Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-01-24
THE TELEGRAPH.
D Al Il N e
THURSDAY MORNING. JAN. %.
Correspondence of tho Telegraph
REMARKS ON THE MESSAGE


The late Message of President Van
Buren, is one of the weakest documents of
the kind ] have ever read. II is leplete
with sentiments contradictory, false premi-
scs and unwarrantable differences.
We pass over the usual exor6ium, and
all that part that relates to our foreign re-
lations, except which applies to our North
Eastern Boundary. The consumate eau
ton exercised in discussing this subject, $50
important to Massachusetts and Maine)
reminds one of skating over ice which is 50
thin as to bend under yon and you hardly
know whether to go ahead or turn back.
He speaks ofnolhing positire, nothing cer-
tain says that "no official correspondence
between this Government and that Of Great
Britain has passed since that commuuica
ted to Congress toward the close Of their
last session" And yet he 'Jeels assured
that the offer to negotiate a convention
for the appointment ola joint commission
of survey and exploration will be met by
Her Najesiy's Government, ina conci'latory
and friendly spirit, &c. &c! This is
"speaking in lutcstying" of Her Majesty's
Government. What wonderful condescen-
sion it must be to meet with a friendly spir
ii, an ofer to make a surrey which the
State Of Maine has Just completed, and
which reflects SO much honor on the de-
cision and prudence of Governor Kcnt's
administration Not a step has been Ia
KEN nor finger moved toward the termi-
nation of this controversy. not a word l..
said of the unjust pretcnsions Of England
to that valuable part of our territory. But
it is the same Iysander policy of "chpatiug
! young men with cucklrshellS and old men
with oaths," That Mr. Van Buren, has al
ways pursued, toward Maine and Mas,a-
chuse,ls
Next comes the Treasury Department
Owing to "the prospective reduction Of
the Tariff he thinks Mr.. Woodbury. will
be soon short Of change, un'ess the Gov
eminent exercise "the most rigid cccaoiaH "
| He therefore, recommends ''reducng sac
expenditure, wherc the entire and immctlI-
ate accomplishment or The object in view,
is not Indispensable. And yet in a few
paragraphs after, we find BIN recommend.
ing to Congress to extend The scare, and
of course 20 Increase the pay Of his census
takers for 1870! 10 prove the cor >ist.ncy
Of this recommend .tion, witness the follow
ing sentiment on the changer Of large ap-
propria'ions. " ct is thus The SAYS Chat
concentrated MONEY POWER is tch,Dtea to
become an active agent in po1iticaI affairs,
and all past experience has shown on ,cAira
side that influence VIII be ntrayed," No
man can speak with more truth aud feeling
on this snbjact than Mr. Van Buren,; f5r no
one on earth has laJ more "expcricnce"
on the question, as to aohich sidf in political
affairs, the influence Of money power u;N
be, is now, or ever has been arraycd.
Yes Notwithstanding all this "od captain
dun" about "rigd economy and the
influence Of money power, While speaking
Of the provision required for the census,
lie says "the suggestion presents itself,
whether the scope give them the rope
| say)ol the measure might not be usefulIy
CgtERdcd by cauSino IT to embrace Sfdfisti-
cdl refarnS Of the great interests &c. !"
The plain english Of this is, give the Dep
uties of my Matshalls, pay enough, and
they will make statistical returns Of
the number of my friends and opponents
in each and every district throughout this
Union, But appropriations for the present
welfare, or future glory Of The country, had
better be reduced or withdrawn!
As a profossed financier, M. Van Buren,
appears in his Message like most perfect
sciolist, or servle demagogue: and his
fanfaronade respecting his proposed sub
stitutes for the late United States Bank, dis
cover him to be both. Witness the fol-
loving. "The scenes through which we
we have passed conclusivcly prove how
little our commerce, agriculture manufac-
lures or finances require such an instiiu-
ton" And again "The limited inhu-
ence Of National Bank in avertng de-
rangemcmt in c1shanges of the country, or