The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-19

Iment granted a charter OF Incorporation
10 this privileged class, by which toe
Government aud the iavoted few, BY shsppy
combination forthose in the eoparnership. has
crushed TO The earth the Indian and the Brahmin,
furnishing new means to keep ia snbjeci'on TO
this chartered aud favored class, he People al
large, in The BRUSH isles, and excluding all not
partners 10 this company OF iniqui,y To any par
iicipaIion OF ils profits
The two trading companies at Madras and
Calcutta have grown into empire more popu-
lous than great part of Europe.
And the whole history Of the incorporation OF
the favored few, and their association with The
Government for the purposes OF trade, furnishes
one OF the safest precedenls for any combustion
between the rich, and the Government TO keep
down the people al large. and for Their own Pc
cuar benefit and political importance, that Gun
ming and cupidity and corruption, can, or has ever
devised. But our experience in ibis country has
shown a similar precedent no, entirely safe for
all The persons Incorporated and the people al
large still smart under the horts that this chart
tered incorporation have made 10 get possession
Of The public treasure OF the people at large, and
People 10 choosing President and regulating
all the measures Of value for the benefit OF The
incorporated.
BY this happy combination Of the chartered
rich with the Government Of Great Britain
they have secured domain for riches and im-
porlance not easily told. This grant to erect
two trading houses, which has grown into
A.. # -. md
should be warning 10 us that similar pernis-
sion OF connivance for trade may rIpen, and
most assuredy will ripgn, into n strong assertion
OF right; and would terminate as il did with The
Hindoo and the Brahmin, were the people with
whom they will have TO deal, in This ease, of
the same East Indian stamp and blood Ii
was proper, then, that the President should
enter into a minute detail touching thi, most
important subject. And when it is seen, That
by the Oregon riv,r ia, re is a mos, direct route
between Asia, and the valley Of the Mississippi,
it is plain that The Asaic supply for the vasI
population, which will soon ill up the countries
drained by this father of rivers, will and must
take this route; the vast importance OF securing
this portion of cur territory beyond the reach Of
any combination or act of incorporation or ari-
hce from permission 20 trade, the importance,
say, oil immediate attention 10 this Oregon,
has been most properly set forth in the Message,
upon other considerations Of paramount impor.
lance.
Nor are we less indebted 10 the President Tor
the minute references which he has made 10
the ,conduct Of the British in relation TO The
vt-uade. And the necessity Of sleepless
vigilance, on cur pari in this quarter, is based
upon some facts no, sufficiently known or reeol-
lccted in relation to this subject; and which, in
some points of view, i, destined 10 exert, by lis
connection with another topic, an interest of
countless magnitude TO the existence Of our be-
loved country
| la order to place thi, subject in lis proper
| light, it viii be absolutely necessary to take
retrospect of the past, whilst keeping The eye
steadily fixed on the present. Experience is
our safest guide, and we shall be wanting 10
ourselves if we shut our eyes TO the signs Of the
times. The cloud no bigger than a mans hand
| III the distant horizon, spread, from day 10 day,
aud 10 ets over larger and larger portion Of
the heavens, aud admonishe, Of danger ap-
/ preaching with rapid strides.
! But mot 70 tunaiey there is a moral law jus
as fixed as any law of The planetary system
| that az we sow so shall we reap The rich,
| the titled and the Incorporated OF England have
held in chains worse than negro Vngnsn, The
| people at large Of the United Kingdom. The
reports 10 the Parliament, made on the motion
Of Lord Ashley, tell of deeds done in the foul
\ air above, and 10 the earth beneath, and Re-
beccaisn, and Charisn aud Repeal, and Kirk
ism give signs, that in the Providence of God,
the harvest IS ready for The sickle. Here Is our
security. Judgment will begin at the head.
Wo unto them that are wise in their own
| eyes, aud prudent in their sight.
Oh may the solution Of this problem not
be made in force or in scli,hness !; but in
charity. BY the desire Of domination, the an
gels lost their first estate: Man, his, by selfish
ness; but Of charity there is no excess nor an
gel, nor man, ever came into peril by il.
MAcoS.