The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-11-24

de.rauded comnuuiiy 10 swallow, WITHOUT
any check furnished by the direct OF iudirect
agency of the Government oil the Union.
When the debtor class throughout the
United States understands tins ISSUE, they
" III wake up from that deceltul sleep, wbich
how ever broken ay thousand torlurts, is
their only balm. " hen they understand
that sound currency is Indispensable 10
lust and honorable discharge OF their debts,
an personal preference for men will be
merged in the higher considerations OF pub
lie good ard the cheering hope Of the ulu.
mate payment Of their own Obligations.
The result of the state Of things which |
have vcntured to depict may assign me
humble station. ain content It should De
humble. would not III preference, humble
as it may be, walk across Brouehion street
10 your city, for any Office IN the g'i, OF The
Government or people Of the United States
from the Presidency TO Tide. waiter III
the por, of Brunswick, Geo, which be.
lieve comprehends the category ut all that
is valuable or orihless in the great stream
Of federal patronage. My destiny is to o
low the plough on the banks of tina. River
which washes the South western border OF
J your own State, or TO labor in those fields
which are in sight from that desk where n
all probability you indicted The sentence OF
my condemnation for Inconsistency with
! the proud hope Of paying my own debts
We, however, whom the ignorance and IN
capacity Of our Government have either
. embarrassed OF ruined by measures which
, precipiia,ed disastrous alteration 10 the
! standard of value withou, a parallel IN Mo
dem History, deserve TO add The reproaei
of cowardice to misfortune, II We do no
, make au intrepid, united, and un'lrng etinr
b to right both the country and ourselves
n Not by Relief OF Stop laws, 10, by the pa
n uscea O. the Bankrupt Act, for this measure
$ although il nay discharge the person, doe
i no, discharge the moral obligation OF tb'
II debt, (Which remains as eternal as tho ?fin
! cipIes of truth and lus,ice) but by selec!in,
;, for the high trusts Of the agency have IN
!, dlcaled those who desire maniuIiy to DIS
# charge il, and who have The courage t
e speak opt, ard 10 incuIcate those might.
y truths on Which the House of our fortune
and honor must stand, or stand noi at all.
:. The great money power OF the country
! the trainers Of lie Constitution lntende
shocld reside with tina! authority. which I
= this confederacy prcsides over oil, or il is q
IS where to be found. This power, belIev
( Gen. Jackson under the sinister counsel
II Of some vho we're unworthy OF his conf
= dence, greatly and nischIeyiously abused
. owe the old gentleman 20 resentmen's.-
u You mistake me, if you supposed htende
q TO abuse him 10 the smallest degree. J
good HUNDRED sarcasm is abuse 10 no sens
. of the term. glory in spite OF us cost
0 the monument he has erected on the Bank
81 Of the Mississippi. Il is destined 10 endui
o as long as the mlgb,y current OF that mob
award, winch posterliy m i,s lfisstI mi,i r. II
nounce on his civil administration. a. ~
:, rest, however, 10 peace. Like the deaJ
! sPenss FROM the grave for our lns,toc,ion.
As regard your locality IS IN some d.
s gree my residence, ! AN sure you will e,
s cuse the liberty have taken 10 addressin
. you this letter, and in requesting its put
- LEGATION.
have the honor 10 remain,
: Very respectfully, your oh't. sarv''.
% j. HAMILTON.
g. New York, Oct 20, 1912.