Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-09

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The notice will be given 10 you hy that successor, a.
soon he appointed and ready 10 enter on the duties
of the Office.
Respectfully,
(signcd) LEVI WOODBURY.,
Secty of the Treas 3.
JESSE HoYr, Esq, Collector Of New York
THE RETURN OF Mr. W yA m! DuREN TO us 'Aii' :
have recently spent some leisure moments in re
pcrusinr Mr. Hollands Biography of MIR. Van Buren,,
chiefly Tor the purpose oil nscerta'nin- now hf Tue
President in his Official career, has conformed To his
former professions, practices, and principles The re-
st of the comparison has been an Increased ftehng
Of respect for hun whose services IN the administration
OF the Government are about Ia lose. NE same
sagacity and cooncss the same hrmness OF purpose,
the same just and unexaggerated expression OF OPINION,
the same reliance on the popular Judgment, winch,
from early life dstingushaLle TRAITS in his cha
racer appear TO have marked his high official career.
He entered upon his administration on t:is eve o'
the most violent commercial equation We have crer"x-
perenced. But he met the with that combination
Of Judgment and energy, which his friends had ex.
pectcd to find in him Instead Of yielding TO National
Bank the hand, to the otcfous clainors OF the
State Banks the other he rcsorted to the early and
constitutional method adopted when scslness had not
obtained usccndancy, and only departed ircm cor
ruption increased Let any Democrat now look back
upon the stormy summer Of 81 end point to single
particular. in winch he could wish the recommendations
and tie action Of the President, to have been different.
Had his political friends been all endowed with
equal irmncss honesty, the country would now have
been in much more prosperous condition. il The dis
contented faction which, then, ~ their SECESSION de-
feated the immediate adoption Of the Independent Trea
sry had held fast 10 their integrity, We should ere TINS
have felt its benign effects well in the eradication OF
unsound banks as in the restoration of sound business
principles.
Thus much for our domestic affairs. AS respects
our Foreign relations | believe the one. SIDED
opinions Of partzans have not rentured To call III queS
ton the measures Of the President. 10 the matter Of
the Canadian excitement, and The cncroachment upon
our Eastern boundary, the prudence, discretion and
rmness of the President suced 10 maintain rights
and avoid The nation have approved the policy
of the Government on these points
The continuance Of commercial troubles the ne-
rested deser,on OF the Conservatives the uneasiness
consequent upon the asccndancy Of party for several
years the unprncpled alliance of many desperate
factions agreeing only in their dislike of truth the
love Of change and the love Of Office. have combined
to throw the ascendancy temporarily into other hands
In the work have mentioned al the beginning OF
these remarks, IS the following noble conception OF
what a President should be-
1.-The Chef Magistrate Of great nation should COM
bne in his character, rare assortment OF gh nteilec-
tua and moral qualities. He should be capable reach
mo beyond formal rules fundamental principles: lie
should possess qnckncss Of apprehension so as to adapt
his TO unexpected circumsances and The pro-
uress of public opinion he should be equally removed,
in his feelings, from blind attachment to anquacd
FORMS and from spirit of useless Innovations he should
be blessed with cnoness and conipreiensyeness Of
Judgment which, embracing the present. the past, and
the future should rise in The most sudden emergencies
above temporary expedents, and estimate the remote
consequences Of action; and he should unite to these
qualities that happy combination Of discretion with
ergy which enables its possessor TO defend with hmness
and to conceGc with dignity
Hollands Life Of Pan Buren, p. 357.
flour country has had any Chief Magistrate more
closely conforming 10 this noble standard than Mr. Van
Buren,, much mistake the verdict which time will pro-
nouncP.
With feelings then Of gratitude, confidence and re-
spcct let MS receive him once more amongst u.s. New
York can do honor to her iavori,e son; but she will
no, be permitted to discharge this duty alone. The
public voice of the nation will yet be heard uniting
IN one harmonious expression ofapproba,ion ofhs
duct.
Of his successor, have only to say-let his friends
try him BY the elevated standard Of the passage above
quo,ed-and if he be found TO abide the test, will be
among the wnrmest to acknowledge his claims on the
gratitude of the country. NESIoR
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