Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-16
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THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

ieisas the Message IN tho following sharp strain:
The Presidents Message 10 of i~ortin.te length,
lies floating many rood. A eeasdersbis part Of ts
contents might have been ressrved for souse Other
channel or occasion vt promu,g.tioa. II would have
. much more advantageous effect abroad. If il had
been framed upon a smaller scale and With -ss at,en
ton to domestic party feelings and topes We might
remark another Of its main faols thai 10 at all
oongruity has been wholly neglected, with regard to
his modes al thinking, reasoning and expressing his
ideas. The old soldier hiss, no doubt, atiopted the
performance, and thus made IL his own--but Il 10 not
ike him in the least So much nice, traverse plead.
ing, generalizng, pbiiosophizing, sermonizing.-so
much rhetoric and sentimentalty! To our apprehen
SON. nothing is communicated as he would have
veyed it: the subtle reasonngs, far fetched coasdera
ton, fancul illustrations the various general maxims
variousy and in some instances sophiscay applied,
are too evidently from different source. All the
messages of his predecessors bore original stamp
the individual appeared and spoke in as the chief
magistrate; in evey the country had his own con
eeptons and language. somewhat enlarged. perhaps
reduced or qualified, according to the suggestions
his intimate connseors, but modified as 10 lose
their genuine and identity This was conformabI-
to the design OF the Cons,'tution b, which the Pres
dent is the responsible officer, primarily efficient and
tn Immediate reliance of the nation.
The Message may be called an able, ingenious piece
OF work, in most of its divisions. though, whole.
IFS dimensions excessive its texture and complex
ion anti charact risc, and several of its principa ar
gumen,s and examples liable strong objection Its
ieading-most important feature-we might deem its
Of constitutional law and national policy Il places
parties again upon the favote maxim of Measures no,
Men, or the principle that to be advocated.
not in reference chiefly their personal int "a but
the champions Of particular systems Of national am;
pstration constitutional construction To ~ il seems
to announce clearly that the President and his advisers
have separated from the Tariff and Internal Improve.
ment parties and put themselves variance and issue
with another large portion-we believe, also the ma.
Jor porhon-of their constituents. respecting vital
matter, the Currency the soundpesss Of itch 1. n,
bel ID IN 81.
stability Of the National Dank.
The Gazette seems actually. to mean TO insnuate
that the President did not write his own Mevssse!-
Does 1t consider the enority of the reflection upon
the good People Of the u. States, Tint in effect,
they are charged with the stupidity Of electing
Chief Magistrate. conceded by all tho world to be
the highest office known 10 it, ignorant that he has
no thoughts of his own to communicate to Congress
or so iliterate that he is forced to have friendly re-
course to others to dress up those thoughts in aovro
pirate language Eve upon yon, Mr. Walsh.
We differ widely from Mr.. Walsh's conclusion. in
respect We see but one spirit in the Pre,iden,'.
Message and that spirit appears to US characteristic
throughout. Different "rchitects may have been en-
poyed to adorn different portions of the structure;
but the design is and entire. Po reconcile, pro-
pste, concilste dsar mo yield something to eyerv
n
terest-to give every dog bone-to balance every
offence which the message may chance to give, BY
some boon to the offended or some concession 70 m,
pjudices-to play off the great interests of the coun
try ore against another, the Tariff against Internal
Representatives. land not the communication of
information tn Congress the obvions ends of the
infinite conrivancc, address and dexterty of the mes
sage which are manifest in the management of eyery
proposition, and declare the spirit which conceived to
have been ore and the same throughout the york.
Whose that spirit was, and what are the secret
tendencies of his design, and the Interior schema
which it is INTENDED to favor it is needless to saw
We may not relish this uterior scheme of sel6shness
upon which the Government and al it's concerns are
made to turn as upon an axis but are we'll pleased
with tho soothing and harmoDzing tools which il suits
the designer at present to work with. The first pur.
pose of every Patriot ought now to be- to tune the
strings oil Union, become of late sadly out Of tune
through the rash and desperate hands which have
been mcddng with the instrument. Let this be done,
whoever it may aid in mounting the Presidential
throne.
yesterday IL viii be seen, great mass OF the most
interesting businers was cut in the House of Del
cgates, chiefly for the action, in the first instance of
The Committee for Courts Of Justice A searching
spirit OF enquiry Is directed upon the whole subject of
the Statute law, and it's administration which must
produce great benefit and suppress great number of
basran' and crying abuses We hope the People see
and feel the exceeding Importance of the presen,
sion Of the Legislature, and tina, no npatencs will b.
ieit at tho General Assembly taking that time to f.
n'sh the'r abors which is so Indispensable asJ which
at other sessions, has been justly complained of
Yesterday the Committee Of Privileges and Flee
lions came substantially to the conclusion that the
Orange election ought TO be aside on the ground
OF the failure to have the Precinct Superintendent,
sworn; which if it be confirmed by the House. nav
writ Of election will ISSUE
Many and intrc1te questions have been debated
before the Committee, in the discussion of which. Col
Barbour necessarily took part. In these discussions
his talents have shone forth with lustre which gu,
prsed even those who had formed high estimate
his abilities. The manly and unassslobjc fsi,,os.