Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1829-03-13
Fon THE DELAWARE JOURNAL.
THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL ADDRESS.

THE PRESIDENTS INAUGURAL ADDRESS
This triumph of principle, this great political and mo
raj revolution, this emphatic expression OF the Punhc
will" promised something pre-eminent from the organ
that 7vA Expectation alive, anticipation was intense
and influx and rush, into the capitol OF the Union was
unparalleled witness the first development OF pow
Of this exquisite chietain-fo say nothing OF the three
thousand office seekers hanging on his skirts, passing by
the numerous office holders, shvering "a their shoes and
crngng humble suppants and sycoPhants at ms feet
the nubeess admirers Of his iame male and female, Who
tdisinerested patriotic sus) came to pay him the nom
age of grateful hearts, overwhelmng-and 10. he
comes, the conquerng hero comes all the fuhconares
of The government are put ~ requsuoh 10 ihuct NM,
reflect his spendour and "lure nm up the SHINING road
glory-The Supreme Judiciary, the Senators and Rep
esentaves--otfcers civil and military potent grave
and reverend segnors, foreign minister's gtterng IN the
dazzling costume Of imperial and royal spendor and mag
niiicence all combined to introduce him into that hma
Of heaven, where the sum- he was TO dazzle and
obscure all the surrounding orbs which sparked through
Unreasonable space.
The scene was imposing, interesting and solemn. Our
hopes aud expectations to the skies-and even for.
eign ministers were remblngy socus, lest this grand
effort should shake the fabric of their own governments to
the ceutrc-when 10 & the address is brought FORTH
meagre and sckly thng-wapt up and concealed words
badly selected, misapped and so arranged, as that
sophomore would have been corrected not suspended tor
such production In his first paragraph President Jack
awaits himself Of this Customary and solemn occasion
to express his gratitude and acknowledge his accounta
bilty and seems admit Tin which think he is right
that THAMES but poor pay for the honor conferred and
therefore dedicacs his humble abilities" to the public
vicesNow criticism aside, letting alone his customary
OCCASION and other juvenile ncatons in these two ted
periods which compose the paragraph we, as Amer
cans, really feel much humber in reading them than the
President affect to feel. We are indeed mortified at
the very threshold off production which promised SO much
and has pc formed SO little.
lie denomnates himself "the instrument" of the cons
tuton the laws serin'cnd foreign and confed
relations, manage the revenue command the forces
sc. Now it president Jackson is fact the instrument
by hich all these things to be done, who is the agent
BY bold figure, the INSTRUMENT may be used for the agent
the ship rtdes--he warrior the sword--but there APP
to be nothing hgurave or forciblc Ill pres
dent, being the instrument OF the constitution
But instrument or AGENT appears to us that the pres
dent has made his circle of duties" little too broad
suberintend fderatipe relations and our
recenues have been conded to him by the cons-
on--1hc superintendent of the relations between the
members of the confeeracy (where not reserved to the
themseves and the management OF the concerns
ntrusted to the other departments OF the Govern
mentro the judicial power is expressly conhded, the
between the states and it that in his
proper respect for the s)veregn members OF the I'M
on the president has stumbled at the threshold and
only confounded the powers they have reserved to
themselves with those they have grantedt the contede-
racy, but has monopozed those which were granted not
to the executive, but to the judiciary.
The management ofthe revenue which IS "Seorching
operation in ether governments, becomes also deli.
cate trust" in hls management in the hands OF
the chief magistrate searching operation and a" del
cate trust What can he If it is to search the
pockets Of the people the trust if conided to the ere
c,iue would be indeed delicate" This looks too much
like taking hold of the pursestrngs which the constr
tuition has, very wisely refused to the President and conf
ded exclusively to the peoples immediate representatives.
He promises however, to be very economcaln the na.
agenent" gives the why he should; and acnow,
edges that the "reguations of Congress are powerful
auxares' to the attainment Of his desirable ends
that the money mine and expect the aid OF Con-
gress in its equitable and economical distribution
In regard Tariff, all the interests OF commerce. ag-
ricultre and manufactures should be equally tavore-ev
ery friend and foe of manufactures will admit precisely the
thing and therefore the Tariff he says-ust moth
ing at all A.. rn; &c
knowledge" the President is, if possible still less definite