The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-06-21

md character of these provinces i"s 49, =, 4.
ma Provincial Governors OF Spain were never a., =
,onoe in their Governments IN America. lbeJ o1u
,ot feel that they were Of the people whoi ,, !,
,erned Their Official character and empio. me- m
nave good deal Of resemblance TO those oil 'ne ~
,onsuls OF Rome IN Asia, Sicily, and Gaulj pua ~
iosly no resemblance 20 those OF Carver and WI
lhrop and very little TO those of the Uo'efhols
Virginia after that colony had established poPu'"'
House Of Burgesses. ,
IRE English colonists in America generally
speaking we're men who were seeking ne" homes
an a new world They brought with them their ram
lilies and all that was most dear to them ms was
especially the case with the eoloniss oil f'y"'ouen
and Massachusetts. Many OF them were euuea."
men and all possessed their full share, aecoroiue :"
their social condition, Of the knowledge and ATTAIN
ments of that age The distinctive character sue oi
their settlement, is the Introduction oil uie :;
Of Europe INTO a wilderness, without bringing WV"
the political institutions OF Europe Inc as, 80
ences and literature of England came over WIN 'no
settlers That great portion OF the common Ia"
which regulates the social and personal reia'ion',
and conduct OF men, came also, Inc jury ean'.
the habeas corpus came the tesiamen'ay P"
came and the law of inheritance and descent ean'o
also exeept that part of it which recognizes 'he
rights of primogenlt,ire, which either DAD not come
al ALL or soon gave way 10 The rlght oil eluai POI
ton of estates among children But me moha.eny
did not come nor the arslocrary, nor the church. as
an estate of he realm. Political institutions "eio
In he framed anew such should be adapted 10 ,"e
state of things But ii could not be douotiui who'
should be the nature and character OF uese ihs''u
tions. A general social equality Prevaiea ahons
the settlers, and equality oil Policai rish's seem
ed the natural, if moi the necessary consequence
| Amer forty years of revolution, violence ana ra'
the people OF France have placed al the hean o' W.
Fundamental instrument of their government, as INC
area; boon obtained by all their suferngs and saeh,
| ices the declaration hat ali Fienehmen are equa'
| before the law What France had reached only ny
the pc ndlure of SO much blood and treasure anu
the exhibition of so much crime the English eooni's
obtained by simply changing their place, carrying
with them the intellectual aud moral culture OF .u-
rope and The personal and social relations TO winch
they accustomed, but leaving behind Their pom
teal institutions. 1t has been SAID with much vera
city, that the felicity of the American colonist' Con-
sisted in their escape from the past ms Is rue 81
far as respects political abshments but no further
They brought with them full portion OF all the
riches of The past, IN science IN ART, IN mofar rem
gion and literature The Bible came with them
And II is not 10 be doub ed that 10 the free and uni
versJ rea nu of the bic is 10 be ascribed in that
age, ascIibed la every age, that men were nuch 10
iebleJ for RICH, views civil liberty. The Bible is
a book Of fash, I'd book OF doctnnei BUT Is a'so
a book which teaches man his own lnjIVidnal fespon
sbily his dignity, and his equality with ms lei,
! low man Bacon, and Locke, and Million, ana
Shakespeare also came with them. They came 10
! form new ,tca ystems, but all that belonged 10
cultivated man. 10 family, TO neghb rhood, 10 social
relations accom- "a MED them. la the Donc phrase oil
one of our own historians they ,came TO settle on
bare creation - but their settlement in the wilderness
nevertheless was Judgment of nominal tribes
mere Iestng place of roaming savsges. II was The
ell berinn ny OF per annuity, the liked resi-
i dence of cultivated Not enIy was english
literature read, bot English god English was spo-
ken and written, before the axe had made way TO let
in the sun upon The habatOns and fields OF the sell
5 tiers. And whatever may lie said to the contrary a
correct of the English language Is, at TINS day
more general hroug bout the United States than IL
j. throughout England herself But another grand
,, characteristic is, ,tal in the English colonies, poi-
cal affairs left 10 be managed by the coionlsts
: ihemselvts There is another fact liy dislin-
= gushing them in character as it has distinguished
: tlem n 70. tune from the colonsts of Spain =
Hele lies the foundation of hat xleence IN self gov
e ernneni, which had preserved rrder and security
and regularly midst the play OF popular institutions
Home government the secret Of the prosperity OF
/. the North American settlements. The more dis
tnguished of the New England colonlsts, with mos
D remarkable saglcty, and long sighted reach into
a futurity refused to TO America, unless they
could bring with them charters providing for the adj
Al mustraton of their affairs in this country They
saw from The first the evils Of being governed in the
world by councils held in shs old ASkq2Rg s,
C still insisted the right of passing local laws and
g local administration. And history teaches us the
n Justice and the value of this deerm ton in the
ample Of Virginia. The attempts early TO settle iha
s colony ioied, sometimes with the most meanchol,
y and fatal consequences from want of know ledge
care and attention the part OF those VINO had The
d charge Of their affairs in England and il was onl,
rIty fairly commenced. The cause was that by thai
; third charter, the People Of Virginia for by thi.
time they deserve to be called were allowed &c
constitute and establish the first popular representa-
tive Assembly which ever convc cd on tins cont.
= Dent, the Virginia House OF Burge.ses.
Here, then, ore the great eleme nts Of our political
sysem originally introduced, early in operation and
ready TO be developed more and the progress
y of evens should Justify or demand
: Escape from the existing political system. of En-
rope; but the continued enjoyment OF its science.
- and arts, IFS literature, and ITS manners with Sc
ries of Improvements upon its religious and moral
sentiments and habits Home yernments or the
power OF passing local laws, with local adm nistra-
! ton.
: Equality Of rights.
Representative systems
: Free forms Of Government, founded on popular
Representation.
losophical discussion, than the action and Influence
OF the new world upon the old or the contributions
Of America 10 Europe.
Her obligations TO Europe for science and art laws
literature and manners, America acknowledges as
she ought with respect and gratitude. And the peo-
pie of the United States descendants Of the English
stock grateful for the treasures Of knowledge deriv
ed from their English ancestors, acknowledge also
with thanks and fal regard that among those ances-
tors, under the culture Of Hampden and SYDNEY and
other assduous friends that seed Of popular iberty
hrst germinated, which soil has shot I'd To is
full height, until its branches oycrshadow all the
land.
But hmeGoa has not failed 10 make returns n
she has no cancelled the Obligation or cquaIed II
by others Of like weight she has at least made re-
Specialize advances, and some approaches towards
equa ny. And she adm ts that standing in the
midst oi civilzed nations and in a civilized age
nation among nation.-iherei Is high payi which she
rpectod 10 act, for the genera advance of human
intercs and human welfare
American mine. have filled the minis Of Eurone
Wrh ,h' Trecous metals The productions OF The
American soil and climate have poured out their