The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-08
REASON AND LOGIC.

Tho trriters OF the Jeiierspnian say II
is well known that " Mr. Madison vetoed
tho FIRST Bank Bill presented to him, on
the express grognds Of il demonstrations
atty. lie afterwards signed similar bill,
only from the hope, as he said, that il
would aid the country ii recovering from
heavy national debt, and the individual
pecuniary embarrassments under which 1t
then laborod. But we must look cise,pherc
for Mr.. Madlson's sisws upon this impor-
tant subject This, indllgent reader is
the logic put forth by these profound and
sage commentators upon the views Of Nj.
Madison Did the rriicrs believe that
such a mesh Of nonsense viii en,angie the
faculties OF the people and lead them as
tray What poor contemplate opinion
Of the understandings of the people they
must possess. who use such sophistry to
catch the popular favor Let Us examine
this cxquisltely written article In the first
place, they say that he vetoed the first
BANK Bill on tho express grounds Of its
uaeonS'itu'i3 gainy,' recollect tha, il you
please, {" but afterwards signed a similar
Bill, 10 aid the country IN recovering from
a heavy national debt, &c.' Did no, Mr..
Madison take solemn oath to maintain
inyiolate tho Constitution Of the /. States
Ii he believed the charter of Bank un.
constitutional when he affixed has signature
to the bill, would mol every individual pro-
uounce him guilty Of gross perjury If he
still retained the opinion Of It's unconstilu-
tionaliiy, how could he get over the So
lcmn obligations Of his oath Of office =
Will any man have the hardwood to tell
the American people, that James Madison,
President of the United States, wilfuIly
and deliberately peuured himself Yet
this is the inevitable conclusion to which
the statements of these sophIsts lead. But
they say he did il "to aid the country in
recovering from a national debt and he
individual pecunary embarrassmeats UNI
der which 1t then Iaborcd.' Now accord.
ing to these wiseacres and Madisonian in.
terprcters, Mr.. Madison believed that a
Bank was necessary, to aid the country,
&C." If Bank was necessary then to
"ad the country &c. is It not equal
" so al this time Is not the country now
IN a amentablc state Of distress who is
II that feels it not : Many hard working
and laborious men have sunk beneath the
weight OF difficulties; caused by the dc.
ranged and ruinous state of money affairs
Thousands, and tens of thousands, over
our wide extended country, have been from
a state of competence, reduced TO pow.
crty and thrust on the wide world, with
their forIorn and detected families, to strug-
gle along in misery and wreichedness I'M
til death closes the weary scene. This
state of affairs, Mr.. Madison, accord
ing to these gentlemen, believed Bank
would remedy. But here they leave Mr..
Madison, and assert on their own hook
that Bank will make matters worse -
You see they improve upon MIR. Madison
they intuitvely perceive the effects of
such measure, and with instructive dread,
flee from the monster but run into the
yawning Jaws of the SUB Treasury, where
like flies in the mouth of an alligator they
suck, until it closes upon them forever
But after all, they say that we " must look
elsewhere for Mr.. Madson's views upon
this important subject" Well, where must
we look ! Why not look at his acts APP
proving a bank, years after the Virginia