Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-11-23
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Germs. V hat n saws upon the present
state q Public Affairs IS more interesting
because. aS Al intelligent citizen, and as a
i, Iurn.1r incumbent oithe Presidential chair j..
MS opinions. il candidlv expressed. are
entitled Z respect ana consideration.
INo things are plals f.om his letter
"a Is. that he LOOKS upon the Polk
Administration with no small hostility: and
tie utaer,t.l he thinks il has brought the
country into very dangerous prcdlca-
aleli. IN both these opinions, the ex-
President j. fu.iy iusiiucd. By the reccrt
saotS Q. history. The following are para
graphs from h.s letter;
N neither these desirable objects can
De accomplished. mainly depends upon
t4s course which is pursued by the re-
speltFe tHcnIs OF those prominent citi-
as among as. who are made candidates
40. lle Presidency. Should the capital of
the nloa, during the approaching session
81 Cons s. become the rallying point of
tAelI PARISH. ;,..d not only their atten-
ton. but the time ana attention, of those
VINO arc charged with tie direction of pub.
l5c ati.lrs, Be dcyotelt 10 president-making,
Hs.ead OF their appropriate duties, We
snail have Iittlc 10 hope N THIS regard.
but ii political schemes and intricues,
however, canning ! devised. ard ho1ev-
z prJa,shle tAeJ May have heretofore APP
Pe2.esi. sa3il IN tie present emergency
gNe pt2en 10 the unceasng and vigorous
slioEtS Of al t. preserve and protect the
bleeding interests and pc1iled honor ofour
country efforts which can alone attract
the confidence and support Of the demo
et.tlc n2sses--ihe result viii prove far
more suspicious.
- tae country been in a more critical con-
ditien. = IS administration IL greater need
q Il energetic support Of those who
raised i = pow r. Ntf probable ma
Jorty against i IN the popular branch of
the National Legislature. and but Il small,
ami il is u Be regretted, not a very narano-
NOUS majority in lis favor in the Senate. !,
may be called upon - vindicate the past,
and viii be obliged 10 support, possibly,
tor an indefinite period, distant and dit.
tlcult foreign war
foAHc4L ScAGHEs and INTaIar-a at
Washington, says the cx-p reside-t,) now
EVER PROFITABLE HEREr0le--, he thinks
mast be abandoned -oS. there Is no
uistai,inr what means. ltpoints, with
= q'.oro f,..--e, at ;Ac Iutriguers in Wash.
lnut,,l ",ao, in 1871, packed the Bal.i-
lie Convention, and passed, by that act,
Fose oi disfgust and malediction on Mar
tin Van buran. The GLOSSARY upon
jhese words. whose practical commentary
is to1aihgn IN tao extreme, is the action Of
tla i'ar.Dur1ers ia -<eW York with MIR.
john Van Buren, u their hoad,
Ent, what laeans these "nLErp7lG IN.
rEfEs1s anal rrelLED Eo.oR' oftac co,,n.
try Tic Ialh Of the United States is
dead. The Tariff OF 1916 (say the loco
focos) has shed blessings on the countryl
iienry Clay is not President, Every
bug-a-boo, which frightened children and
bi7ckhoads IS scattered and gone. What
means this CORY picture Of BLEEDING ~
TEREsTs, standing out in the midst Of these
happy scenes?
VIZ tic cz-Prcsidcnf meant is not OK
actly evident from his language. There
IS delicate obscuri!y in Mr. an Buren's
style, which often leads the reader into
tender doubts, and furnishes an example
q what Blair calls one form Of the sub
lime The illustrations he furnishes Of
me end may, however, furnish an inter
prctation Of his meaning
II SAYS: the nation is in n ..cr;t,cai
condition." and has before it, ..for an ~
uE lhIr1 PERIOD, j DISTANT and DIFFICULTY
FOREIGN NAR'
- 49, - t'iG - pFOIl OF Il'3 W lT,
Ii. Van Bnren says:
Il ncse solemn duties must be perform.
ed. il is = be feared. with perhaps few
, honorable exceptions. without the proper
aid OF opposition, numbering in lis
ranks many gentlemen Of great talents,
VINO nave an usual share of legislative ex-
perience, and are well verscd in the tactics
Of political warfare. Under cjrcumstan.
ccs - adverse, the real friends of the
Democratic candidates for nolnin alton will
'solaiy misJudge the interests Of their "a,
Yortes. i, without despairing of tine Re-
pubic, Tor that Is feeling unknown 70 the
democratic heart, but disdaining sinister
influences and purposes Of every descrip,
ton. they do not limit their rivalship or
the wisdom and efficiency of their efforts
% eztricate the country from the difficult
ties and dangers by which it is encompass.
cd"
Mr.. Van Buren, thus afirns, deliberately,
!. The interests OF the country are
BLEEDING.
2. That it ism a CRITICAL CONDITION.
3. That il has foreign war before it,
j for an INDEFINITE PERIOD.
a. That ii is encompassed by DIEFIcrL-
TIES and DANGERS.
These propositions are correct. All
this Is true. And. now, what party, VIVA.
administration have brought this country
into critical condition. into diff
culties and dangers" and left the ..bleed-
ing Interests prostratel We need lot
answer the question. If Mr.. Van Burer.-s
F account be correct-and who can doubt il
what disasters have attended inc fatal
error Of 1344!-What. evil results nay not
attend the weakness which commits the
Government Of great people to incorn-
Petent hands. When shall we remedy
these evilss VIVA. shall we do to avert
the catastrophe!