The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-12-20
The Message,

land lis doctrines and sentiments are now
fairly before our readers. The peculiariue'
,El The message that first arrest attention, ore
The purity aod perspicuily Of the style anC
The bodness and candor OF The sentiments
Wore than this, and still better, upon it,
face we can discover, that the intellect lha
dictated, and the hand that penned il, au
truI 8 AmeriCan, Our foreign reIall ous ar,
touched upon wlIh evident pdIrot.sm, and
Iheir difficulties met with sn unyleIdIng
strength OF purpose to maintain Amer.
lean interests and honor at al hazards.
In his, his first official communication to
tn Representatives Of the Pc ,ple & Of h.
States, the President shews hrmSeIf 10 he
IN favor Of the worry best kind Of protection
that government can afford, TO wit, The pros
lection Of Americaa settlers on American
SOH The dwelIers in the l8r~oh Oregon
are onr IelIow.cillzens our kindred, who
have gone out from among us, --emigranls
thlIherward-and have, an id lflicuIty and
danger seated agriculture and civilization
by the shores Of The Pacific and along the
banks Of ihe Columbia. nd sh all not the
strong arm Of our national power, be reach
ed out beyond the mountains to project
Ihe m in their border homes, from the rife
Ot the ng'shmar and the iomahawk Of the
savage The President says IL shall &! and
from tho miIIinBs of our people, scatter
led along the lakes, on the Atlantic border,
n J over the saosnnas OF he sunny SDuth,
there will 60 up an answering shout Of we
will stand By The President to The death, in
the protection and defence Of our pioneer
brethren and of our free American soil =
The craven spirits, whose patriotism
eva2orates at the first approach Of danger,
and whose appreciation Of national
honor and interest IS 100 din to grapple with
the stupendOus questions now opened up
by our foreign relations, may grOmble, OF
may oppose. Bu' The eagles wing is al
ready spreading over the Orsgon-lhe
IploughshaIe Of Ireemen is civjzing her soil,
and Republican protection, institutions andI
laws, will be gwen and guaranteed to herI
SproPIe, by the Union of which she was des
LINED to become a part.
The nt,rlerence Of England and France
to prevent lhe annexation Of Tcxas is sCalh
lingly touched upon by the President, and
the French minister Gu2ols' twaIta about
+ balance Of power, gives an opportunity
which is Improved, % inform the wirt-
workers 0! monarchy IN Europe, lhal the
people o! America consider themselves iuli,
able to attend to their own affairs without
foreign assistance, and Mat they viii no
permit European monarchs 10 extend The
.po'icy Of Iher Holy AIljmces' upon this
free continent.
The Presidents LANGUAGE in rela,ion ,o'
cur public lands an ,he settlers uDon them.
is worthy of bang written in letters of
cold, aud studied by every dre.jds in the
union! lie recommends that tho lands H.
sufficiently small gqrceI :, AMI a, low prices.
be s0U 10 the ociual settlers ugon them,
and secured from the graa2 Of speculalors
lie asks that Tho poor settler be protected
IN bDs improvement, and secured in he in
vesrn.nl Of his industry and toll. Prom p,,
ed as they are, by patriotic, ,ssgacioos and
humane spirit. we trust that ibe SUGGESTIONS
Of the Peoples President will receive the
hearty concurrence and endorsement of,
Congress
The Presidents views upop the Tariff
ara givpO with the capdor tina, was exner,.
el. and viii sui, neither ,Ie rree,,radars NIL
S2ulh Carolina nor the rich manufacturer.
II Lowell Neither tho dIsc,pIes Of free
trade on the onr bapt nor Inc vorsbio,er.
oG uI,ra nro,pc,io, nm ,la o,her wi,, find
ibci, se'fshncss or ,Lc,r or,iodi,e, coosp,,-
ed in me n,os,,oo VLo l,c,,;oo oc ;,o;