The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-04-24


me ouidtn Al 1t exists. operating alike OIL
my Constituents and myself, end upon ne
personally, to the whole exien, Of the prodac.
ins Prope'y which possess. llue re
hec' on, boseser, r,lievss me from spprcl en-
sion- know that any iax which tho Gov
ernnrH' can impose, in so far ss il operates
upon Iconsutn, ton. ctn on!y compel The south.
can 'lan'er 10 share IN the burden which oil
CONSUMERS base 10 bear. Experience salts
Ges no too lhnt this canno, be 10 the whole
ancont oi duty, but the foreign producer mus,
! bcdf' he proportion Of il in the 6imni shed
pr fi's Of capital. 1 knop that the price Of
sonthern produce has not fallen since these
duties were imposed. knor too that the
Prics cfdriicitS of southern consumption ha re
not rtse", bat hare been senSibiy diminished" "
| shall surely not be blamed f3r an unwl.
itngesst to believe that the existing system of
revenue operate. hardly on the South and
West And again, ask, why could not such
Dan as William Gaslon-why could not
our Grabams and Moreheads s-sre lhia on.
preston
'haII never forget speech heard from
Nor'h CarolIna's most dilInguished son
Gas son--ln the earlier par, Of my life. It
was think, at an Union meeting, arer
Moth Carolina had been called the Rip
Van Winkle Of the South" because she
wosld not nulily an act Of Congress. I" Bet.
ter, far BETTER" said Mr.. CASTOR be called
The Rip Van Winkle Of the South, than the
Cahlne OF the historian, or the Captain Bob
adlll of the poet-belter sleep on forever
than wake TO treason or disunion." These
words were from The son of ono whose ia.
ihe's blood was shed by The enc mics of his
couftry; they were from the heart and lips
of apa,rlotc christian genlleman-uho was
long honored by my native State, and whose
memory is still cherished by all true hearted
sons. His mortal remains repo.e within the
borders Of that town in which these words
that mrn were spoken-it is part OF the
country represent. When forget the ap
plause these sentiments met with from that
people, | shall forget them; and when | do
j that my tongue will cIeave to my mouth
and my right band lose her cunning"
But mJ colleague complains Of the amount,
of money expended al the North, and he says:
North Carolina for Example, * BURDEN d to
the er'eat of not less than three millions, and
ye does NOT get bnok one hundred thousand
ddidrs in any rny from the goperameat =
lbe clear loss IN peculiarly point oi view,
on account OF the action Of The Government
my be set down at three millions annually.
The southern States generally are In the
same condition"
Now, cannot imagine how my colleague
calculates this three millions of burden.
fear it is 10 use his own words, "udnt of
accurate kn0wIedge of all the facts renders il
impossible 10 determine precisely the eject
which our rerenhe system produces"
should be glad TO see these "iacts sta.
ted. | suspect my colleague is as much mis-,
taken in tins calculation as he is in the mum.
ber Of fugitive slaves escaping from few
Counties IN Mary land which had within six
months, upon computation, lost one hundred
thousand dollars worth"
lie is surely mistaken. A Senator from
Souh Carolina Mr.. Butler said that g thir,
" Thousand dollars worth Of slaves were sto.
len from Kentucky annually" and he added
" the Ioss 10 the people Of the aureholding
States NAV be estimated at two hundred thou.
sand dollars annually" Whose computation
is right And my colleague says Delaware
loses Z" one hundred lhousaud dollars worth
of slaves each year." My colleague makes
The loss oi few counties in Mary land, and
the less of the Safe Of Delaware, as grea, a.
Mr.. Butler thinks the loss Of the 4" sIavehold
inc Safes" and yetth members from Ken
lucky, Delaware and Mary land do no, threa
ten to dissolve the Union.
But the complaint is, a small amount o
money io expended al the South.
Whose fault is this
Mr.. TYLER vetoed a bill that contained az
appropriation Of twenty thousand dollars To-
the Improvement of Cape Fear river. Ant
when Congress made an appropriation OF fl
" thousand dollars for opening Roanoke in
8 Ter pocketed the bill. Is this aggression =
2. 1t was an outrage, and well becoming a strc
!. construotionist of the school OF '9S and 99
u This is work of inesimab'e value TO
i. large portion of my State. hope to live t
d see 1t perfected. The people in mine and m
d colleagues (Mr. Outlaw's) district will 500
Il hold a convention relative 10 this subject
e convention, not 10 dissolve the Union, but
o open communication by which we can reac
" New York BY steam in few hours-to IA
J cIitste our intercourse and bind US toselhe
iudissolubly. Virginia politicians have Of
v posed this work and they will oppose it,
!. Open this communication, and, in the event I
II domestic rebellion, we should speedily ha,
thousands Of New Iorkers-with whom o.
le intercourse is now SO frequent and SO tren
ly-brought on the wings Of steam, ready
d, stand by US.
ut Let not gentlemen complain OF the Nor
on this score. When these internal impros
if mont questions arise | will promise TO brl
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