The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-03-01

leyrand said 10 the Directory" And " hen
| reflec, upon every thing he does 10 moke
his glory forgipea-upon his simplicity Of
taste, worthy Of the ancienls; upon his
love OF abstract science upon his iavorIte
aulhor-that Ossian which seems TO de-
tach him from earth when nobody IS e
norant Of his profound contempt for pomp
and show-tha miserable ambition oi vel.
gar minds /; all far from fedriag rhdt has
been termed his ambition, ! feel that IL riH
perhaps become necessary some day TO SO
LIcIr HIN, IN order TO tear him from the
streets Of studiobS retirement I"
Let the managers of the Globe just i'm.
agne how much OF buriesque-of humiliat-
ing, iawning, duplicity- such speech
from Talleyrand respecting Bonaparte's
habits, temper, inclination, aud need of So
Icitaiion "to tear himself from ;he sweets
of studious retirement" conveys 10 minds
acquainted with Bonaparte's unbounded
ambition and reoklessness of the means
employed TO crafty it, and they will have
Il very correct measure of the sersc IN
which the great majority of the people Of
this Union will regard the Globes article
of two columns, employed TO prove that
MIR. Van Buren's "magic of honest patriot
ism" alone has elected and guided the
constitution and selection of the Baltimore
Convention, or that it will be the guide Of
lis action, or direct the nomination Of him
over Cuss, johnson, aud his other com.
petiiors.
Iiu, we must look TO the GIoIp's article
for the proofs on which il relies 10 make
out Mr.. Van Buren's almost idomitable
love Of re,iracy With an art which well
understands how much is gained in appear.
ances by men Of small merit, from an rs.
ISOLATION with those of great meiit, the
Globe rehearses how Washington was i'm.
portuned to take upon himself The reponsi-
bilitles of the Prcsidency-tu1 how Jeger-
sou sought the shades Of philosophy at
Monticello, TO escape for ever from poll.
tics" and how "the people saw in his wan,
Of ambition, the strongest reason for dc.
manding his services and how " Madi.
sons career was but corollary of Mr..
Jeiicrson's and how ~ ha, We believe is
now for the tirstiimc admitted bythe Giob,)
Jackson "was surprised TO hear himself
spoken Of as President "-[not mentioning,
however, in totidem rerbis, the story which
Mr. V. BIS ardent Democratic friend,
Richie, used to tell on this subject and
finally comes down to its first piece Of ey.
dence respecting Mr.. Van Bureu's " magic
Of honest patriotism and aversion 10 pub.
lie office Aud what is il, sure enough
Why, that Mr.. Van Bureu, Ike Mr.
Jefferson, resigned the premiership un.
der Gen. jackson Not that he remain.
cd ~ it, as did Mr.. Madison, and Mr.. Mon.
roe, and Mr.. Adams No neither Of these
men ever gave to the world such evidence
OF " the magic Of honest patriotism as to
resign such an Office and retire to private
life but, even as Jefferson resigned il. ur.
der Gen. Washington, so Mr.. Van Buren,
resigned IT, under Gen. jackson! What
a parallel Of merit What magic of
honest patriotism was there
Bat, reader, The truth of Mr.. Van Bu.
ren's red! necessity of resiening, in the in.
stance mentioned, is so inseparably fixed
in the recollec,ions Of all the people. as
well as upon the pace Of history, with the
act .t his resignlng that the cilfantery Of
ne Globe itself was 10; equal, in abiding
. The one, 70 q suppression Of the other.
Hence The Globe says
Mr. Van Buren,, who had. like Mr.. Jefferson
esigned tho premiership, 10 reitsss Gen. Jackson
run The roGr ndged against 5fs adH.inis,yatjon
RON tFrRuHENsIovs On AN As srecEssoR WAS
,Foughl back, &C."
Yes, an so VIC have the fac, proved IN
he C.Ohc' own admissions. Thar n, Va,
'uren lcit the Office Of Secretary of State
OF from choice, nor from II S preference
Ie'iraey--not because he did not wish
nd seek 10 hold IT, Lnt because the ",n.
'lnct m the people F." was so po,en, aoai,s,
I'M, and 50 ayerse to him, even al TIM,
ay, aud so avefse TO even .Tackson's adj.
Illustration on account of lis being in and
part OF II, that, "to reiicre ON. Jgck.oo -
resigned Being driven from the place ,
me force OF hostile, distrustfal. nonu. ,
instinct" according to the Globe. ,
Fn admission Of the fact, il is comnarod
winch NlF. .IpttpFupu +.
adc, and set down TO the account Of III :
magic Of honest patriotism !" Was anv ,
tempt 10 bolster up The fallen fortunes /,
fallen, condemned politician, ever i
ore Iudicrous
II admitted facts If historical facts
ere ever all one way, and the concIusiona !,
opted were ever all directly the other =
~, then have We a case of the kind nm.
nably exhibited IN this article Of tho
lobe. '"e Y
One ought not to wonder, perhaps, at a r
emma so awakened, when It is recolIcc,. :,
That 1t IS the first attempt ever made bv >
TREND or foe Of Mr.. VIM Buren,. tn =
'rloe to him "the magic of honest On. =
offSm :" and TO deducc from that magic, -
merit OF never having sought public :, !,
ce f''''' W
But most unfortunately for the Globe, :"
,rt to show Mr.. Van Buren's patriotic :, ~
Inference to the office Of President, and "
nc does not desire it. the Richmond :"
anifcr, Of only few days since. unon