The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-01-18
British Opinions OF the Presidents Message, and the
Policy OF the Administration.

been thrown upon the agitated waves
British Opinions President's Message, and the
Policy OF the Administration.
We give below several extracts from British journals
showing the current of public sentiment England upon
these subjects Our readers will observe in these ex-
tracts of respect and admiration altogether new
the English press in its remarks upon this country, its
growth, its prospects. and lis policy The fppancy of
their style only shows that the expression of these sen
ments is reluctant and almost involuntary 1t is forced
by the stubborn facts testyng to the energy and the
of the policy of the last four years with force
against which even Misrepresentation is poweress We
copy with pleasure passage in which the London
respondent OF the National Inteligencer up his
view OF the remarks of the English Press on the Pres
dents message. This writer says
Your Presidents annual message to Congress has been
good deal read and commented upon by Journalists,
and we do not know that 1t has excited single iberal
mark On the contrary, its tone and spirit very gene
rally approved Of The Times makes itself rather merry
with the length of the document and the Daily News says
THE dying swan. Mr.. Polk has sung his death song"
The which the message gives of your trade and
commerce. your exports and imports, your revenue, &c
hailed with pleasure proofs OF your prosperity The
free-tade journals think that your present low tariff
works WELL and is productive, Congress will
attempt to return TO higher duties. The Times says
Mr Polk has given an account, of American progress
which will excite the interest and the admiration OF the
Old World. In the history of States there any
thing rapid, and did prete growth appear
tic solid foundation. All that has read
of families multiplied the sands the sea-shore, of
swarming tribes, OF rising cities, and prosperous
wealhs, concentred and magnied in this modern
prodigy, whose AngoSaxon origin suggests in many
regrets. and not a little PRIDE
We do not understand the meaning of the word
regrets, the close of this paragraph, particularly in
its anthetca position pride Your readers
themselves, We willing the
expression complimentary, but cannot exactly
plain how. The editor says "he of Washington
is an old friend 1.-The mines, rather the fields, ofgold
and of quicksilver in California continues the Times
an inexhaustble fund of agreeable discussion and au
sion. Paragraph after paragraph gltters with gold and
goans with bullion"
The generality of our journals had previously treated
these gold regions sort oil Ell Dorado but the notice OF
in the message Congress all doubt upon the
subject. Respecting your public stocks and government
securities the Globe of the Doth instant says; or this
feel persuaded that the security of the federal
of the United States is the most perfect in the world, and
that its per Stock GA would be cheap at
par - These expressions OF confidence and good feeling
truly pleasant record and entertained we have
doubt, by very large majority of the British nation
We do not with this writer in regarding either
the ..regrets" the 'pride' with which the Times
supposes the English people to witness the progress of
the United States at all inexpcable. The "regret
for what England has lost and not equaed and the
the New World.
Among the many testimonies which have been borne
to the success of this administration, the grandeur of
its achievements and TO the elevation of national
character abroad consequent upon them we have
hardly any more emphatic than is to be found in This
language OF the English journals:
From the London Times Of Dec ~
PRESIDENT Folks MEssAGE-When scarce a day passes
without bringing the inauguration of constituent as
sembly the address of newly elected President or the
programme OF new constitution, the message OF an
American President reads like thing OF the past by
ancient poity. The successor of WASHINGTON is an
old friend One feels therefore somewhat more patience
than usual Tor the annual tax our time which long
series of Presidents have uniformly eXacted The court
style of the Union well known to the taste OF this
nation, that need only say it characterzes the mes
sage. We can, however, add that Mr. Polk has given
an account of American progress which VIII excite the
interest and the admiration of the Old World. In the
history of States there anything so rapid, and
did preernatural growth appear to rest on so
lies multiplied the sands the seashore of swarm
ing tribes OF rising cities, and prosperous common
weahs, seems concentred and magnihed in this mod
ern prodigy whose Anglo Saxon origin suggests in us so
many regrets and not little pride.
President Polk surveys with natural compacency the
troubled scene OF European politics, from which vast
ocean, and not less interval OF institutions and customs
separates the model republic He halls the new burst OF
democracy in France and the attempt federal union
in Germany; with what grounds for his confidence time
alone show The vast resources of the Union and
the sound footing Of s commerce and finances, have
saved it from any considerable participation in the
mercial caanes OF this and the continental States
To the continued removal of restrictions on the trade OF
the Union the President ascrbes much Of its safety and
prosperity,