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

IL IS here seen that, in Mr.. JefIerson's o.
pin'on, 1t, on the constiiuiionalr'y Of any ri.
ven bal The President doubts, he is not TO
veto Il, as the gentleman from Kentucky
would bdse him to do, but is TO defer 10
Congress and approve il. And # we CON.
pare the opinions Of }, ileIson and Taylor,
as expfcssed in these paragraphs, We shall
iind them moro exactly alike than we cab
often 6nd any two expressions having any
literal ference. None bu, interested fault.
finders, ! thlnk, eau discover any subslan.
tlal variation.
TAYLOR MEASURES OF POLICY.
But gentlemen on the other side are unan.
imousiy agreed that Gen Tay lor has no O
Their principles. They are in utter dai k.
ness Is TO his opinions on any Of the ques.
lions Of policy which occupy Tho public al.
'cntion. But is there any doubt as TO wha,
he will do on the prominent questions # e.
lecteti Not the least. II is not possible
10 know hat he will or would DO in every
imaginable case because many question
have passed away, aud others doubtless WI,
arse, wElch none Of US have YET thought
Of; but on the prominent questions Of cur.
tency, tariff, Internal improvements, and
Niimo, pfoviso. Gen. Tay lor's course is u,
loas, us@ell delirej asis Gen. Casss. Why,
10 their oaeetneEs 10 &c, OF Gen. Tayl Tor.
several Deu;ocfaIc members here have &c.
sired 10 knoH vhcther, IN case OF his cleo.
ion. bsrt, upt Law IS TO be established -
Can they tell u, Gen. Cass's opinion On ih,.
question Some member at~ cred. " He
- against It A,e. how do you know he
Is ! There lsnuihing about II IN The platform,
nor e,.eshere. that have seen. Il the
gentleman knows Of anything which do
nat. &c can show u. Bu, TO reiu'n, Gen.
Taylor, IN b.. Allison letter, ssys
L pon the sui C, Of the ,afl.i, tho cur
tency, the improvement. Of our great high
says, fve;s. lakes, aud hltbots, the @lll
If tho peup'e, as expressed through their
Representatives IN Congress ough, to BE-
respected anl earned %, ~ ihe ESecu.
ave-
NsN, tbs IS 'bc whole ma,lot--ia sub
,laree. It ,this: The people say TO Gen.
\ lay ior, ri you are elected. shall We bsyo
naiiunal bank lie answers: Your viii,
gen'leuen, not mine" ~ What sbou, the
latG - "SIy yourselves" "Shall our
overs snd barber, 10 lmproscdl" Just as
,ou please" Ii you desire q bank. al al.
4nt, or al, | will not hiudcr you; II you
+ 10 not dcsire them. viii no, atienp, to
4 iatcc them On you "Scnd up your mem
tefs ol Constess ftom the VARIOUS districts,
stih opinions according TO your osn. aud
: / they are for these measures. OF eny oil
hem, shall have nothing TO oppose; II
hes aie not lur .hem, ! sha,l not by aay
tpp,,gnccs ~hu,cvcf, attempt 10 dfag0on
them lnio their adoption" Now. can there
',e any d III u!,y 10 understanding this 10
you, Democrats II may not eeem like pro
c,plc but surely YOU canuo, ia,l to perceive
Inc position pl,,ni, enough. The Gistlnc
ION br,wetn a, aud The position Of your
candidate, is broad aud obvious, and ! I'D.
mt you have clear night TO show II is
wrong. # YOU can; bit you have no right
Ia pfoietd you cannot zee II al all. We see
i, aud 10 u i, appears Ike PRINCIPE, cld
The brs, sort OF principle al lbat-ihc ptin.
c,pic OF allowing the people 10 do Us they
please with their Own business. Ny friend
IRON Indiana, &C. d. Smith, has apty ask.
cd, " Arc ) on wiling to trust the people 7
Soinc OF you ansae,el, Substantially, " c
are wiling to trust the people /; but the Pro
sidcn, IS as much the Representative oil the
people as Congress. 10 certain sense
lud 10 a CERTAIN extent, he 10 the fcpfesen'
I,ahve Of the people. lie is elected by hem
as veil Us Congress H. But can he, IN the
nature Of things, know the wants oil the peo.
pie as we'll as thee aULdGed other men com.
ing from all the various localities OF the Ma.
aGnl Il 30, where u the proptlcty Of hav
mn a Congress. That the Constitution
gives the President negative on lcgisla
lion al know bu, that this negative should
30 ~ combined with platforms, ond Other
appliances, as TO enable hun, aud, 10 fact
almost compel him, 10 tgke the whole Of 10
gisarion INTO his own hands, is uha, we Oh
lgct to. 10 VIA, Gen. Fay Tor objects 10, anc
Is what constitutes The broad distinction be
tween YOU and Us. To thus transfer legs
aton IS clearly 10 take II from those whC
understand with mlnuleness, the interest o
the people, aud give il to one who does not
and can not, SO we'll understand II. un
defstand your idea, thai if Presidential
candidate Byow his opinion upon gver
question, or, rather upon all questions, ant
the people, With lulI knowledge of this elec
hun, they thereby distinctly approve oil those
opinions. This, though plausible, Is a mos
petniclous deception. BY means OF II, inca
.ufes are adopted or rejected contrary TO the
wishes of the whole OF one party, etd otter
nearly hall Of the other. The process II
this: Three, four, or half dozen question,
are prominent at u gisen time the party
selects It's candidate, and he takes his posi-
ton on each of these questions on all bu
one his positions have already been endors
ed a, former elections, and his party fully
committed to them; bu, tina, one is new
aud large portion Of them are against /,
Bu, what are they to dol Tho whole are
strung together, and they mus, take all oil
reject all. They cannot take what they lik,
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