The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-02-04
Hal. Downing again.

oN oUR WAY 70 WASHINGTON.
7o tIs Editors ii he Nsp York Erg,ees.
We are coming slowly but surey-ior
as the Ginera has got good many old
friends ord stopping places on the way, and
wants 10 lock about him and see as much
OF The country as he can before lib March
next, be thought II bes. 10 start eaily aud
make as much Of RECOMMENDATIONS as pos
slble. DO rally believe if tho Clnerai had
let folks have their g ay he woudn'l /" touch
bottom from The time Of leaving the Cgita
I'LL he got 60 The " iite UogSe-hut ht
would rather 20 a.oot any day than pas
through all the huuawlng that Is set uP ali
along the Toad-lt beats tic grand tow
er al. ho,!uw--!or there amt living crit
lur who dUui yell out most awful aud SWING
his hat rouad as soon as lie sees the Ginef.
al aud expect II VII come prllty tut on
me before We gt 10 the end ont for i, amt
possible Cot nue nan 10 DO all The bowing
and shaking hands that IS required. Doe
hing SURPRISES me IS 10 know what cn
anh has become OF +" the opposition !
haint seen rale Loco POGO now go.ng Oh
nigh two mou.bs.
suppose you arc al considerable curious
to hno~ who the Glneral IS going to appoint
to all the JlI and llte fices, aud have Ia
ken care to ask the 6 neral and lie has told
me az about Il, aud says an al liberty to
;e!l YOU and every body else, mud so don't
see the use IL keeping als matter any long
CT in the dark. ! saw the paper the day
aiore we starled and was The last Ihnl @as
pachdun IS the biggest sheet 5 gu ever
see, al! ruled oir 10 wide strcaks aud % top
IS written, Names Of my fiiog citizens
uho beiicre arr G5le 10 discburge faiti
fully and honestly ne daiics II he Office 70
rdtch 1 nay acm.aaie ias5a 70 The Senate D
ne [ S., for appointment" aud that IS pref
y much all could see, excep, on the out
side is written 10 pencil, 80 be looL d 70
and EFd1p on ana a(ltr ia March aeIi
here Is a good deal sad IN oil these
parts about Bank matters, and esefy body
has some plan Or other 10 pat thugs strait.
The GiueraI don't himself say much abou,
IL bu; he reads pretty much all that is writ.
ten on The natter, aud lets folks ta'k al! they
aaow and lie fa4shes or BY thinking. One
clap cai'd lother day d read 10 The GIN
cral Ion. letter il0m New York contain
iag Siaicmras q the Jlg bank IN lhila1ei
phIa and sADH lng BY another statement That
II "as broken ali to bits, and tho that Bank
sdow'd iong Isl c. property aod debts due
to l,--ye, that all tlat property and debts
waIn't worth aIy thing, and TIA: It never
would DO 10 have such another rascai'y
"arisf0craiic institution" "W ell saFs
!, g" Mister Il seems 10 ne thai what you call
drfs.oerGttc comes higher to democratic
Now, says |, " # that bank had Stuck 10
. the drjstocrGcy,' aid lent money only to
the rich folks, II would now have 30 bad
debts to collect" 80 we'll says he,
poor folks never ough, 10 borrow money,
They ought to get along without IT.
Well" says |, Z" that is a notion | never
thought on atore, for when was in the last
Government, along with Gincral Jackson,
all our democratic friends used to pcsier the
Gineral and me oil the while TO make the
United States Bank 20 she'll out to poor folks,
and sc took The deposits away from It be
Cause the complaint was that Squire Biddle
and tho Bank Was Too ariStocrahc, and
dl1n't give poor folks chance 10 borrow
money 10 carry on their trade with. -
- Nov, says /, "how DO you make that
square with your present notions"
Why the fact is, says he, at is pretty
,uif work 10 make the notions Of one time
tit the notions Of another time but do say
il never will do 10 have another such
Bank for Il is pretty nigh all owed BY for.
eign ar.stocrais, aud that never viii do in
democratic couutry--it is downright awful
and Mr.. Buchanan and Mr. Benton aud ali
the good democrats in Congress say II viii
be the ruin or the country"
Well, now" says "If that don't beat
Solomon How long do you lhiul, It ould
take foreigners to destroy this country by
putting their money in the bug Bank and
let Squire Biddle loan /, out to the poor
democracy, who you say viii never pay il
back again." This set him 10 scfatchlnr
his head little End not liking that tune
he changed It and said, " But II ain, right
to loan foreigners money in that way, il
amt treating OMEN well aud 1t destroys their
confidence 10 u.s." Well" says I, ave
best look little into that matter, aud sse
that things amt made worse than they need
be. We have pritty much oil on US been
struggling under and through heavy storm,
and he who has saved any thing may think
himself pretty well Of. A ship may be
good for something, tho she has ts.t few
sails. have seen tho 1.-TWO Polics, 7
~ my day sttIrt pri,iy nigh clean, bat
Capt Jumper with leeile assistance from
the other owners, would rig her up aud she