The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-05-12
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WING state Convention.
TUESDAY, April 8, 1912


on motion Of Mr.. Eaton, Of Granville, the
reading of the Journal was dispensed with.
Mr.. Long, of Halifax, being now loudly
called on to redeem the pledge made this
morning, he rose and spoke, 10 substance,
as follows:
Il is not my intention, Mr.. President, to
90 into general discussion OF PoIiIcs-to
launch my little bark, on the wide ocean OF
National affairs; but shall confiue my re-
marks, principally, to topics, all absorbing
il their nature, and dlstracting the repose
Of the country. The Pet Bank system ex.
ploded--lne Sub Treasury repealed-ihe
Two Bank Bills vetoed al the late called
Session Of CongIess-lhe question very
naturally arises, what disposition IS 10 be
made OF the money, which may hereafter
flow into the public Golfers. Money is pow.
er. Place the whole amount Of the vast
Revenue OF this great Empire under Execu.
tive control, expressly against the splrt
and letter Of the Constitution, and who can
calculate the extent of Inc mischle. which
may follow. The freedom Of the Press as.
salled-ihe independence Of the Represen.
tatiyes weakened-the purity OF the Gov.
ernment contaminated at IFS very fountain
If these evils, which are SO darky fore.
bodlng, should unhappily fall upon the
country, they will be traced 10 the III tated
measures commenced under the Admins.
trations Of Aadre0 JdckSon and Martin
Taa Buren,, and carried out under the Ill.
omened ascendancy Of John Tyler. warn
Mr. Tyler to pause, (said Mr.. L. in the
paftlzan warfare which he is waglng for
/ the Presidency. | tell him 10 be unmind.
/ ful Of his claims, if any he has-iorget his
supposed rival, Mr Clay, that horrld phan.
tom which disturbs his midnight slumbers
discard such envious feelings from his
heart, as unworthy the President OF great
people, and act alone for the general vel
fare, regardless OF all other considerations.
/ lf he does not, truth will overtake him, and
"sufficiunt unto the day is the evil thereof"
But why tell him tc pause-he has already
struck the fatal blow, and the country IS
now bleeding at every pore from the effects
+ of that stab. | have no faith 10 the prom.
! ises Of John Tyler. Professions often de-
ceise-aciions rarely ever. The first may
be couched in honied phrase, when the SER
psnt is concealed, ready TO lniuse its poison
the last speak language which cannot
be mistaken. | ask then, Sir, if the acts OF
our present Chief Magistrate do not td!Sify
his professions Let US see. In his ad.
dress TO the people of the United States.
subsequent TO the death of the wise, the
virtuous and the patriotic Hdrrtson, he
used the following emphatic language,
which was copied for me TO day, from tho
| filcs Of the REGISTER, by an intelligent and
genuine Wing boy of this City;
al shall promptly give my sanction to any
constitutional treasure which, originating in Con-
gress shall have for its object the restoration of
a sound circulating medium, so essentially neces-
sary to give confidence in all the transactions OF
life, to secure 10 industry its Just and adequate
rewards, and 10 establish the public prosperity.
In deciding on the adaptation Of any such meas.
ure TO the end proposed, well as It's conformity
to the Consultation shall resort to the Fathers
OF the great Republican school for advice and in-
sruction TO lie drawn from their sage views OF our
system Of Government, and the light Of their ey.
CT glorious example
But Sir, ga change has come over the
spirit of his dream" He has lost sight of
the ever glorious example of the Fathers of
the great Republican School, 10 whom he
refers-JeferSon, Madison, and Monroe.
What was the glorious example of those
ever veuerated Fathers? MIR. Jefferson,
IN the year 1904, sanctioned an Act TO es.
tahlish a Branch Of the United States Bank
at New Orleans. True, Louisiana was
then a Territory, and Mr.. RtUeS argued
therefore, that the Constitutional question
Yves not brought 10 bear-an argument
which as seized upon with great avldlty
by the Van Buren, faction, throughout the
landau argument intended for the weak
and credulous; for did not the Hon. Sena-
tor know that the mother Bank was ult.
nately bound 10 redeem the Notes Of IFS
Branches aud that the notes of the Branch
Bank not only circulated in the Territory,
but IN the States; and if these notes were
not unconstitutional in the Territory, they
we're in the States, according TO the doc.
lrlnes of a Virginia abstractionis,s. Con.
sequently, there should have been pro.
hibltory clause, continlng their circulation
to the Territory. In as much then, as
there was no such prohibltory clause, the
example of Mr. Jefferson stands recorded on
the side of the Bank, the argumen, of MIR.
Rircs, to the contrary Notwithstanding
If Mr.. Jefferson thought the Branch Bank
at New Orleans, unconstitutional, he nobly
yielded this opinion, and with the feelings
F of a Patriot, consulted the public good, by
sanctonng its establishment.
Again, in 1907, he admitted the power
Of the United States Bank TO issue Notes,
, or why did he sign an Act to punish coun.
terie,ers of their Notes? If these notes
we're unconstitutional, the Bank had no
right to issue them, and Congress, no pow.
er to punish counterieiters of the Notes Of
Bank unconstitutional Congress, how.
ever, thought dlferently-Mr. Jefferson
5 agreed With Congress, and sanctioned the
, act. Here, then, wo have twice, the ever
; glorious example of this father of the Re.
t publican School. Yet this illustrious States.
4 man, whose fame is as broad as the universe,
:. has been denounced as Demagoeue.-"-'
c Demagogue as he was, he never tailed 10
surrender IN opinions, expressed IN the