The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-02-16
NUMBER II.

the legislators, II iaIr in Il cir ,ufuosee.
should have been brought to q different
conclusion.
AS farnIshlng additional evidence ps lbs
'pifi' with which the legislation has been
conducted, asy refer to lie ccrlen with
reference to the l:ie,ary fund. IT, ls.s
we Legislature set apart certain OF Il. STATE
revenues for purposes Of etucatlcn, aud I.v-
'lded, that as soon as the fund ST ould lie.
Gene su!licient for use, il should lie divided
among the coun.ies Of The Safe according
10 their white population. Ia the year
io4o. however, When the fund had l., come
sufficiently !arge 10 be distributed, til. pro.
eral population. II lsw ell known that the
Iass Of the Stale forbid the teaching Of
slaves TO read and wiie, md ilet,fo,e ths
object which the legislature had IN view
was the education OF The whits children Of
the State. To justify therefore, this change
II mus! be proven Tint II nqpues large
expenditure 10 give The sane smouni Of
education TO the children Of those no o~n
slaves Than /, does 10 ,hose Who DO 10, own
them.
have referred. fellow citizens, to ,hess
things, 10 exhibit ahs. has been the action
Of the State with reference 10 internal in.
provemenls. educalIon, and the distribution
Of oificers.
10 show that have no, been wiling
heretofore 10 submit quietly ard silenlly TO
this condition Of things. ! may refer TO my
course as far back us the year 1910, ~hen
! had the honor 10 represent a portion Of
you IN The S'n'e Senate. Wien urging tho
adoption Of q measure for the bene fit Of the
West, | made On elaborate statement TO
show thu, the West had never received any
thing. but that all had gone 10 the Centre
and East; that we had acquiesced-,oo
,amely, perhaps because we wore "wil!.
ing that the elder branch of the family
should be served frsl;'' aud concluded by
asking the question, Ought no. the bene.
fits, as well as the burdens, Of government,
TO fall on all alike I" There was no favor.
Sc sson, in connexion with oue OF two eth.
or gentlemen, sough,-.s no purpose, how.
ever-to organize a Systematic resistance
10 the central action and since then, 10.
der our tame subms'lon, the evil has besn
aggravated.
Having, fellow. CT, rs, taken this pre-.
iisltnaiy view Of the condition Of lhings, |
come now TO speak Of the recent occurren.
ces. After The election il August last, it
was ascerisined ,ha. there was he between
parties, On join! ballot, in the general a..
sembly. IL, therefore, seemed uncertain
whether Wing Senator could DO chosen
without Democratic aid. Ii wac also then
believed (righl!y, as The even. has showp)
that the Hon. George E Badger would no,
eeiye all the " hig votes, even in tbs
Essl, and there was no reason to suppose
that he could receive the support Of any De.
mocra, |, was also known to my friends
that tS or three gentlemen elected as De.
mocra's, we're Wiling from considerations
purely personal, TO vote for me against even
a Democratic nominee. Ii was obvious,
therefore, that i. would 30 in the power of
the Wing party TO elect Wing Senator by
q majority OF six, # they should determine
10 give their supper. as party to q Ger.
tain individual. My friends imagined that
public considerations might. in such a con.
tingency, induce them to take this course.
Besides the, there vas feeling, which has
recently been gaining strength most rapid.
ly, that Ihe western members owed il as
high duty TO their constituents not to sub.
init longer 10 the uhjus, exclusion Of all
western men from PUBLIC stations. / also
learned that, in addition to the opposition
10 Mr.. Badger 10 the East, one of Tie wes-
tern Wing members, before | saw or had
any communication with him, elhtr direct
or Indirect, had expressed a deter ninstiop,
IN the s,ronees; language, no. 10 vote for
the incumbent in any event.
Being IN Raleigh, on my way TO this
pace, when the Legislature assembled, and
understanding fully the condition Of things,
advised my personal friends TO make ne
opposition TO MIR. Badgers election: In
fact, ven, so far as TO state that | should
if member, have fell bound by my former
sourse to yield SO far TO 10 party obligations
10 10 cas-. my vote for him as The nominee
Of the party. further advised them to
act as they preferred individually, with re-
erence to attending the caucus, but that
hey should not mako any effor, there for
me individually. Some Of them attended,
willis Others stay ed away--,hoss who went
throwing their votes on other persons, in
compliance with what they regarded a. my
wishes. Les, i, should be supposed tina, l
oush. to have urged upon them the pro.
priety Of supporting the incumbent, [ must
premise, in the first place, tha. no person.
ii friend of mine should either have obs,s.
,les thrown in his way by me. or fail Of
'uccess for wan, Of any aid Of mine, but
hat the circumstances out Of which my
PERSONAL difficulty with Mr.. Badger grew
would, as far as i, is possible for sny thing
o do, relieve me from all obligation TO
'lectioneer for him as candidate for tho
Senate; and, secondly, that though OPP
,osed to him personally, yet, ifPublic con.
alterations existed. ! should have yielded 10
hem-as, for example, if the incumbent
,ad been man Of eminent ability, whose