The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-11-21
Irum he National htsilgerctr.
POLITICS REDUCED roA SINGLE PRl'
ClPLE

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A. corruption advances, and as all the c
ia virtue, inst once made the strength Of u
commemorative decline, Il Is difficult 10 I'M
mine what would become Of Governments I
and especially of Republics IN these days,
but that, happily, as men grow wicked :
lhey grew shrewd 10 proportion as meg
rlly, patriotism, and capacity are lost, men :
become So very dcXlerous and tgeulous as
to be able al once 10 supply their places by !
a. thousand admirable conlryances. Such
a one We remarked not long ago in Sa-
yaunah paper, and We proceed 10 offer 4
to the public attention.
The world we kuow--decelyed by those
people who tell IN censuses, statistics, and
all such mattcrs-has grown accustomed
10 hook upon tic men of the South as not
mechaulclaus, not contrivers, uut no
ton n.makcrs and tins for no better Ica
son than because the Patent Office con.
,aus few models Of inventions derived from
those regions as ardent as a southern sun
cau make them But what II few south
ern mechanics stand in miniature within
the long galleries Of the Patent Office =
Theirs are inventions Of that uohlcr kind
which net ouy defy drawings aud speclh.
cations, but ,cum material representation
aud laugh al cur ats. Not to speak Of
~.ate.rahts distinctions, uu.0iGca,au, aud
the (oIly .halc theory, tie trrrapiu system
Of war, 'hc embargo plan q foreign lra3c,
and the gun.boat marine, have ~euut from
lhal region the hceunu. discovery Of tie
two.lhlrds method ~ nominating cenvcn.
Tons These are intentions beyond the
sketch Il northern -cn.us, ard winch 4
can ony huniby copy, never equal. But
observe once more, and confess the South.
. cu superiority in all elhcrea machinery
and ,mpalpahle manufactures Maih What
, . Georgian has found cut.
"TuE TCST OF SOUND POLITICS
/ TIE tc,, 10 determine hc soundecss d
p any political prlnciplc Is sufficiently simple
j Il consists ia applying TO every argument
e the fundamental principle d al good gov
e crnacat- the greatest happiness q The
n greatest number; "a asking on every &C
4 cd,ieu how Tar the measure m posed va
It advance ,ats general object wan tic great
probability Of >gccc,s-up problem ~hlci
lhc smallest potion ct c,rar.,ig Itcducs
may determine with aiiJam,He1l precision
c By pcfFetulIy fCcauing ,n tbs pHrt,Ple
q ,Hc value If csers argamcnl ard tic pro
pretty of every measure caHuol tai 70 b
accurately aseerls.ued. Iralh WI stlut
% fa,lh dl~aucualercl from lbe ignorance
/, and prejudice ol parry scntuacnl., AMI e.
far V4ta trngeeI 70 4ghl, ho4-h cen
cealcj under thousand faIag.ls. ~ Sara
e a1t Georgian.
Canany thing e easier, aoy raiag NOR
, Incapable of everything You have osi
10 6oi out what IN each cnsc, IS "tb
.o creates. happiness of the greatest n4mJec
end lhra, ct course, ,au whole business
4 loue-lhlt i, ID YOU cln and r.A give
'a To- ,hom.
The first point 10 he nov and great pro
-, cess Is, Of course, 60 tiud or IA what COZ
I. s.sls }ao "geucat h9rHar>-, +" t',e "gtaat
a. e,s haFp.g"-s, tac s.Hmum bgnaia ct YOU
n people, II j. ltme ,aeuga afterwards
a.. knowing wba, II is, To lfy to get Is 10
h, tacm.
., NON, The Scriptures tell us hat &c
H.. laid oa monaud the commoa curse pi 20
"A Der. OF course, to shake 81 laa, cur,
r.. would be their greatest haHFae-s.' H.
D., tr-t oLgar, If n eepI Government, lLaft
-. fore, -aaua br 10 PIT antad 10 urh. ~
"A Ply Tins 90 tue tarf, a8I you utDI see d
b. oace how caicactegs Is the He" le,t.