The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-03-16
From the London Weekly Despatch
THE SPEECH OF THE AMERICAN PRESl-
DENT TO THE CONGRESS.

Mr.. EDroR,-Nothng could be more fortunate,
upon the of the approaching Session ofour Par
lament than the arrival Of the address made by the
President of the United States of America, to the
Congress of Representatives, or Delegates of the
people, of that glorious Republic The basest of
our Tory prints obliged to pay homage to this
spirited, manly and beautiful state document Even
the ever vena and prodigatc Times is compelled to
acknowledge the supreme excellence of the Presi-
dents speech, and though the creature must be at
its dirty work, il can pick no hole in this fine emau-
alton of Repubcanism, and is obliged to accoLipa-
ny "A at its length with sarcasm thnt the peo.
! pie of America determined to have enough for
their money. We wish that the people of Epgland
would partake of the same spirit-We pay for our
King at lelst two hundred times as much per an
mum us the Americans pay for their President, and
yet we may have the throne n King that could
not write six lines of common sense, or compose a
sentence dramatically, or even spell word of three
syllabes. To suppose that ever could have
King deeply, extensively and so practically
acquainted with the interests and affairs of the
country as to be able TO understand, much less to
compose so magnificent state document ms the A
merican Presidents speech would be the very acme
of all extravaganza and absurdity. Our whole the
ory of Government proceeds upon the basis that our
Ming is fool, at best an impoent traer, that can
perform function for which he is installed in
To 1t aud having paid the bedizened idol more than
all the expences of the civil Government of the A.
merican Republic for doing nothing, our next care
is to spend twice as much more in paying those that
can do his duty for him. The theory of the Amer
lean Government the contrary is that the Pres
ident is to be the wsest and best man in the Re-
public, thoroughly competent to all his functions,
and establishing in his performance of them the glo-
ry and happiness Of the nation. But although the
= Presidents address may be, by printers admea-
surement, about twenty times ms long as Royal
Speech of England it is, in fact, far shorter. An
\ English Royal Speech contains nothing but few
4 complimentary phrases that nobody attends to, or
few vague assertions which nobody ever believes
Its composition and style are always bad, its gram
mar is often much worse, and every atom Of infor-
nation upon public affairs which il ough, to con
tain, is afterwards 10 be sought for in voluminou
= u documents tn be laid before Parliament. Vague
unmeanng, stupid and false, oEen to shameless.
proiligacy, as our Kings speeches have frequently
been, the King never deemed trustworthy enough
or clever enough, TO have any thing TO do in III,
making of them; whilst an American President
address, with all i,s profound aud extensive knowl
edg, is honestly what it pretends to bc-the compo
sltIon of the man who is paid for making il, an,
G who sends it forth to the Republic as his own.
e General Jackson's address is acknowledged b,
6 even tho base and hrcng Tory Times, to be no
only in Itself an excellent State paper, but to be b
finest of these superb compositions tba, has ever ap
"
J addresses "Lords" or " Genfiemen," but he re.
minds his FELLOW CITIZENS" that the time is now
arriving when hls power ceases, and when descend.
ing from his elevation he is again TO become ono o.
. the people mere private individual, without title
!, pension, place revorsion or patronage or Dig
J. nifty, or distinction of any sort. Drive "mowcr
D down in masses, bood-thirsy miscrcant from q
: !. European throne, and the people are saddled'wt
N enornous texes in order TO pension the tyrant and
lint lat, nf
e public retire from his we-cxecuted functions and
he costs his country not the value of the cate
I nine tails with which Duke of Cumberland oI
any other Prince Of the Blood Royal, may have
rs drawn blood from English soldiers or seamcn. Th,
= President then appeals 10 " HIS FELLOW CITIZENS,
&c upon the tncxampled growth of their untaxed anc
E. debtless country, which has placed America bcyont
% any apprchensODs from the bosOites Of any Of tho
:, nations of Europe lie reminds the Republican,
Is that they have no standing armies no war esiab.
y lishmcnts to tramplc upon domestic freedom, and
he exults THAT every branch of labor is crowned will
- the most abundant rewards and that individual pros
,f perty and comfort with a general harmony, pre-.
vail throughout I" his beloved country" With al
the nations of the earth she is at peace, and IN the
;, full enjoyment Of all the benefits which commerce
ensures when established upon the basis Of Free
II Trade and Seamen's Rights. Let US contrast this
u at least with Sir James Grahams horrible impress
o rfcnt Bill Of the last Session. The Address com
plains Of our datorness in not settling the long
pending question of the North Eastern Boundary
Our diplomacy is acknowledged to be the very
worst, and far the most extensive Of any in Europe
One single titled English Ambassador costs Grea
Britain more than all the ambassadors and enyoy'
Of America put together, and yet people on eartl
are so successful IN negotiations We these Repub
cans The President in this address, says that tn,
Republic receives justice friendship and even lib
u eralty from Portugal, Sicily Spain, Austria, Prus'
u , sa, Holland, Sweedcn and Denmark, and ever
Is from Russia and Turkey. America never sacrificed
one single dollar upon any of these States, and yc
, she receives all the proofs Of loving kindness from
" the whole Of them, whilst there is scarcely one or
winch the Tory Government Of England has mo-
sacrificed her millions, without any return but i'm
position, and ever hatred. What object is there
: that an Englishman, English ship, or that The
> English nation, could gain 10 Austria, Spain, Por-
tupal or the two Scilies, than am American could