The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1841-03-13

we puoiisls IN our paper oil to-day the
Inaugural Address OF President Harrison.
The following remarks upon ii, extracted
from the Spirit of the Times, coincide so
entirely with our own views, that we copy
them in preference 10 any thing that we
can say.
President Ila,rison's Inaugural Address
we have carefully read, and noiwithsland-
ing we sat down to it, determined in spir.
it Of magnanipi,y to praise it If praise were
possible, we are constrained from bare re
| gard to ,rn.h 10 pronounce it one Of ;he
most grandlloquent humang Of The Jay =
1t is labored, verbose, obscure. bombas,ic
and feeble. lis tone is vain-glorious
| throughout; and exhibits the author as one
| SO intoxicated with the greatness of his nov.
el position as to be Incapable q, elf,5 Thoughts
distinctly. "rof ce@mFlssIil ce!@smle language. The doc
10 others lidhii ihiii OF indirec, and nnamiable al
! ihhsiols TO the policy Of his predecessor,
and of contradictory positions as 10 the in
tended character of his own. Column af
ter column i: wasted to prove wha, no hui
man being was ever silly enough 10 doubt;
and those subjects summariy despatched in
few ambiguous lines upon which have sat-
isiac,orlly enlarged, aud upon winch his
opinion has been awaited with unusual in
terest.
The Inaugural Address is indeed most
unsatisfactory paper. We look through It
in vain for tina, enlarged aud sialesmanlike
view of our social and political relations,
of the condition Of our government and
important principles which divide the one
and Influence the other, that we had a right
TO anticipate on such an occasion. We
look through il in valN for bold, inJepend-
ent, and patriotic revelation OF sentiment,
upon any Of The grand and leading poli,,
cal topics OF the times; revelation, which,
considering that these is, TO use the Ian
guage of the Inaugural, no longer motive
81 TO Keep up The DnLUsIoN under vhich
THEY 4. c. the reople.) naay be supposel'
TO HAVE ACTED az relation 10 his primer.
Piles and OPINIONS we, in common with
all partils, naturally expected him to make.
10 be sure he tells Us 10 six long colums,
that he Is opposed TO " a second tcrm"--to
an exclusively metallic currency--to the
governmental control Of tho presto the
use OF the veto, except as a conservative
power-~;o the removal of Secretaries of
Treasury, without communication Of all
tue attending circumstances TO Congress
aud TO the suhservcnce of the peoples Of
ficers. generally 10 the Executive will
This is the sum and substances of his sd-
dress, although clothed in such multitude
of words that it is difficult to recognize.-
Upon The subject Of a National Bank, he
does not trust himself with the ulterance of
a thought. Ii is theme with which he
dared not meddle, or else about which he
entertained no definite ideas. In relation
to the Tariff he is equally circumspect
aud mysterious. The " delicate duty of
devising schemes Of revenue" he proposes
10 leave altogether in the hands Of the i'm
mediate representatives of the people. AS
regards the .46oAtion question, instead of
boldly denouneing the fanatics who would
feVontionize our country and baihe il in
human b.ood, 10 Garry out their extraordina-
ry ideas of social equality, he merely hints
at il obliquely, with remark that the cili
zens of one State cannoi, with propreiy,
lneIerc with the Domestic institutions OF "A.
mother State, save in the way Of recommen,
dation--at The same time grayely informing
us, (wonderlul discovery , that 10 indi,
vidual can be citizen OF two States at one
and the same momenl On the subject Of
the indfpenlem Treasury, he is exceed
ingly ambiguous. While he beslows upon
divorce OF the State from the Banking in
siiluilons OF our country n efi-handed com
plneni, he leaves his real sentiments, if
he have anY, altouether Ia con;ecture In