The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-13
TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES

GENTLEMEN Upon YOU have fallen, through the |
free choice of the people, the most responsible duties
that have been entrusted to men, Your respec-
tive offices have been given to you in manner which
fail to be most gratifying TO your feelings.
The time and circumstances under which you sue
coed 10 these powers singularly adapted TO
enable YOU during the present presidency 10 attain
more solid permanent, advantages for these States
and for the world, than any previous government
could effect in any county, under the circumstances
ia which all governments have been hitherto compel
led TO act.
Your new position at this most auspcious period
is To be desired by enlightened, good men, than
any in the power of man to create.
The fairest field to enable you TO effect the greatest
good for your feow-men is opened to your view,
unobslrucIed by party, class sect, if you posse
the requisite moral courage steadily TO pursue the on
~ direct path to individual and national prosperity and
happiness Under these circumstances much will be
expected from you by the most superior individuals
oui of all parties ceeds, and classes whose minds
have been expanded beyond ordinary geographical To-
calitits and who desire To see man improved in his
general condition, nationally occupied and happy
Your country possesses the most ample means, I'M
der experienced guidance speedily to effect these
objects for its entire population, and to enable it to
take the lead in forming governments, by adopting
natures laws, to become rational, and thereby secure
the permanent prosperity, real virtue and happiness
OF all Of every age and sex through life.
Under rational government, general and parcu-
lar measures will be adopted apply the concentrated
accumulated powers of society to bear most advan-
tageousIy upon every individual from birth through
life; and thus through the action of superior cir
cumsaDces, secure superior character and progress
sve prosperity from the bIr TO the death of each in
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| 10 q government based sound principles, there
will not be one individual allowed to grow up in ig-
norance, or otherwise than well formed, physically
and mentally, in disposition, habits, manners, spirit,
and conduct be well occupied through life by the
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perance and thus the continual growing pros
| perity of all ind viduals and of the public.
Under an irrational government, (and hitherto
there has been other,) the mass Of individuals
come into existence to be opposed from BIRTH through
| life by the accumulated capital, skill, knowledge
and experience of the world, and they thus I'M
necessarily oppressed and made to be useless, mis-
cradle beings, feeling degraded and that they
uniusty treated by society. Undera nationally CON
stiluted government the reverse of this conduct will
be adopted.
We'll arranged, far-seeing, scientific arrangements
will be carried INTO execution making II easy OF
practice to direct the concentrated capital, skill
knowledge and experience hitherto accumulated by
society," to bear most benefcially upon every child
that shall be born within its dominions and thus in
| creasiDg the advantages Of human existence many
thousand times beyond Its present miserable condition:
and all may and must be made to parake of these ex
traordnary advantages for otherwise they never can
be obtained.
Arrangements to effect these results will insure,
and none Others can, equal rights to all
Equal rights to all is more than sraple justice
to ali and the population of the world is tas, grow
ing into condition to form its governments upon this
principle.
In theory this principle is secured already for the
constitution of these States.
The people, for their general benefit, about to
ask YOU now, without further delay, to apply this
mos, Just principle to practices and no power can
long prevent them from attaining their object nor IS
il the real interest Of any TO obstruct its progress
to full purity in execution
Equal rights to ALL" if the terms have rational
meaning are equal rights at birth and through life.
There are no "equal rights when one shall be
born without individual merit to inherit large &C
cumuated riches while another without indlyid~a
demert shall be born to experience all Inc Ills ana
t crimes of poverty.
. There can be no equal rights when one without
individual merit shall be carefully and extensively
educated from birth, while another, without lnd
vdual demerit, shall be uncared for and uneducated
through life.
) There can be no " equal rights where one With
, out individual merit shall be placed from birth
through life within superior circumstances, Will,
another, without individual demerlt, shall De placed
from birth within the most deteriorating crcumstan
u CTS Of mans creation.
" Equal rights" consist in equal education and con
dition through IJe according TO age.
These rights may be secured for the population
of these States during the present administration
You have the means direct before you without Oh
struction, except from timid magnations, afraid {
investigate great and all important truths and to ool
= steadily into futurity, TO accomplish these results.
Ii may be stated a truth which should now new
or be lost sight Of for one hour by those who hav
the chief influence among men, hat no govern
,nenf ,cith The scientific pooer al he control Of so
ety for creating tcsah, manufacturing indiUidsi
National character and substituting superior Jor iJsro
circumstances ,cA hereafter be considered 10 be ,oeH ad
instsred uniess shall make bsianiiai and psrrnaen
arrangsmsnl to srsnt one Individual ioiin It's terri
tory being 80 neglected as not 70 hare hls character F''