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Tarborongh, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.J Saturday, July l? 1840
Vol. XVI Xo 28.
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toothers should immediately appyr iie sy
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I January, IS40.
From the. Raleigh Standard.
ADDRESS
To the Freemen and footers of North
Carolina:
The immense importance of the next
Presidential Election, and the deep inter
est it has awakened, form our apology for
this Address to the Freemen and Vo ers of
North Carolina.,
Collisions of opinion, which grow out
of political controversies, are conducive
in the end to the discovery of truth,
and a frank investigation of the mea
sures of our government ought never to
he discouraged. Hut every sober minded
man unites in the sentiment that now a days
there is too much Party and too lit l ie
regard for Principle in the discussion of
public measures; and that in examining
the characters of our public officers, then
is a fearful disregard of Truth and Justice, i
True, the line between a fearless ex-1
posure of crime, and a prejudiced attempt
to pervert the a ts of a public servant, may
not always be easy to discover; but then
it is certain that few of the enemiesof Mr.
Van Huren seem to beas watchful to ob
serve it as they are industrious to conceal
it from others.
Great efforts are made to impivss the
public mind with tbe false opinion that
our prosperity is decaying, and that a firm
but judicious exercise of their authority by
the Constitutional Agents of the People
is despotic. These things ought not to be
so. There is no Nation where all the solid
blessings of life are more enjoyed than
they are in the United States; and there
never was one in which they are secured
to the great body of the people by such
slender sacrifices. The administration of
the Government has been conducted -by
Mr. Van Huren, we believe, with as pure
intentions, and certainly with as respectful
a consideration for the opinions and feel
ings of others, as ever actuated the Chief
Magistrate of any country; and it is alike
unjust to him and injurious to the people, lo
denounce the President for faults he has
not been guilty of, and to depreciate the
condition of our country below the high
rank it proudly occupies. Why should
a People be roused into hatred against
the constituted authorities of the land,
or taught an habitual distrust of the
Government they have formed except
there be some wish to reconcile them
to its overthiow? Let those who en
tertain no such treason against our govern
ment, beware cf encouraging this detesta
ble habit, and let the men of talents and !
character in the opposition rise above the
ers may vault into their vacant seats!
Has Mr. Van Huren been treacherous to
the pledges and ihe principles upon which
he was elevated to his present high station?
Let his dishonesty be proved by pre
senting the Fads lo our understand
ing! Are the measures of his admin
istration unwise or unconstitutional?
Let it be shown by an appeal to our
reason! Do his opponents propose mea
sures which are belter for the Republic?
Let them be pointed out and recommended
to our judgments! Do his enemies hold
doctrines that are more congenial to the
Rights of the People! Let them declare
such sentiments plainly and unreservedly,
and leave an intelligent community to de
cide! Does the V resident hide his onin
ions and shun the open enunciation of his
political principles! Let his enemies shew
this, by exhibiting their calls upon him
for an expression of his sentiments, with
his refusal to answer them ! If those who
are resisting the election of the President
a second term, are not'willing to meet his
friends upon grounds like these, then they
havc no right to complain, when'the clam
ors by which so many are endeavoring to
alarm the public mind, are reprobated as
the mere ravings of disappointed ambition
or the mutteringsof a factious spirit; whose
influence depends upon creating political
discord, and who would sink into insigifi
cancc in a time of perfect tranquillity.
The Republican party, the friends of the
administration, believe that the President
is entitled to public confidence; and relying
upon the intelligence of the People, wc
fearlesssly invite an examination into the
facts. If these do not establish the cjaims
of Mr. Van Huren to the support of the
People, they have the sense to see it and
the right to turn him out of office. If these
do not fix a reproach upon his enemies who
have been most active in defaming his ad
ministration, then are we greatly deceived
in their character.
CHAPTER I.
Abolition the Banks, and the Indepen
dent Treasury.
In November, 1S36, Mr. Van Buren
was elected President. In March, 1S37
he took possession of tht high station, in
accordance with the Constitution and the
will of a majority; and ia his Inaugural
Address he openly rehuked the fanatical
spirit of Abolition, -by a clear declara
tion of his undisguised hostility to it.
As before his election he had pledged him
clf inflexibly to resist this Demon of dis
cord, so did he now renew that vow before
the Nation and the World, and gie as
surance to the people that he would VETO
any Bill which might be passed on the
subject! He heeded not the violent ra-
vingsoflhe Fanatics, and bent only upon
doing Right, he also overlooked the un
merited distrust of a Southern Opposition.
Was he not faithful and wise and patrio
tic in ibis?
In less than three months after his admi
nistration begun, and before he had done a
single act which by the remotest possibil
ity could have had any injurious cnei
upon the Hanks, those of them in which
the public treasure was deposited, from
one end of the Union to the other, stopped
payment, and by one concerted act be
trayed the Nation's trust. Whig Hanks
and Bank-Whigs forthwith united in a
common cause of hostility to the adminis
tration. These Pets of the Government"
were no sooner guilty of this dishonesty,
than they became favorites of the Opposi
tion, and they have carried on a joint war
fare against the administration ever since.
No little embarrassment was experienced
in executing the laws, after all the money
of the Nation had been seized by the keep
ers of it; and in September, 1S37, the
President convened. Congress to advise
and to provide by law for the relief of the
people and their government. In com
pliance with the mandate of the Constitu
tion, he is bound to give Congress "in
formation of the state of the Union and re
commend to their consideration such mea
sures as he shall judge necessary and ex
pedient." Article 2. Section 3. He had
no right to be silent, even if he had desired
to shrink from his duty.
The connexion between Hanks and
the Government having been dissolved by
the faithlessness of the Hanks, the Presi
dent "judged it necessary and expedient"
to have nothing more to do with them: To
divorce Bank and Stale: To separate
the Banks and Politics: To let the
Hanks alone, and. to put no4 more of the
public money into their hands; and believ
ing this, he met the responsibility of his
office and "recommended" it according
ly. This is the INDEPENDENT
TREASURY !
Did the President force or endeavor im
properly to force this measure upon the
Nation? On the contrary, the same mes-
jsage which nrst recommencieu u aiso
urged it upon Congress to suggest some
plan for keeping and disbursing the pub
lic money that was better than this, if in
their wisdom any such a one could be devi
sed; and he also distinctly promised to give
to thtir will his most hearty co-operation.
There being a majority in the House of
Representatives who were hostile to the
administration, they rejected the Indepen
dent Treasury, but proposed no substi
tute in its stead.
Is there any fault in the President
here?
Again; The same Representatives of
the People met in Congress in Decem
ber, 1S37. It was the same Congress
at another session. Did the President
attack their right of independent judgment
or exhibit in anv form the insolence of
Office? On the contrary, he calmly re
viewed the objections that Banks and par
tizans jiad urged against the Independent
Treasury, and pointed at the daring im
pudence with which the Banks had array
ed themselves against the country; and
seeing no alternative but absolute submis
sion to the irresponsible control of associ
ated wealth, or the adoption of some sys
tem which like the Independent Treasury
would make it the interest of the Banks
to be honest and let politics alone, he was
compelled, by his oath, his patriotism and
his station, torenewbs recommendation!
He did it and the House cf Representa
tives refused their assent to it! Mr. Van
Huren did not stop here. He entreated
your Representatives, at all events, to agree
upon some law prescribing severer punish
ments against public agents whoshould steal
the public money, and to declare it a Fel
ony in any officer to loan or use the public
money for private speculations. The same
House of Representatives refused their as
sent to this also.
He deprecated to Congress the allowance
of any large discretion in the Executive
over the public purse. He pointed out to
your Representatives how the dishonesty
of ihe Banks had in effect suspended the
existing laws for regulating the Treasury
nfthe Union and earnestly invoked the
aid of this the Law-making power to pass
some Bill which would take the purse out
of Executive discretion and put it, where
it should be, under the guardianship of
LAW, and if they did not concur in the
measures he "judged expedient and neces
sary," then to devise some better one for
the permanent relief of the People an I theii
Government. His words we do not pro
less to repeat, but only' the substance of
his recommendations.
Now what more could tllu do? These
reasonable "recommendations" of our
Presi dent parsed in the Senate, but. thev
were rej -cted in the other branch of Con
gress: and li-iall y nothing at all. was done
A long Session of seven months or more-
was consumed in forming new puties
starting candidates for President, and vio
lent invectives airain-t our Killers; out no
act was passed, and we do not recollect
that the opposition in the Hou-hj of Repre
sentatives ever seriously uronosed anv
measure instead of this Independent Trea
sury and the others which they had reject
ed. ow what less could any Congress
have done for the iiood of the Nation?
VV as it patriotic to leave the country without
necessary laws, of some sort, for keeping
the public money anil guarding it against
any dishonest use of it? Let the immense
defaults of Swarlwoat and Pvce, after this
neglect by Congress, aid them in determin
ing the question how far it was proper to
declare such offences Felonies and punish
them accordingly.
Agon: The same Congress met in Decern
her, 1S3S; which however, expired by law
on 4th March, 1839, to' give place to the
present Congress, more "fresh from the peo
ple." The President never recommended this
measure lo any Congress which had been
elected to oppose it. A very large pro
portion of that Congress whkh preceded
the present one, was chosen by the people
before the Hank explosion of 1837, and be
fore the President recommended the Inde
pendent Treasury at all. He ibelieved,,r
in the language of the Constitution, that
this measure was ''expedient and necessa
ry." His experience and sagacity sup
plied no other than the Constitution sanc
tioned. The wisdom of Congress, allho'
tiiuice assembled, suggested none; but at
the very first election of Representatives
to another Congress the people have sanc
tioned this recommendation of the Presi
dent. He stood firm and unmoved when
timid counsellors shrank and treacherous
Democrats forsook the people's standard,
under the combined pressure of Party cla
mors and Hank panics. "In this alone
has the President offended."
To overturn the Administration and
sustain the Banks, elections have been
fraudulently conducted; and iniquitous
means resorted to by State functionaries
to counteract the public voice. Hut in
vain; the present Congress, which is the
first and only one elected since the Inde
pendent Treasury was proposed, is a fair
exponent of the popular will upon that
subject, and a majority are in favor of
Mr. Van Buren s recommendation. It has
passed in the Senate and will pass in ihe
House of Representatives, in obedience to
tho will of the PEOPLE, and against the
resistance of eight hundred HANKS.
What a triumph to Democracy! What
a reproof to the treachery of venal politi
cians! What, a rebuke to the insolence of
Party! What an evidence of virtue in
our President! What a splendid proof
of the integrity of the People, and of
their capacity for self-government! Had
this conflict terminated against the Admin
istration, it would have been a triumph of
the banks over the Government of the
United States!! If servility to party
and cowardly apprehensions of 'hard
times" had finally defeated the Republi
cans in this contest, we solemnly believe it
it would have changed our Government,
for all practical pui poses, from a Gov
ernment of MEN to a Despot ism of
MONEY.
This is no empty declamation. The
unprejudiced exercise of his common sense
will enable any one to see that if the Hank
ing powers of this country can bring the
voters and Government to submit to their
doctrines "that the Banks are to stop
" payment at pleasure, and the laws dare
" not enforce obedience to their charter
obligations, for fear of ruin lo the peo-
pie, and that our Free Government can
u not be conducted without the aid of a
" Bank" then the republican institutions
of America will be virtually overturned,
and the capacity of the people to govern
themselves practically denied by others
and substantially acquiesced in by them
selves.
Who is prepared for this? Such prin .
ciples once put into practice and matured
bv time, who is lo subvert them hereafter,
and by what power can they be reversed?
We are far from asserting that all those who
have been hostile to the Administration
were deliberately planning an overthrow of
nonular liberty; but where this. is the con
sequence of their party operations, what
matters it to ihe people ii tnose wnu ue-
stroy their rights had no evil intentions.
We speak ol public dangers proceeuing
from the acts of politicians, and have noth
ing to do with the personal motives of our
opponents. ...... r., ..... , ....
In this hasty but laitniui 5Keicn you nave
a history of the most prominent measures
of the Administration, and of the warfart
that has been waged against the President.
You see in it how he has been misrep
resented, and how his opponents hare fad
tiously resisted all his efforts to carry
on the Government opposing every
thing and proposing nothing. You see
in it the fearlesss stand Mr. Van Bukex
has taken in defence of the Constitution
and the self-sacrificing zeal with which he
his maintained it, against the combinations
of associated wealth and "inordinate party
spirit. For himself, it had been easier to
betray, his trust! K0r his country, hosr
glorious that he did not 1 Had Mr. Vaw
UtfKUN been in error, the honesty of hii
purpose might vindicate his personal repu
tation. Hut he was right, and the "second
sober thought of the people" has sustained
him; and generous Republicans every
where, owe it to him and to themselves to
show their confidence, not merely by a
cold approval of his acts, but by their hear
ty acclamations!
CHAPTER II.
Public Expenditures.
Hut the enemies of Mr. Van fiuretl
seeing that the Independent Treasury must
soon pass, in spite of all their disorderly
resistance in the past and present Congress,
and anticipating how a short experience
will falsify their clamors against it, have
lately lowered the tone of their denunci
ations in respect to the IndependentTre
sury, and are laboring to excite opposition
and to hide their party's intentions to fh&
upon this country an irreversible Bank
dynasty, by their cries for retrenchment
and reform in the Expenses of the Gov
ernment. Have they proposed any bilLi
to decrease the number or the salaries of
officers? One fact is worth a hundred pro
fessions! We believe that there has been,
but one measure of the kind, viz: to di
minish the salary of the Commissioner of
Pensions. It passed by the aid of Dent"
ocratic votes, and the President had no
hesitation in approving it But no Booner
was this done, than these economical
statesmen of the Opposition became dissa
tisfied with their work, and have been
endeavoring to undo it ever since.
Having discovered, to their chagrin, that
the Commissioner of Pensions was a Uar-rison-ivhig!!!
their views of the matter of
economy are altogether changed! 1! Have
they spent their own time at Congress in
voting or in talking? Have they not was
ted the public money by VQn"fatjobs"
to one Printer sufficient to enable him to
let out the ivork to another, and pocket
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS for his
share of profits! Have they not altogether
neglected the appropriate duties of legis
lation, and converted the House of Rep
resentatives into'a great theatre for Presi
dent-making and unmaking? The false
hood and unfairness which have charac
terized their discussions upon the subject
of the PUBLIC EXPENDITURES have
been so lately exposed by the "facts and
figures" of Mr. Benton's speech, that
very little need be added to them. We
cannot too earnestly commend that able
and conclusive speech to the real people
of North Carolina. Let Democrats read
it. for their defence; and let any unpreju
diced opponent of the Administration per
use it, if he dares to give Truth fair
play.
VV e are in no sense the advocates for ex
travagance. All Administrations have
been and always will be, imposed Upon by
some of their officers. It is the lot of hu
man nature, and the best if not the on
ly preservative against the Government
of a people being extravngant is to lessen
the Taxes. The legislators always have
spent, and they always will spend the mo
ney', if the people consent to let it be Col
lected from their pockets and put into a
public Treasury. The present Adminis
tration and its supporters generally, have
constantly advocated this doctrine, and
have, therefore, resisted any increase of
the Tariff or Taxes. These tariff-taxes
have been gradually reducing under tho
"Compromise Act," ever since Mr. Van
Huren came into office and it is the policy
of his friends to keep these taxes down.
That Act expires soon, and the nexf Ad
ministration will be charged with the res
ponsible duty of revising the Tariff.
This Administration is committed pled
ged to the policy of keeping down these
Taxes. It dare not and it cannot abandon
that position! How far, therefore, it will
be prudent in us to change itforone whose
policy is to withhold from the public
eye any of Gen. Harrison's preseut views
on this and other great subjects, we leave
for you to determine; only repeating that
economy will never be practically secured
as long as the people are taxed more than
is necessary for a cheap administration of
their Government. If money is paid
into the Treasury members of Congress
will be sure to sj)end it!
But why all this clamor against Mr. Van
Buren about the expenditures of the Gov
ernment! Is it his fault that the appro
priations arc extravagant? By no means.