The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-03-16

ueie 10 something palmetto and magnanlmous in
the for5earance aud generosity of the Republic.
We will defy any records of diplomacy, any state
papers to present, on behalf of nation, a more
touching ihsIIpce Of simple grandeur and magnan-
unity than blowing passage from the Address:
The subject had already been an affair of twen-
~ years uninterrupted negotiation, except for
short time, when France was overwhelmed by the
military power of united Europe. During this Pc
rlod whilst other nations were extorting from her
payment of their claims at the point of the bnyonet
the United States ntermitted their demand for JUS
uce, eat OF respect to the oppressed condition of
gallant people, to whom they teh under obligations
for Jrateraai assistance in their opn days of suffer
ing and Of peril" This is worthy of great Re-
public.
Never did the world present such spectacle of
enduring and increasing prosperity as that which VIC
now witness under these Republican institutions,
The condition of the public finances" says the
Address, was never more fattering." Every frac-
ton OF national debt is paid off; whilst Monarch
zeal England, within the last two years alone, has
increased her enormous debt by "a 000000l, sterling
or about l0O,000,000. Not only has the Repub-
lie paid off all her debt, and most honoraby fulfilled
all her engagements, but she has solid surplus Of
revenue over expenditure amounting to 10, 900 900
oil dollars The property Of the republic, in her fi-
nances, IL almost ludicrous to those who are accns-
toned to English Budgets "lf," says the Presi-
dent, A. after satisfying all demands the nncxpcnded
crease, IL ~ouid be beterto bear muh the epi until"
&c. Calling too rich an Exchequer an evil, sounds
rather stral. gely to English Our Court takes
care to swindle in detail all surplusses from every
department Witness the Baron de Bodies case,
and the robbery of the American Loyalists by the
late King. ! must observe, Mr.. Editor, that these
great results of Republican finance have been ac-
companed, even within the last two years. by a re-
ductlon OF taxation to the extent of % 100000 of
dollars, and by reduction of expenditure to the ex-
tent Of nine millions The President adverts to the
tery small military establishment of the Republic
and to the useful public objects in which the mill
tary officers are engaged. After eujoinng substi.
tuition, to the greatest extent possible, of militia
for regular army, he adds what ought to make !
very deep impression upon the mind and heart of
every in England -" La many countries il is
considered unsafe 10 put arms into the lands Of the
people and to instruct them in the elements Of mill
tary knowledge. That fear can have no place here
when it is rccolccted that the people are the soycr1
eign power Our Government was instituted, and is
supported by the ballo,-boy, not by the nausket
Whatever changes await it, still greater changes
mist be made III our social institutions before our
political system can yield to physical force. There
Will bc found III subsequent part Of the address,
another passage equally applicable to England. 1
aude to where the President speaks of applying all
the surplus revenue of the Post Office Department to
promote the only design of Post oiiice--tlc fac-
try. Let us reflect that l. this kingdom the posaS e
is made enormously high aud that the surplus rev.
enuc OF the department is applied to general prr-
poses. Let us further reflect that the Stamp Duties
upon the Press were originally designed merely to
make the communication of knowledge as difficult
ms possble.-Two more passages from General
Jackson's address are peculiarly applicable to tho
English at the present moment Here any nttempt
to interfere with 1he Royal prerogniivc is deemed
treasonablc aud yet so little is thought of rc-mod-
ellng the supreme power of the United States, thai
10 this address find General Jackson urging upon
Congress the strong propreiy of amending that part
of the Constitution which provides for the election
Of the President aud Vice President of the United
States. Good Heaven In Europe, any attempt to
unsetile throne produces n bloody civil war and n
foreign invasion; whilst in America, the supreme
power can be changed aud rc-changed with as little
ceremony passing divorce bill through the
House OF Lords Mr.. O'Conne maintains that we
have elective Monarcly--a King elected by FAM
lily, and not personaly-that the election was set
tied LAT years ago--and that it would be treason
aud blasphcmy for interfere with this old nu .ty
election Of Royay.--Ceneral Jackson thinks so lit
tse of changing the election Of the Sovereign of tho
States, that he only calls loudly for change, hut
he declares that object of the change ought to
be the entire separation Of the Legislative executive,
functions In England, our King the supreme of
the executive government, is not only part of the
legislature but his single person has all the power
of either Of tho other two. General Jaskson Justly
snys, that Of the most important securities Of
liberty is, the separation Of the legislative and
utyc powers No rational mind can doubt this great
principle. 1t is acknowledged by our constitutional
writers; and yet, in England, they not separa-
ted, bat united, and to the ruin of the popular
branch have dwelt, Mr.. Editor, with great salts
faction upon this tsuy glorious display Of national
prosperity. The relative merits of Monarchical and
Republican institutions are longer point Of spec
uation. They have been submitted to a long efs
pcrience--to severe test-and the question is set
tied. When the American Republic was first esab-
lshed, our statesmen called it a mere poetic vision,
a beautiful theory that never could be reduced to a
practice. Some Tories declared that it would lead
to bloodshed and anarchy others msintained that
il could not pass long; some allowed that it was a
beautiful system for small community; but that it