The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-27
FoR rHE MADIs0NIAN.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE OF
DEC. 4. 1913.

/ The Message proceeds 10 inform us thai ouI
ancient ally, the People ofthe land of Lafay ette
aud all the rest Of Europe are al amily aud good
| feeling with US. As TO our affairs with Great
Britain and Mexico, we may feel assured from
what we see OF the correspondence OF oui Sc
cretary Of State, aud our Minister al Mexico,
hat the honor of this nation has been entrusted
TO safe hands by the President.
IL we understand national honor to denote
the principle of nation, who, strictly observing
the rules of justice herself, will neiherdo, nor
endure wrong who neither brooks insulShor be-
trays fear and rises 10 pride as her enemies rise
in strength il is difficult to conceive greater
interest than that of preserving The reality, and
the reputation Of such a lofty spirit and it re-
quires no violence of expression TO comprehend
under national honor every object of legitimate
hostility.
| The constant petty vexations, petty did say?
| | should have said serious vexalions from the
Barbary Corsairs have been such that Europe
has at last been compelled 10 put an end to this
continued and predatory warfare. If Europe
can keep her borders quiet, why not the United
States? by similar means. If such is the law
of nations on the Eastern shore Of The Atlantic,
why not on the Wes,ern2 And again
! Great Britain finds il to her safety and ag
grandizement to seize upon part Of the Terri
tory of Spain, and thus by her Gibraltar check
all the commerce going in and coming out of
this great Estuary. Her station in the Leyanl
nj rIs fha Tor
stations on her own Island and on the Western
coast Of Africa, and at ST. Helena and the Cape
Of Good Hope, give her great influence on all
the shores of the continent laved by the ocean
of Atlas on its Eastern side While her for
itresses at Nelson. and Churchill, and Halifax,
and the Burmudas, and her posts in the West
Indies, and at the Falkland Isles, keep in check
all The commerce ofthe Western Atlantic
Now, can there be any good reason why we
should not follow SO good an example, Let us
ook little TO our safety in the Gulf of Mexico.
Great Britain has her chain of military posts on
all the shores of the Allantc-and it is plain
that these stations, coupled with her immense
marine, give her, in time of war, countless ad-
vautages. She has no business in the Gulf of
Mexico. That Gulf receives the waters of the
Mississippi; and the myriads of people, who
are soon to fill up this Father of Lands" rem
ders 1t necessary that we shall not be incom-
moded in that little bay, by any Gibraltar, or
any such thing. Great Britain sezes first upon
one station, then another, as il suits her. On
the other side Of the globe, she has possessed
herself of Maurilius and Bourbon, all East or
the Indies she now, since her Infamous attack
on Afghanisan, has made herself mistress of
the gates and passes Of the great wall which
separates the Northern from the Southern Asia
and she has New Holland aud Van Diemen,s
land and New Zealand and her kindness to
China in furnishing that ancient and mos inte-
resting people with opium made by their African
slaves in India warns US of what she would do
to us if we let her get foohod in this little
outlet of the Gulf, where our great internal
highway empues itself.
Let us be true TO ourselves our President
speaks in language not to be misunderstood
1t is repetition OF that held by Mr.. Monroe to
the Holy Alliance. And we shall be faithless
TO ourselves, if we permit the naughty domino
ton of Great Britain 10 touch US in so vital
point.
Having taken view of others, we now come
to look 10 ourselves, and the Message next in.
forms us that the receipts fall shor, Of the dis
bursements. All this must sooner or later get
right. The operations Of the TREASURY notc
rest upon The act Of 1889, and The resolution
Of 1916 And those laws have been so admins
ter'd as to produce as great quantum of good
TO the country as their provisions are capable of
yielding"
The country owe sincere thanks to the Pre-.
sident for the restoration of the public credit, BIZ
preservation Of the public lands. The United
States stock is not now disgfaced on The ex-
change. Many thanks are due for steering cl, ar
Of all acts of incorporation for the benefit Of the
few, at the expense Of the People at large.
Ii is difficult 10 scan and crilcse ourselves
There is an ancient fable which sheds great
light on the constitution Of the human mind
Jupiter has made us all uith 1odiieis on our
backs; The frou pocket is for The faults of
others, the hind pocket for our opn. Its not
easy to put any thing into the hind pocket
We exhibit most extraordinary spectacle to
all not in the mists Of faction. In 1897, Van
Buren, called special Congress in order TO de-
wise some plan TO collect, take care Of, and dis
burse the money of the People. That Congress
met, wranged, received their mileage, pen
knives, stationery, books, maps and per diem,
and this, too, in hard money, at premium, and
went home. There were four other regular
sessions of the Congress besides, under Mr.. Van
Buren,. Gen. Harrison had bis extra Congress.
and Mr.. Tyler has seen two regular sessions Of
that body This makes eight separate consecu-
tive sessions Of Congress, aud "he operations
Of The I'reasntn nom resk nnnn The net of 1850