The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-09-11


be Ignorant thar my election 10 the Senate
was made by The democratic party and
should spurn the thought of deserving the
principles Of that party, after having been
chosen TO I'll so exalted post for the very
purpose OF helping TO sustain them. am
myself heartily and conscientiously demo
crdt. II IS the common lot Of public men
10 encounter calumny and misrepresenta.
ton. That would seem TO be a tax i'm.
posed by freedom upon patriotism, and
am not so VAIN as 10 expect 10 60 free
May ! not, however, be permitted on this
occasion, without censuIe from any quar-.
ter, to bespeak the candor Of all just men
against those suspicious which are so com.
mon, but 50 we'll calculated TO weaken the
hands Of a representative | DO it more for
The Office OF State senator than for myself
and not so much TO protect my own feelings
a. TO iurtlty the station | must OCCUPY
suspicious, ! mean, Of The political Integrity
Of representative, begettlug disirasi, If hc
tails, on all occasions, TO range himself as
a sefvlle follower behind some great party
captain; aud, on the other hand, causing
even respectable men, 10 their own dishou.
or aud that Of human nature, to lhiuk uf en-.
llclng political opponent from The path Of
recliude by pretending TO anticipate his
lreacheiy, If he happens to separate from
his own party leaders upon any question
Whatever. The dread Of false clamors,
by selfish men Of one 8 own side, and the
moriliylng enlIccments Of ilatery from the
other, sprlnging alike from this uncharita
bic source, constitute serious discourage
ments to a scfupulnus and sensitive mind
against accepting a public office, whilst TO
'enal or 10 unld men in office, they are
perIous temptations to swerve from the
manly performance Of their duty. II must
needs be TINT parties will exist; and per.
haps II IS right aud proper that they should
! a.n not 10 be understood as deprccatng
party; but only the malignan, ingenuity
with which II strives to faster itself upon
oil and any and every question which caa
be presented. TINS latter spirit is an IN.
denlhblc evil. Ii makes Us slaves To the
bad passions, not only Of ourselves, but of
others also. II DESTROYS the salutary inllu.
ence Of Il wcli.rcgula,ed and patriotic par.
~ spirit, having for It's object the happiness
OF the people, end looking 10 the welfare
Of the country. Honest statesmen have
always been more or less party men,
there nre, however, as there always must
be, some questions which concern our 90.
vernmenl above the rlghtful control Of mere
pdrty-questons, IN the determination of
which upright minds, though attached 10
The same party, may differ without crime
~ either; md legislators for the Union,
though belonging to opposite parties, NAV
happen to concur without bad faith in eth.
cr-quesllons upon which il were as fac.
tious 10 adhere TO a party, contrary TO the
convictions OF ones understanding, as II
would be dishonoruble upon others Of q
different character, TO desert party, and to
ials,ty the Professions, by means Of which
he had been elevated to office. And IS il
not dictate Of prudence 10 the people 10
multiply, rather than TO diminish, the num-
Der OF these questions, as il should be n
principle of honor among those who aim
to give a direction TO the popular mind, TO
ALTO" 10 their representative that there are
some points upon which, being lief, to think
for himself, he will be expected to act ia.
dependenrIy accordingly his own judgment,
without thereby exposing himself to be
claimed as an ally by his enemies, or de.
nounccd as a traitor BY hts friends Tho
a party man, therefore, upon measure:
which iegitimatciy connect themselves wtti
the acknowledged principles Of party, nnc
by no means approving the hypocrisy o
statesmen or politicians who may fegn tC
live altogether above lis atmosphere, dare
not surrender the State to party, did feally
to the latter make il necessary TO do it
nor will ever sacrifice my party TO self
should il be IN my power to do that.
RELYING upon the blessing of God or
my efforts to serve North Carolina, and
as her senator, ldhering to what is RICH
for lis own sake, in public a ia private
life, shall strive to deserve alike the con
6dence of the State and of the party b,
whose favor tins high trust has been con
fided TO the. am your friend aud country
man,
WILLIAM H. HAYWOOD, Jr
RALEiaH, January l6, 1913
with this letter 10 his knowledge ant
perhaps IA has hat. with what show of us
lice could Col, j. II. Wheeler get up mere
and abuse Mr. Haywood with all the epi
thets he could command, calling him trli
tor, that he had d,shonored himself tina
If he lived TO the age of Methusaa be coulC
no, purge himself, and that he would de-
scend
ITO the vile dust from whence he sprung,
unwept, unhonorrd and unsung."
+ And what 10 little strange among the
committee who reported the resolutions a.
galnst Mr., Haywood was an individual, who
belonged TO the Wing party lew months
ago. Oh. consistency, thou art Jewel.
Q'yWe understand that John Medlin, Of
Union county, who had been apptebended
for the murder Of his negro boy and who