Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-06
PRESIDENTS MESS.4GE-AponAp.

PRESIDENTS .IESS4GE-ADoRAu.
We have translated for ti,s days paper article
tiom the Paris Constitutional upon the subject OF
the Presidents Message. Our readers will observe
that II is quite OF another temper from the extract
published few days since from the Etoils. The Con-
StitutiOnHel is paper Which speaks the senuen 5
OF the liberal marty in France, aud is patronised 10y
the celebrated CONSTANT, who exercises an influence
over ii. He is probably ihe author Of The piece
we have inserted. Charleston Mercury.
! From tie Paris ConStitai0nneL1
/ Tue Message Of the President of the u. States,
delivered to Congress has caused sIung sensation
| ~ European readers, and has raised
no" ~ all those ho alive the language Of JUS
lice, characterized by simplicity and grandeur
There IS thea une country where the people no
treated as tactonisis and conSpiratOrs where the
authority whrh addresses them instead Of speaking
the language OF repToach, calls upon them for inlor
nation w!ete tone of benevoleDce is substituted
Tor one OF accusation and where, ia shou, power
delights 10 find itself returning into the presence of
the cIiiEens Such are the reflections Which every
one maISrs on reading this memorable Message of
the wise MONRoE, who marks ont in SO firm man
ner tho poiicv of the New World. To understand
the In hgnase Of some governments, what is that
who IL Europe People, who for 6fty
years have erred by following deceiIful ways who
aJdctIng inT from the paths OF their fathers, cast
from tiieui, morals, religion, patriotism and honor
ios some known, culpabie and miserable folly
We then, we Europeans, are so millions of mis-
guided men rushing 10 our own destruction and wor
thy from our crimes perhaps of another deluge TO
check ioIlles and our sins. Ii is that which at
lines, is attempted To be need our belief when
we hear such Teproaches cast upon the present age
aud III" mon who are ITS glory And truly is pleas
ing To he able 10 say for oBce-NO, we are not mis-
guided men no, we are the sons of God and sons
whom he acknowledges and whose progress he an
proves, for he has made them capable Of perfection
The ideas which hll our minds and which we follow,
just and true, and should have no opponents but
those whose Rjusce or ldsehood they are nj war
with shall certainly encounter obstacles in our
progress, but advancing aud in place Of los
ng ourselves we ATE approaching with HAT moral
aim which furnishes motive To all The world, and
which is solace for the pains OF existence The
address OF the wise MoNRoE permits believe
all THIS. One reads in ~ that which will bear q con-
slant repetition, and we see in II practical illus
raiion OF all those principles which ayow, and
we are affected by The calmness and universal bene
Violence that IL breaIhes.
II rs at this moment and for the first time that the
new world has said to The old, There IS with us
now no more land for occupation here are men
masters OF the soil, which they inhabit, equal to
those from whom they formerly sprung and with
whom they will hold Intercourse bur upou the
looins OF the most rigid justice" The new world
Is rgit-or when that continent inhabited or in
degree covered with savage people incapablepf
making prosper, then the bold and enlightened
Europeans took possession Of aud carried tlither
lbeiT arts and their civilization but al present the
country is porioned Quit is no longer omen for a
new occupancy; no more colonies can he planted IN
Amerca-such is the - eat principle put before Con
gTess, and IL rs IN every view correct To coluuise
Is 10 occupy aud we can only occupy HAT soil which
- without master ard wiIbOufa culyatOr. From
the North Pole 10 Cape Horn, America is held by
lawful possessors, whose claims would not bo im
proved by The sanction Of the Vatican.
And behold ihe justice which this declaration
IS founded la procIaimipg that America is no
longern country be colonized, the President doe
hOl say That the colonies still attached the mother
country SHOULD br severed from them No-tbe
President acknow lodges anGent rights While i,e
young are below the age Of adults tLey SHOULD re-
main under tuleage. And So while colonies are loo
weak 10 emanc'Pae themselves, flev should belong
{" lie smother county. Bur when they have become
conscious Of their rights and their power and have
exercised them, they make part Of the new Ame-
rlc"n family aud this family has also irs rights il
should have no dependence upon the Eutopesn +, II,
lily, ior he Two continents are regions for produce
regions for oourishing mankind, and should owe
nothing 70 each other. 10 acknowledge those ueo.
pie who have made manifest their beop is the 6rst
they be dtsowned Have they Hoi all one comn,nn
origin Hive They HOt delivered themselves from,
power by resistance and 10 refuse to recognize be M
would not such refusal lie Goigeti,hness of am In
fancy common 10 all
We acknowledge, says the Message, al govern.
mens de IJctO, because IN the eyes of the pTonle of
the O9Htn states, as soon rs nafon does cx,.I, IL
IS not ny Ui'cs OF authority that their existence is ~
be dspfOved 10 isd fact, the acknOe ieJgment of
Which whether honorable or not is of no copse.
que"ce q IS necessary 10 admit IL because il really
nature and reality.
Thus every colony wbic shall declare itself = free
slate becomes such regards fhe older STATES of
mericA. II the new nation wages war win tbe $40
ther country, US elder brothers have the moderation
20 w"N U i.suc AID mn 20 interfere until she shall
have iros,dhy her prowess hcr right 10 enancipa-
100. In tbs case u IS necessary that the mother |
cOuuty should contend alone, and thar the war Lc
cOnhnei 90 ihe pariies immediately Interested bu, 4
IL il'e whole continent of EUROPE, bauahry WIN irs /
|hhe"i uurs, pulled W with the tfide Of Us old va
premIcJ. shDrid arm self against = COLONY ,hen
SAYS The President, ~ neutrality ceases II i then
40 longer tbc ctse II the mobcr country and 4 CO.
ony, liui y gJarrr between continent and conf |
peat ihe T. ni'ed States would moi see their irde.
'endroce IN d.'ngct, and iley could not ,ems;o
'e1ceabe spectators Of such an inversion Of every
light '
SuCn Is he dmti, placed with GOODNESS bot wub
mercy, TO tnat rcUograde movement which is wish
y " " gwen " lne present ake. Wherever we 90 |