The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-09-22
UMBER 4S.

| merely wish to ask the gentleman if tho
wings ure the only party he can think Of.
who sometimes turn old horses out to root I
Is not n certain Martin Van Buren, an old
horse. which your own party have turned
out 10 root and is he not roofing little
TO your discomfort about now , Blu, ia oot
nominating Mr.. Clay, We deserted our prin.
ciPles, you say. Alb! in what! Tell US,
ye men Of principles, what principle We
violated ! We say you did violate principle
IN discarding Van Buren,, and we can tell
you how. You violated the primary, tho
cardinal, tho one great living principle of
all Democratic representative government
the principle that the representative il
bound TO carry out the known will Of his
constituents. A large majority of the Bal.
iimore Convention Of 1874 were, by their
constituents, instructed TO procure Van Bu.
ren's nomination If they could. 10 viola
iion' IN utter, glaring conicmp, of This, you
rejected hlm-rejected him, as The gentle
man from New York, (Mr. Brdsall,) the
other day expressly admitted, for oruiia-
o'ify-lhat same general availability"
which you charge upon us, and daily chew
over here, as something exceedingly odi-
Gus and unprincipled. But the gentleman
from Georgia, (Mf. Iverson,) gave US
second speech yesterday, all we'll consid.
cred and put down iu writing, in which
Van Buren, was scalhed and withered u
/ lew for his present position and move
ments. cannot remember the gentle.
mana precise language, but do remem.
Der be pu, Van Buren, down, down, ill he
got him where he WAS finally 10 stink"
and rot"
Mr.. Speaker, it is no bushes, or incli.
nation Of mine to defend Martin Van Blu.
rem. In the war Of determination now
waging between him and his old admirers,
| say, devil take the hindmost-and the
foremost. But there is no mistaking the
origin Of the breach and. if The curse Of
sinking aud "rotting" is 10 fall on tho
+ frs; and greatest ,iolators Of principle in
he matter, dlsin'eres,edy suggest, that
The gentleman from Georgia. and bic pre-.
sent co.worken. are bound TO take it upon
/ themselves.
Blu, the gentleman from Georgia furih.
or says, we have deserted all our princi.
pies, end taken shelter uoder General Tay-
lor's military couft.,ail; aud he seems to
thInk this is exceedingly degrading. Well.
US his faith is. so be i, unto him. But can
he remember no military couu.tail under
which certain other party have been shell
toring Tor near a quarter Of n century7-
Hos he no acquaintance with the ample
military court.iail of General JAG kson -
Does he not know that bis own party havo
run tho last five Presidential races under
that cour,,,a'l and tina, they are now run
ning the siA,h under that sumo cover! -
es. sir, that coat.tail was used, not only
for Gen. Jackson himself, but has been
chung TO with the grip of death by every
Democratic candidate since. You have
never ven,urcd, and dare not now venture
from under II. Your campaign papers
have constantly been "Old Hickories,"
with rude lkenesses Of the old General
upon them hickory poles and hickory
brooms your never.cnding emblems Mr..
Polk, himself, was " Dung Hickory"
lie Hickory" or something so and even
nov your campaign paper here is proclaim
ing that Cass and Butler are of the truo
Hickory stripe" No, sir, you dare not
give it up. Like horde Of hungry ticks,
you have stuck to tho tail Of the Hermit
age lion to the end of his life and you arc
still sticking 10 it, and drawing loalhsoms
sus,enance from il, after he is dead. A
fellow once advertised that he had made
discovery by which he could make new
man out Of an old one, and have enough
of the stud left TO make little yellow dog.
Just such discovery has Gen. Jackson's
popularity been to YOU You no, only twice
made Presiden, of him out Of it. but you
have had enough Of the stuff lief, TO make
Presidents Of several comparatively small
men since and it is your chief reliance
now TO nuke still another.
Mr.. Speaker, old horses and military
Goa, tails, or tails Of any sort, are rot fig.
ures Of speech, such as would be the first
10 introduce iuto discussions here; but 40
the gentleman from Georgia has thought
Fl, TO introduce them, he and you are vel.
come TO all you have made or can make,
by them. If you have any more old horses,
trot them out my moro tails, just cock
them, and como at US.
Trepeat, would not introduce this mode
Of discussionhcre but wish gentlemen on
the other side TO understand, that the use
Of degrading figures is gamc at which
they may no, find themselves able to take
oil the winnings. I'VE give itup.] Aye,
you give it up, and well you may; but for
very different reason from that which
you would have us understand. The point
the power TO hurt-of all figures, con-
sists IN the fruthfuiness Of their applica.
ton and, understanding this, you may
well give i, up. They arc weapons which
hit you, but miss us.
Concluded noxt week.