The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-29
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.

/ STATEs without tue opportunity tor pre-
/ perailon To execute It's duties which Is Sc
cured 10 one who succeeds to that office by
immediate elechon-has subjected him to
some disadvantages under which DO former
/ President has ever labered. The sudden
I ness with which the duties Of Chief Esecu
tive Magistrate are devolsed upon hlu, IN
connexIon with tie magnitude and tmPor.
tence Of those duties, is Of itself citcuIn.
stance TO try the strength Of mind OF any
man; and perhaps still greater dlsadsan
lage under which cur new President
came into Office was the want Of time and
the occasion enjoyed by all his predeces
sors, for announcing TO bis fellow citizens,
after due deliberalloo, the principles upon
which it is his Intention to administer the
public etfaits committed 10 his charge
| The last of these difficulties the President
has, with ptompIoess and drcclGess. taken
the shortest way TO overcome, by ,he Ad
dress 10 the People Of lhs United States,
published 10 cur last, lG = bIch he has nude
frank and most Satisfactory exposition OF
the opinions aud purposes @th which he
euters upon the important aud highly &c
sponsible duties Of President of the United
States.
This Address by the PRESIDENT TO his
fellow citizens Is SO coacise and explicit
that any ettempt Of ours to elucida,e IT
would rather serve TO confuse than 10 make
clear the readers perception Of its prom
uent points. Lei i, Suffice to say tba! il
embraces most of the leading articles Of
the Wing creed, whilst il repudiaies 20
one of then. Without being ss dflose or
argumeutati7o as the Inaugural Address
Of our lale iamented President, it includes
all the lsadiug features Of that popular ex
position OF political principles, presenting
some OF them IN even stronger relief that
We find them there. Thus We learn from
the Address Of President Tyler, as IN the
absence OF any such Address we should
have inferred from our confidence 10 his
known patriotism aud Republican prIncI.
pies, that II is his determination TO cherish,
10 our Foreign Relations, peace end trend
ship With ell nations having correspondent
dispositions; TO extend and strengthen the
national delenres TO effect an entire separ
alton between The sword aud the purse
by restoring the management Of the re 81
ne to the constitutional agents; to promote
the reduction OF the patronage Of the Exec
utive to respect and cause TO be respected
| the freedom of opinion and the night OF sui.
Grage, so far as the Executive power is Tia
bic to be brought in con1ct with either; to
promote economy in the public expendl
sures 10 abstain from temporizlog expedl
ents to supply the defect Of revenue to en-
csurage, as far as possible, specific apPrc
priaiIons OF the public money to bold all
collecting and disbursing officers 10 the
siric,est accountability; to give his unhes
itating sanction TO any constitutional meas
uFe originating in Congress whether re
commended or moi BY the Executive which |
shall have for its object the restoration Of
sound circulating medium; 10 abstain from
the exercise Of any powers not granted by |
the Constitution of the United States; and,
II case Of doubt upon his mind in regard I
10 The adaptation Of any measure 70 the
end proposed, or TO Its conformity to the
Constitution, to resort 10 the Fathers Of tie
Republican School Tor advice and insirac
ton.
In this condensed statement Of The prin-
cipleS laid down in the Presidents Address,
we have as near gu approach as is possible
10 hs principles Which charac;erzed the
Administration of President Madison, than
whom President Tyler could not have set
hsfore himself nobIer example Of Repub
lIcon principles end Republican Practice
Whoever will take the trouble TO turn to
the volume containing the inaugural Ad
dress Of Nr. MADISON, delivered thlrty-,wo
years ago, will find IN the sentiments and
intentions therein avowed by him remark
able identity accidental though we are
sure i, is) between them and those express
ed by President Tyler. In the particular
IN which the Address of the latter will be
most closely scrutlniZsd, ii most nearly
With the language Of MIR. Madl
son, who. referring 10 the relations of the
Union TO the States and the People, ex
pressed, his purpose as follows 4" 10 hold
the union of the States as the basis of their
peace and happiness; to support the Con.
which is the cement of the Ua
ion, as wei! in its limitations as in its au
thor,y TO respect the rights and author.
ties reserved to the States aud to the PEG.
pie, as equally incorporated with, and essen
,,al to the success OF, the general system"
This, the reader will perceive. is the
doctrine, and, substantially, the language
of President Tyler. Mos, sincerely do We
wish that, following throughout the exam
pie Of the illusirious Madison, he may So
administer the Government as 10 entIile
him to share the iu,perishabe fame OF that
great man. National Iatelhgencer.
Fog.-The New Orleans Bulletin OF the
LIST inst. states, that for several days pre-
xious there had been remarkable fog on
the river below and along the Gulf coast
The Natchez steamer from Havana was
detained by it from early Friday morning
to Saturday evening. A Gentleman who
came over in the Natchez mentioned that
49, ,.... = sohJ llocE nc c,N pr thu coast |