The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-04-03

small. n hundred mliliuns 10 bo' "' 49,
estimate and Of this sum hlty millions
must be- raised annually, by loans or paper
so that allowing the war to continue Tor
len wears, We shall have an amount d hNe
hundred millions Of public debt Ada 10
This the losses which must accrue on loans
i, will be very difficult TO get these loans
negotiated in Europe for, owing TO the
unfortunate manner III which tins AFFAIR mas
been conducted, the feeling IN Europe will
be generally against us. We cannot %
tam The REQUISITE sums under an interest OF
thirty and forty per cent. Add all those
expenses, and our total debt VIII not be 'ess
than seven hundred ard fifty millions.
But this is not all. We shall be plunged
into the paper system as deeply as we
were ia the DAYS Of the Revolution aud
wba, v III then be our situation at the con
clusion of the war We shall be left w:lh
a mortgage OF seven hundred and fifty m'l-
lions OF dollars on the labor OF the Ameri-
can people for II all falls 90 the labor OF
the country ut last, while much OF The mo-
ney viii 20 into the packets 81 those VITO
sIIuCk nOi Il blON III illt NtlEAN'A'
should then have the task OF restoring a
circulating medium )i II sounder character,
aud that from the deepest degradation OF
the currency. This is hard Job as all
OF US know who have gone through win
il. Besides, the influence OF the war will
naturally be to obilerale the line OF DIS.
tinction between the Stale and General
Governments. We shall hear no more a.
bout State rights, but the Gherumcut viii
become in effect consolidated republic.
By our very success, j, Will give military
impulse to the national mlud which can
never be overcome. The ambition Of the
nation will seek conquest after conquest,
aud will soon become possessed BY sptut
totally Inconsistent with the forms and &c.
mus Of cur Government; and .hls vii lead,
by a straight and easy road, to that guilt OF
all fepuJllcs--a military dcspetsm, Then
we shall have to provide Tor three OF four
successful generals, Who viii sooa be com
peting for the Presidency. Before tao
generation which wuged Tic wut shall have
passed away they viii waues, a cru.r.t
between hostile generals. Tie $50 con
qercd Mexico, and he Who conquered
Canada, vii each nsis upoH his night to
the seat of power, and they Wi, cud their
struggle by the sword Freedom linus lost,
ios,uu lons thus undermined and oscflutn-
ed, never can be- recovered. The national
rum viii be- Irrctrleynble.
appeal, then, 10 gentlemen near ne
10 my lrleud-, whose sci aration from Us on
this question | deeply regtel--aui ! say
to them, - /, for YOU, Who are Democrat,
par excellence - tur You, wba are the enc.
mes Of paper money, aud the sworn de-
siroyers of oil banks md al artificial c ass.
os ia society is II lor YOU to vote Tor a
measure Of such very cqutsooal success :
Bu, have still higher reasons. | am
opposed to war as friend To human IN
proycmcnt, to human civilization, To hu.
man progress and Advancement. Neither
IN the history Of The world has there uc.
cured period so remarkable as tho peace
which followed the battle q. Waterloo for
the gtea. adlan made IN the condition
OF human society, and TINT "a various
forms. The chemical and mechanical pow
ers have been Investigated aud applied to
advance the comforts If human lic IA u
degree far beyond all that wns ever know u
or hoped before. Civilization has been
spreading its influence Ear and vide, and
the genera progress Of human society hos
ou'strpped oil that had been previously
Witnessed. The invention q man tas sci.
zed upon aud suhlugaied tso gfca, apcu.
cles OF The natural world which never be.
fore were made the servants q man: re-.
fer 10 steam and To electricity, under Which,
Of course, ! include magnetism IA all is
phenomcna. steam has been controlled
md a'ailed Of for oil the purposes Of hu.
nan intercourse, Hrd tv is re,Ist,css ca.
ergirs has brought nations together " hom
nature had seemed to separate by lnsur.
meunthblc barriers. 1t has shortened Tic
passage across the At anllc moro than one
half, while lie topdHy Of travelling on
Iond has been three times greater then
ever vas known before. Within the same
period man hns chained the very lightning
Of heaven, sud brought II down and made
}, administer 10 the transmission Of human
thought, 'nsomuch That II may with truth
be SAID that our IDEAS are not only trans.
united with the rapldtly Of lightning, bot
By lightning itself. Magic wires are stretch.
ing themselves IN all directions over the
globe, and when their my size meshc, shuII
at length have been perfected our rlohe
Itself viii be endowed with a seuslliycurss
which will rendrr 1t Impossible to touch d,
on any one point and the touch not be fell
from one epd Of the world to the other.
All this progress, all this growth Of human
happiness, oil tbs spread Of human hghl
and knowledge, viii TO arrested BY war.
And shall We incur result like that for
Oregon : And this work is as vet Lut
commenced; 1t is but the breaking of the
dawn Of the worlds great jubilee prom.
ises n day Of more elevation, and consc.
q1enily Of more human felicity, than the
world has ever seen from lis creation.
Now the United States and England are
TWO nations TO be pre-. emtnenty instrument.
IFt ma 81. IL