The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-06-26
= SAL on. Oh Ship of State.
sail on. Oh union strong aud uraat


Is hanging breaibless thy fate
We know what master laid thy keel
What workman wrou sht thy ribs OF steel
Who made each mast, and SAL, aud ropo,
What anv rang. what hammers beat,
Ia What forge and what heat,
Were shaped the anchors OF Thy hope
God forbid that we shall ever encounter tho fear.
ul evil Of ovsrtnrnng that for which the good and
the great all prepared to tool aud TO die.
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES
Nha, are The prime plss OF thus Party What have
they protested By What sedn Give charm dad they
win the conddence 81 the People, aud how did they
redeem thca pledges
They 81 = with the one term Principle for ta1
Office of L fNtent of the United States. That mem
brts Of Congress should be appointed To office.
f9g fetrenchmrnt AMI reform IN the expenditures
OF the Cove nment aud for fax distribution OF pub
lac pItrouage, and against prescription.
How wee these Pledges red omea Gen Jack
son declared upon his gong into Office that II was
advisable 10 limit the service OF Chief Mag
is,ra,e 10 a single term Of / years; and arsu.
cd "that the adoption ot tie rule would tend TO
cure the Independence of each Department Of the
Government aud promote the heaIth' ul and eqniti
bic administration OF the trusls Which ii created"
Long before the expiration OF his first term, upon
the opportunity OF letters written by las friends OF
the Pennsylvania Legislature, lao again l.o..,,.
mated by that tody for re election Ills previous
hfm coav'cion of the great lmproPrety OF such
co'Ise suddenly wants led. second tern he
came at once very proper thing lie accepted the
, 4ominatnn and that The last wo heard 1t car
! Fyng out the term principle.
Again Thy argued Lsinrn tho, ps"fie thaf
, Members OF Congress should not be appointed TO
Office during the term for which they we're elected,
nor within two years thereafter that they should b.
Independent aud should placod beyond the reach
of Executive lnflcncc. What was the practice
Why no hal their candidate reached the
a White House Than he commenced appointing metn
, bsfs Of Congress 10 Atise Five members OF tie
: Cabinet taken from Congress and only one
from tic people at large. Aud tie record OF thit
day exhibits the very consistent fact o. - members
OF Congress appoint 10 oil Of various grades
T. AGAIN. The democratic party insisted prom
L ine1t issue on the necessity Of Rctreachment and
y Reform. They told Us that Executive pIirona 70
+" bad increased. was Increasing ana should be dimin
u shed They called for reform IN ~ Department
Of the Government They told il the "dear
u FsoP-s' would only eHtfnst them with place and
re power that t,cre could hardly be end to thar
'e gorons abors in tho cause OF regeneration ana
u amendment, and IN cleaning out The Aegean S.a
!, tie"
l. Well. they got possession oF the Guvornmen
g Instead ct re !uGti1u of officers their number
10 greatly Augmented The public OK penilIures were
ID enorm Hsly increased Frauds and defalcaions
&c sued The treasury plandefed OF millions The
lr Pest Office became bankrupt and other partneats
Is Of the Government were thrown into the utmost
IA disorder nd A..
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