The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-23

sncy add neonstituiionaliiy OF tsrn, bank
These may each present ppOraal subjects Tor your
consideration IN the estimation OF many persons pu
can only regard u 10 he miserable noctey 70 !"
talking, at this alarming junctpre 81 cur pohucai
affairs, respects foreign relations, about suc
matters. Besides each of these questions may wen
be regarded already settled for some time TO come
The lariff will not be disturbed, except with imma'
ieral notifications for years. The experience oil Tue
last session OF Congress Is enough TO convince any
| reasonable OF thus fact. And the people oil ,hi'
country will never again agree 10 suom, 10 tue 'u-
| position OF a bank. a majority OF the wing parry,
with MIR. w ebsier al thar head, are opposed o"
grounds of eIpediency TO its Incorporation Inc
| general people want firm aud Tree currency,
| which they now have and the monopoliss VINO ye'
have life, and those who hope To live by federal rue,
do not want their stocks or their manufacturing pro-
pcrty To become subordinate TO the huctuaing acuoh
of greater monopoly The currency was never
sounder exchanges lower, property heailhief o, INC
general prosperity more vigorous and no party, po"
ever much controlled by feeling, rather Than by Juds
meni however much disposed 10 sacrifice theI ume
and money 10 elect favore candidate 10 tho fIeSi-
dency, is wiliog, in the present favorable conduon
| and credit of the country TO hazard the experiment
| of Bank. No. Federal orators may parade 'ne
states and by the arrangement OF committees inaue
beforehand, may discuss the thTeadbare text"
Of Tanf and Bank, and, with windy addresses on
such comparatively uDimportant subjects oil ih,ereS'
| to the American people, may attempt 10 'n'o"
| veil over that great and absorbing ISSUE, on winch
the fate OF Republican man, and the dest'n'es oil 'he
future worlds Of both hemlspheIes, now hang IN aw-
ful suspense. But they cannot long succeed; morris
the abstract question of annexaton the tue' n-
sue although II enters as element oil large ioioe
and meaning, into that wide and comprehensive poll
| cy which embraces that question, OF which history Is
hereafter to speak one of those supendous epochr
occasionally happening, revolu'ion'zing empires
stretcbog their conseq into coming centuries
and affecting entire continents. The great SUBJECT
felow-ci,zens which should now empty every
thought OF your minds every pulse of your hearts, ev
cry emotion of your souls every Instinct ana facuy
of YOU beings, does not consult the mere policy
however important, of internal government, but M
vokes The result Of the existence OF our Union
and our liberties That change through which the
moral world ID progressing, is incident TO the ma
ture Of man and the plan of Deity Whether we are
prepared for the resu, not, 1t will come Inc Eng
ish revolution of l6i0 and the Reform revolution OF
1892, the French revolution, the American revo,u
ton, the growth Of new social, moral, and political
principles, The discovery of great invention or OF
new world, such events are certain to take place IN
der The nscruiabe but unalterable DEGREES of Prov
dental power, and il depends entirely on man HIM
self whether the change be for the better or The
worse; whether he be the victor or the victim All
nature supported by change and he is deceived who
expec S permanent stability in any thing.
The question IS not now Of Tariffs and Banks,but
Of Union and existence In this country union and
liberty are reciprocal and inseparable, and both,
assert, are threatened, deliberately, seriously
thrp atentd not only " cunning, huu
powerful enemies abroad but by fools and fanatics
and traitors at home. Yea | care not what dema--
gogues on either side Of the question may say,
inten, alone on their individual aggrandizcment
and personal aspirations, wishing nothing else,
iDquirng nothing else, and understanding nothing
else; | care not if they Eject to dlscredt
facts and the irresistible tendencies and consequences
Of plain of policy, and in reply to common
sense position, sing political Jeremad on God
knows what subjec, of hypocrisy and humbug, any
man Of ordinary observation, sense, and patriot sm
who has watched the events Of the last five years
who comprehends anything of the philosophy of his
tory must perceive, if struggled with arms in our
hands during the revolutionary war, 10 strike down
the dominion Of false system of monarchal gov
ernment and to establish free institutions, that the
time has approached when we are about to have
an equally powerful and still more deadly struggle
for their security and perpetuation, through long
and an unrelentng DIP 'omac contest, whose terrible
consequences if we should lose, would be more la
mented and dreaded than the loss Of the blood of
fifty armies. And If our iorefsthers fought nobly
to establish this government, how much greater
our incentive TO struggle TO preserve IL. Sixty
eight years ago these brave men fought, no,
for this present magnificent Union and all the
liberties guaranteed by our glorious government,
bu, for bare independence. They resisted the
oppression of the Stamp Act and the Tea Tax,
scarcely knowing where independence would conduc
them. Now have 10 fight for those inesiimable
treasures fully appreciated by all, Of union, and of
Tree tnOec signal 8CNanldg ana
blessings which have sprung up beneath the foster
log and prolific influences of our noble govern
ment, and viyIiyng laws, like grain grass upon
fertile soil. Sixy-eIght years ago England, then at
war with half the civilized world, endeavored with
her and her armies 10 punish the refrac-
tory spirit OF her reyolted colonies, little dreaming
that this refractory spirit the germ of that
dent, bold, and comprehensive freedom, whose sub
sequent growth and powers have filled European
monarchy with alarm, and whose sway hope IN y
yet be destined, IN despite of all adverse circum
stances, TO extend over the whole earth. Now, Eng
land backed by a combination, worse than holy
league Of terror and despotism, Of almost all the
narchia powers Of Europe, understanding every
point in that game she ha, been studying for years,
her position taken strongly, her snares laid skluy,
has commenced her diplomatic attack on the govern
men, OF the United States and has thus brought up
terrific contest Of life and death between monarchy
and iepublicanism. Some OF the European vern-
ments think II necessary To avert the dangeroi threat
ened revolution at home by des' roylng tie cause.
which more than thing else has induced that state
Of feeling the Republic Of America. Others have
been controlled by Great Britain throu. ferent
means 10 JOIN the coalition. The late letter OF Boz
canegra, the Secretary Of War, written under the
eye OF santa Anna and nstgated by the ministers OF
the various European powers near the Mexican gov
ernment exhibits the fact that they all occupy the
! same common basis Of action. And will herr Incl.
dentaly remark felowcltizens that II Is IN ugh by
some persons that there viii be war between Eng
land and France because OF the late movement at
| 1sngiers \ his Is idle there will be no war Bot
| TO return. The English government, IN addition TO
the fear which II has OF reyolu ION at home and a
well grounded fear too, under the influence Of our
Republican example, gradually but constantly acting
upon the grea mass Iof our people, wishes TO de.
stroy EngIs natural enemy every principle OF
| pc IIical economy, and her. great commercial and
manufacturing rival 80 destined 20 be before many
years have gone by; for England innot afford 10
lose by com, eiiiion any Of her present mar
kets. She cannot lose a market and live. Her
system, which is highly arthcial, falls to the
ground aud expires amid revolution and The spirit
OF reconstruction, the very moment she fails 10
employ every dollar Of Ter en- rmous capital and
that prohtably. As II is she can hardly exist in her
J present condition IL required a Chinese war and