Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-12-13
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

NAV be found on In. inst pace. and VIC shall therefore
conen, ourselves with very few general observations
Ana,se will commence by saying that have fault
to{ with It's style, which is unprctendmg, and in
such good taste generally free from metaphor and
bombast, and great swelling words, that we are
tempted to believe, that, If written by another
hand it passed through the cruz IDLE Of rigid criticism be-
fore i, escaped from the Presidents hands
Our relations with foreign powers, it will be seen,
with the exception Of Great Britain, pacific and
IS far she concerned there seems to be nothing in
the condition Of the unadusted points Of controversy,
which threatens immediate hostile collision 1t is to be
hoped that she will abandon her untcnabe claim rgh,
to search merchant ships the high seas, and
1nquish her equally unounded preensons to portion of
the State of Alaine-as it is certain that
concede the surrender the other, Those ques
tons settled, may reasonable hope that with the pro
per exercise ovgllancc Northern roHtcf by both
governments, of quarrel will again arise be
tween nations of kindred origin, and both speaking
s.chatham's mother tongue"
But that portion OF the Presidents Message which
mos, important AID to which all men instnctivoly turn
cd relates the finances and exchanges of the country
We have yea bestowed upon it sufficient reflection
to say certainly whether, if called upon
upon it, should say yea or nay True we should as
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think do strong points of objection, and the of
great danger the country under future administrations
We are opposed, for example, to the introduction of
Government paper the currency Of the country
doubt the power of Congress- under the constitution, to
issue paper for such pmposc-We are opposed to
vertng the Government into great broker buying and
selling drafts and bills Of eXchangeWe do not believe
that the Presidents scheme will prevent that "hitmg'
which constituted Of his leading objections to the bill
of the last session-And it is manifest that the condition
of the State Banks will be materially endangered by rails
ing up rivals, next door to hom repositories for the
surplus gold and silver of the counryrlvas possessing
the State Banks the great advantage Of proering
the general government, with all It's resources
ty for the safety of their deposcs and which, present
ting this advantage will drain the Banks of their
specie, and compel them to shut their doors. The
suit will be that the State Banks must 60 down. and
this naslg of President Tyler then becomes the sole
banking power in the country,-in firm alliance with the
Central govemment-is pet and instrmont--the foun-
daton of great National Bank, far uansceuding in
the extent of its power and influence an old fashioned
Bank of the u. States both antagonist Of State
Rights, and as engine ofexocutvc ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, as
the power of that Bank exceododthat oone of the retcs
Of our State corporations With all these and some other
objections to President Tyles schcmc-which is mere
ly the Sub Treasury wih0m the specie clause, and
ed with the additional power Of issuing Government pa
per and dealing in ErchangeS,we say, with all these
objections, do not know whether it be not the wiser
plan to adopt IT, upon the principle that 't is safer
humor fool than to be pestered with him. rs it is GER
tainly better to have bad system, than to have
at ala despotism which subjects US TO one mans
caprice, being preferable anarchy which leaves US at
the mercy of the whim Of thousands We think it.
indeed, preferable to the SubTreasury lust as slow
poison and easy death is preferred to quick and con-
vulsive dssolution-and for that reason perhaps it
might be well to adopt it but with protes,aado-that
1t is only taken alternative when all choice is de
MED, and which we intend to sweep from the statute
book, did the Sub Treasury whenever the people
shall have another opportunity topass judgment upon
this puere abortion-thc offspring Of necessity and not
of choice of judgment. The President, indeed tells
us, that "toarguc against any proposed plan its liability
TO possible abuse is reject every expeden, since
every thing dependant on human action is liable to
buse y True but why did he not think of this, when
he argued against the abuses ofthc l.. S Bank to rem
dof that institution odIous
In one recommendation of the Message We concur
to wit, that Congress shall by law deprive the Pres
ident of the ndscrminate power of renoras from office
"a power which is susceptible of abuse, and which
Is so often made the instrument of malignant passions
The power ought always have been under the con
iro OF law 1t otherwise cease to be source
ofmschief and corruption.
These remarks hastily thrown together, after a
single perusa of the Message Hereafter we shall no
tice ii more at length.
o. The Harrisburg Reporter leading Loco Foco name,
IN fennsy lvana urges with zeal the claims of lanes