The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-12-07

re.ting view Of the present. hs .sysra great pub
,bs contry and the position OF . VIC ~ lhs national
| lie questions which avail '"s
| legislature. of tho city have also made
The ne"sPsPet r. ~ decument--comment" qu'e
Characteristic BY Is very harmless" aud unwor-
Message Is resfous attention. The Express hnas
thy oi..his grammar and sesros disposed to 'hlhs
! lat MIR. Tyler treats syntar ana .hs wings WIN
1 equal unkndness. According to the Josrnai Of COM
vsree Il is in the main wel-wrltien documen, Pre-
.enting truly gratifying view Of our public affairs
The Morning .Ne,0s regards the Message as far supe
| ror 10 any former ones which have emanated nom
the same quarter, and says Is puriness-ks anu 70
the point" This favorable opinion Is Te-eehooa ~
the Plebeian by which the document Is regarded as
" hie bly, ereJitabe the President" The character
of the remarks of these journals the various topics
dwelt on in the Message, may be readily guessou AZ
| by all W no know their political complexion IN .n ~,
| comments on the declarations OF the meSsa2o WIN
| regard to Texas--the tarf-tbe hnanees-neh'co
foreign Relationship usual demonstration Of paIu-
san feeling is mad. by the various organs OF iacuon
the abuse and The laudalion being dispensed IN
| about equal proportions.
But there is one amportant subject, presented III
the cearest and most Ineligible light, by 'is mes
sage, which the party organs are all utterly dump
That the subject is the influence which the example
of republican America is exercising on Inc European
| world-the revoutonizing power when is mus SLOW
y silently, but surely and inevitably saPpihg inc
| foundations Of the ancient despotisms oil the eider
world But this these mere party organs cannot DIS
Germ. They see nothing in the Message -mey
see nothing in the great business OF leglslaton-they
see nothing in the ten thousand signs ana TOKENS
around tbem sugg stve of this great and most h'er-
esting fact. They have an eye Tor nothing pu' 'he
movements--the schemes-the success oil the par
ty." Indeed, we of them-the .Neo YORK
| Fundamentally abusing the President for the
introduction of the interesting and really eloquent re-
marks the triumphant vindcation OF inc pracuca-
| bility of our political system, with which he com
| mences his message. The miserable tool of mlser-
able clique the chief magistrate OF the
nation pIoclaimng to the nations OF the earth the
great truth that repubicanism works well! Such is
| the patrotism-such is the sagacity--such IS inc
healthy moral fee ing of grovellng parlisanship'
The exhibition, then, of this highly interesting
| view Of the influence exercised in Europe by the
messages Of American Presidents, is lett, would
appear, altogether to the independent Journalist 1t
| is one on which dwell with peculiar satisfaction
Ii is which is calculated to excite III the bosom
of every genuine friend Of the free institutions OF TINS
land, and the progress of liberty throughout the
world emotions of the purest and most unlelgned
pleasure. No intelligent observer of the signs OF the
times have failed to mark, that the circulation 10
Europe of those annual proclamatioDs OF the safety
security and prosperity, which are guaranteed TO 'he
nation and to individuals by The operation OF Popu-
lar form government has been gradually preparing
the way for the final overthrow of despotic and mon
archca Institutions. Every one Of these messages"
has been revolutionary document, spreading before
the oppressed people of Europe, not wild and i'm
practicable theories of free government-not mad
and ultra speculatons--not violent and declamatory
denuncations of venerable dynasties-but plain calm
Ineligible, and ndisputable demonstration OF the
practical utility and perfect success of the expert
ment OF mans capacity for selfgoverDment, tried on
the broadcast scale, and with added triumph each sue
ceedlDg year. To the revolution in France, hsto-
rians and philosophers have been accustomed to as
cribe prodlgious influence in the propagation and
enforcement OF republican principles. But the infu-
ence OF that event has been nothing compared with
that exercised by these "harmIess' unpretendlng
messages" That terrible baptism OF fire and blood
to which France was subjected, scared and ahrghted
the mid advocate of human rights, and the whole
II may be disputed whether it did not strengthen
rather than impair the stability of European despo-
Tins.
But the tendency and influence of the Presidents
Messages on the minds of the great masses Of Eu-
rope are not to be disputed. Slowly and mpercep-
tbly-like the gentle dews of heaven which, falling
| unseen of any, yet spread life and verdure the
whole face OF nature-the great truths thus circula
ted and scattered abroad, sinking into the minds
OF men; and the seeds of the mghtiest revolution
that the world has yet seen, already terminating
far and wide on The soil long rodden by the iron hoo
of despotic authority. Look, for instance, at the
thoughts which must naturally be excited abroad
when men read that the people Of this great confed
eracy OF Satisfactorily millions Of freemen-have
quietly, peacefully without the slightest sembance Of
disorder to mar the submity of the spectacle, pro-
ceeded to the choice OF Chief Magistrate, and elect
ed 10 that high office humble cilzen without per-
sonal influence, without any force TO aid him, but
the strong moral power of purity Of character, integ
rity OF conduct, and unsullied patriotismI The
clusion Is rresistible-that political system thus
tested, must indeed be sound and sautary. And then
let us consider how triump hantly indicated the in
situtions OF the United States must appear before the
intelligence oil European nations, when our vast and
growing prosperity as put forth without any pre,en-
sion IN TINS message is regarded. Little more than
bali century snce,a petty colony paying tribute to
distant kingdom-now gigantic empire, stretching
from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific, contendng with the
greatest maritime power Of modern times, for the
commerce of the world and the sovereignty Of the
seas
And all this triumphant vindication of republican
ism IS gated, must recollect by the presses
OF the very governments whose perpeluiy is thus so
surely endangered What INTEL gent American, then
need for the peeyish and ll-naured criticism on
our literature social habits our manners and Gus
toms, our want OF refinement with which some of the
presses of Europe may teen What after all, is the
amount Of the charge preferred against US aud of
which we may IN some degree be guilty. Why that
we do not possess all the elegance and high refine
ment OF social manners which prevail amongst the
most polished circles Of luxurious European society
Only imagine, however, what material for ridcnle
and censure the tourist would find in the steamboats,
and hotels of Great Britain the masses enapci-
paed, the distinctions Of caste obterated, and the
whole community presented on one broad platform of
social equality But If we want, in respects the
grace aud luxurious OF England we are also free
from the bloated vices other astocracy and from the
squsllid misery of her masses. We too, will have
the polish by and by. Meanwhile we arc enlarqing
our borders We are successfully engaged in subiu-
gazing great continent TO the influence of ciyl1a
uoo, religion, and the arts We are making vast
soitudes resound with the cheerful hum of industry
we are yearly waxing more powerful and see no
limits but those of this great division Of the earth 10
our future imperial greatness. And all this under
system of equal rights and equal laws. And the press
of Europe, surely no partial witness is every where
proclaiming that "the system works well % Ru,