The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-08-28
For the People.

The following common sense notice Of III
Dispnfes Of he Doy" is taken from n
National lnteligencer. Ii is from a Far
mer," and ii deserves the atteutive perusaI g
that class Of our citizens:
From an Elderly MARYLAND Far.
naer-sec'ional Disputes.
10 HE Editors Of lie National atell;gencer
GENTLEMEN: The People of the Unite,
states ATE desirous Of knowing what next is Il
be done. They will no. believe il possibi,
that there Is so little Of lhe spirit Of concilia
iIon, either IL the dftieut sections Of lht
tnion or IN their Representatives IN Con.
gfess, that The whole session is 10 be wasted
~ wTangIirg and all needful legislation ne q.
cctcd.
] Congress appears to abor under wodtficul.
hes FIRST, no dish Of wholesome legislation
can be prepared but Northern gentlemen are
ready to poison il by lhrusrng in the so call.
cd Wilmot pfoviso;' and, second, South.
ern gentlemen refuse to taste of snv tbipr
not seasoned to please their own rasidious
aPPe'ites. Between these two opposing sec.
'iois all useful legislation hang suspended
Ike Nahomei's collia, in e,elastioc eo1i.
poise.
Northern gentlemen very cravey stand
ana lecture the South on the sin Of slavery,
not Considering that those who consume The
tobacco, the hemp, the rice, the lurpentne.
tAe cotton, end the sugar Of the South. and
the coffee Of Brazil ENJOY quite as many of
ne Comforts arising ftotn slave labor and do
qoi'e as much to perpeuate slavery as slave.
holders themselves. The North swallows
me irnit and then reproves the South for the
sIn OF taking H. Northern gentlemen have
gaZad al the mote in their brolher's eve I'M |
they Cannot see The beam in their own
They gravcly undertake 10 teach lhs Soulh
ne dulles, quite forgetting that "it is easier
% teach twenty what were good to be done. /
lhan be one OF The twenty 10 follow their own
eachins."
And, not to be behiudhand, The South
lioaches sundIy doctrines which are utterly
destructive Of all republicansm Southern
Gentlemen are exceedingly fond Of repub.
lcan government, so long as they are in a
MAJORITY but, when they are in a minority
y becomes terrible piece of despotism.-i
hey love that form Of government which
fhRbes shem TO tasten their own measures
~ The North; but they make terribla wrv
aces when the chalce is commended 10 their
'wn lips. Ihey quite forget that the yety
ssehce Of a republican government is "a
government of The majority" and thoy e..
priy hunt about for 'ome means by uh,ch I
se ~'u of that ~ jorjty mag be defeated.-
hey do not seem 10 reflect that If measures !
fe decided BY votes, somebody must be in a
ne minority TO day II may be the South d
morrow the North or he West. But if "
'inor,ttes are not bound 10 oJeg, then ~ re. :
H6itcdn SocernReat Is at da md. Niaori =
es acquire power IN proportion as they are =
Isl ard reasonable. An unreasonable mi =
ory degenerates into faction. I
Inc Constitution Of the Utted States is y
instrument which can scarcely be itnpro. e
I'd. II se adhere TO it, il will confer upon
all 'hos' blessings which, in our present 81
ale, we are capable Of eojoyine-as it has 1t
r sixty years already done. But if we arc
cary of IT and destroy it, neither we nor az
II poslerlty will ever see aay thing better.
What is the pfesen, situation of Mexico,
natemala and the Republics OF South A.
erica These States enjoyed constitutions n
pied from cur own, and generally quite as III Il
'od; but they would never adhere to them. If'
pposins factions, instead of useful Iecisla. III
N, were constantly employed in ATTEMPT. oi'
g to put each other down. Consequently, ca
e revolution followed another until all s,a. a
NY was destroyed, and all regard for the IS
ele good vas lost Now they are oppress u
by military tyrans, their treasures are W.
1pty, their highways infested with robbers ef
operty is insecure and all industry is par Isl
wed. One State is desolated by a wretch sis
seF'ile war; one is tyrannzed over tv ~, eh
e despot, another by another another 'o'
sks protection from foreign Power, aud
are weak, distracted and wretched. Is
ere no moral in this picture Is il no,
tier TO
BEAR the ills we have
Than lily TO others that We know not of ?" W.
We are new strong and united. No ma. p'
n has over experienced greater degree -
prosperity. We are secure from ali ex ~,
nal enemies we suffer from no internal ~
ongs; every individual in the nation il at P'.
erty to pursue his own happiness in any Q,
de he chooses. All is peace and prosper so
/, 1t we choose 10 enjoy it. oe
)" talk much of our rights but have we w., a'n
corresponding duties Do We owe r,c
hing to a form Of government which has 'Io
lierted SO many blessings upon US Can - Z
without guilt Of the deepest dive, bequeath ~. ~
our children the mseries of civil strife, ~,
n all the raplne, robbery, murder and ~
ISOLATION which will follow il Z Is II not the
I both of wisdom and humanity "to lie,
l'eaton alone before il be meddled with1n II.
Disrnion, which some speak OF so flppant. is