The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-07-26

IaCtuFinS tuterest from sudden end utter dc
s.ruc,ion, sooihed and conciiiaed the an
CRY passions of men then ready to rush upol
revolution and bloodshed, aud gave amp
time to the friends of the protective pollcv
10 rally IN It's support before the dearest in
ieresis oil the country could be fatally aztec
ted. Any attempt TO withstand and repe
The flood then rushing upon us would have
boon irultless. Ii was clear that we SHOULD
be swept away by the torrent. We prefer
red TO divide, TO divert, and 10 retard IT.
And | then thought, aud still think, that The
mighty effort of Mr.. CLAY on that occasion
10 save bis sasorlte policy from the danger
which threatened il from every quarter
was The most triumphant act OF his life.
After most exciting debate on the mer.
lis OF the bill, great part Of which was
never published IN consequence of tho feel.
ing into which our friends had been betray.
ed who had always before that acted togeth.
ar on this subject, the question was taken
on the engrossment Of the bill on the night
oil Saturday, the 23l OF February, 1898,
and # was ordered 10 a third reading ~ the
Senate by an overwhelming majority. At
this stage we arrested further proceedings
IN the Senate in consequence OF the constltu.
Az. ,s.olal difficulty of originating revenue bin
Ae1 rsii9ody. But we had secured our OBJ
lect b. thus indicating 10 the House the
mea " to which We were d sposed to nc
cede. Ga Monday following, beng the
10Th of February successful motion vas
made in the House TO strike out the whole OF
MIR. Nerplanck's bill and substitute the CON.
promise IN lieu of II. The bill thus amen
ded was ordered 10 be engrOsscd for third
reading on the same day, and shortly utter
became the law OF the land.
II is too late now, after the experience
the nation has had of General Jackson's IA
tiuence while President, to pretend that II
was not IN his power IA -33 ID have crushed
the protective policy. HIS parity was ia the
zenith Of It's power II had abandoned ESQ
~ principle formerly proiessed Ly Il, to
which he had become hostile II had So
crlhced every institution and every measure
which 1t had formerly ads ocated as soon a $
nc declared war against IT, II l. too late to
say that he had some friends among the tar
Itf men who could have Influenced hl, own
course. tie had friends among the bank
men, no had friends among the internal I'M
provemeni men, aud Il was maluly by Their
aid that he was made prominent candidate
IN 1874, and actually elected ia ls2-. Had
the trends the bank the nallmproye
ment system, and the tariff loreseen his poi
icy IN 1874, he could not possibly have Oh.
tanned votes enough in the umted States
10 have carried hun into the House of Re
representatives. candidate for election. Ills
intention on these subjects we're siudiously
concealed pending his election, and when
they were finally disclosed they exhibited
that generalshlp IN politics for which he
was deservedly distinguished. lie killed
oil the institutions Of The country 10 detail,
always selecting the weakest first, destroy
ing that with the aid a the friends Of the
others before he ventured TO announce any
hostility to the latter and neye. attackln,
The strongest until the friends Of weaker /
measures, which had been victimi2ed. be ,
came powerless. Ills frs, attack wns on
The internal improvement 4, stem, aud al.
though It was quite a iayorite with mos, OF
his Western and Northern supporters on
lhe day his vote on the MaysyilIe road bin
was sent 10 Conefe vet three weeks aC
forwards II had scarcely friend ~ his
party. The little remnant who dared to
Temonstrate against the veto were mmed.
htely prescribed and turned out OF his DO.
liticai church. {" Ucdlcgoa prorimus ar
det.' Tho banks turn came next. HIS
Determined hostility TO that was disclosed
after be found himself success
ful IN the destruction Of tho Improvement
system, and not before. The General
said his friend Felix Grundy one day 10
me - sportsman who must always have .
cock N the PIT" He had tired his 40
prentice hand on the internal improve
Inents aud although, while he was mem. ,
Der OF the Senate OF the United States, he /
had, by all his votes, carried tina, system To .
me most exsravagans extent, aud won col.
Zen Opinions by The latitude Of his con-ti. I
Iutional construction among hts dupes in
Ihe west, yet he crushed the whole Of it
80 etiectually at a single blow after he be-
came President that It's friends lost all IN
inence with his gigantic party. Embol.
lened by this success, by the eclat which I
he enemies OF internal improvements BE- :
slowed upon hun from all quarters. he ;
sought new laureI4 Of the same kind in ,
new held; and although u, no period before ,
lis election bad he even yenlnred 10 WINS
'eT his hostility 10 tho bank, although dur !
ng The whole period Of his service IN the |
senate OF tho United States, when, if he i
rad harbored any hostility to the bank on !
he ground Of It's uuconstitu.ionnlity or ,
dangerous tendency to our liberties, his oath E
Il lldeIlty as a Senator ought to have com. 4
'elled him 10 disclose 1t, he never breath. n
d word against il. yet as soon as he had :.
,ot nd OF the internal improvements, he de r
Jared war agalns! tho bank, und ciiectualIy &
rushed that too. i
ltne It IL, that the Pennsylvania Lcris b
azure, by luminous vote, had shortly be. n
ore declared for the Bank. Did not his Il
AIRY friends ~ that body, immediately aC
or nearing the news Of the Veto. wheel ~. NJ
the party line, aud unto IN all his denim. -,
ldtiohs ot mat institution T,no - q, H., T.