Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-11

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,"' ~ ,,, (,e.echong the words of the foet)
II woud be as easy 10 make ten new men as to memo one
Ike rou" But $. II was that on returning the Ms
the General is reported 10 have ASKED nun, no" "
liked i,-"Why, General SAID the knowing dIplcma''sl'
= ,rei,v rei: but il is rather too long Do yon no.
s,r r,,her too much Of the Greeks and the Romans
The President is SAID 10 have replied IN substance
sob MIR - YOU lawyers have your law BOOKS 10
draw on for illustfatons-But compelled to z" TO
ory"-rerain it is, that no modern statesha"
has dra IN freely from the wei! OF historic
and sausht TO instruct the moderns by the maxns oil
the AuciPnts.
The more too the Inaugural is subjected 10 the test
Of critical analysis, the more Imperfect II appears
The Democrats (of course, say the WbgsD do moi Ike
u-and sorry are say, that they laugh at It, One
of these gentlemen ni fine TASTE remarked Tie ONE!
that "whcn he read il, he bushed for ms country. =
The Wings themselves do not appear to relish IL ai,"
uether-and some of them are free enough 10 douot m
purity of It's style and the frankness OF It's statements
Some 90 furlher-and " hesitate dislike Even 'ne
generality Of the Wing presses are more iastd'ous N
their encomuns than they are wont 10 be. Some OF
them would seem "to damn II with faint praise. -
Even the Iniegencer itself violated It's usuai Gus
tom of ushrrg the abors OF IT'S distinguished iehas
with flourish OF irumpeis-and subsequently, II makes
the best panegyric strike out upon It's contents
and ,be best defence of It's obvious imperecons That
ills conscience will permit
ssComnent (says the ingenious EditorJ upon oocu'
ment of such character. when hrst presenting II 10
would
Nor shall we now after has been for some days III
every hand offer more than fec general observations
upon it, The first thought winch, upon perusa Of ihr
Address suggests itself 10 every mind capable OF form
inp conclusions from internal evidence, must be- tna'
u js rouob0u in cnerY line of II, characteristic Of MS
o,,tbor" pretty trueD "The ardent patrio,lsn the
ripened Judgment The pure philanthropy, tine iervent
aspiration the fearless independence the downright
honesty the entire absence OF reserve IN any
thing these leading features OF the Address are
of - thors mind
IMPRESSED upon the paper. No man, who has stu
died the Generals character, Gun for moment doubt
,Lt ;s ab;s orn ,rritinS. 1t evidently wrought
after no pattern, but ~, on the contrary, SO per
lctv original leave room for the dispute about
10 maternity which has been raised about Addresses on
similar occasions heretofore. Washngtons Inaugural
NAV have been stately; Jefferson more phoso-
phic; Madison's terse; each IN unison with the
character of the writer mnd. zen Harrison hd-
dress mght have resembed either of these models more
than IL does: but If il had done So it would not have
been his o,rn (Yes, indeed, 1t has scarcely single
quality of Washngnns, Jefferson or Madison s-or IT
i TOO much his orn "Nor, unless we wholly mistake
,he uopular taste and feeling, would IL have been halt as
,ccenable TO the great body of the Presidents cons,-
,uenis as in its present shape We do not o course err
ncct II 10 mass rrithou car but there few real Re-
publcans call themselves by what names they may,
who will not WELD 10 il, whole, their hearty appro-
b,lion -tCayil" they will but there very few, we
should suppose, so devoted 10 their party 10 yela 10
il their hearty appreciation"
The Republican Prints, 1--WE suppose It will be said IN
the blindness Of their party fanaticsm freely
paying the Censors of the Inaugural We shall lay
some asampes of their quality before our readers,
from time 10 time Besides the other structures in this
DAYS paper which have thrown upon orr last page,
We shall Law the two following criticisms before them
The first is from the Pennsy lvan;an ofPhndelpha; and
the other we have had translated from French paper
IN New York, disposed 10 be whigssh IN lts course
but on the present OCCASION it makes as ''decent and
manly an examination OF the first act Of the President
as that high dgniary could desire The whole article
indeed is very happy. The ausion to the cotton
night cap and the Presidential pillow, IS IN mi Keep
M with The declaration Of President VII" misquoes
The CONSTITUTIONS and strips himself OF the response.
Jility of recommending measures which lie considers
..necessary and expcdicn," We recommend both the
following articles as in the happiest style They not
only aualyze the contents of the Inaugural correctly
but with that great good humor which escites plea
san, smile, without intctng renomous wound:
Iron, he P,ua.piraniga.l
"THE lSArGrRAL ApDRLss.-N hatever cFersty
ofopnion NAV be entertained in regard 10 the merits
of the Inaugural Address Of General Harrison, no one
viii pretend to dcnv tha, in several respects Il IS emit
lied to the distinction Of being regarded very Gu
rons document, unique in the annals of Presidential
spccch making. After the information it conveys re-
latye to certain Roman Consul, II is intmnted that
though the people Of The L. s. may have acted under
sdeluson, in calling him Gen. llarrson) from North
Bend to fiji the Executive Char, yet the said deluslon
cannot last much longer both of which positions are to
orr view Of the matter, undeniablv correct Having
thus cleared the platform for himself ~ this remarka-
Bile apology for having had mo principles for the pub
lie eve the President proceeds do the same kind Of
fee for his cabinet BY observing that the 'sentenons-
ness of the Constitution has tendency 10 render
mems political feel erratc, and that therefore, distn
rushed aud patriotic statesmen are at one time or Other
in their career both sides Of the great questions OF
the day. THIS must have been marveously comlnrta-
BILE 10 Mcssrs Clay Webster IL CO., well as sooth-
| inv balm to the General himself The poet tells US
that,
when weak 20 asrray,
The stars in fault than they
and we learn that when jauJ pas IS made by po-
ltican il not his fault, bnt that Of the 'sententous.
ness of the Constitution.
"TlavIng reached this point in the journey, the Pre-
sident makes demonstration against the veto power,
which in general he regards as Objectionable and dan
rcrous but in the end, lie discovers that II IS not so
very mischevnus alter all, and may he used with salu
tary effect in least four specified cases. winch inly
cover all the ever urged for resort 10 II
This natier therefore is left just rs IL was before the
General took the field The veto may be used when
it IS deemed necessary. No one ever conlended Tor
more.
"1hc Constitution seems rather 10 annoy our new
President lie deals II many hard hits in the course oil
his extensive wandcrings. II IS wrong IN permitting
The Executive to be reehglbe-it is wrong IN gv'ns
hun power his Secretaries and heads oil Depart
mcntshut he not exactly sure whether IS r'shi or
wrong in authorizing the President to communicate
information To Congress and 10 recommend measures
The General is little puzzled here; bnt concludes
that he Of opinion that the Executive had better be
silent about bll4, though by nice distinction,
he may propose amendments 10 existing revenue laws
"ihr Treasury is another pmzzler. The PRESIDENT
does not like the present arrangement, ana ne cnhno'
say that he opposed 10 divorce Of Bank ana STATE
He leaves the regulation OF that matter to others, but
would have the Secretary Of the Treasury 'rremcvnhe
except by the popular branch Of the Legislature. me
Constitution is therefore wrong again. but 10 our num-
hle thinking, the plundersr 10 be guarded against is
rather the legislative power than the executive
While concedlng 10 General Harrison the perfect
rgh, to be as ornate his style he thinks the case
requires and while neither ohiectIng TO his multitude
If promises nor to lhnsc c,rcumlocutinns and abgn
lies Of phrase wil which he has seen fit in number
of instances, up his thought must say that
the occasional indirect illusions 10 his predecessors
which appear in his address, are altogether ind"iensi
bile. There is paragraph, for instance, about an 'excu
sive metallic currency, which was scarcely introduced
as a mere potco economical abstraction. ii It means
any thing, il intended 10 convey the idea that The
late administration aimed al entire metallic cnr'en
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