The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-11-04

instructive articles for which we are Of lalo
Indebted to the Editor Of the Charleston
Courier:
MR.. CALHOUN AND THE LAND BILL.
The late speech Of Mr.. Calhoun On the
land bill is full Of awful porients, and mark.
ed BY all the lugubrious extravaganza aud
terrific predictions Of ruin TO the country
and the Constitution which beset his mag
nation when he rises to declaim against
measures unpalatable to himself.
In the following extracts he makes the
land bill the monster OF monsters-the mon'
ster that Gen. Jackson slew was pigmy,
and the tariff abomina,ion mere moonshIne,
in the comparison, aud even that monstrous
monster, abolition, but gnat IN the swal-
low of one who could gulp down such a
camel as that "de;esiable bull" If this be
so, then has Mr.. Tyler indeed committed
q most objectionable and unatonable wing
sin in signing the land bill. In doing 50,
Mr.. Calhoun being Judge, he has overcome
" overwhelming constitutional difficulties,
and uoed not "troubie himself about con-
s;ilutioual scruples hereafter" surrender
ed himself "lo that ianaticIsm OF party
zeal which regards the preservation Of
the power of the Wing party as the para
mount consideration" or, as he has played
/ false to that party, il should rather be said
to that fanatcism of seIfishness which pur-
sues private ends al the expense Of the ma
tional good, and has forgotten, in the pur-
suit Of party or the qualification OF nosdln-
ate ambition, constituents, constitution,
duty, and country" But lei Mr.. Calhoun
speak for himself:
"Such aud so overwhelming are the
constitutional difficulties which beset this
measure. No one Who can overcome
them, who can bring himself to vote for
this bill, need trouble himself about constl-
tutional scrupes hereafter. lie may swai-
low, without hesitation, bank, tariff, aud
every other unconstitutional measure which
has ever been adopted or proposed. Yes
it would be easier 10 make pIaGsible ar
gument for the conslilu,iona.ity Of the
most mons;rous Of the measures proposed
BY the aboitionists-tor abolition ITSELF
, than for this detesiable bill; and yet we
fnd Senators from slaycholding States, The
very safety Of whose constituents depends
on a strict construction Of the Constitution
recording their names in favor of meas
ure from which they have nothing 10 hope
and every thing to fear. To what is q
course SO blind to be attributed but to that
fanaticism Of party zeal, openly ayowed OF
this floor, which regards the preservation
Of the power of the Wing party as the para
mount consideration Ii has siaked II
existence on the passage Of this and Ih'
S other measures for which this extraordna
! nv session was called; and when IL 4
brought to the alternative Of their deiea
j or success, in the anxiety to avoid the one
c and secure the other, constituents, consti
! tuiiou, duty, and country ore oil forgotten.
But the melancholy closing appeal o
Mr.. Calhoun is even more remarkable 70
its terrible warnings and evil inquiries. -
, II absolutely assigns 10 the land I'LL the Of
fee Of Erosi!atus- is to fire our Ephe
sian fame, 10 g defeat the ends for which
! this Government was Instituted, 10 subyer
the Constitution, TO destroy the liberty O
their country :" Here is the s" wo to Jcru
salem sounded BY this modern prophet
81 have (said Mr.. Calhoun conclude,
G what proposed TO say. have passe'
over many and weighty objections to thl
. measure which | could not bring within
, the scope of my remarks without exhaust
e ing the patience Of this body. And row
5 Senators, in conclusion, let ME cntreat you
E in the name Of all that is good and patria;
o lc, 10 the name Of your common country
: and the immortal fathers Of the revolution
e and founders OF ouf Government, to rcjec
' this dangerous bill. Implore you to paus
i and ponder before you give your final yot
v for measure which, il i should pass an
i become a permanent law, would do NOR
q to defeat the ends for which this Govern
!. meat was instituted, and to subyeri th
J Constitution aud destroy the liberty OF III
Q country, than any which has ever been Pre-
;. posed,
u Would it be credited that the very ma
= who thus denounced the Distribution bill,
e few days since, as very Pondora's box {
II political mischief and ruin, as calculated {
ID one fell swoop 10 suboeri our Gorernmen
II our Constitution, and our liberty, as LAT
as March, 1887, at public dinner give
Is TO him and Mr.. Preston Jointly, at the Care
+ Ina Hotel, in this city, eioqueaay Geeiolmc
ID in faror Of this rery principle, now the sui
'e Jet Of his gloomy and prurient denuncir
% lions, and asserted " toe necessity Of distr
'e buting the surplus revenue among N
States 10 ,ehom u beionged2 He argue
II that the surplus revenue bod arisen direc
70 iy from eycessire sales Of The public land
!. stimulated By The medmres of Gen. Jdcl
! son, and therefore Il belonged to The State.
:" In order that there may be no escape fc
y Mr.. Calhoun from this awkward Dilemma
= we give the report Of his speech on that OF
cusion, from his faithful organ, the Charles
ton Mercury:
"Mr. Calhoun addressed the meetn.
% and, after some Introductory remarks pei
,s tinent to the occasion, proceeded to give
n rapid sketch Of that series of corrupt men
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