Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-03-09

which Us Future welfare derea4s, We have
/ every reason 10 anticipate the happiest re-
suits II Is now rather more Imam forty fouI
yeaIs since we declared our independence,
aud Thirty. seven since IL was Acknowledged
Inc talents and virtues which weie display
ed IN that great struggle were suite presnse
oil NIL that has siuce followed. y people IS 10
wtre able To surmount. in their iaiaui stale
Snch great perils, wound be EioIe competent,
as ihey rose into manhood. TO repel auy which
they might mre, in their progress. Their
physical strength would be more adequate 10
foreign danger, and the practice of s.if.go.
vernInent, aided by The light of experience,
could not tail To ptoduce an ehe equally salu.
tafy, on all those qHestions connected with the
Interval Organization. These favorable anti
cipations have bc.n realized. Ia our whole
system, national and state, we have stunned
all the detects which Increasingly preyed on
tue vilais aud destroyed the ancient repub-
tics. In them. there were distinct orders. "
nobiii,y and people, or the people governed
Ia ope assembly. Tins, in the one instance,
there was perpetual conflict between tne
ordersin spcieiy toi the asceudancy, in which
the victory OF either terminated in the over
throw OF the government and The Iuin of the
state. In the other in which the people gu-
verned III body. and whoge dominicns sell
dom exceeded the dimensions Of Al county in
one OF our states, tumnItuous and disOrdeily
movement permitted only a trsns;:ofy exist
ehce. ln ihis great nation there il but one
order. that Of the people, whose power, by a
pPcniiariy happy improvement or tile IePie
sentative principle. is transferred from them
Hibont inpairin;. in the slightest degree,
'hrir sovereignty, 10 bodies of theie own ere
alton. aud To poIsuns elected by themselves,
in The inll extent necessary for all the pur
poses OF free. enlightened, aud efficient
government. The Whole system is elective.
the complete sovereignty beng IN Tie people,
ana evere officer, in every department., deiiv-
ing his authority from, and being responsible
10, them for his conduct.
OIr career has Corresponded with Ills
great outline. Perfection in ctr organization
could not have been expected IN The ortsef,
either in the national or state GOVERNMENTS
o. IN tracing the line between their respecs
tive powers. But no serious conflict has ari-
SEN nor ANY contest but such as are pldIa ed
ny argument, aud by far appeal 10 The good
sense Ut The people aud many of the defects
winch experience had clearly demonstrated,
~ both governments, have been r,medied
10y steadily PURSUING Ibis course, III this kpr-
n, there IS every reason TO believe that cur
system will soon attain the highest degree OF
pertecuon OF which human institutions are
capable aud that the movement. in all its
branches, will exhibit such degree If order
ana harmony, as to command tie admiration
ana respect OF the civilized woiid
Oar physical attaiumen;s have not been
tess eituent twenty five years n.o the III
yer mississippi was shut up, and our western
brethren had no outlet for their commerce
hai haS beeu the progress since that time
The river has not only become ihe Property
OF The United States from It's source 10 the
ocean. with all its trihntary streams, (wiIh
The exception of the upper part OF tie Rsd
iiver only but Louisiana, with a fair and IL
nerai boundary Oh The western side, aud The
fiotiuas on ihe eastern, have been coded 10
Us lhe Uniteu States now enjoy tbe complete
s"d nniuieiiupted sovereignty over The whole
territory from 81. Croix to the Sabine. Rev
states, settled from EInor= ourselves in this,
and IN other parts, Have been admitted iato
our Union, IN eq1ai participation in The ma.
tionai sovereignty With the original states.
Our population hos augmented ia az asto~
niNhins degtee, and extended in every t;irec.
ton. Wenow ow-ciiifens, comprise with.
III our limits the dimensions aud faculties OF
a great power. under government possess.
ing all The energies OF any guvetun,ent ever
known 10 the cid world, with an uitcr inca
parIiy 20 Cypress the peopic.
Entering, with these views The office which
! nave JuSt sole.n1iy sworn 10 execute wa,
Edeiify, aud 10 Tie utmost Of my ability, de-
rive great Satisfaction from knowledge that
, shall he assisted in tic severa, depaitments
ny the teiy enlightened and upright citikeus
itom whom have received SD much aid in
lie preceding term. With full confidence in
TIE continuance of that candur aud veuerous
indulgence, from my ie0w-citiyens, ut large
which have heretofore experienced, and
Win firm reliance on TIE protection of MI
mighty G"d. shall forthwith commence Tie
duties OF ine high trust 10 which you have
called me.