New-York tribune., 1842-01-01
Ic42.
i stood between the meeting years
The Coming ard the Pat


gain we rise upon the crest of enc Of line
eses!.sa.itg s,rges, and look beyond the out
stretched and MS. excl OF Ne"s Year. VIA
a3o its aspcctsl-i rays Of promi.c OF lis Pol.
tents OF e.i2 Alas who vii! essay to read tho
Future IA view. Of the di.appon,nents and bitter.
neas eft the What stirring eveufs, w!i..
fli@bt Of cherished hopes, has not the last yea
witnessed 1t tdawncd upon still arden, 10
eis.gs and con. mutations over the triurnphst#t
,lrctoa pf ,,flLLL,,i HENRY HAERlsos to tn
PIesijeucy;; its early months we're eaIivened BY
il. t5y,ies nad arden, expectations CONNECTED viii
that eysT.i; March saw the Inauguration ot.tie
Ie5I5.e,. iavorlic amid The rapture Of wairine
il5as9Sds; April saw him lad 10" in the silc!.
tcu,o and in a few months little band Of mourn
ing fyt-nds recrosscd the Aleghenics, bearing II
i:.r;.c aud sad procession the ashes Of him who 81
la,eiy tlaver.cd them amid the peas Of heavei
sauiiiag artillery and the applause OF welcoming
thou, and. with more than conquerors grandeur.
10 Eli station to which the thrones Of conqnerofs
;,re bu; rubbish. a few short weeks bad wrough.
thai mighty change from ,ranscendent glory to
utter aohingncss-A!l! who shall cyer again trust
.lie smiles Of To-Day!
In that tnogldcring cein at Nor,ll.Bend bu-
rcd tie ardent hopes Of a great People. III
fruits of years Of patient, heroic Effort, Of patriotic
sac,itlces, and generous emulation in#the publ.
cause, OF desperate struggle and an ovsrwhenI-
ills victory, withcred by as inscru,ablc prov,
.iencc of God Not thu, President i ylers less a
Patriot than him whose death devoted him to thu.
Presidency net that lie does no, seek 20 abe}-,lI
Public Willard subservc the Public GDod--Ioi
,ha, his chosen Counseors are not in all things
abe and true men, who richly deserve the esteem
and confidence of their country. All these DO no
overthrow the fact that by the death of Gen. Har
,son the unity Of council, the energy of fort tbs
singleness Of lofty aims, which cemcn;ed the Whig
PhaIanx aud made it invinciblc, are, for Il time a
least, DESTROYED The new President does mol
stand in the relation to Public Opinion Us did
Ike of the Peoples choice. The virtual pledge
cen Harrison to One Presidential Term, the
rigid Rcrenchmeni Of Expenditures, the restoration
of a Uniform National Currency, and of Genera
Prosperity, have not the same hold on him. TIE
Projection of American Industry does not natural.
commend itself to his convictions or his synpa
,lics. And thus, through the death OF Gen Han.
rson and the unhappy disagreemcn,s among those
on whom power dcvovcd, tie Union enters upon
New Year with Currency to the Stdcgrec uie
quul nnd wsctched, and faint hopes of its thorough
Reform while Retrenchment whether Of Expeu-
,iiturc or Executive power, and all the great prin
cpes established in The triumph OF l3l0 are 10 be
fought for again; Protection is to be vindca,cd a.
Il new question; and even the Land Distributes!
and Bankrupt Law are challenged 10 Il stern or.
deal. At this moment the chains which Benton and
his allies arc striving to bind anew on the SCARED
limbs of Half Million unfortunate Debtors ciah
heavily on the public ear. His triumph now doom.
them TO a lie cf hopeless pcnury and bondage:
while the repeal Of tho Di:,,ibelon Law sets the
sea! to the Reputation of State Debts, and Ell
sures the speedy robbery Of the Old States .; al
their righteous and most valuable property in Tie
Pablo Lands-Sucl are the gloomy portcnis un
der which we open the year 1872 May the!
pyovc as and illusory as those OF glory
and premise with which we entered upon l8ll!
The aspects of our Foreign Relations, far
our great rival, England, is con.erned, equally
>tcrn On every side we surrounded by dll-
crcaces with her, which ,h;ckcn and multiply VIII.
each succeeding year. Within twenty-five yeGrs
we have settled ono difference with hcr-tha re-
spccting our Trade with her West India Islands
hygiving up our prccnsions. Meantime eur North
Eastern Boundary question assumes yearly more
serious look; the double claim to ard double occu-
patton OF the vast Oregon Territory continues and
The day OF bloody collision between ourrva'nu hos
tile hunters and traders is evidently al hand our
claim to the Navigation OF the St. Lawrence not
even listened to- the troubles on the Canada Dor,
#tler have left causes ofrra,onen on both sides. aud
each nation deems itself sgsrieved; then comes
the exciting British claim OF the Right OF Search
for Siavers on the Coa., Of Africa, ard, worse
than all, the case Of the Creoc-crownins series
of collisions between British las and practice ad
tue cherished institutions of the South Who car,
look withoataPprehcnsios on this rapid picture
How much longer can we so on multiplying issues
vital 10 the interests ard honor Of the two Nation,
Mhat hope ,ha, the poiats of difference which ac-
cumula,ed under successive Liberal Ministries will
lie conceded by Peel ard Wellington.
pa, truce 10 iorebsdings. \ Ngw YrAS
s opens upen us in circumstances OF National soliei-
t,,le. vc, in the rnds; OF general plenty and iesli>
iiy. Ey1oY The PREsESr, is the universal maxim
q, TIC birth OF a year, Be 50, then. and may
o,, jay rest Oh q proud conviction tha under tayo
"t Ocusn;,nt Heaven, the American People are
tated 10 Al, c>al,sd destiny, and That the Natona!