The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-07-14

her own--bul like the mists OF night before
the morning sun, the clouds have vanished
before the light Of truth; and he stands forth
erect and eminent, 10 the dignity of pu.
riiy and patriotism.
How marked the contras, The one,
with the regret and admiration of bis fel
low citizens, retiring from the glorious con.
flici of mind aud the honorable discharge of
his counlry's trusts: the other, amidst the
jeers of political foes, aud the reproaches
of betrayed friends, clinsng 10 place a, the
expense of honor.
Bot, fellow citizens, other and higher OBJ
jects than mere individual preferences de.
mand our attention. To the depression OF
labor, the destruction Of credit, and the Ut
ter proslration Of the business energies OF
the country, cousequen, upon the policy
and conduct of the late Administration,
must be supersdded bankrupt Treasury,
a National Debt, and deficiency OF reve.
nue. to provide for current expenses. Al
the same time, the blight OF unshackled
foreign competition has fallen upon the
great manufacturing interests of the coun.
try, and our resources have been constantly
drained as tribute 10 foreign enterprise,
while our own has been utterly neglected
Our Agricultural products, with few ex-
ceptions, are chiefly confined to home
market; and discriminating duties abroad,
coupled, in regard to the colonial trade, with
restrictions amounting TO total prohibition,
have equally affected our commerce, and
almost placed the carrying trade of the
seas in the hands of strangers.
These three great branches of national
industry and wealth are in fact so linked
together, that the same operating cause of
prosperity or adversely extends its Influence
TO all. British legislation has indirectly
accomplished more towards our national
depression than ever before ensued from
direct hostility and open war. Let US
briefly examine lis elects, as drawn by a
master hand.
1t excludes by inlerdiciing duties oil in
portailons except IN time of approaching
famine) Of the grea, staple productions Of
the Middle and Western States. Ii pro
scrlbes with equal rlgour, the bulkIer lum-
Der and live stock of the same portion, and
also of the Northern and Eastern par, Of
our Union. Ii abounds with regulations Of
interdict upon all the productions Of our
soil or industry which come in competition
with lis OVID. But the Cotton, lndlspensa
BILE for their looms, they will receive to
weave it into fabric for our own wear, TO
the destruction Of our own manufactures, /"
Need We wonder q, the stagnaton Of trade,
that our ships should be dismaDtled at our
wharves, our looms no logger be 10 motion,
our mechanics unemployed, and the hum
OF business hushed in our streets, when the
seifprolectlng power Of the country is not
exeried TO ceun,eract this bias OF foreign
legislation.
These things, fellow citizens, should no;
must DOT be-and through the candidate
whom we have nominated, We advocate a
revision Of the presen! Tariff, so as to i'm
part protection to domestic industry, pro
vide an ample revenue, restore the Gational
credit and replenIsh an exhausted treasury,
without aggravatIng the burdens imposed
On The other grea, interests OF the country.
We believe. also, that the proceeds Of
the Public Lands belong rightiully to the
States-that the expenses OF Government
10 time OF peace should be met from other
sources, and tina, the present system of dis.
tributlon ought no. TO be disturbed.
We are IL favor Of restriction Of the
Presidential service 10 single term--of a
retrenchmeni of public expenditure III the
Legislative, Judicial and Executive De
partments Of the Government-of a strict
accountability of public officers-ot a uni
form currency based alike upon the public
faith and private resources, and of total
separation of The purse and the sword.
Ia the support Of these principles we ask
your co operation, and as their ADVOCATE
10 times past, their CHAMPION 10 the hour
Of peril, and their only sure RELIANCE in
time TO come, we call upon you. one and
all, 10 rally in behalf Of "HARRY OF
THE WEST"
Addison Dougherty, ESQ, then read the
following resolutions, which were unanl.
mous'y adopted.
WHEREAS, The imbecile course of the Nation.
al AdmInistration-the embarrassed condition Of
the countryside stagnaton of trade and com.
inerce-the decline Of manufactures-the dsoT
cered state Of the currency-the depression in the
value of ia5oF-the great prostration of industry
and the par4iized condition of the energies and
resources Of the nation. all indicate that the time
has arrived when it is alike just and patriotic for
the people TO consider the remedies for these
alarming eviEs, and to make prompt and fear
less public declaration Of that course which they
deefn essential to restoration Of National pros
perity:
And whereas, recent experience demonstrates
thai the President Of the United States, Welding
TO the dictates Of a misguided ambition, constant
iythwarts the efforts Of the National Legislature
and instead Of acting in concert with the Repre-.
sentative of the People, seeks to represent him
self, instead Of the Nation thereby forbiddiny anv
reasonable hope Of better things during his Off.
oial term
And whereas, II is apparent that TO secure an
efficient and dgnhsd administration Of the
government, il IS requisite that Chief Hagis.
trate should be selected, who not only combines
ia bis character brilliant natural endowments,
wisdom matared by experience, energy tempered
by prudence, bat who is emphatlcally an honest
man, and who shall act with a single aim for the
advancement, happiness, and glory ofhis country.