The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-03-16

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gcrous accession 10 the Executive power in"ouuo7
cd and established amidst unusual professions o.
devotion To democracy
The foregoing remarks relate almost eNci"sNeiy
to1naite:s connected with our domestic concerns
1t may be proper, however, mat shou'd give
some indication 10 my fellow c'tlzens OF my pre-"
posed course Of conduct III me management OF our
foreign relations. assure them, therefore, that II
is my intention TO use every means IN my power
10 preserv C the friendly intercourse which now SO
happily subsists with every foreign nation; ana
that although of course, not well informed as 10
the state Of any pending negotiations Will any OF
them, see in the personal character Of the Sove-
reigns. as well as in the mutual interests of our
own and or The Governments with which our re-
lations are the most intimate, pleasing guaranty
that the harmony important 10 the interests OF theIr
subiecs as well as our citizens will not be inter-
rupted by /, G advancement of any claim, or prcten
sions on their part TO which our honor would not per
nait us to weld. Long the deiende of my eountrys
rights in the field trust that my fellow citizens
will not see in my desire to preserve peace win
foreign powers any indication that their rights VIII
ever be sacrificed or the honor OF The nation tar
nished by any admission on tho part OF their Chief
Magistrate unworthy OF their former glory.
In our intercourse with Aboriginal neighbors
the same lberality ond justice, which marked the
course prescribed to me by two of my iustrions
predecessors, when acting under their direction In
the discharge Of the duties of Superintendent and
Commissioner, shall be strictly observed. l can
conceive of no more sublime speciacie-none more
likely to propitiate an impartial and common Crea
tor than n rigid adherence TO the principles Of JUS
lice on the part OF power ul nation in its .ransac
lions with weaker and unclvilized people, whom
circumstances have placed at its disposal.
Before concluding, fellow citizens, l must say
something to you on the subject of the parties at
this time existing in our country. To me, 1t app
pears perfectly clear that the interests of that coun
try requires that the violence of the spirit by which
those parties at this time governed, must be
greatly miigated, If not entirely extinguished, or
consequences will ensue which too appalling
10 be thought of.
Ifpartes in a Republic necessary to secure
degree ofvigilance sufficient to keep the public
lunctionaries within the bounds Of law and duty,
that point their usefulness ends. Bey ond that
they become destructive of public virtue,
the parents of spirit gonist to that Of liberty,
and, eventually, lis inevitable conqueror We have
| examples of Republics, where the love Of country
and liberty at one lime weie The dominant pas
sions Of the whole mass of citizens, And yet, with
the continuance of the and forms of free gov.
eminent, not vestige of the qualities remaining in
the bosom Of any of its citizens 1t beauti
ful remark of distinguishing writer lhat"in
J the Roman Senate, Octavus had II party, and An
.hony party, but the Common ealth had none"
Yet the Senate continued 10 meet in the Temple
of Liberty to talk of the sacredness and beauty Of
the Commonwealth, and gaze at the statues of the
elder Bruus and OF the Curtii and Decii.
And the people assembled in the forum, not
IN the days OF Camus and Scipios, to cast their
free votes for annual Magistrates pass upon The
acts Of the Senate, but to receive at the hands of
the leaders Of the respective parties their share OF
the spoils, and 10 shout for one, the other,
those collected in Gaul, or Egypt, and the lesser
! Asia, would furnish the larger dividend. The spir
it Of liberty had fed, and, avoiding the abodes Of
civilized men, had sought protection in the wilds Of
Scythia or Scandinavia; and so, under the opera
ton OF The same causes and influences, it will hy
from our Capitol and forums A calamity SO aw-
fni, not only TO our country but the world must be
deprecated by every patriot; and every tendency
to state of things likely to produce it, Immediate
ly checked Such tendency has existed-ooes ex
ist.
Always the friend of my countrymen, never
~N0u'os
from this high place, TO which their par,ality has
exalted me, that there in the land spirit hos
tile to their best interests-hostile to liberty itself
1t looks to the aggrandze of tho few, even TO
the destruction OF the interests of the whole The
entire remedy is with the people. Something how
ever, may be effected by the means which they
| have placed in my hands. 1t is union that we
want, not Of party for the sake of that party but
union of the whole country for the sake of the
whce country-ior the defence Of its inter ests and
Its honors against foreign aggression for the defence
Of those principles for which ancestors so glori
ously commended.
| AS tar as it depends upon me, it shall be accom-
plished. All the influence that possess shall be
exered to prevent the formation at least of an Elk
ecutlve party in the halls of the Legislative BODY
| wish for the support Of no member of that body
to any of mine that does not satisfy his
judgment and his of duty to those from
whom he holds his appointment, nor any conf
dence in advance, from tho people, but that asked
for by MI Jefferson, "to give frmness and eject TO
the legal administration Of the affairs
deem the present occasion sufficiently import
ant and so Tenn TO Justify me in expressing to NV