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

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obtain favor, or to creep into Office. ms
renders is much more necessary that ;ae
People, for their own protection, should hold
on TO one whose ability and integrity have
been proved, than to reject HIN for another
who has every inducemen, 10 approach them
clad, as was the wolf, when he wished to
make more certain work of his prey
Why reject the present incumbent, for one
who has never been tred7 We shall seel
The frs, thing connected with this very
extraordinary letter, to which shall call
the attention of the People, is the unjust at
tack which has been made upon the gentle.
men who compose the Literary and Intern.
al Improvement Boards. We do this,
because silence nav induce credulous per.
sons, both at home and abroad, TO believe
that there is some foundation for this most
groundess aud ungenerous Insnuatlon.-
Mr.. II. aiiirms, in substance, that the State
has large funds IN the Banks, and in the
hands Of the Two Boards,-ihat their funds
are not safe-particuarly as they have been
under the control OF Wings, no Democrat
being present 10 disclose to the people any
thing which may be wrong, and concluding
with the intimat,on that something must be
wrong, as the last Wing Legislature shrunk
from an investigation. Now | deny the
whole Of these conclusions to which MIR.
Henry, very little to the credit of his heart,
or the character Of bis political information,
has come. Why are The State Fuads not
safe The Literary and Internal Improve.
ment Boards are both composed of gentle
men as high IN character-as honest and
upright in their dealings, as Mr.. Henry, or
any of his political kiih or kin. And we
would here remark, that it is utterly untrue
that these funds have been exclusively IN.
der the control of Wings. Mr.. Darid W.
Stone, who processes to be political friend
Of Mr.. Henry, was, until a shor. time since,
a member Of the Literary Board. Was be
blind, that he could not see and cry aloud
i! any thing wrong was In progress i
There were Nessrs William A Blount,
and Cad. Jones, Sear., Of HlIlsborougb, " no
have been Tor years members of the luter.
nal Improvement Board, and wha. unsen.
ciOoS iuLlUdAou uOSS luiS CdHutudlc ioI
public suffraees cast upon them calculated
to make them odious in the estimation of
The people-su5pncted by gentlemen, who
know not their character. So il is with
the Banks. The State, i, is true, has a
large stake in these Institutions, but their
different Directories are not composed OF
Wings only, but Of persons from both po-
ltical parties. But, says Mr.. H., the
Wings of The Legislature did wroug-de.
served eensure, for not insltuting an iuves
tlgation into all these matters. 1t is aston
ishng that MIR. Henry should have acted
with so much reckessness, as to make ,hls
assertion IN the very face OF the records of
the last Legislature, which prove that the
Wings were not only willing, but anxious
for an investigation full and scorching
however it might be ?-On the 557ih page
Of the Journal of the last Legislature,
find the following, VIZ:
son molion Of Mr.. Barnes, Of Edge.
coHbe,
Resolred, That the Public Treasurer
be instructed to report TO this House, when
the Bonds due the State from the Raleigh
and Castor, and Wilmington and Raleigh
Rail Road become due, and what security
has been taken from SAID Companies, for
the payment, &c. and the names Of the
several Individuals and corporations, uho
are indebted to the State By loans from the
Literary and Internal Improvement Funds
the several amounts due By each -rhsE
such debts fall due, and the security taken
for their payment"
A few days afterwards, Mr.. Barringer
Wing introduced the following amend
ment,
"And that a Committee of five be ap
pointed to inquire into the loans made by
the Board Of Internal Improvement, and
Literary Fund that they examine into The
solvency Of the borrowers and report to
Ibis House"
Which ameEdment was adopted, -Ye cas-
99-Nays IL.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Barnes.
G. w. Caldwell, Pope, Ftemmtag and LII
iy, The Committee.
On the 9Th January, l8il, Mr.. Ba-ne,
Chairman, and good Loco made Report,
from the conclusion Of which extract the
following, III" The loans TO individuals
are secured By personal securities. \ our
Committee are entirely unacqUalnted with
large portion Of the debtors, but from the
representations Of the Public Officers, they
have 10 reason 10 doubt their soIyency.-
As tbs Resolution annexed to the one re.
ferred to your Committee, insiructs the
Public Treasurer TO report the names Of the
several debtors, and the amount due from
each, your Committee did not consider It
their duty, and have therefore taken no list
thereof, and your Committee ask TO be dis
charged from the further consideration OF
the subject.
Joshua Barnes, Chairman"
This, then, is the plain unyarnished SO
ny! One Of Mr.. Henry's own political
friends moves an investigation, lit is car.
ried almost unaninously,-a Committee is
appointed, Gu which there are majority oil
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