The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-20
From the .Ns,o Orleans .qdpertise,

MIR. SECRETARY Forwards FINANCE REPORT is
decidedly the very ablest paper that has ever ema-
mated from the General Government, not even ex-
ceptng General Hamton's celebrated effort on the
same subject
We have not come to this conclusion hastily.
Struck, first reading, with its remarkable char
acter, went over it with more care second and
third time, and each perusal but raised it the
in our estimation. Our next duty was to go back,
and take up Hamiton's paper finance and eeyat-
ed and impressive that astonishing document is,
Mr.. Forwards report in our humble opinion, occu-
pies higher ground, and goes home to the convic-
ton with more force.
Fearing lest our Judgment might be warped by a
prepossession in favor of Mr.. Forward I'VE then pro-
ceeded to look into every report from the Treasury
Department beginning at the beginning, and the
suit was even more triumphant than ever for Mr..
Secretary Forward. And the delay incident to this
labor is the only apology we have for not noticing
Mr.. F.'s report at an earlier day.
1t would be vain task to attempt an abridgment
of this extraordinary paper, for word left out
one word added, will only destroy its symmetry its
beauty, its unity, its very perlecness Were it not
for duty to readers and advertisers would
publish this philosophical, this statesmanlike docu-
ment, at length and republish it, till all its power
should be felt by the people But are prevent
ed from encroaching upon room which is not ours,
begin to-day to print it in sections, according to
the subjects treated and beg our readers to save
these bits, until the whole is finished when they can
gather them together, and make rade n,ecu,n for
themselves, upon the most important subject Of So
cial economy, that of money.
| Were we to enter deliberately into criticism Of this
admirable paper il would occupy too much space for a
daily paper The points that come uppermost will
touch from day to day in illustration of their truth
in order show the public what reaure the nation
has in Mr. Forw ard the Secretary ofheir Treasury
and what consummate skill President Tyler has
shown in selecting from the mass Of talent every
where scattered through the. Union such gen
eman to serve the country and honor and adorn his
| administration.
But it is, perhaps, expected CT us to speak upon
the merits Of this report in more special terms. Be
| il So
| The stye of the writer is clear nervous, forcibe
and elegant attributes that rarely admitted in
these days in any one man. We say clear, because
the language, expression, and thought understood
at first blush We say nervous, because the writer's
feelings keep pace with his judgment, and bis soul
peers out in every thought that he utters. Armed
with cearDess and nervousness, his writing must
cessarily be forcibie The elegance of his style
seen in its dress, and his character is strongly ina
pressed upon it, that the mind is invited to the perusa
! of the report almost noens poiens.
| Upon the merits of the arguments positions &c.
shall speak, we have already remarked nciden-
tally, for the report furnishes most abundant well
from which the statesman philosopher, STUDENT or edi.
tor may draw to his hearts content