The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-02-23

soo""es Coupristbe IT, WHeln
$ 81 ! am RICH, in this, none are so we
qualified TO judge as you, gentlemen still
c had ! taken the office under the circum
: stances, should. apparently not have bee
J. sustained by the general feeling of my ow
= section. was no, willing, therefore. tha
b a comics, for my personal advancement
should be prolonged under sech circum
" stances. AZ ] was then ibformed. | hs
: doubts al least; and 10 o personal matter
; where one has doubt, il is safest for him Il
! decide against himself. The result ma,
have disappointed several persons who's
position VAS not we'll understood by th,
public. ! mean those who we're desrou
'ha, Mr.. Badger should be defeated, bu
: who nevertheless, appeared TO be his mo.
decided aud clamorous supporters. The,
being anxious that he should be broker
down and gotten eft The field to make va,
Tor other candidates, were still Jealous fo
him IN seeming, with view Of being hem
selves IN better position for the race. Be-
IN. cohfiicn! tina, my friends would stand
out AID defeat him, they iel, at liberty 10
pa! the game very strongly against them.
! submit hua,bly TO these gentlemen, that
when they were jJining in the general
Glamour agalns, my friends, aud increasing
as much as possible The difficulty of their
position by throwing their own weight on
them, TO them do | submi, il, that they
have really no rish, to complain that they
would not, for thti beLefit, bear The burden
Indf tn'tely. As i, was, those young men
exh blied 10 tina, trying position perse.
Vefance' moral iirmness, high courage,
N deence OF The Liberty and indepe ldance
Of their section, worthy Of The days when
Harm 'd'us and Aris,ogilon overIhtew the
tyranny ii. Athens.
Having titus, fellow. citizens. detailed the
leading facts connected with the lransac.
lion, ani ad,ertcd TO some other matter,
connected With them, | am brought 10 the
consideration Of the grounds upon which
NY i''end. r.scd their opposition 10 the
central action. Ia the earlier history Of
duf State individuals were brought forward,
by thenseye, or ,he,r friends. on their own
responsibility, as candidate for Office. Hence
II sometimes, though rarely, hsppened tina,
fesided remote from the centre. But fora
number OF years past such has ne, been the
case. The change seems TO be owing TO
this circumstance Political parties having,
Tor The lss fifteen or more years, been pref,
~ closely balanced in the State, it Was
thought necessary to resort TO tho caucus
system. by ibI. means party having a
small ms MY on joint ballot may always
secure the election Of his own men. THIS
machinery, however, though convenient, il
liable 10 the gtosscst abuses and hence il
has elsewhere been fouud necessary 10 i'm.
pose certain limits on lis ac,ino. Such,
however, has moi hitherto been the case u
our 5 ate and hence the evils have been
vastly greater than the advantages which
have resulted from it.
Such has been the situation Of things in
North Carolina that public opinion IS not
only directed and controlled. but i. manu-.
iaciurcd. TO a great extent. at the centre.
The ne wspsprrs ihcre published. being the
only ones IN the 5 ale havin. any general
circulation, and being the first 10 give the
proceedings of the Legislature, and the
action OF The Stale government, generally,
are looked TO with confidence, and are able
TO form mainly the opinion of the State
But these papers, not so much perhaps
from any want Of Literally on the par, Of
their editors, as from the power Of parlicu
lar local II illenccs brought TO bear on them.
seem to have been mainly directed to the
advancement Of the views and interests of
few persons IN thu. vicinity. Though
they profess 10 be the organs OF their party
IN the entire State, yet they are moi only
devoted to tic advancement, directly Of
their iavotI'es, by the most exuavagant
system OF Iaudllen and putting, but they
carefully exclude from their columns such
statements Of tacts as might bring into
prominence others at \ distance. For OK.
ample, If some one of their iriends should
at one point have the courage 10 NEE, in
debate Democratic candidate for the office
Of Governor, the most elaborate eulosies
are made ~ celebration OF his daring and
of bis great triumph but when that same
candidate reaches our district, he may be
met q, every point in it, and so met as to
reduce his voc Throughout. the district, and
yet no notice is taken Of this by these pro.
fessed organs Of tho whole State. lf a
general officer, after battle, we're, in re.
port protesting to give fair account of all
that occurred, to notice in terms Of high .
euogy certain officers. while he took no
notice Of others equally or more merllori. t
Gus. such omission would amount to posi-.
tive injustice and injury. Again, in the
election last summer it 70 well known that
the Democratic candidate for the Office Of
Governor made considerable gain on the .
voice Of bic predecessors AZ compared
with The con,es, four years ago, which, DO.
cause i, Immediately preceded the Ptesi.
Dental election, and for other reasons, was
adopted Is the standard Of comparison, i,
appeared tina, the loss Of the Wing candi,
date was, ,hrous thou, the State generally, az
compared with The contest Of ls44, near.
lv eoual to three hundred in each Congress.