The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-12-15
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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. S..t


This document IA brfurr our readers
II was ohsrrscd, in relation to II, before il.
appearance, tnat It would be- locked for
with as much anxiety as any which md
proceeded froa th. National Exrculi,.
since the eventual period when our foreign
relations bpre such an interesting attiiuIp
sh'ne--not tue sls ht.st whisper of storm
is heard, nnr does single cloud obscur.
the hollIpn. BIT il is not 50 much in re-
i"r-Tce I" lie hostlliti.s of foreign powers
liz 10 the insldIousness of doun.slic en-
croachnruts which are gradual, under
mIHiug the constitutions, aud leading Ia the
gdlph of consultation, thai W. Mere IN
dac-d In look Tor this always interesting
paper. II VAS in reference In tins danger,
and IN ascertain what the Presidents sen
timenls actually were In relation 10 It. that
81 'naci anxiety WIS exhibited aud lrit to
SEE docdneat niIlch WAS II he viewed as
declaration ofthr principles by which liz
would be .oi i ia admlnistarl !. the 60
vrrn neat. rhat Ne are mol pleased WIKI
tin - .,iai,rs he has exp rssed, we need not
hrtr decIa'e, for our readers know that
they are III exact opposiIioo 10 those winch
Ne nave aI'"ays avuwtd aud advo, ated. Il
musl BIZ al nlltrd, however. that they are
such Is wee acted uppn by his prcd-ces-
sore, AID directly avoHed by Nj, Monroe
aud JidsIog by thr acts nj Congress,
suca as are sanctioned by n ,irrliy of the
nation. ~ a literary prFf,ran 'uce, II be-
comes not Us IL speak. fit lie moi equal
10 the expectations of the public generally
the fact is 10 be referred, in all probability,
rather To the circumstance that our anlici
paII"ns had been too highly excited from
the extensive aud weii-caIned rcpu alton
OF the auttIdI and taat, in looking for too
mach from hun. We have precluded our
selves from forming Jnst opl ,lpn of lis
real merits. 1t viii he conceded, howe.
the literary reputation uf the author and
tn,. c1aulry, II "iit Certainty not detrdct
an, ta,lg truts either.
The iltssas", as usual begins by stating
the almost universal, prosperity of the coun-
Try and, then, alter referring 10 the state
of oar relations with foreign puNcrs. re-
vert, ~, the stat. of the public funds-th,
lcseIpts and expenditures OF tue past year,
ADD other matters relating Ia the fiscal
coucr1ns of the country. fIes, thinss re-
galre no remark, and we therefore Ielrl
the reader 10 the Message Itself, from winch
knowl.dn =" OF tal, Interesting btantd Of our
domestic -conomy.
After slalins tut our Go nnirrcial rela-
lions with all tle = lamp 'aa eodDlrtfs were
On II gpvd lnoll6s, AID tnat Tia. liberal pun-
q at the Unii..d Silles had ur,en partially
srclprncatrd By ~ al ri lheM, he refers 10
tue c;atns which tnl4 countrE1iaS vel "a
gainst France, Naples andGiuihnd, aud
wnlch nave been - fro icntiy though ~
.hrctaaly enforced ppm thelr attpnflpn.-
THESE CLAIMS, ii "I'l BE- recolIected, are tor
sPp'Iai'o - CON n'''ei IA our commerce.
dnrns the pr"traeted was Of Enr"Pr'
white q ,oa"pafte held 'sal II th'er c""h-
trl"s, ani IN "h''h II" nights "I nfn'r's
s"'e 81 hiIe respected. I'm ground upon
wnuch the present rnirrs Of thpst committees
deny the rta ht Of tai. 9p'tra hrnt Ia i'st-
tote claim against lilrnI, Is, tl"j although
lhty Nee u jure thy were moi dc lae!o al
u. head of ulr,lrs TAFT the spodtiious
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