The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-03-17

aHu Is II 1HSt-is IL HOntS., indt iulS tTus'ce,
should hold on TO this fund when the purpo-
ses for which IL was ceded have been per.
formed, and the trust discharged Shall
the trustee be permitted 20 use this fund TO
his own extravaganza, and squander It In
foolish schemes and wild experiments =
Mr.. Henry, himself, admits all that is ne.
cessary to establish. "The Public Lands
says he "were given by the States TO the
Federal Government, TO pay the public
debt" Alb 10 pay the public debt! And
pray what public debt were they thus given
to payi Was it the debt incurred in our
Revolutionary struggle for the establish
ment of our Independence, or was II the
Vino debt, actual and supposed" which
seems to have SO horrlied Mr.. Ii. There
is not a school boy in the country, who has
ever read the history of the Revolutionary
War, who does not know, that the great
object intended by the ccssion OF the lands
TO the General Government was to secure
and pay of the Debt which our ancestors
incurred in the great contest for freedom. -
What would be the result il il were other
wise North Carolina ceded an immense
territory, large enough for nations 10 grow
and flourish in-and can any man of com
mon sense suppose she would have dooe
this under the knowledge that such con.
s;ruction would have been placed on her
deed of cession as would enable the General
Government TO sweep the whole Of il 10 ca
trasagant schemes of Improvement for the
benefit of other States North Carolina
has as yet received (almoSt literally nothing
from the General Government, whilst mil.
lions upon millions have been voted the
Northern and Western States And does
not every man of ordinary information
know that had this plan for the distribution
of the proceeds of the Public Lands not be
come the law of the land before the next
apporiionment of Representation, tina. the
West would have swept the entire domain
Union? And then indeed might North
/ Carolina have whistled for the good she
expected TO derive from this immense
source of wealth which she SO patrlotically
surrendered for the use and benefit Of all
The States. But let this be borne IN mind
by the People, call attention to i,-TuAT
LouIs D. Henry, THE VAN buren, DEMO
CRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, Is OF
POSED TO THE DISTRIBUTION LAw-UYwIL.
LING THAT NoRTH CAROLINA SHOULD HAVE
HER SHARE OF TUE PUBLIC LANDS! THIS
then, is the issue OF all the lIOeralIty OF our
ancestors. We are to see our property
/ pass into the hands of others, while suffer.
lng for that Intellectual improvement which
this resource would spread throughout the
land. We mus. sit still, fold our hands and
exclaim--" Well-blr Henry says its all
right, and Mr.. Henry is an honorable
mani" What stupldi,y-what consum
mate, lnexpressible stupidity Well might
those who will become the benefciaries Of
such suicidal policy, taunilnssy cxclaim,
/" There We wise saints behold your light, your
star
70 t0ould be dupes and victims, and ye are"
We are next me. in MIR. HIS letter BY the
very sage remark, ono certainly which no
Statesman or Philosopher ever before made
that, "public credit is public honor and
public wealth p So profound a sentiment
would certainly immoraIize one Of much
less celebrity than Mr.. II. and his name
will assuredly be married to immortal hon.
or, If ne can persuade many OF his own po'
luical friends that this sentiment is as true
as 4 ls profound. II Mr.. Henry would re.
feet on the late panic which was produced
throughou; Tie Stock Market of the world
by the doctrine Of reputation, so loudly
aud Justify proclaimed, and then ask him.
self what pariy-whai political papers hoist,
ed this black ilsg--ths emblem Of Nation
| al dlsgrace-ihen, indeed, will he have but
little fault TO find of Wing morals on this
score, and some reason to blush for the de
generacy Of many OF those with whom he
co operates. /. is no! however, my inten
ton at present, TO remark at length on this
subject. only desire to call the public at
tennon land It is only necessary 10 call at;
tenIion to get public contempt) to two
charges which Mr.. Fl. prefers against the
Wing Party, III which there are most IN
dignlhed and unjust impuiaiions on the
character Of some Of our sister States, who
are labourlng under deb,.-debi, which in
many, if not majority of instances, were
fixed upon them by his own Party. "They
the Wings give the Public money to pay
the gambling debt Of the States and then
tax the People Of North Carolina 10 replace
the amount" says he. Wha, miserable,
low rhodomonade Any man, with the
mos! limited capacity, can easily see for
whom, and rhdt, such stuff is intended. -
Gambling debt Which Of the States
have such debts | deny that there s one
particle Of truth in any branch Of the accu
saiion. In the frs, place, deny that the
States owe any gambling deb, in the next
place, the proceeds Of the Public Lands
we're not giren to The Sia,es-they had a
right to dem7nd them as their Joint proper
/ y, and he who asserts that the People Of
North Carolina are taxed 10 pay The debts
OF ether States, asserts that which is not
supported by solitary fact. But here
comes charge which would be feather in
the cap Of the veriest political demaropue
that ever disgraced the hastings. "Agan