The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-07-03
IS Ir PATRIOTIC

Is IT PATRIOTIC
The present contest for the Gubefnato.
rial Chair, presents the singular spectacle
Of one Of the Candidates canYassing for pop
ular favor, BY attacking popular interests
The State oan, olc Rail Road, and has
5000, 900 Of Stock in The other. Aud Mr..
Shepard has made these Roads the unceas-
ing theme of the bilterest denunclaiions.
lie proclalms wherever he goes, that the
Raleigh Road is not worth a dollar, and
that the whole Of the Wilmington Road
will IN ten years be covered with old fold
pines. What pleasure cun any true heart.
ed son of North Carolina take in deriving
her public works Why should il give
him pleasure 10 ride them land ride them
10 death-and after tina, preach lCneral
sermon over them, as he did al tllllsbolo!
Is il nothing, that transportation by the
hundred, winch under the old system was
one dollar and half, is now reduced by
Rail Road 10 sixty cents Is that Of no
benz fit to the community IS it nothing,
that the Raleigh Road has for the first four
months Of the States ownership paid eight
per cent, on the purchase money, over all
expenses Is il of no public benefit, that
produce can now be transported, not only
with little more tl.an one. third Of the for.
/ ner cost, but SO eXpcdl,iously rs to take
advantage Of the rise and fail of the mar.
ket7 l. it nothing to The public, that
those whose business or pleasure calls
them abroad can now accomplish in
lpt htptc b., II
labor Of days
But if these things were not so--would
Il be wise or patriotic, especially IN one
who aims to be Governor, to aecry our
public Institutions, to render them as
worthless rs possible, BY exciting and ar
raging against them popular hostility II
the bargain were b d one, would it not
be prudent 10 make the best Of il Why
should the Euad be abused, denounced
crippled IN lis ac.on, thWartud u lis hon.
est eudcavors 10 sustain itself, and prove,
SO far as may he, public blessing Is il
right thus to depress The resources Of the
State-to mock at her want Of wisdom, i'll
which, # she was mistaken, she erred by
the side Of many prudent and good men
who individually proved their sincerity by
planking the cash-uImost to their ruin
Why move Heaven and earth, to prove
that he good old Month State, ctr mother
is hopeessly insoivent} Why not cheer
her on IN her honest endcdYors 10 exlricate
/ herself and her sons from the serious diff.
/ lieuliies in which she has unfortunately
become enangled Is il wise in War, to
withhold supplies TO refuse to furnish the
resources necessary to carry It on : What
would now be thought Of the Wing party
! in Congress if they should pursue this sui.
cldical course, because they DO not approve
the action Of President Polk in provoking
the War? Is il any more patriotic To at
tempt to cut off the resources BY which
our State is aboring 10 recover her losses
Suppose such unmjtigatcd abuse were d..
rected TO an individual, destroying his in
hnence, breaking up his trade, and blast
ing his character. Oar Courts would pro.
Hnunce him who made these attacks H.
beHer-nnd jury would thrust their fin
gers deep IN his purse after the wherewih-
al TO repay The Injury. But the State has
no heart, and ambitious young men may
stab her under the fifth rib, and repeat the
assaults to their hearts content, and she
utters no cry, she asks for no damages.
We call on all good citizens to stand by
the State and her interests; to rally Il.
round her, md let the glorious strife be,
who can aid her the most in sustaining
herself in this crisis, She is in distress,
and requires wisdom and prudence and
manly nerve to bring her out. What man,
who loves his State as he ought, would
see her interests confided to the hands al
rash boy, in time like this Can he
govern men or guide the State" whose
notions about mortgages would shame any
candidate or Justice Of the Pence in No tn
Carolina Is he competent, who grayeIy
maintains that because the Rail Road was
declared by the Legislature to be Insolvent
therefore, It's property when sold to pay
its debts is not worth a cent ? Who
must Of course suppose that when n man
is lnsolyent, and cannot pay all his debts,
therefore, what property he may have,
when sold under execution or decree Of the
Courts, ia rorM nothing.
We have heard of poeticaI Justice this
we suppose is poeticoI lar. 1t certainly
differs as much from the law as recognised
by reason, common sense and the Courts,
as BIannerdoes from Paradise Lost. Hea-
ven save us from poelica Governors un.
less their poetical favors be considerably
subdued and cooled by sprinkings of COM
mon sense. We have no objection TO be.
ing as poeticaI and silly as they please, So
they act out their nonsense in state of
lotiracy. But when the times ore so sad.
! ~ out of Joint, when Our finances require
the coolest hands and soundcst Judgment,
when the horrors of War arc around US,
and we nrn already engaged in strife,
the end and result Of which God only
knows, it is no child's play with us-this
election Of Governor. Let us act as be-
comes men, wise men, who can disco IN
the good of our Cnunry-and resolute
patriotic men who will dare to prefer their
Country and their whole Country TO any