The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-09-06

commands in the market an ADVANCE OF
fifteen or twenty dollars in the hundred -
In the meantime | submit II TO you to say,
whether the principles of the republican
party have not been closely observed IN
all tina, has been done. Did those prnci-
pies require thai We should re-commence
new cycle of twenty years, The predeces-
sor Of which n Bank Of the United States
had fulfilled in 1886 Beginning by IN.
creasing the arrangements OF business for
years attended in lis mad career with
comparative prosperity, then resorllng 10
efforts by all its large means to force re.
charter, and ending It's existence amid the
curses aud denunciaiions Of the many II
had ruined. Most of you had, like my
self, through all time, pronounced the
Bank TO be unconstitutional.
Had your opinions on this subject under
gone a change in lS4O, and did you con.
template tia: Gen. Harrison and myself
who during the whole contest ayowed our
principles to be unchanged in that respect,
10 numerous addresses 10 the public
would be deserving of denunciation if eth
err of US should refuse to purlure ourselves
By sanciioning Bank charter, which, be-
ieving tito be unconstiulICn our solemn
oath Of Office required us to roie against
or pCto Tell ne, moreover, brother re.
publicans Of ls40, had you thea brought
yourselves to The conclusion that, even nd.
hitting possible abuse of the veto power,
it was proper To erase from the oonstltu.
lion that great barrier and check TO I'M
constitutional and highly ineXprdlent leg.
isla,ion, thereby making The will of Con.
gress supreme and installing the majority
of that body III the full possession of all
the powers of Government Or did you,
or do you now still cling 10 the opinion in
which the qualified veto originated, that a
government, without checks and balances
is the worst form Of Oiisdrchy -and that
too many guards, in order to secure pub
] lie liberty, cannot be thrown over its di.,
terent departments?
If, indeed, you arc advocates of change
so vital as that proposed, then may moi
only the Garrsons aud Tappans Of our
own country rejoice, but n shout should
ascend from The Abolition Convention oil
the whole world" at the fact that our Fed.
eral system had given way before the pow.
er of a consolidated government, whose
will, uttered forth by sectional majorilics,
was absolute, admitting of 70 check or re-
sis,ance from any quarter whatever. II,
( indeed, these be your opinions, thea have
| most grevousIy disappointed the hopes
in which you INDUCED in connection with
my election and my Administration. |
must, nevertheless, most solcmuly aver
that had | been aware that such would
have been expected and required Of nc
IL could have believed that you, whose
candidate | was peculiarly considered, and
to concilnie whom | was nominated for
The Vice Presidency, would have required
Of me in the contingency which unhaPpily
occurred, that should commence my ad-
ministralon with an act Of perjury, and
sanctioned measures abhorrenl TO every
principle of my past life and al war with
the prosperity Of the country and the con-
tinuance Of liberty, | would not have suf-
fered my name, humble as i, was, to have
been breathed in the canvass. No, claim
the proud privilege Of an American citi.
zen to think for myself on all subjects, and
TO net 10 pursuance Of my own convictions
-and i would require total change Of
my nature in order to convert me into
mere instrument Of party, or Of party die.
lation.
would appeal not only TO yourselves
but to all my counirymen to say whether,
in the matters appertaining to our foreign
affairs, they anticipated more success in
the adjustment of difficulties and 10 the
formation Of highly important Treaties
than II has been my province TO cause TO
be negotiated. Long standing difficulties
have been adjusted ifliculiies which
threatened most seriously the peace Of the
country. Nor has uny opportunity been
lost for enlargng the commerce Of the
country, and giving new markets TO our
agricultural aud manufactured products.
If the country has not rcaped full fruiiion
or benefit from all the treaties thus nego.
tlated, 1t surely has not been the fault Of
the Administration, The loss Of two Of
muse htdlles 'HTougU the action oil the
Senate, cannot hut be depIored by me as
great public calamlles. by the treaty
with the German States, we bad opened
the way to a more extended commerce
with 27,000,0 900 Of people, IN our cotton,
tobacco, rice aud lard, a, duties on tobac.
co, rice and lard greatly reduced, and
with stipulation for the free admission
Of cotton; while We had agreed 10 receive
at somewhat reduced duties articles from
those States which entered into The most
limited competition, if at all, with a few
similar articles Of American product.
( The treaty was particularly interesting
from the fact that, for the first time after
repeated struggles on the part Of my pre-.
decessors TO accomplish reduction Of du-
~ on tobacco, the Government had sue.
ceeded in doing so. 1t was negotiated
under resolutions originating with the to-
bacco States, and with the presumed sane j.
ton OF Congress, who had raised, as it is
believed, The mission TO Vienna from a
snCpn0 IN n FIRST rata unfactrr ,,,,,k