The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-01-31

policy Is formed IN equal ignorance oil ia0Ns ""'
monslrous arrogance OF assumpuonj ana iha'
II any thing could induce an honorable Peopie
10 repudiate their debts, their shabby course
would Induce The indebted American States TO
do So Reputation Is il a singular idea, more
than phenomena, in political history, especi'
ally in English bistory2 VIVA, is The entire
national debt except reDudiated debt, DEBT
which she has often endedrored TO pay, ou'
which she has not been enabled to accomplish
aud never can succeed in payingF
The French papers are more rational. They
commend the Message highly, especially The
parts relating 10 the Treaty. They are desI-
rous tina, France should occupy a similar posi-
ton on the African question with the uhited
States 1t seems that M. Guizot has written a
letter To Lord Aberdeen on this point, bui mas
received refusal 10 revive the treaties OF 81
and '33. So goes the world. While other nations
are DESTROYS of standing with England on the
same basis we occupy, Mr.. Benton and others
are denouncing The Treaty as surrender OF
American interests Miserable politicians, your
game is up
The London Herald says:
"The President is now isolated from both parties,
and is furousy attacked by the utras OF either pos
sessed Of strong will, decided personal opinions,
and unhounded courage and uniettered by party
connections he has shaken party combinations IN the
union to their foundation without gaining personal
advantages, and the certainty that under no probable
contingency will Mr. Tyler be reelected makes his
presidency OF more than ordinary struggle m the
republic and of tumult, confusion, disorder, and IN
triguc in Congress The misery of all this is, that
during this preparation for the next Presdentiai
election this violence, this discord, and these IN
trgues, national questions Of the utmost Importance
and principles full of future happiness or wretched
ness are in agitation and the necessities of the coUn
try do not produce man Of commanding intellect
or superior intelligence. To us, distant spectators
indeed, bad Mr.. Tyler's opponents assert him to
be, there seems as much, probably more, sterling
good in his views, than in those OF any other po
tician in the Union. The Message is long though
ii be, short in comparison with the similar communi-
cations of many Of Mr.. Tyers predecessors nay,
considering the number and importance of the sub
iects treated therein, il exhibits degree Of conden-
sation unusual in American State papers; if its Ian
guage be plain and occasionally inaccurate, and the
grammatical construction of its sentences indicative
Of no facility elegance Of literary composition,
Mr. Tyler has the good taste to avoid that grandilo-
quence of style and aflectaton OF classical learning
with which Congress has been so frequently treated
The manner of the Message is plain, frank and in
rational and defensible; its sins are rather those
of omission than of commission. The CALCULATIONS
which the President offers TO Congress on the con-
cusion of the Treaty of Washington are hearty /;
and their heartiness the great advantages which his
Cabinet gained through Lord AshbuIt tons capitula
ton for the Republic fully justify The stipulations
therein for the suppression OF the save-irade are
dexterously employed to deal severe blow at those
maritime pretensions which down to 1912 we had so
pernaciously aned the right OF visitation I'M
,a mt and
President Tyler invites, by reference to his diplo-
matte successes, the European powers TO abandon
the right of search they have exchanged with Eng
land and to adopt the measure devised in this pre-
cous treaty. His triumphant language on these
points is sad though complete confirmation OF the
anticipatons we drew from the Ashburton mission"
The Globe says:
II is truly astonishing to us that the official organ
of the Federal Government should, ostrichlike,
thrust its head in the sand and think to conceal its
body What monstrous assumption if is to assert
that the good Of the American Government unques-
tioLcd in the breath in which that Government
is described the creature of the popular WILL and
at the very moment in which that popular will has
been sgnalized by repudaiing either the State debts,
or at least all araiion to pay them. Are there two
totally distinct and opposite popular wills two to-
tally distinct and opposite popular constituencies =
which dictates bad faith to the States, the other
which dictates good faith to the Federal Government
Are all the Stale members of the confederation whose
general indie btednessn the President depores to be
considered utterly unconnected with the conede-
ration in its collective character; and TIE United
States entitled TO boast of their freedom from debt
of national faith intact and unquestioned-are they
entitled TO plume themselves superiority in this
pect 10 the European Governments-while the
Sfaies il is acknowedg are in debt over head and
ears and what is worse, making no provision
for paying il! We have too great an interest
in the of kindred race TO design hostile CEN
sure but the best friends of sovereign nations at
home or abroad, those who will tell them the
TRUTH
The Chronicle says:
"a pettifogging defence s not calculated TO raise
the character either Of nations individuals The
defence Of the American President is shabby If the
relation Of the States towards the Federal Govern
ment, and of the Federal Government towards the
States, i'll regulated that may be very good rea-
son for improving them; but be no good reason
for robbing foreigners. IL foreign Government
were To consider the bad faith of any Of the States
good ground for attacking it, the Federal Government
would interfere why then does it not interfere TO
make good the liabilities Of such Statei The exam
pie of America will not be lot on the world When
people ere disposed TO forget the maxim that honesty
is the best policy, let them think of the great Yves
tern Republic, which, from loss Of character cannot
in its necessities, raise much money as many pr-
yate gentleman in England could obtain without diff.
Guilty
The Constitutional (Paris) says:
"Tbe Asbburton treaty holds the first place in the
animation into which the President enters and the
which he renders Of his conduct Mr. Ty- |
er explains the motives by which he was guided in
,onsenting to the conventions which he has made |
with England. He wished to insure, on the part of
he part of the United States the sincere and oyal
execution of the treaty Of Client, whereby The
american Government pledged itself to use all lis
ndeavors TO attain entire abolition Of the slave
rade, and at the same time protect the American
lavy from all the yexatons Of the right of search
his double objcc, the treaty concluded at Washing
on has obtained. MIR. Tyler congratulates himself
lpon this but there is a remarkable paragraph in
his part Of his message-wo mean that with which
closes and in which the honorable President ex-
'resses hope that arrangements upon the same
'ases may be entered into by other Powers We