The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-06-07

Convention in this odd which some
nearer home have been base enough 10 re.
peat :-Bdliimore Patriot.
GRATUITOUS FALsEHooDs.
The Richmond Enquirer talks Of the
"coonlsh beastialiiies of the Wings at
the Baltimore Convention and saws, tho
" scene was disgraced by the grosscs, de-
bauchery and dissipation"
This is repetition of the infamous Sian.
ders OF the election of 1SI0-which should
at once be arrested by branding all who
utter or circulate them as gralullous liars.
We use the strongest word designediy, be-
cause the offence which we desire 10 re.
buke is one that, in aiming to degrade a
very large number Of as respectable A.
merIcan citlzrns from every portion Of the
Union, as the whole Union contains, is cal
cuated to disparage and degrade the A.
mercan character in the eyes Of the world.
! we brand, then, again, as gratuilous
liars, all who make or insinuate charges
such as those above quoted from the Rich
mond Enquirer. Nor is il any palliafion
OF the guilt and dishonesty of such stories,
that they are uttered on the authority of
others; for, with equal alacrity to ascer-
tain truth, that is exhibited in circulating
falsehood, it could have been ascertaincd,
beyond peradven;ure, that more orderly,
good.tempered, gay, and withal sober col.
lection Of people, has rarely, if ever, been
seen.
We speak from the personal observa.
lion OF several days, when We say, that
during the whole period, when excitement
was constantly kept up and renewed by
the successive arrivals of delegations, with
their banners, music, embIems, and even
live coons-very knowing looking crea-
lures, but very quiet withal-we saw moth
ing approaching what the Enquirer, with
most offensive grossness, calls beastlali-
ty nothing 10 justify, or even palliate,
the charge of " debauchery and dissipa-
flon." Yet our whole business there was
to see and know what was passing, TO min
gle with different delegations, 20 be much
and always abroad.
We neither saw, nor heard Of, any quar-.
rclling, any ill-temper, and debauchery.-
Excitement, indeed, there was; as how
could it be otherwise, in the presence of
such multitudinous and enthusiastic thou
sands gathered from all parts of the land
where the cultivator on the banks Of
the Red River met the fisherman from the
Bay of Fundy ?-where New Orleans and
Buffalo met face to face and where all
were animated by the same high purpose
and hope Of rescuing from disgrace and
misrule the country Of their common at
lection
But, we repeat again, and we appeal TO
the people of Baltimore of all parues-for
all seemed to vie in doing honor TO the &C.
casion, even when they did not concur in
its oblects-to bear US out in the assertion,
that order, sobriety, good nature and good
conduct, in an eminent degree, character
lied the recent Wing Conventions in their
city. AT the only place (the Canton
ground) where, by reason of being remov-
ed beyond the observations Of the city, and
after a long and dusty march, drinking
might have been resorted to; precautions
had been taken to exclude all stands or
booths, and casks of water, with tin cups
for each, were provided to assuage thirst.
Altogether, therefore, and in all its as
poets, the charge of intemperance is most
and wicked.