The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-08-22


belonging to "a nation whose character
is no,o so lo,p in the estimation Of the CIV
ilized world; :" and throughout you mnin.
tain this tone. Did the Americans who
wero under your roof last summer in.
form you that such language would be
gratifying TO their fellow. citizens having
no practical concern with slave holding -
Or do the infamous libels on America
which you read in our Abolition papers IN.
duce you 10 believe that all that class OF
people are, like the AboltIonIsts them
selves, totally destitute Of patriotism or
pride of country Let one tell you that
YOU are grossly deceived. And although
your stock brokers and other spectators,
who have been bitten IN American ven.
lures, mny have raised stunning "cry
against Us in England, there is vast
body of people here besides slave holders,
who justly
Deem their own land Of every land tho pridO,
Beloved by Heaven o'or all the world beside"
And eho knop that AT ihia moment We
RINK among the First Powers OF tho world
IA position which we not only clam, but
are always ready and able 10 maintain.
Tho style you assume IN addressing
your Northern friends Is in perfect keep.
ing wllh your apparent estimation Of them.
Though should be the last, perhaps Ia
crltlcIso mere style, ! could not but be
struck with the extremely simple manner
Of your letter. You seem 10 have thought
you were writing Tract Tor bonighted
IieC,hen, and telling wonders never before
suggested 10 their imagination, and so far
above their untuiored comprehension ns 10
require TO DO related in the primitive Ian.
guagc of " The ch,lds own book" This
IS sufficiently amusing aud would be moro
so but for tho coarse and bitter cplthots
you continually apply TO The poor slave
cplthcts which appear TO be ste
reotypcd for the use OF AbohlInn,sts, nnd
which form large and maeriul pat Of
all their arguments.
But perhaps the most extraordinary part
of your letter is your bold Recommendation Of
4" the shdmftul compromises " Of our Con-
stltuIion, aud Your earnest recommends
| ton TO those you address 10 overthrow or
reyolutionize IT. In So many words you
say TO them "yOu mu1 tuher seperaie
yoTSelres from oil political connexion with
tho South, and make your own laws, or 1t
you DO not choose such n separation you
must break up The political ascendaney
which The Southern hare had for so long
lime orer the Northern States" The ital-
les IN this as IN oil other quotations are
| your own. Ii Is well for those rho circu.
| late your letter here, thnt the Constitution
| YOU denounce requires an overt nct 10 con.
siltule Treason. II may be tolerated for
an American by birth to use on his own
soil the freedom Of speaking and writing
which IS guaranteed 10 him, and abuse our
constitution, our Union, and our people.
But that foreigner should use such sedl.
tious language 10 a Circular Letter ed.
dressed TO o portion Of tho American PEG.
pie, is a presumption we'll calculated tc
excite The Indignation Of oil. The party
/ known 10 this country Us the Abolition
! party has long since ayoSed the sentiments
I you express, aud adopted the policy you en-.
! Join. a, the recent Presidential Election
4 Hoy gave over 62 900 votes for their own
candidate, aud held the balunce Of power IN
two or thfoe Of the lOrges, S,ates-wanllng
/ but little Of doing II 10 several others. lnlhe
/ last four yenrs their vote has quadfupled.
Should the InfatuatI0n continue nnd their
vote increase IN the same ratio in the next
| four years, II will DO as largo as the vote
( af the actual STARE holders OF the Union.
+ S,.k -, JaHlflaaa IL.
gratifying 10 you. ltgives hope Of a con.
test on such terms as may insure the down.
fall OF Slavery or our Constitution. The
South vcnerntes the Constitution, md is
prepared TO stand By II forever, such as u
came from tie hands u our fdihers, TO risk
osory thing to defend and maintain It IN
i,s integrity. But tho South is under 20
such deIusion as 10 believe that II derives
any peculiar protection from tho Union.
On the contrary, il is well known wo in
cur peculiar danger md that We bear far
more than our proportion OF tho burdens
The apprehension Is MISC fast fading away
that any Of tho dreadful consequences
commonly predicted will necessarily result
from a separation Of tho States. And
come ,chdt may VIC are firmly resolved that
OUR SYSTEM OF Domestic SLAVERY SHALL
STAND. The fate Of the Uulon thcn-but
thank God not of Republican Government
rests manly IN the hands Of the people
to whom your letter Is addressed the
protesting Christians Of the Northern
States having no concern with slayehold.
ing, aHd whom with ncendtary zonl you
arc cndcavorIng TO stir up to strife with
oct winch fanalIcism eau neither live,
move, nor have any being.
We have often been tainted for our son.
si'iycness in regard to tho discussion Of
slavery. DO not suppose it IS because we
have any doubts Of our rights, or scruples
nbou, asserting them. There was umc
when such doubts and scrupIes were enter.
| tanned. Our ancestors opposed the intro
ductioE Of Slaves into this country, and Il
feeling adverse to 1t was handed down from
them. The enthusiastic love Of liberty
fostcred by our revolution strengthened
this feeling. And before tho commence.