Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-11
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THE INAUGURAL.
"As yet the rahble know me not can perform
Wonders-strange wonders MaiS We, when ihat
Clown dccora,es my brow, I'll drink
Good wine ana geld u stalion:"-otn Play,
The Inaugural Address of William H. Harrison, as
President Of these United States, is now before our
readers We were disposed to view it iavorably, and
earnestly hoped that 1t might be OF character TO de-
serve commentator. We sincerely regret our dis
appointment, it far greater pleasure to
prove than to condemn. Necessity compels US to say
that such collection of Puere mandy panby trash,
has seldom been submitted TO the American reader As
enanainy from the chief magistrate OF tins great rcpub.
,c it is truly dsgraceu The egolisical display OF
historical lore by auson to the affairs OF Rome; and
especially tie attempt in the second paragraph OF
the address, 10 give force or character to COM
mon place truism, that is daily IN the mouths OF
children of all ages, by ascrIbng the remark TO a
"Ron,an Consul (ieaven the inaTk,) IS total
" inexcusabe The reference in the next paragraph
the "deusion" of the people, under which he was
elected, and the motive that might be supposed 10
exist his part to continue that deinslnn certainly
taste than any thing that ever before proceed.
ed from high source and evincts an ignorance oil
the intelligence that exists among the American peo
PIE contempt therefor that We are constrained
say not prepared 10 expect, notwlthstand-
ing the mental imbecy that has been generally at
rfbuted 10 the present Chief Magistrate He surely
must have forgotten that his message however unwor-
thy Lmself his d,gnied position, is destined by
circumstances TO longer existence than the eplemc
raj one enjoyed by newspaper ARTICLES. The aluson
made BY the President to the difficulties attending con
sutona questions must prove exceedingly CRAFTY
some Of his present friends and supporters, and
peciay where he says, 'that many OF our statesmen
most distinguished Tor talent aud patriotism, have been
at one time other Of their political career both
SIDES Of each Of the most warmly disputed questions.
lie might with proprety have added that he had much
cause to congratulate himself upon the fact, as the
strenuous efforts Of such rencgad,s and aposates
mainly he cause of hrs election
The long ianiaranade in reference TO the Treasury
Department in which lie speaks OF "Ihe first Roman
Emperor, Cesar "Thc Roman Knight, "rne er-
ror of the trainers of the Constitution, &c. Sc ap.
pears to have been intended solely for The Introduction
of the authoritative and cgoiis,ca of al have
determined never to SECRETARY ofihe Treasury
without communicating all the circumstances attend.
ing such removal to both Houses of Congress- After
tins remark IL may be matter Of conjecture whether
he ever read the table of the Lion and the Ass.
This message is too derogatory 10 character an
intelligent people, and the subject too notifying and
Glsan rPeabl TO be further continued by US; and with
the expression of our regret that such document
should ever have had the official sanction Of the Chief
Magistrate Of this country. ask Of readers
careful pcrusal and the extension to it Of that ndul
gence which it evidently needs.-Ntio York .Nec Era
From tic N York Mrata.l
THE lSAUGUHaL ADDRESS New PREsI.
DEST.-The Inaugural Address OF Cen. HARRISON has
given rise 10 all sorts OF specuations and remarks in
tn city. The Wing papers audcd It, Us n matter Of
course: the New Era neither gave sing comment, or
even the address itself The Post gave column ot
remarks almost wordy and little to the purpose
the address itself.
The address is one of the most unevenly composed
and written documents that from the brain
or pen Of public functionary. Parts of il most
excellent, and other parts are most trashy The best
parts of cnntau ofthe s"undcs and purest doe
trnes that conceivtd: but they very
yer 1rd tn n - war
thy The yro at college, his first attempt al compost
tion
Every definite statement in tho address might lave
been gwen one fourth The space which the message
occupies There too many words. 1t deals tnn much
IN g.neratrs There is tno much SAID about nothing
The remarks about one term, were all unnecessary
that point III the contract those relative 10 the
interference "f "hcc holders elections just, and
Inst what they should be. But in relation To TIN. veto
and executive power, there too much twattle all the
points could have been gwen in dozen lines
The nonsense about "an exclusive metallic curren-
cy, is CROCHET Of his BRAN; sort of shuttle
cock which he stuck up and knocked down for anuse-
ment three times IN one paragraph. The remarks
about the District Of Columbia are miscrably written,
the sentences are involved, complicated and turtuous;
they may be construed 10 mean anything or nothing
The balderd about Oliver Cromwell, Cesar and
Bolivar Will elevate the President in The eyes IF no
one. lie does not understand the character of either
The clumsy illusions to Greece and Rome, repeated
it would he difficult to prove them So
rs To the statement about republic ever merging
into an arlsocracy, Gen Harrison ought 10 have read
the history OF Venice and two republics We could
name before he made the sweeping assertions We find
III his message
The miserable manner in which the subject of Abo.
l,ion, and especially the subject Of our foreign rela-
lions slurred is sufficient TO stamp the nau.
gural with reprnach from all This should have been
remrdrd. Bnt The beautiful remarks about the sp-
rit Of party, and the Blasting effect of factions cover
multitude oferrors On account OF these few points,
and the tone of goodness and hcnevolence breathed
through the whole, compelled to repeat that the
inaugural contains many excellent remarks and re-
solves, but they are amazing hard to live upto
IRON tsiohe.l
THr lxArcuRAL.-Ths paperls Websterian through
out. Full of profession Of socitude for the mainte
nance of popular Institutions il directs the eyes Of all
the enemies If the Democracy 10 the only practicable
node of destroying H. 1t, at the same time labors to
divert the attention of the people from The real power
which endangers their rights by exciting their appre
tensions against that which, cmanating Immediately
from themselves, has hitherto proved their best defence
At every step in this inaugural it will be found tina,
the Constitution is itself assailed, and on that very
point where the popular will is most pnteny concen.
trated-in the first officer nf the Republic The Con.
suon vested in the People the election of President
at short intervals, that he might he Immediately re.
spohsihe to them. They made him re eligible that
all his hopes and fears might rest upon their will; and
they gave him the power of the veto, that he might
nerpose in their behalf-might laws and char.
ters, the offspring of selfish combinations among the
legislators, endangerng their lights, and so enable the
people to bring their own authority to bear upon them
IN subsequent elections.
All these features condemned by Mr. Webster in
he Inaugural; and why' Have not the American PEG.
pie found in their chief officer at present constituted
owing all to them in the first instance, and expecting
.'l from their favor in settling finally his character in
future ecctons-heir trucs and best representatives:
Were not Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon
zoe, Jacksonville two term observation-disclosures guar
iians OF our popular institutions And was the veto
power, as exerted BY any Of them, ever employed