The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-07-25
TO THE FgEEwCr
OF Tx
Second Congregational Distrie, Of " Co,Olin

FELLOW CITIZENS: feel it 10 be du
iy owe TO myself and friends, 10 issu,
this band.bil. When the Branch Mint a
+ Charlotte, in this District, was unfortu
nately destroyed by fire, grent doubt wa,
expressed whether il would ever be rebuilt
by Congress. Frequent enquiries were
Gan3e Of me befure he last Session, wheth.
er believed M appropriation could be oh
lalned 10 rebuild it. pledged nyself that,
having always been in favor of The estab.
llshment, should spare no pains TO pro.
cure sufficient sum Of money from Con.
gress for It's re-establlshment. Iudvised the
trends oil The measure To get petitions and
have them numerously signed and forward
them TO me at Washington. A, soon as
! Congress met, o6 the first day of the last
/ Session, according 10 The rules Of the
House, gave notice for leave 10 introduce
bill to effect this object. Knowing, that
10 any event, all bills making nppropria.
lions OF money, would have to be reported
on by the Committee Of Ways and Means,
also consulted with Gen. Mckay, Chuir.
man Of that Committee, ia the House, rs
soon as possible, 10 get him, through his
Committee, to report an item in the gene.
raj appropriation bill, for the purpose 0! re.
building the Mint So tha, if the one
mode OF eHecling the object should fail, |
could then take up the other. Al an ear.
~ day | introduced a resolution calling up.
on the Secretary Of tbs Treasury, in the
usual way, for al e,limule of the cost, &c.
Of rebuilding. presented all the pc,.
lions forwarded to me and had them refer.
red TO The Committee Of Ways and Means
i personally saw and conserscd with ev.
cry member Of the Committee md nearly
every member Of the House Of Represen.
tatlvcs, urging the sdoptio Of the meas.
ure IN every Just way could. ! in,erce.
ded also with the members Of the Senate,
aud especially with the Hon. George Ev.
ans, Chairman Of the Committee Of Fl.
nance in the Senate, 10 who're charge
knew this matter would be eommitted.-
When the Bill came up for action, was
the only member Ia the House that smoke
against tie attempt made BY the Hon. Mr..
iralt, 81 \. ! ork, in the first place to Hbol.
ISL The Mnt altogether, and in the next
place by the Hon. Mr. Holmes, to remove
IT 10 Charleston, S. C. My remarks on
that occasion most Of you have seem
Congress had the discretion to make the
appropriation or not as il saw proper. The
measure succeeded contrary to the expec.
tatlon Of many of its friends both in and out
Of Congress. But, fellow citizens, sirange
as II may seem, infer all these effDrts sue.
cessiully mnde by me, TO secure an obiec,
which ! knew was anxlously hoped for by
my constituents, no suoneT was | candi.
date for reelection in this District than AZ.
tempts were made by the newspaper press
md oiberwl,e to do me gross injustice, by
charging that 10 tins matter o. the Branch
MINT, did not do my whole duty and thai
tie credit Of getting the appropriation for
It's re establishment was due TO others md
not TO me. Conscious Of the falsity Of the
chnrge, took no notice Of these attempts,
st the time, farther Than TO write TO several
members of Congress, who served with me
during The last Session, so that might be
prepared with their answers in the event
that the charge should be repeated, in o
responsible way, by my opponent in the
canvass. wherever he MIGHT he. A, Nor.
gan's Muster ground, at the close Of the
debate between Us. Mr.. Fisher read q let.
ter Tor portion Of il) from Gen. Snun.
ders Of Raleigh, IN which after distIaim.
nv any pnrpose to inure me or dispntaoe
NV etflrts in favor OF the Branch Mint. he
takes much of the credit Of the nensore
to himself. then read some of the letters
which YOU will find below, which are So
fu. and satisfactory on tins subject that
none can doubt. S,nce then have heard
nuIhin. from M. Fisher himself in TIL.
matter, but learn that his friends and NC.
i've paitizans, fearing TINT mip5l ret
some votes for the services | rendered 10
the community at large in procuring the
re establishments, Of the Mint, arc >ull harp.
inr on the same Suing, especially in the
gold mining sections of tins District LIS
TUE that all nv cu,eagues voted for tho
ApproDrlalion. md | was olad thnt they
did, az nv obiec, was to secure the pas.
sage Of the measure by all the votes could
get from every quarter oC the couo,ry.-