The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-17
/ rt,cr Of IIoH. TadIy Thompson.


rot your paper, letter from ycur Wash.
/, nton correspondent, Containing some III
ilured personal anInadvetsirns upon me-
a. account Of q letter OF nine recently pub.
,hfd, Oh the subject of the admission al
thlnfn,a aud other kindred measures. IL
- 10, been my habit to notice ANONYMOUS
i lacks upon me, for the couise my judgmtn,
has dictated upon qnes'ioas 81 pul.l,c policy.
Fat your paper circula'~s' sswsnysV mv-usf-
d nsii,ucnts--ihose who FIRST introduced the
Il 10 the public service. aud who always sus.
Il med me with an undouhtng coIli lilencc and
A aotioua,e regatd, which few public men
hyc crjayed. | can imaglue few calamilles
aaich would distress me as much "a loss OF
{, li corfi Icucr, and therefore ask of ymi
II an act nf ji>iicc, the pubicilInn nf nv
Il ter, aud ui the additional remniks which
,ow send you. | have been as.aied IA
ur paprr, aud ! cannot anticipate that YOU
ull refuse ne his simple jIsr,ce. From
Il i wan, Of ability ! suppose, 10 discuss the
Q cal qicsilnns involved, your spoadcm
b re.nr,cd Ia personal luperai,on-and
h can Il ID nothing inoie Ia say of me than
hat was two years absent iu Mextco--and
A,f. siuce my return, VAS also absent from
he Srtie, for a few mouths in The year. en-.
9 .ed "a professional duties here. as 10 the
Il ST, have oal, Ia say that your readers
y 2 decade hos discharged he ddiies ol
II trust coriiIed 10 me, and he kunws very
Il lie OF the bunan heart Who does not kaow
II At surh az absence ipcteascs, instead of
d ninishlng. thc lore OF ones native land -
tt.t lima fr
r as much fnr yourself or YOUR conrspon.
Gm DO either OF you ese Suu'h.Caro.
ila a. much sou do your native land =
| ,tu were TO say 81. | should either doubt
4 statement, or Ihita the less &C YOU, # i,
utfe rue. Allow me 10 add, aud do i, in
n',iensNe sPiiii, thai all my family and my
u mediate kfdred arc permanently radcs
~ 20 hat State, and mus, largely share IN
abAlryey csil may belsll It. Can you say
much tor yourself or snur correspondent
Inrse aasinns To matters purely person
are na. agrecahse 10 asc, but they arc
& ICED upon me bv a personal attack - With
~ . ~ .-,k---- 4 - "A I---- 4 --ias.'
ocecItn matters of much more Importance.
Wien | wtole the letter alluded TO- | was
nj aware of the assaults 10 ahIch II exposed
mr.. and how dcienceIess was viii, the un.
di,Ided press of the State opposed to my
views. l. IVES painful To me To advocate
measures shich were opposed 10 the views
q tie ftes'drnt, Tor whom entertained q
sllccfe fe,pcci and esteem, and s,lll mere so
L rpn a'h~aft the public opinion OF the
q lshteued and patriotic people, om.ngI
waom, thu. faf. my LIE has beea, aud wuh
10 III, 10
| nad lunk o Ia ,iiicc - ihese were the only
tto grarters 10 which my views would have
hen difec,ed-and ! may therefore defy the
Qgenuhy and mal,gnity OF your cofrrspan'
INT To hnd any motive, hnt one which Is
b norable and patriotic. My fe has not
ben without examples m defiance Of that
q 81 terrific thing To an ambitious and ~ IN
nm, the torrent Of an etrng public opinion.
vii on!y add that, notwithstanding very
sum friendship aud high adaifa ION for Mr
Gay, there IS no pubic man with whom
hise more frequently differed in opinion or
qie,'inns Of public policy B4nt, the
ll:ti, and Distribution. for examples-and
q ~ add that refused my assent TO his res
uu'ions as first oG:fed.
The a s,lons nos involved arr:
ftrst. The admission Of Catiyrtha. Thu
T. purely a question OF cxpr'l'cncy. not q
r rastrtuiiorial power. Ia This opinion an
stained, 10 ~us uoihins Of others, by Judg
SlIkey, the President oi he Nashville Con
r'fnn, second 20 no man ~ the South fo
d ,rton to IT'S interests aud Tor eminent pro
bs.,onnl reputation. There Is uothng, u
lle Constitution, which rcqnlres that Stat
ssud Psss lhtuush The pup,'age of lem
hrial Gose,nmon,, as rqn'.ite !" adm'a
y into the Union. The term - 'T-rrIt"ri
a Government Is not fJnnd N the Consri'u
t'n-snch + soverumeHt, hating existed ~ n
omaiy IN our system, WHICH his rr.uic
( fum the fact that he people inlab,tmg
piuicuIar p1ttion Of our country must hav
ne government, and their number was ~
tfge enough To constitute State. II III
i,cccdenls had been d,ifpeni, ihe,e ". ul
~ have constituted a ground Of Obj c,Ion a
= constitutional pover. But such ~ not ih
fct Kentucky, Vermont, and Texas, wei
tdan,ed nuhout having passed through Te
'Hoial Governments, and assci, tie ia'
iat 90 no instance has any State bad Tc
t'oral Government, which had pnpulai'
ulhclemly large 10 constitute State.
'hen 'herc IS 10 constitutional question II
.''sea Gu, bono sutj"c' California TO Tr
'onal Gp,cfnmcnt. J. there ahy one
recent in'ellsc' &C. who supposcs that 81
'hI not prcscn, herself al the neat sessir
9l'A cnn''Iiuiinn containing the same pr
h''nn sio slavery" then shall we ha
gained = nothing; but, by mos, natur
'tn1lion Of tho people Of that Stale to afri
mem against the saveholding interest in Il
'oa'ede acy. | wonld ask those who a
50 urgcn, for this course, how long tn
would ttqnIre the territorial ,ondiiinn--o
year, three months, three days! And O
great qnesiions, like those now under ct
''dera'i"n TO be affected by such riisers