i, what viii prevent the fl.
iure caucilling Of the debt, by simply de-
Glazing HAT ona Legislature has no right
to lcslslatc for another, and thereby de-.
clanug the contract Illegal and ureonaiiu.
tiondi Really il appears that The party
organs have become perfectly reckless,
and IN their desperation, thcy would de-.
stroy like the madman, every thing held
sacred BY the people and useful to the
country, 10 rum those who have oustcd
them from 'aeir strong holds of power,
proil.gacy and corruption.
Can this charter given 10 Incorporated
monopollsts be considered sacred by those.
who regard II as violation of tic great
charter OF our rights and iIncr;ics What
right have the servants Of the people 10
PROSTATE Tie very authority under which
they arc appointed What right have re.
elected but for two wears, to
bind the people for thirty.tiye, or for fifty,
or for ono hundred years, perhaps if they
please and to acts which are contradiclo.
~ to the very powers under which they
profess TO act Virginia vii. have a right,
Il she pcascs, TO take every constitutional
method TO repeal the law, thus forced upon
her--thus sacrificing the charter Of the
land thus centrallzlng a great and con
trolling money King in the Northern
Stales-thus suhcctmg the markets, the
property, the Whole business The country,
10 a Board Of Northern Governors, ap.
pointed, not bv the People, bat parcel Of
greedy and arrogant Stockholders. II
a biennial House OF Representatives, and a
Chief Magistrate, not Of the Peoples
choice, hgt ,he President Of Circumstances,
shoald please to bind us 10 the English
Bankers are we therefore bound to bow
to tho Barings and Bankers of London 7
to English capitalist, who may take the
stock, ii they are now disposed to risk their
funds IN such an inStitulon-and covering
stock under convenient names, and Ameri-
can Proxies may dictate the officers of the
Bank, and control all its operations. VIII
Mr.. Tyler bend the proud nccks Of free
People to such Illuminating bondage--and
can he expect that Virginia viii acquiesce
for fifty years perhaps, in the hasty legis-
lation Of an extra session of Congress, sud-
denly called togcther--the elections in Sc
veral of the States, turned out Of their us.
uai channels, and forced upon the people
at inconvenient seasons, when the subject
has not been duly considered, when the
have not been duly organized,
and when the voters themselves are thlnly
attending the pollsl Should such law
pass, it will then become the State Rights
Representatives of Virginia, and the other
States, to enter their Protest on the Jour.
mails, against the charter, (f charter it may
be called, which is utterly unwarranted by
the great charter of the Constitution, and
in vain was asked for in the Federal Con-
yention, and pcremptorily refused.) They
may in this Protest declare their determ.
nation TO repeal the law at the earliest pos
siblo moment, and in the manner most con.
sistent with the great fundamental princi.