Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-09-19
No. 81.

q. | could well anticipate that an English sea cap
tain who had been reared among the naughty aris-
tocracy Of that proud country, and who had been
accustomed TO execute almost despotic power aboard
his man-ofwar, could show his strong British
feelings by hearty approval of the code of palace
laws adopted by Mr.. Van Buren,, and by which he
prevents "rHE MoBoCRACT democracy FROM IN
, TRUDtNG THEMSELVES AT HIS LEvEEs." l could
also anticipate that this captain in the Royal Navy
would manifest his adherence Of the common peo-
pie, by commencing, in suitable terms, the palace
regulation, by which "THE POLICE ARE NOW STA
TONED AT THE DOOR TO PREVENT THE INTRUSION
OF ANY IMPROPER PERsON" But what arrested :,
most particularly, my attention in reading the pas
sage just quoted, the remarkable fact displayed
by the author in opening TO his readers, in two or
three lines, the Utmost recesses Of Mr.. Van Bnrcns
character and infrmi;y. HE IS VERY PROUD
! OF TALKING OVER HIS VISIT TO ENG
| LAND, AND THE ENGLISH WITH WHOM
He WAS ACQUAINTED" These re pregnant
words and furnish key to explain many occur
rences which have TRANSFERRED since his elevation
to the Presidency, and which nave caused, in the
minds of the old and true-hcar!eu republicans Of
this country, amazement, if not grief and NORTH
cation. There was time, in this land. when
kings, and aristocrats, and nobemen, were not
countenanced as they are now. There was time
when there was no such strong aftinities between
US and the monnrchs on the other side Of the At
lantc there was time when you would not find
the son of a President Of the United States Invited
and set down to the royal table in England before
the highest nobIeman in that land. Just look at IT,
| Do you not see how we are growing in favor with
the potentates of Europe! When Scott went to
England was he taken by the hand in this way
| No; he had whipped the British at Lundy'S Lane,
and at Bridgewater, too much. No; but when the
son Of President Van Buren, goes there he is put
down by the side Of Prince Esterhazy, and takes
precedence even of the Duke of Wellington.
tell you we are growing in favor with crowned
heads and countries. If we go on as We nave been
| doing, we shall in time 90 through all the court
nonsense and mummcry that have disgraced Chris
! tendon for the last century ] say we look too
much across the water. What is going on now
The President and the Head of the Treasury De-
partment, have both substantially told US that we
ought to organize system Of collecting, keeping,
and disbursinG the public revenue after the man
ner in which the kings. tyrants, and despots of
Europe keep their treasures. That is the recon-
mendatiOn--the despots Of Europe have these SUBJ
treasures, and therefore we ought TO adopt the
scheme for this country The Secretary of War.
too, has sent to Europe two young cavalry officers
for what VIII some of the Democracy tell us
what purpose the Secretary intends to answer by
sending abroad two officers of his Department 10
examine into the history and use of the French
cavalry service TIE Post-Mastor General lso
has hisagqnts abroad. The last letter saw from
Mr.. Agent Pitt is dated at Berlin. Probably he
is learning, in the despUtism Of Prussia how
!
how letters might be opened and seals b-olen to
+ advantage: and correspondence be intercepted. l.
for my part, do not like these inroadS upon the
principles of our Revolutionary fathers. Why
should we 90 abroad for such things Loci; at
our own coHntry. Is it not MS larre as all EuroDe
together? Has it not soil sufficiently substantial
and fertile to sustain population equal to tha. Of
all Europe! Has it not within itself all the ele-
ments Of 4 great nation without going abroad to
look for them believe that if England and all
Europe sunk in the Atlantic, this nation, in
stead Of being impedei in her onward march. would
have its high destiny accelerated. Have We not
all the gems Of prosperity that 20 be found in
Europe! Have we not gold and silver, and iron
and copper, and zinc, and lead, and all the useful
metallic ores, in abundance! Have we not within
our own borders cotton and wool, and hemp ana
, flax, with
BLACK sable furs for winters grosts,
And silks for summer fires"
Do we not possess all the mots grains, and vegeca-
bles Of Europe! Do not our glorious forests Turn
ish sublime specimens Of the live oak, the white
oak, the hickory, maple, walnut beech, cucumber,
not forgetting the buckeye, and even the slippery
elm Why, then, 90 ahead Why ape the man
ners OF Europe! Why should each Department
send messengers there to learn wisdom! to see
how despotisns are managed and conducted and
how the people are oppressed If the object were
to learn any thing which would tend to libera.iza
our institutions, our messengers should have been
sent to n country where they venerate the habp,
corpus, the right of trial by jury, freedom Of
speech, and free press. What is the true object
OF a monarchy 1t is to secure inyiolate the per-
sen of the monarch to give him uncontrolled
sway and all the institutions and laws Of mon
archy are made to carry into effect that object
Hence, in monarchy you have the maxim that
-, King can do no wrong-thGt it is treason even 10
imagine his death. And every thing is made to
bend to his will.
-, f..
= lands where such such privileges exist. They are
not in accordance with our institutions; they urc
manifastly subyersive Of the principles of all our
5 Institutions. Kings are no less rOuGes, tyrantS
and dospots now than they were in 1916. Why
: then, should Mr.. Van Buren, be making friends in
the way Of Mammon with these tyrants, despots.
: and rOgueS Let us cOntne ourselves within our
! own charming cOuntry-our people have enough
to do at home without going abroad Let US pre-
5 serve our own institutions, handed down to Us
- by our ver-to-be-remeInbered foretathers But |
IN sorry to say, that Mr. Van Buren, is in no wise
2 governed by those good old fashioned opinions OF
our Revolutionary sires. No. He is determined
that his sons shall have their manners refined
that they shall learn how to dress, dance, prone
4 made, bow, chat, and look like the nobemen OF
England. ! say LOOK, because tull-bloWn arStO-
crat cannot recognize his next neghbOr without the
: aid of an opera or quzzing glass Several Of Mr..
Van Buren'S sons were, therefore, sent across the
, blue waters to see for themselves how 10 ape the
/ British arstocracy. Now let me turn your atten-
= ton to some accounts we have had in the London
journals, of the visit paid by his eldest son. John
two years ago, to Queen Victoria. At grand
state dinner given by the Queen at Buckingham
y Palace, on the evening of Julv 2Jth We see john
: VAN BUREN, "sDn of the President OF the United
States" lin the list Of special and other emja sses
/ from SoVereigus. Here, sir, is tho entire list
rerbattm ct Heratlm, from the London Courier, July
Doth.