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'i9 Thursdav, 53 4 1 7 7 D H. 31. oO FriJtiv, 54 4 ! 6 7 I'ull :VIoon, 3 1 r> F.. lU Saturday, 1 5.“) 4 5 7 Last Uuai iL-r, 11 14 M. 1 Sunday, [ .06 4 1 4 7 Xc\v Moon. IS 8 57 M. ‘2 3Iouday. ; 57 4 i 3 7 First Quaitcv, 25 :i n ]•:. Catawba Springs. THE Snbpcriber would inform tlie public ^.enerallv, that he is prepared to entertain Visiters at the above celebrated watering-place, and pb dges lumself that no etforts shall be spared to render comfortable and profitable the stay of all who may call on him. Tenns of board moderate, to suit tiie tunes. THOMAS HA.MPTOX. Lincoln county. N. C.. April 3, IS 10. ©iocfe azFatcfj i^rjjntrinu. RESPECTFULLY informs the cit izens ofCharlotte and the public gene rally, that he haa opened a shop in the town of Charlotte, nearly op})osite the ‘•Carolina Inn,” wdiere lie will be glad to receive work in his line of busines.^. Clocks, Watches, &c., v.’ill be repaired in the iiiost sub.-*mliiil rnannt'r. at taort notice, on luodorate lerin^i, and warranted to perform well. A portion of public patronage is respectfully solicited. Charlotte, Jane 1. ISll. 13...r Wa_“?c':n REPAiRING. CToma.® evottrv STILL coi:iiaues to repair Clocls and ^yatche>i in the very best manner, ii’ requested by the own er to do so. He is well supplied with all kinds of materials. His Sliop is in the Jewellery Store of S. P. Alexander, situated South froni the Courthouse, between the *• Mansion House ” and the •• Charlotte flotel.’’ it will be hi:; earnest desire to do work faithfully, so as to merit encouragftnent. H3r" His price shall be as modrrate as possible for CASH. I Charlotte.-Julv G, lSiL.. hv Caution I IHEPvEBY cnution tiie public against trading for a note of hand, given by me to John Harris, for twenty dollars, and dated the 2-')ih Xovember, 1339, note is. or was lately, in the hands of LSAAC KRIMMlNGEii o‘.* Cabarrus county. I have paid it to the agent o! Mr. Harris, and bold his receipt against the same, and siiall certainlv nut pay it over ag.tin. FRANCIS VA.\DER13URG. July 13, 1811. 19...3\v TO THE PUBLIO JOHN O’FARRELL announce.^ to his custom ers and the public geiierally, that he has dispo- t-ed of his entire stock of Tiroceries, Liquors, &c., to Mr. John B. Roueche of Lincolnton, and will close his busines.*? in Charlotte on Thursday of the ensu ing April County Court. Until then, how'ever, he v/ill continue in business at his old stand, and be glad to accommodate his customer.^ with every article in the Grocery line, on the most reasonable terms. J. O’F. gives this early notice of his intention to close business, in order that all who ow’e him, eitJier by note or book account, may have due time to come iorward and make settlement, 'vvhich he earnestly re quests them to do betw^een this and July Court, for his notes and accounts must positively then be closed. Charlotte, March 5, 1841. i-tc “With Scissors sharp and Razoii keen. I’ll dress your hair and shave you cleau."’ Buonaparte, the Barber, RESPECTFULLY informs his customers, that lie has removed his establishment to the cast end of Col Alexander’s Long Row, a few doors east of the Courtliouse, w”here he w'ill be pleased to sec them at all times. He professes to be master of the “ Tonsarial Art,” an^l w’ill spare no ef- lort to alVord entire satisfaction. Charges moderate, to suit the times. [Charlotte, March 9, 181J. JOB PRSMTm prepared at this OlHce with a handsome ▼ supply ot Fancy Type, to execute all kinds o SScttet- Jot '^uitUng, in a very superior style, and at short notice OrdeFs ^'lil be thankfully received. JetlersoiiiauOffice, Charlotte,March 9. 181J. A SUl'l'LY OF blank ^otes of Hand and Land Deeds: also Clerks’ and Sheriffs’ Blanks, printed, and for sale at the Jeffersonian RUFFIN’S FARMERS’ REGISTER, JULY NU3IDER. ^Ve cannot too highly recommend this valuable work to the attention of our agricultural readers.— Let them remember tiiat “knowledge is power” and is w^ealth also. The labors of Mr. Ruffin have revolutionized the art of agriculture in Eastern Vir ginia, and extended their beneficial influence into other States. The present number is a rich one.— The lecture on animal and vegetn))le nutrition con tains science-and sound sense. We transcribe the table of contents.— ^Vashljigton Tlcpuh. Contents of the Fannev^s He lister for July, 1841.— Original Coniniwiicatio)is.—]')cH\\\tory observations on the banking system of this country, and the ef fects of its dirterent modes of operation—concluded^ iVotes on Sandy Point estate. No. 2; The patent family freezer ; Remarks on the geological survey of the Eastern Shore ofMaryland; Depreciated and w^orthless bank notes, and subscriptions to the Far- mer'o Register; The Farmer’s Register, and its course in regard to banks; Monthly commercial re- j)ort; Summary of news: Seleciiorts,—Dairy management; Fishery laws of Pennsylvania and their eifect.d; To make name:^ grew on Iruit; A specimen of agriciiitural legisla tion ; Condition ot' American agriculture; and the propriety of atfording to it governmenta aid ; Ilales worlli farmers’ club; Hiving bees; Accouni of thf mode of culture adojited in rairfin-r a crop of turn ips with liquiii manure ; The cotton gin. American inventions; Nitrate of soda as a manure : Vegetable and onimal nutrition ; ^>n destroying rats ; Action of h’avt--; The disease c illi'd tin* ‘* )ellov, s” whi-’h attacks the peach tree ; Canker worms; First exlii- biiion ;uid fair of the Agricultural and Horticultu ral Society of Henrico ; Gapes iu cliickens; Destruc tion of caterpillars; The tart or pie rubarb ; A mi nute Bcicntilic description of Kentucky blue grass; Tile mu.scardine; Durham slock as niilk^rs; Sales of Dcrkshircs ; The new theorv—-saving I'irst truits of tijc st.’ason--- su*cess in silk-makinL'': Foundering; "V^^ork oxen; The board of ai^ricul-^ lUi’C. Jii:nk Whij^ J'ma?icierifi^\-- 'rhe Bank Whig allcdge the nation is in debt, and tliey propose to fun.^ this debt by issuing twelve miiiions of stock. At the same time they have a Bill lo divide among the States what they call a iiirpius arising iVom tlie sales of public land.-^. Now. i the nation tw'.-lve miiiions in dt-bt, and is there still a surplu.s in the treasury to hj divided ? Is there not som^tliing very absiud in a business view of the subject, in compelling the Secretary of the Treasury to divide a surjJus among the State.s. from an empty Treasury ? And do the bank whigs hope to make the people believe that there is a sur- phis to divide, and yot that it is necessary to issue twelve miiiions of stock, on the credit of the people, to pay existing d> bts? r-n-'* U7‘^ter of f::.an:e or of ordinary bu- sineso, v, l::.l cau bemore prcposteroub than the propo sition to distribute sui jilus revenue to the States in one bill, and in anoth(‘r to cortract a debt of twelve niil- lions of dollars? Why not apply the surplus to the payment of the debt, and by economy and re trenchment, save the means for paying the residue and not brhig upon the country embarrass.ment and the disgrace of contracting a debt in time of peace, for the ordinary expenses uf the government? The cry of retrenchment and reform, which resounded in the ears of tlie people in 1S40. seems to be merged in a general scramble for the spoils of olfice, and a greedy efibrt on the part of speculators and stock jobbers for a great bank, which will enable them for twenty years to grind the facc of those who la bor, and as ]\Ir. Webster has the expression, tofer- itlizc ikeir fields from the si'-co.t of the poor broii'.'—Albainf ,I?gus. Going vhcrc he helojigs.—Little Stanley of N. Carolina, srud the other day, that “he would sooner go to the negroes for an ally than to the Democra cy.'’ Well, he has gone to his natural allies alrea- dy, in joining the Abolitionists, and the Samboes have reciprocatcd, for it is said that a great number of the signatures on the great Reel petition for a Bank from New York, are those of Mr. Stanley’s nnCral whig brethren, the w'oolly heads, procured at twenty-live cents per head.—C/zar. Mercunj. A NEW CATECHLSM TO BE LEARNED BY OFFICE SEEKERS. Qu,esUon.—Did voti aid in btiildino- any loo- cab ins ? ' o o An^iirer.—I did. Q.—Did you swear to and circulate Ogle’s speech about gold spoons ? ^1.—I did. Q.—Did you swear to and circulate the standinn- army humbug? ® .4—1 did. Did you not tell the people often, and swear to it, that there should be no more removals from of fice, 710 pro$cripLiofi for opinion sake ^ A —\ did. Q.—Did you drink plenty of hard cider well tem})ered v.uth brandy, w^ear a log cabin button sing songs, abuse Amos Kendall and the Globe, and hurrah lustily lor Tippecanoe and Tyler too? ^ 1 did, ati'i Imriahed a little the loudest for Tyler too. Q.—Did you call Mr. Van Buren a little Dutch man, and swear that he w^ore whiskers, and that he would steal all the money out of the Independent Treasury ? In all these things have I been faithful, in stant in season and out of season, without ref>-ard to wear and tear of conscience. ° Q.—Rehearse the articles of your belief A—I believe in Tippecanoe and Tyler too, in Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and the United States Bank—1 believe in Nicholas Biddle and Bela Badger--! believe that the people have been duped and deceived, and that federalists can never obtain power except by fraud and corruption. I believe in broken banks, coon skins and hard cider, I do not believe in the intelligence of the people, or in their capacity for self government. I believe above all, notwithstanding the many promises made to the con trary, that the great end and aim of tlie wdiigs, was to get the offices. I believe, moreover, that I’have told more election falsehoods, brawled louder, got drunk oftener upon hard cider, and am a greater loafer and scoundrel than any of my competitors’ therefore I must be rewarded. Treasury Report. SPEECH OP 3fr. Calhoun, of South Carolina, Senate, Jmie2I. IRJl-On the motion ol Mr. Clay of kt-ntucky to print 1,500 copies of the Report ol tnc becretary ol the Treasury on the Finances. Mr. Calhoun said, that itx'as impossible for any one to read the report of the Secretary, without be ing struck with the solicitude apparent throughout, to make out a large deficit in the revenue of the year. So great was his solicitude, that it betrayed him into numerous errors, w’hich have been so full^ exposed by the two Senators whc preceded me on the sanie side that i do not feel called on to add a \vord to what they have said in that respect. AV^hat I propose, in connection wuth wha? may be called tlie financial part of the report, is to show, by a brief and condensed statement, what wouM be the deficit at the end of the j^ear, according (o the data furnish- ed b^ tlie Secretary himself, Wi.!,.iut adding an ca- tu.iate or a figure of my own. According, then, to h‘is own d M, the available menus of the Treasury for the y^ -r, including the bakince at the end of the last ye;ir, Treasury "n»ites authorized to bo issued during the year, and the re venue from all sources would bo ^-21,912,935. This IS made up, first, of the sum of 84,212’510, tin: actual iecei])ts into the Tiea'Ury from, the be- gini. '5 of the year to the 4th Alarch, including the issu ..'1 I rcasury notes and the balance on hand at I prove, on such view, to be wdiolly useless—money thrown away. I say nothing of the other items of the kind: they pe small. Nor will I undertake to show what will be the actual deficit, if any. It would be too ha,zardous. The Secietary can make U more or less, or nothing at all, at his pleasure. But if he should choose to leave the outstanding ap- proprifitions as they stood last year, there would be in the Treasury a considerable surplus, instead of a deiicit. On tlie contrary, if he should undertake to spend the wdiole, he may increase the deficit by many millions. W^e know what his desire is, and it remains to be seen w’hat he wull do. Hut, sir, another and more important qiiestion de mands our attention. Why this deep and anxious solicitude to make out a large deficit ? Does it ori ginate in party feelings ? Is the object to detract from his predecessors in office, by show’ing that they have left the finances in an embarrassed condi- ticn ? It may be so in part, but it would be doing the Secretary great injustice to suppose that it was his sole or principal motive. No; it was much higher. It originated in the belief^ that to make out a large and permanent deficit, for which no provision w'as made, w’as highly important, if not neccssary, to carry out the measures which he and his party contemplated. Hence the solicitude— hence the zeal that has led to so many errors and discrepancies, and to so great an over-estimate. Wliat these measures are, for which such anxie ty is felt, the Secretary has not left us to conjccture. issu .'1 I rcasury notes and the balance on hand at A , • ,, not lelt us to conjccture. the «:c:njiK‘iicenient of the year, and in the next of i ? plainly: they are, first and foremost, the of >r"K).730.39.'». at ho c‘imit..'5 the ^ debt, to be follow'cd by a National Bank, . and througji it the restoration of the partnership of the Government with the banks, and that by heavy addition to the taxes, by an increase of the tarilij and finally tho distribution among the States oi the are throughout ^ny stat. ..^ent. Tiiese togi.-ther I public Lmds. make t'le s:an cf v.hich. as 1 have I • 1'^' funded in stocks, redeemable s' ' ’ ...... i.A ^..,^1,. 3' V, VIJ,* receipts irom the -Itii March to the end of the year, mcluding licasury noit.-s aiilhor/zcd to be issued. Both items are taken from tho renort, without the aheration of as they L>^ I’reasury re- table containing is put down at has been stated. In the next, of six millions to be subscribed by him as our share of the Bank stock, and then ^9.367.214 ol stock to be subscribed by him foi the States. W hat right have we to autho- position, he has taicen a liberty in using w’ords un exampled in any public document that ever passed under my eyes, lie has converted tlie fourth in- :iie result, first, from his statt^m' nt of the annual • ippiopiivitK)iis (iiC calls tlieui liotinile lippropria- tions) made d-iring the last se". ion, which he put? down at 5517/jC;,9S1 ; next, Uoni th apjn-upriations followed will fall d in payment ito.iis are all taken from 12th p port. House document. In the t'- n>. the Item of 'I’rea^ury not*. 131.-121, but there i.s a n.-‘j gi’. ' S the item.s that com^iose if, ^ tcli. -.fives not that sum. but the o ar.d .i so looted, making a oirf’ - - iVj tiik^u tl.o « , the itums that compose it, !?ta?.ed in another part of anotner. \»iiero uiii iie liiid the evidence of the report, according with those that give that sum. ihe appropriation? 'i'he next and last sum that composes the items, ” P^^hit to the act of'3G? that makes it, as uliich makes up, according to the data of the Se- strvmgly as words can, a mere deposite cretary, tiie demands on the Treasury for the year. keeping for our use, w’henever called for; is one of ^53,(J09.'^ 19, the estimated'difference be- from the States to the government, tween the out.standing appropriations at the end of this year, coinpared with those of the end of the last year. nis S'.im I have obtained in the following manner The Secretary estimates the demands on the Treasury, from the 4th of xMarch to the end of tho year, atJs33,129.GlG. and that which will bo rerpiired for the service of the year, from the 4th of .March to the end, at S2-1,210,000. The dilTerence and not from it to them. And vet, the Secretary is so intent on carrying out his sclieme, that he chan ges at pleasure the relations of the parties—makes tho Clovernment, and not the States, the debtor— proposes to subscribe their deb^s to the Government, as so much stock iu the Bank to their credit, for which the Gonernment is to pay them interest on the i debt they owe itj and to cap t!ie climax of perver- between them ($9,296,616) \vouId, ~of’co'u'rVe7 be absurdity, he provides that if any State the amount of the outstanding apporpriations,” ac- , except its share of the subscription, cording to his estimate, at the end of this year. i ** ^hail go to the other States, tlius taking from a Take that from the sum of 812,300.20“!, \vhich he i pleasure,^what he says is due to it, and states to be the amount of the outstanding anpropri-1 the other States, w'ithoiit leave or license! ations, at the end of last year, (see 12th paf^e uf re- * words, rights, and property, as if his —. 1 I .u 1.1' -,i • ., i - i will w'as the only standard of either ; makes debts port.) and the dilference will give the amount I have stated, as chargeable to the disbursements of the year; and all the items added, the aggregate amount of those disbursements, according to the Se cretary’s own data. Subtract the aggregate means of the year (s24,942, 935) from the aggregate do-1 mands, (S2S.012.77G) and the deficit w’ould be >^3 - i leMdue of the reinaiks I intended to make on 009,841. ' ' ' Irom the States, debts to them, and transfers w’hat he asserts belongs to one, to others, j-ust as it suits him! But I see that the committee has just reported a bill, W’nich omits a provision founded on such monstrous t)erversion and abuse of language: and I shall omit ljut from tliis, two items mu.st he clearly deduct ed. First, the omission in stating, among the means of the year, the item of 62ir), lol of money in the mints belonging to the Treasury. Next, ail overcharge in the disbursements of 81,110,611 of I’reasury notes, issued under the act of 1840, between the 31st December, 1840, and 4th of March, 1841, and which w*ill not fall due till next year. Both the Senators w'ho preceded me, Kive clearly shown this lo be an overcharge. I will not attempt to add to their proof These two items added make 81,- 325,762, and that sum subtracted from $3,009,841 gives, for the deficit, accordhig to the Secretary’s own data, at the end of the year, the sum of $1,743, 979. He estimates it at 810,088,215, making an over estimate on his owm data of 814,039,036. It is true that he makes out his deceit in part, by adding items that have not been, and a large part of them probably will not be. appropriated by Con gress ; but when we speak of deficit;?, w'e refer to the excess of the authorized demands on the Treasu ry over its available means, and not such demands as the Secretary, or any one else, may think ought to be authorized by law. In that sense there would be no limitation in the deficit. Among items of this kind the Secretary has add ed one of four millions of dollars, to constitute a standing deposite in the Treasury, that is, the pro jected Bank; and this he proposes to borrow, say at six per cent wdiich would make an annual charge of 8240,000 on the people, that the Bank may have the use of it for nothing I for one. . r-- — — - - shall never agree to such a measure. If the ! 'vhich w’ould be double nearly the present duty or Treasury is to be guarded against the contingency j t^^ on imports. of an accidental deficit, a vote of credit authorizing To complete the list of these odious and oppres- the temporary use of Treasury notes, or, as called I sive measures, lie proposes, finally, that uncoiistitu- m England, exchequer bills, would be greatly pre- j tional, dangerous, and detestable measure the ferable. There is another large item of nearly a j distribution of the revenue from the public lands million and a half, in addition to vvhat has already { among the States; which must end in a final loss to been voted this j’-ear for fortifications, to which I i the Government of this great and growing branch CKmI] _1 .1 . i“* ‘ I ® _ this poiuf. These items, which it is proposed should compose the projected debt, exceed thirty-one million of dollars; and exceed, by rather more than a mil- hon, the amount of stock of the bank. Of this large funded debt, (nearly equal to half of that of the Revolution.) upwards of nineteen millions is to go directly to tlie creation, or the benefit of the Bank, and the remaining twelve millions is no doubt in tended to go into the hands of individuals, with the view, in part, of furnishing the means of meeting their subscription ; that is, the Bank is to be manu factured out of the credit of the people. A mort gage, in the shape of public stocks, is to be laid on their industry and property, to the amount of thir ty-one millions; that to be converted into cash, and thirty miiiions of it incorporated into a Bank, to be put under the control and management of seven di rectors, in the district! Add, that the Bank is to have the use of the public revenue, till w’anted for dis bursements, and that its notes are made equal to gold and silver every where, in its collections and dis bursements. and you will have the project of the Secretary, that has been so much lauded by his party ! To meet this heavy incumberance on the labor and property of the people, and to cover the deficit which would be caused by the distribution of the revenue from the lands, he next proposes to impose a heavy tax of 20 per cent, on the importation of all articles now’ duty free, with the exception of those contained in the 5th section of the compromise act, and to raise the duty to 20 per cent, on all the articles which pay less than that; the effects of shall not give my assent. The great changes that steam has made, and the still greater that it must make in the operations of w’ar on the ocean, require that the whole subject of the defence of our mari time frontier should be reviewed by able and skil ful officer.s, before we proceed any further in the present system of fortifications. Much that has been done, and what i? proposed to be done, w'ould of revenue, and a permanent mortgage to stockhold ers, domestic and foreign, of the whole of the pub lic domain, consisting of more than a thousand mil lions of acres; the noble inheritance bequeathed by ourfancestors to us and our posterity. Such are the measures proposed“by the Secreta ry ; and for the adoption of which he and the party in pev,*er display so much solicitude A permanent NUMBER 21 funded debt lies at the bottom ot the whole scheme, and hence the deep anxiety to make cut a gieat deficiency in the revenue; m order to afford a plau sible pretext to create such a debt. But I stop not here. I push my inquiry beyond the measures themselves to the motive of (heir authors, and ask why such solicitude to adopt them at this time?— W’hy the zeal of the Secretar}’- so strongly display ed in his report? Why the call of this extraordi nary session at this sultry season, at such great in convenience of the members, and h^^avy charge on the country? hy the universal and pressing de- rnand throtigh all the organs of tlie party for ac tion ? And w'hy, finally, the degree of urgency here; the enactment of ik\v vuks to cut short in. quiry and discussions, and the more rigid and des potic enforcement of the old ones, than has ever been known, to curtail debate? What is the mo tive for all this ? If w^e are to believe our opponents, it originates in the highest and purest motive of patriorism and humanity, that their object is to relieve the distress of the country. The distress of the country! Who is meant by the country? The great mass of the community, the People, who live on their own means and industry, and look not to Government for favors ? Do they mean by the country the tax payers in contradistinction to tax consumers—those w^ho support the Government, and not those who are supported by it ? Are these measures intended to relieve them? Would it relieve them, to place on their industry and property a mortgage of more than thirty-one millions of dollars in the shape of a permanent fftnded debt, and which would annu ally extract from them nearly two millions of dol lars to py the interest only ? AV'ould it relieve them to impose an additional tax of at least tw'elve miiiions, by levying a duty on cofiee, tea, and other artiwles, of 20 per ccnt,; that is. to take one pound in six of all they consume ? W oiild it relieve them to surrender forever the revenue from the public lands, which cannot be estimated at less than fivo millions of dohais annually, for the next ten years^ w'ith a prospect of a great increase in future, to be given away to speculators and dealers in State stocks, for which the Union is no W’ay responsible cither in justice, equity, or honor? ‘Would it re lieve them to lay a permanent mortgage, virtually, on the w'hole of the public domain, in favor of stock jobbers and speculators? You, gentlemen, (ad dressing the opposite side) promised lehef and re form to the people. On this promise they have raised you to power. Is this the reform, this the relief you promised? Will you, can you, rise in your places here, and in derision, tell the deluded people that Vv hen yon promised reform and relief, you meant debt, taxes, inortgnges, and the giving away of their inheritance? You are silent, and ili be Silent. you dare not make such an avowal ■ and ^ et tiiesc arc tiie the only nitasuies V’^ou pro pose. J r relief to the people, to ichom can it be . low hom but those w-ho are the tax consu mers, and not the tax payers—who, in reality, sup port not the Government; but are supported ‘by tho Goveinment ? iio but (he merc( n.'iry corps no 1 shall not use so strong a term—tin' dependent corps who live, or expect to liv'e, on the Government— the office holders and expectants, of w’hom so fear- fiil a flight lit on this District on the 4th of March last? To this uMmerous body of not less than one hundred thousand actual dependants on Govern ment, and more than tw’ice that number of expect ants, these measures indeed would be rehef The more that is extracted from the people by taxes, and by whatever other device it can be effected,’ the more goes to them. Their interests and that of the people are in direct conflict. 'I’hat which oppress es the one pampers the other; thit which takes from the one is gained by the other. But these are not the only classes to wIiG.-n these measures would bring relief. There are o^her and more pow’erful, w'ho are looking on with the most intense anxiety, in the hope of gorging themselves by their means at the expense of the people. These look to debts, stocks, banks, distribution, and taxes, as the choicest of blessings. The greater the debt, the more abundantly the stock market is supplied, the more powerful and controlling the Bank, tho greater the amount of the public revenue that is dis tributed. and the heavier the taxes, the better for them. To all these, the measures so earnestly recom mended in this report would bring great and sub* stantial relief They arc in deep distress—hungry, famished, and howling for their prey. W^ell they may -be. The system of measures by means of which they so long fed on the vitals of the peoplp, has been utterly overthrown, and has left them in their present distressed and starved condition. The object now' is to renew that system. Yes, sir, the very measures recommended by the Secretary, are the identical measures which dlivided the two great parties, the Republican and Federal, at the com mencement of the Government, and w’hich, after more than half a century of persevering and un yielding resistance, the former has succeeded in overthrowing. Will any one, can anyone, venture to deny wdiat I assert ? AVho is there so ignorant of our political history, as not to know that the first measure on which the great parties divided was the funded debt; the next the National Bank, and the partnership through it of the Government with the banks: and then the protective tarifl^, with all the unconstitutional and wasteful expenditures w'hich hav'e and must ever follow in its train ? These are the measures which the illustrious leaders of the Republican party of former days so strenuously resisted, and which \ve have, after so long and se vere a contest, oveftl^’own. And these are the measures, which the p&rty now in power propose to revivT. With them they have associated another, of the same stamp, but, if possible, more obnoxious and dangerous than any; the corrupt and corrupting- scheme of distribution. And yet, strange to tell, there are thousands and tens of thousands, who have ever called themselves Republicans—who have stood in the front rank, when the battle waxed the hottest, and the onset was most fierce, against this system—who still call themselves Republicans, and honestly believe themselves to be so, now found making battle on the opposite side, to restore the measures which they have done so much to over- throw! How wonderful the delusion! Time, it is to be hoped, may expel i% and restore them to fheir true position I??
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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July 27, 1841, edition 1
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