The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-08-14
Compliment TO our Country.

Bnd feiofhcF, anu thc Coi'cabue OF hicnai ~
Golden, recently made speech in Manches
Ter, England, in which he ridlculed the favor
ito doctIine Of :" hereditary Statesmen" in
vein that no one could misunderstood. Ou
seIf made memo our Washing on our Ffaak
lin-snd the American Senate. sisnalized b,
such minds as Webster, Clay and cass, DR.,
all alluded to with respect aud love which
pstious mus, feel, aud which sends thrill O
pride ls,o our cuun'rymen;
ave will taks another case to show that
after all, these Hereditary statesmen have ne
great reason TO plume themselves. We will
70 10 another country. 10 the year l755
Eaglsbd had very extensive cuonies on The
ether side or the Atlantic. Ten wears alter.
wards these we're colonies no longer, but
.lood forth before the world as an ndepcn.
dent and growing Republic. Now, would
hike 10 know where America got her states.
men from. II is quite clear that up 10 l775
The people 10 this country--l mean l. uds aud
the statesmen OF that day-nrrer supposed
iof a moment that there we're any statesmen
10 the colonies of America but yet. somehow
or olhrf, they found statesmen. There was
1 man named George Washington. loud
ehecrs.l Nav Geotge Washington was a
sort ot neighbor OF ours, because hts family
enigrsted from Che-h hire. In his own coun.
iry be would not have been a statesmas--
thai is very certain. {" Hear, hear" and
'au.h,er.j Bu, # you wall 90 down through
The whnie lIsi Of American Presidents from
t;.o. Washington, their first, TO Zachary
Taylor, their present President, | should like
10 ask whether. il you take The whole vi them,
they do not equal 10 character 10 ssgacl,y
IN patriotism. aud IN having acqn,o cd aid Je.
served an und, ins fame, as that OF any prime
minister We Lave had from Lord North to
Lord Jahn Russell. e. Hear, hear" and
cheers Well, in this county, II is thought
nscessfy to have very distinguished men
-msa Of great and high biHh--adeqlalely
10 represent the British nation ui foreign
courts ~iih about 4 10, 900 year. Cheers
and langhicr.)
The Americans had an nnbs ssssdor once,
named ftauk!a-and he is a man that viii
be tisush, Of long even after great many
Eassh Ambassadors have been forgotten.
l.a,ely, in this country. We had Mr.. Blncrott.
smbassador from The uniltd Siates-a man
who has wfitiea one ol the most, perhaps tho
mast adtnifabie history Of his own country
IA man qualified IN every respect to repre-.
eat the true worth aud dignity Of The Re
public to which he brIongs. Wei, want
10 know whether, IL you trace nil the Ames.
r.n ambassadors from Ffaukilu to Bl0cfotl,
ihey are not I'll 10 stand side by side in the
psse Of history with The srisioctaiic auibas-
nden which tais country has seat out to l9t
,iga courtsf (Cheers.l But now We viii
% 10 the American Senate. II is conslIet.
si taw On This sldo Of The coun'ry 10 20 into
dslsil on this matter. II is M, considered
quite discreet, seeing that We live under our
glorious constitution. tHsar, hear.l Now
The American Senate answered in some res.
peei., but IN very slight degree indeed, TO
our House of Lord. thu, il, /, i. wha. IS call.
cd upper houses" il is a representative as
ssmblv, and it consists Of two members iar
every State IN the Union. Il consists now,
believe. nf sixty members. Bear In mind
uis an elective assembly. Ii dare oppose
Tho will cf the House "f Representatives II
freris as great an inilaence over public epu.
'ea in America as the House, elId perhaps
greater Influence. There can be m doubt
that The existence Of thai Senate has been
| oaa of the main causes Of the consolidation,
and Of The very wise and Just policy which
90 the whole, that confederation hss observ.
ed I1ok at their House OF Representatives.
Bills in that house are not passed by one
lourih Of its mombets they do not come down
" their white waIsicoats al hall past II
o'clock, aud vote they know not how, aud
care not how, so tina, they follow the par'lc
aar nan whom they suppose to be the leader
Of their party. There Is aa infinitely better
attendance in the American House e. Repre-
'enlhtivcs than there is in the iloGse oil Com
mons 10 this country, aud an Infinitely butter
md more real attention 10 the Iateresl and
10 tho wants of the constituencies.
Now, look this republic has existed Sc.
'eaty years people said II would not exist
seventy months. l. has had, IN all that time
aoou' four ,eafs Of war. Il has 90 national
a'bs. Hear. hear There rs just now some
'oar OF iise millions Of existing deficiency,
'a"s Q. paving oil when hfe ABOUT 10 oe
provided. They do not incur a debt with
'al taking steps 10 pay II cii' ogan. But from
l's< to 1916, q period OF no, more than -
wars, under your glorious constitution, with
your hereditary House Of Lords, with the
COMMONS representing tho lords end not the
Psoplc, (cheers) we have added 10 our nation
= oebs more Than $50 million pounds sier.
ans' (shame. shame.) In America they
y" "a'e lew taxes compared with what we have;
.'ey have not tho interest Of that enormous
aeo to pay and they have not an enormous
sanding army and flee, TO scour every sea,
sn, .aa 70 bully and insult on every coast
H'aeeFs They have an army no greater
"an We pay for IN Canada al this moment,
- seo therefore, they arc free from The interest
d0la e T. /.