The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-04-06


insists that the Wings are responsible tor
Inc failure 10 accomplish. IN brief space,
all those promises which they and The pub
he. IN their s;s.ress, bad circulated with
uJl the lervor Of sick mans VOWS. la
thus claiming performance, whore really
nothing was fairly 10 be claimed of the
Wings but the sincere aud hearty effort 10
keep their promises. the Post certainly pays
a high tribute of praise to the assurance
which our very adyersaries fell Of the good
faith in which those hopes were held up TO
the country. Herein the fate of the two
parties is any hing bu. equal. When the
Wings promise, the promise is remembered
aud performance expected; but who so sim
pie as 10 recur to the studied, the inlention-
al decisions with which Locolocoism cheats
its dupes, unless, perhaps, 1t be to ridicule
such empiricism as the golden stream, the
pet bank league, or the sub Treasury TO
which 20 treasure was ever conhded
But, besides this virtue of being kept in
public memory, the Wing promises have
another peculiarly: they are sometimes
performed TO very remarkable extent
Witness the imporian, facts exhibited in
the report on the finances which we placed
before our readers some days ago, (hereai.
ter more particularly alluded to- from which
j, appears that during this unhappy g" hig
reign of two years." the public expenditures
have already been reduced 10 abou! one
half Of what they were under the paimy
days OF Democratic rule. Oh wolul Wing
"fsilure % And most disastrous to the
country" How deplorabIy insignificant, is
such reform as this, within two years, in
comparison with VIVA, Loccinco:sm accom-
p'lshed in twelve, or is yet to bring abou,
with the returning dynasty, the hope OF
whose second adven, the Post holds out lD
eee and gladness TO lis readers
The Post next inyeIghs against the otti
cial prescription pat in practice By the
Wings. To one who remembers Gen. Jack
sons famous axiom of rotation in Office, or
who knows any thing Of The great precepi Of
the New York school, "to the viclors be.
long the spoils," there is an amiable uncon
seriousness in the Posts compliant which is
lively, that il was some fragment out Of The
politics Of King Sa'uru's reign 10 lIaly, or
from some citizen of one OF the ideal Re.
pubics which the Greek philosophers loved
TO erect. The future commentators who
puzzle over the Just, the patriotic, and the
liberal context, will hardly find much inter.
nal evidence that will connect II with what
The party for whom it is written have been
doing for some twelve years past, sud the
general operation of official determination
to which, in the Posts own State. they
have just subjected every adversary in
place whom they could reach.
Let US pass, however, to the conside
ration Of one or two other particulars 10
the Posts Impeachment, Of the Wing Con.
gress.
They prolessed," says the Post, to
seek the safety Of the public money" &c.
and became SO careful Of il thai there IL
none left" A most ungracious reProach
this. certainly. from the lips Of q party
which lel so little money 10 The Treasury
on going out Of Office, that, 10 prevedt the
Government from coming to dead stand
for want OF means 10 pay It's ordinary ex.
pendiiure, 1t became necessary before the
Wings had been month in power, TO cell
Congress together to provide ways aud
means for the Government. How many
millions we do not now recolleci, bot mi.
lions we're required TO be provided 10 sup.
ply the reckless expenditure aad wlliul
improvldence of the Administration 70
which the Wings succeeded. And, through
the faithful and honest exertloDs OF the
abused Wings, ;here is at this moment more
money IN the Treasury than there was al
any time during Mr. Van Buren's Admins.
traIlon after the FIRST six months of It.
ltlstrue, as the Post says, tha, the Wings
declared that they found a deb, Of twenty
millions, which had been caused against the
Government by the previous Adminlstra
ton" IL Is % less true that the " aigs
have funded that deb, 10 part, and provided
revenue out Of which to pay The interest
upon /. and the remainder Of the principal.
They have gathered grapes from thorns
Finding the Government left by their pre-
decessors on the verge Of bankruptcy anC
surrounded By difficulties, they have ex,ri
Gated {, from lis embarrassed condition, sup
Piled It's wants, and placed rs fiaancia
means and credit on respectable founda
ton. And this they have done, ouly With
out the aid Of the /" Democrats IN Con
gress, but, with very few exceptions, 10 the
lace Of the mos! determined opposition il
that quarter from FRS, 10 last.
But, says the Post, f" They [the Wings
set on foot a scheme to raise % a grea, ma
Wy they created Home Squadron, bul
have never yet manned and equipped al
the vessels. The hopes and pride Of The
navy we're raised only to be dashed dowr
AGAIN" If all the vessels Of the Home
Squadron are not ye, manned and equipped
II is not the fault, assuredly, OF the VI hipt
in Congress. How high the hopes an,
pride Of the Navy were raised, the Pos
does not say. But wha, we know is, tina
the amount appropriated by Congress 70
Naval expenditure for the preseu, year an
The first half the next year is more thu
one.lhird Of the whole expenditure Of ,b
Government, being considerably over min
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