The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-10-13

NUMBER 81.
Whiss-Are you Rcadys
IL IS only six weeks until the Presiden.
'iai Election. Are you ready, Wings, for
the day.
You are fully informed Of The great TO-
sues al stake. You are aware Of The i'm.
portance Of united, PerseseriDg, jealous
exertions. Your candidate is known-his
opinions are known. Have these lhings
made due impression upon your minds, and
produced a determination to make long
pull, strong pull, and pull all together
IN this support
Is the old Wing faith of North Carroll.
"a to be preserved Or is it to be lost bv
your apathy and indifference The char.
ac'er of the good old North State for stea.
dy oldiashioned repubiicani.m demands
your united efforts. Our opponents are
VIDE awake-animated by the inroads thew
made while the Wing men slept, in Au.
gust. Shall we permit ,ieir hopes of a
ome.conquest ever US to lie fulfilled?
Wings, the time is not long until the
contest will be over. Be We ready, and
see that all your neighbor. are ready. for
the nh of November Greensboro Pat.
ANOTHER SHORT AND-sOUI LETTER
FROM GEN. CASS.
Mr.. Il. J. Moses, one of the DELEGATE,
from Florida TO the Baltimore Convention,
has written letter to a friend, which has
been published, commenting on the procee.
dlngs Of The Convention, and embodyinc
correspondence had by him (Mr. ny
with General Cass in relation 10 his opin.
ion on the admission Of slaves, and their
beng held as such, 10 the territories of the
United States. The General answered
Mr.. Moses questions in this wise.
UNITED STATES HOTEL, Nav 81, 1s4s.
Dear Sir Il did not receive your es.
teemed favour until yesterday, and have
been so much occupied that could not
answer il before.
| had supposed that my sentiments up
on the subject to which you refer were full
ly understood by my southern friends but
as you seem TO desire information, | en-.
close you my Nicholson letter, which con.
tains all that have to say upon the sub.
lec'. Respectfully, yours,
LEWIS CASs.
To R. J. Mosrs, Esq.
Mr.. Moses says he shall take no part ia
the Presidential election.
From the Freeman's Journal Sept. 2.
IPEI CnNJNG
The calamay of 40 is no longer ne.
nacng probability. The hearts of men
are no longer fuc,unting between fitting
CLEANS of hope, and appalling anticipations
Of what is TO come. We have passed pro-
ba bility. We have arrived at certainty.
There can be now no rational doubt that
he darkest year in lreand's history of mis-.
ortune stiI awaits US. The fourth year
If continued famine in a country like
his is calamity that can admit Of no pa.
ralle. The first famine-that of '4S-
brought little desoIalion. The poores, had
some resource 10 fall back on-if not in
means Of their own, in the then unexhaus.
ed and ready charity Of the public. The
anime OF Al was destructive, because the
previous year had carried off the poor
mans all. The famine of AS, when tho
rop but partially failed, owed all it. sevs.
ity to the fact that ii followed two success
i've famines. The calamity of one year
u oduces an exhaustion which tells upon
he year following. The destruction of
uman food, which in '46 would do little or
10 injury to human life, cannot fail in '49
o produce deaths by the thousand.
We think it is high time for all classes
o look steadily at facts, and see what can
e done TO mitigate the calamity of 40.
nd prevent its consummating the miseries
{ past years by plunsing all classes into
ne common ruin.
The potato crop may be looked upon as
,st. There is, Of course, a disposition TO
ecoil from this fearful contemplation.-
md the public mind still hopes agains,
ope, that the ruin of this crop may not
re so universal as is represented. Hear
lily do we wish il may not; but we see no
eason to idulge such expectations. With
ut dwelling on the accounts which reach.
d US from the country during the pas:
eek on this painful subject, we may lay
down as broad indisputabIe fact, that
he potato crop, viewed as the staple food
the masses, is lost. None will now d.
y this.
This is the first fact. The second fact
!, perhaps, more alarming still. The
heat crop is one fourth below an average
reduce. On former occasions, when pc.
l,oes failed, whea, was invariably above
lie average yield. This is the first year
! which both crops were simultaneously
Elective. Oats, too, owing TO the late in
essant storms of wind and rain, are ssri.
usly damaged
These three fac,s-the loss Of the pota.
crop, the defec, in the produce Of wheat,
nd the damage sustained by the oats
re quite sufficient to show that we have
apprehend the dire.t scarcity. When
connection with these melancholy facts,
g take into consideration the exhausted
ito Sc, ha afta