The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-08-23

sud her absorption into our Union. This
vas my belief then; it IL my belief now.
10 that same letter, and particularly 10 the
no.cs recently appended to i. my belief 10
expressed thai corrupt use has been made
Of the power and the influence attached TO
the trus, of I" President of the United
States" even 10 the extent OF stburnsfien
Of p eyury.
pom both these points my belief Is pos.
tive and firm, distinct and clear. Equally
firm and clear in mind is the further belief,
that TO make the former the belief Of Con.
gress and of The country, nothing is necessa.
~ bu, thsi the representatives of the people
should exercise the powers Of Inquiry m.
heren, in them as the grand inqusst Of the
nation-as the body exclusively" entrus.
ted by the constitution with "the po~er,"
and consequently with the duty "of i'm.
parchment"
IT'S but yesterday that the welkin vas
made 70 ting throughout our country with
the exclamation tina, burst forth from our
democratic bosoms az the spectacle exhlbi
ted by the people Of France. And mos,
glorious spectacle il was Congratulations
and Fluctuations poured on, from us towards
that people; our hearts we're drunk with
noble joy; we and cur public servants Wed
with one another Ia giving ultersnce 10 the
enthusiasm which filed our bosSms.
The cause Of thai enthusiasm consisted
in the fact tina, the French people had lib.
Grated themselves from q bad Government
They had risen 10 the nsjesty Of men, and
had upturned that Government; upturned
the "TArone," as tha, Government vas
called. This they had done. 1, had been
OF the cost Of civil strife, Of brothers. blood
splled by brolher's hand. |, had been a,
the cost Of ANARCHY. That was the frs,
result and no one could tell how long il
might last, or wha, il was 10 involve while
ye. we rejoiced. The object. in our esii.
nation, was worth all this cost, all this risk
Of whatever else i, nigh, cost. Even 10
the uncertainty as TO lis being secured, it
was enough that this should have been the
object, 10 make us reckon ms cheap, 10 make
US disregard as dus, in ,he balance, ubs,e.
yer might happen.
Al the head, or very near the head, Il
speak from indis,inc, recollec,on) OF the
reasons which had impelled the French PEG
pie so 10 ACT, which bad created the neces.
sify for their plunging inio that sea Of car.
mage whose shore no humon eye could dis.
cern-at the head, or very near the head
OF those reasons. stands recorded, The
corrupt use Of Erecutire influence"
II is time, high time, that We should LOOK
AT HOME. "CorIup, use Of Executive 10.
fiueuce," such as, according 10 my solemn
belief, has occurred among OURSELVES with. !
10 the last six months, cannot hare been sur
passed by any thing tina. formed part of The
" misrus Of the "Cnizan king." 10
poin, Of unscrupulousness and righteousness,
il cannot have been surpassed. 10 point Of
audacliy and efffoniefy, doub, if it has
been equalled by any thing ever vsn,ured |
upon by that " monarch"
Just as the task Of preparing the papers
now transmitted was draaiDg TO a close, an
envelope reached me by mail, bearing my
address in The hand Of bosom friend; a
maa whose name is, peciiyely of local.
ily and country. among the very highest Of
the profession TO which be belongs and who
has intimately knosn me during the latter
half OF my life. Ths, envelope contained,
without note or connen,, the words which
will here irsnscribe. am no LUTHER,
nor have ever proposed 10 myself 10 acl
the part Of one. The task am now co
gagged IN has been forced upon me By the
power of circumstances. |: will soon be
at an end and with il vii! cease for me all
incidents arising from a copnexion with
public affairs. Elcep, in discharging nv
duty to my country as private citizen. they
are hebceforsard 10 be beyond my sphere.
i have bid farewell forever TO all public en.
Payments and all public posts. When these
words shall be beied. then lie, my country
brand me "lNrosroR, and asctibe 10 The
desire for office, or for uo,orleiy," all .ba,
! shall have done and said 10 regard 10
things Of concesnnea. 10 her.
Bu. a'iheugh inapplicabIe 10 me, the We
~ name Luther, presented in such con.
nex.on as this, comes fraught with sionfi. I
canoe which cannot bu, be felt, even tho
the day Is gone by when omens we're be-
iiesed in. This incident, though DO pro.
phstic virtue eau be in it, may prove the
Jorerunner OF storm tina, shall purify our
political atmosphere, aud dissipa,e the seeds
oil death With WHICH already i, has become
loaded. II nil prove so, if the Reprrsen
'at;Ves Of the people do their duty.
These are The words referred 10 Luther
says, II ! am 10 have fault, would ra.
Their speak too harshly, and ,hru,, forth
truth un wisely, than TO have played The nv. ;
psen'e TO any, and heid truth H." So far =
as regards myself, do no, believe have !
t3oken "too harshlg," O, "thrust forth ,
truth unsisely." Upon this point our coun ,
lsy will Judge. All ask Of her-and /,
sss this Tor her own sake lar more than on :,
sln the letter OF The present Secretary Of Wa,
70 Gen. Scott. under date April 81, 1915. which T
was published in all haste throughout our coun- (
ny, care is taken TO pre- occupy her mind with 1
ne oeiIef that have been actuated by this mo =
ave- The Administration have studiously with
held from her AL knoX ied IN nj ubst ra, .a.,..