The North-Carolina standard., 1844-09-11

the debt due by the &C Mountain men"-the /" Yes
tern Reserce'-for Cherokee Lands, will be call
ed in and it is not impossiblet that the new admins
tration may proceed to collect from the " Western
Reserve" to pay Rail Road debts, that fund which
a democratic Legislature set apart to be applied
TO Western Improvements Let the poor debtors
look oacs Let the Western people look to this ere
it is too late They have turned their back upon
Col. Hoke, who has heretofore stood by them in
talf emergencies, and ousted Mr.. Arery, who was
emphatically the Western Representative; and it
is in spirit ofjustice and fairness, more than in
that of complaint, that we would warn them to
watch the party under whose influence they have
prescribed their leading Statesmen. There is no
Hoke-no AUery to look to their interests in 1844!
If taken in time, these federal partizans may be
arrested by the voice of public opinion.
The distinguished federal lawyers whom these
very debtors have elected to the Assembly have an
interest in this matter adverse to the peoplefor if
the Cherokee debt is collected to pay the Rail Road
debt with the State must have Attorneys, and some
one more of these will get fees and commissions
for the job If there be no suits there will no fees
And whilst we have all proper respect for the
honorable profession of the law we have no hesi-
taion in declaring belief, however singular it
may appear to others, that lawyers are fond of
FEES and the Cherokee debt has to be collect
ed, how natural in one of them to feel and to say,
"a0hy, somebody will have 10 do it, and why should
not our new Federal Treasurer employ ME to sue
the Cherokee land debtors, especially if vote for
him to be Treasurer" We advise the debtors to
have an eye to this matter. Ii the warning is
useless, it will certainly be harmless Let it pass
unheeded, and you shall see what you will see
that's all.
But if neither the School Fund nor the Chero-
kee debt are to be used to pay this Rail Road debt
we should like to know how it is to be paid
Val the Federal party tar' the people to pay 1t
off? North Carolina is at this very hour contrib
uting her full share to the payment of FORTY
MILLIONS of revenue to the General Govern
ment-TWENTY MILLIONS more than the
Government needs and is she, in addition 10 this.
to be saddled by the same federal party who put
this enormous tarif:tax upon her shoulders, with
million of dollars more to sustain Rail Road
corporations2 Come out, Mr.. Hines, and let us
know what you intend 10 do Show the hand of
the federal party, that the people may see wheth-
er it contains blessings or taxes in the shape of
blessings That will be a great and high day
for North Carolina when all her debts are paid j;
when her treasury shall be replenshed, but not so
full as to tempt her to useless and extrav-
agant expenditures when her taxes shall be low,
but sufficient to uphold and carry on plain and
economical administration; when she shall have
less to do with corporations, and more sympathy
than she now has for the toiling millions; and
when the good old primitive days of Nathaniel
Macon shaHcome forth to look her in the face
and bless her with abundance But this state of
things can never be, so long as the Federal party
are entrusted with power. Their chief care seems
to be- not for the people, whose servants they some
times are, but aoho shall have Offices and AoDDf
fees are to be got, People of North Carolina
people of the West, those of you who work hard,
and get but little for what you make, caIlsupon
you to rouse up to the importance ofthe crisis and
take your own cause into your own hands. Look
10 these things before it is too late. Look to them
in time, or ruin mag oUert0ke North Carolina i!