The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-01-26

delicate and complex subject, or term,
JUS, and satisfactory to all sections Of the
L mon, tharmonising ihei. various Interests
by the golden rule of moderation, which
is the only pledge Of permanencc and sta.
blliiy in any arrangement that NAV be
made than Mr.. Van Buren,. The Mise
and temperate spirit so strikingly exhih.
tied in his letters which have been recent
~ given to the public, sustained by his
well known influence with his friends, and
his own high and unqueslioned character
for frankness aud decision, is a guarantee
which no portion Of the milton viii lightly
regard.
With respect TO the Bank, il the coup
try shall be reduced 10 choice between
the odious and grinding Sub.Treasury
Scheme, aud National Institution of Fl.
nance, properly guarded against abuse hy
the Jealous restrictions Of its charter, as
well us by vlgilant public supervision and
control, | do not believe that the sober
Judgment Of the people, under the pressure
Of such an alternative, would find any
cause Of quarrel agains' those who, free
from constitutional difficulties on the sub
leci, should 90 for the latter, in preference
to the former. And as 10 the Dlstribu;ts
of the proceeds Of the Public Lands, hat
stands Necessarily and evidently adiuutD.
ed, as practical question, till the ie,c.
nues Of the nation, compared with its q.
pendliures and engagements, shall be in
very different situation from that in which
they now are, or are likely to be for yeas
to come. My own individual opinions On
these subjects, have been so often and fu
y stated, that need not repca, them here.
W hat | mean TO say, at present, is, that
these are issues either Hypothetical and
speculative, or neutralized by equal and
opposing considerations on She other side.
and should not divert the mind, for mo.
mcni, from those higher, and more urgenl
aud vital questions, which are the tue tests
Of sound and correct decision in the
pending Presidential Election. Those
tests | have already adyeried TO. They
are such as are inseparably connected with
the purity, character and preservation Of
The Government itself, and in my humble
judgment, are Overwhelmingly conclusive
, agains, the preiensIoEs Of Mr.. Van Buren.
IA little shall We permit ourselves,
trust, to be " frightened from cur propne.
~ by the old aud hollow expedicni Of a
senscless and arbitrary use fpsriy names
Those who are SO prone 10 ringing tie
changes on the nomenclature Of Federal
: is, and Republican would do well TO re-
, member tina, they have men, reading and
cnquiring men, to deal with, and not CHI.
drca. Try Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.. Cay
by any les, derived from the authentic bis
tory Of political parties in this country, Of
by The standard Of those great principles
; which exist in the essential elements Of
= our popular institutions, and Mr.. Clay
: stands before the world the far better Re.
! publican Of the two.
. Ia that great array and struggle OF The
two parties Of the country, (amohg tic
{ most memorable III our hlslorv,) Whc5
arose out Of the controversy and war with
/. England in 1912, where WIS Mr.. Clay and
where was Mr.. Van Buren, Mr.. Clay
calamity leading the Republican hosts IA
the House Of Representatives, and sustain.
ing the administration Of Mr.. Madso1.
with all the energies Of his patriotism and
> cloquence--Mr. Van Buren, uniting with
the Federalsts TO depose that illus,rioH
; man from power, and to supplant his Cd.
c mlnisttatlon Try them again by thai
I standard which Mr.. Van Buren, himself,
Il IN a mse, si~I-,"s- ~r.~~~L .i-t.~---1 e.
the Senate Of the United States in ls2-,
: declared 10 be tho true and Legitimate
= distinction between The Federal and Re.
2 publican parties, -lhc one seeking to ~
tend, tic other to restrain, Ere Rtire pow.
F, er. The public have not forgotten he
u various schemes so sedulouslv devised or
D counl"nancod bv NJ. Van Buren, during
the whole period Of his administration, aud
: 'uIly exposed al the lune, 10 augmon; FIX.
; ecuti'c patronage, discretion ard power
and nothing, surely, has more emineniy
E distinguished the career of Mr.. CLAW than
hrs constant and perseycring efforts 10 70.
strain, and 10 provide new dkcs and Sc,
7, cnfIlics against the enlargement or ab.
slye exercise Of the powers Of that depart.
Q menl Of the Government. Judging them,
= then, by Mr.. Van Buren's own definition Of
political parties, as correctly laid down by
him IN ls2s, but totally lost sight Of 10
his subsequent practice, let the sober and
impartial Judgment of the country decide
which is the FederaIist and which the Re.
publican.
II IL impossible for any rejecting man
TO contemplate the actual and prospective
condition OF the country without seeing a
1t already the germ Of new difficulties and
troubles, which may, in their approaching
development, aglta'e our glorious tno0
TO us centre. The Oregon aud Texas
question IN our foreign reations--al home,
deficient revenue, with nll its ordinary
sources pressed up to their farihesi pro-
ductire limit, and some Of them, there IS
reason to apprebcnd beyond, the Tariff
controversy rc.opcned, with oil the con-
ilicilng interests aud passion which never
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