The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-10-11
A Speech from Edward s,aniy.

AlleT .. ehckle w dliS, Esq, OF Baitl-
more, had concluded his eloquent and mas
ierly address &c the vast and brilliant as
sembIage 10 East Baltimore street, (Bulu
more,) on the l7Ih instant, the Hon. Mr..
Stanly, Of North Caroliuu, WAS introduced
10 the meeting amids, the enthusiastic shouts
OF thousand Of voices. The annexed sketch
Of The address, which he then proceeded
TO deliver, Y i'll give TO the reader some idea
o! lls character aud tone:
Mr.. Stanly commenced with the remark
TINT be presented himself before his fellow
citizens on this occasion with more than US
ual dillidence. With the rich muaic Of the
mc'odlous voice Of the gentleman who bud
preceded hun still sounding 10 his ears, il
WAS rather rash in him TO follow. Blu, 10
felt that hs owed duty 10 tho Wings Of
Baltimore, aiior the annunciaticn that he
would address them, and that duty he must
discharge, even al the risk Of being consid.
eied guilty Of rashness.
II vas his wish 10 call tho attention Of
lboss before him 10 some fac;s important 10
he cousldered before the coming elections
should have passed over; and TO hilo It was
most heart cheering TO see tho glorious
tutn our which The Wbigs Of BslilDore had
made on this occasion. Whist wss it that
had called them all logotberl v hat was
il that was bringing together tbs Wings in
such vast assemblogos throughout the
length and breadth of the laud ! 1t was TO
lsar The discussion Of Wing principles and
~ Pfot"oss '''vir socesss. 1. was very ca.
sy 10 know what The Wings we're for, and
"hst they assembled for. But What the
Democratic parIy-DemocrE.s IS cour,e.
~, not ih.i they had any right to the name
we're for, was what neither he nor any
one else he believed could understand. since
the needing Of the Baltimore Convection.
Ia his remarks to night he WISHED TO
bIlnH Ia ths rninda- 4.f-hiA l41ArA1A-,--.. i.,4-
itT. Il was well known that when our In
dependence was first proclaimed, and Eo
gland had ekao~ejged il, The Unlon vas
not formed. And @hcn the meeting IVES
FIRST held for tho formation Of the Union,
Mary sod insisted, as one Of tho conditions
Of her assent TO H. ,ha, those public lauds
should be divided among the S,ales-taal
she should have her share assigned 70
her. Aud this was conceded by The other
members ofthe Confederacy. These lands
we're subse quouily yielded, for tune, as a
common fluid, for the payment OF the pub.
lie debt. And what did the tso political
parties Of tho country now propose TO DO
with these landsl Mcssrs. Calhoun, Ben.
ton, and other leaders Of the Locoloco par.
~ say let them be given to The new States
ahd TO the General Government. What
would that benefit those IS 10 had fought 10
secure the freedom Of the country ! The
new States had already received large
amount for work. o internal improve
ment and for tho purpose Of education,
vh,le the old States had received compare,
lively but little.
The " hiss wanted the proceeds Of tho
public luuds distributed among the States,
that they might herewith pay portion Of
their State debts, that they nigh. be re-
ioycd from u portion Of the heavy 'axO'ion
shich was levied upon them, that they
'-,s-ht - sas'i'ra % sdvnrco tho cause al
education among the people. Who was
this course calculated to benefit, the rich or
the poor The rich msn could educate
his children al homo or abroad, as might
bes' suit his inclination bot # Mary isnd
bad her portion Of the proceeds Of the pub
lie lands she might establish public schools
throughout her limits, by which the poor
man could be the party most benefited. -
And if tho Wigs were asked why, when
they had the power, lhoy did not give the
SpIes these lands, they might reply that
they did but that their action was irustra.
ted by the veto Of Democratic President
aud that they would have given them again
in $40 but for John Tylcr. The Whige
say, "Glye n man az education, and let
him come from where he may, no matter
where, he might reach any station in this
great Republic. Ia other countries men
were boru to greatness, or reached il
through the favor OF their soYerelgns. In
this country wo owaed no sovefelgns, OK
cept the ladies', God bless them and every
mao ought 10 have one of them Loud
cheering.
The Wing party Che speaker copliuued)
wanted to see the time when every Amori-
can citizen might point his children to the
example Of George Washington; might
bid lhsm lock at him, raised from 40 hum.
ble position, with nothing but small pa
trimony, except the benefit Of education,
without which he never could have filled
the positions he dld-and bid those children
asple 10 The post which be with so much
honor cnce iied; when they might bid them
look al the immortal Franklin, raised by
his own exer,ions, aud the education he &C.
CURED through them, from the humble STA
ton of a poor printers boy TO the proud
rank he afterwards filled in this nation, and
to the highest elevation Of character at
home and abroad, so that an American in
Franco vas honorod for being from the
land Of Benjamin Franklin--Iho man of
whom il has been beautifully said that he
drew the lightning down from heaven, and
made it SUBSEQUENT to the will Of man :"
when they might bid them mark the course
Of Roger Sherman, the poor shoemaker,
and a host OF others who, by tho advanta
ges Of education, even self.acquircd had,
risen 10 high posts of honor and fame, and
hid Ihem rival them Ay, the Wings wan