The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-05-24

some instances, because they had exteusly
connexions, and we're influential in carry
, ing the elections.
: While they have been supporting o.
these measures, so corrup,ing and monar
chical in their tendency, the gentleman an
his party, with view Of dlyerIing publ
J attention from the acts, and deceylng Ia
careless and isnorant, have been maxim,
loud aud uucoosing professions of Republi
canlsm and Democracy, therein yerliylu,
the prediction Of MIR. Jefferson, that III,
next effort Of those who maintained the oil,
Federal Docirnes TO get iuto power woul,
be made after they had stolen our name
Whatever was most peTuicious among The
doctrines Of tho Federal party they have
adopted, without lie oreuaesq and honesty
of purpose. Uador tboir system, the Exec.
uiIve power is advancing With rapid strides
the public morals are daily becoming uore
and more corrupt, aud, unlesa il be arrested
our Liberties viii DO lost. Sir, We have
nothing 10 fear from foreign force. No
Tree government was ever destroyed 10 lhis
way. As long as Ihoy are animated by a
proper splnl, the ieebIest nations have
been able to repel Invasion. Tue htlle
States Of Greece, while they remained vr
iucus and ardent lovers Of liberty, were an
ogermatch for all Asia, They afterwards
fell q prey 10 The petty kingdom Of Ma.
cedon. Bu, II was not until The gold of
Philip bod penetrated into the heart Of
Greece, that his steel could triumph on the
fatal field of chrronea
To resist the downward tendency of
things, the gtea, Wing patty are united to
d man now, as they ever have been, against
the extension Of Executive power. As
means Of efecting its reduction to proper
limits, they are for a single Presidential
term, for modification Of the veto power, for
the separation Of the purse and The sword, for
the reduction Of patronage, for tho non 10.
reference Of Government officers 10 cleo.
tons, aud for the rigid supervision Of all
Executive officers by Congress.
We have been taught however, by bitter
experience, that principles, however good,
will not execute themselves. There is o
man whose whole life has connected him
with these great principles. For nearly
forty years his limo and talents have been
devoted, in our legislative halls, TO their
propagation. Once, too, in an executive sta. |
ton, he had an opportunity, TO some extent, !
Of testing bis sincerity, and bis conduct
there was IN accordance with his decara |
tons elsewhere. | may be pardoned for
saying, that the administration with which<
he was Connected as Secretary Of State de- !
serves 10 hold &c hishaa, .Sl-~-----.ssehte !
..40-04-i,v. ,sshaa cGsurrufion of power, Gitr
attempts to bold the highest place in public
estimation, all attempts TO exercise IFS pa
tronago Improperly, and total abstinence
from prescription for opinions sake. The
individual to whom | alude filed large
space in the public eye during the last war
with Great Britain. There was a peace
party in that day, such as the gentleman
from Ohio spoke OF and that party selected
De Wit Clinton as lis candidate for the
Presidency, against James Madison, the
war candidate and Martin Van Buren,, the
gontlcman's (oyorite, was 40 active and
mos. Jealous supporter Of Clinton. lie 10
whom | allude was not Of bis party. Ga
tho contrary, be was the most ardent advo-
cate Of that war, and proclaimed, in irum.
pet tones, thot sooner than submit TO Brit.
sh wrongs, he would prefer 10 SEQ the
American people expire 10 common strug-
cle for free trade aud sailors rights
Not such free trade as some advocate 10
our day, the allowing foreigners TO sell their
productions here without beng obliged TO
pay duties. while their Government impose
burdens on US. No, sir; it was for the
privilege Of carrying our own goods n our
own ships across tho ocean without having
those ships seized, searched, and plundered,
and our seamen impressed into Tho British
navy. Sir, being the mos; active Of all our
public men, ho has originated more grca;
measures than oil others Of his time. OF
ten wore they deemed bold, hazardous, ond
inexpedient, by his compeers, bu, his Ca
gle.cyed sagacity, aud enlarged patriotism
did not fail 10 select that course which the
matured judgment Of the nation approved
Sometimes he stood almost alone; ye, " hen
his position has seemed most critical, such
has been the fertility Of his inventlop, and
the extern, of his resources, that be has then
ever achieved the greatest triumphs.
For instances, let me refer you to his
course in relation 10 the acknowledgment
Of South American independence, TO the
origin Of the land distribution scheme, to
his conduct in relation to our difficulties
with France, aud to the introduction of the
compromise bill in 1888. will advert,
more particularly, TO one event of his life,
which has by some been thought rash, be.
cause there was once diversity of opinion
in relation 10 it, and because il illustrates, in
my view, some traits in his character. lie
was one of the five commissioners Of Client,
who closed the war with England by trea.
ty. The British commissioners Insisted
that we should cede to Grea, Britain the
right 10 the free navigation Of the Misss.
sippl river. After much argument, ma.
jority Of our commissioners ulI highly pa.
triotlc individuals, determined to concede
the demand. lie, ,hereupoo, with full
knowledge Of the fact that Great Britain,
having Just terminated successfully her war
with Napoleon, was prepared to turn all her
arms against US, declared that be would at
fix his name TO no such treaty, and that he
would take upon himself the sole RESPONSE