The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-12
JUvENAL,s ADDRnss.

JUvENAL's ADDREsB.
We have had lying upon our table for the
last two months, an address tofhe President
over the aom de 9uere Of JuvESAL, with
the intention Of examining its argument.
and suggestions, but the pressure Of othcI
topics Of daily moment, has prevented the
executionof our design until now.
It is, however, paper that win not SUI
fer or deteriorate by keeping, and perhaps,
its notice, having been necessarily deferred
until the present time, will be more apt to
attract attention to SO interesting document,
than il il had been obtruded upon the public
mind at an earlier dy. We do not intend
to tax the readers' time BY dsposing Of all
the subjects, discussed by the writer, at one
sitting, but we shall say what we have to
say about them, at different and convenient
times, and at such length as may suit our
purposes.
1t may be observed here, that the address
was originally published in the baltimore
Clipper.
Great anxiety has been manifested, in
various quarters to know who the author is.
I'VE propose to keep the public in suspense
upon this question a little while longer, and
E,ntil we shall have gone through our propos-
ed task of examining his positions. When
That is done, we hope to- have the pleasure
bf announcing the real name Of JUvENAL.
The address opens with q manly avowal,
That il is written by one, who is not in quest
bf public employment, and on behalf Of the
american people. This is the spirit that
Pervades the whole paper. There is a>lresh-
hess Of independence and purity Of motive,
b the manner Of expressing his sentiments,
hat give peculiar zest to his style. But Of
Us style, more anon, and when We shall
ave disposed Of his ideas.
The programme Of the new Administra-
ion first engages JuvENAL's attention He
riticises, with just severity, and holds up to
eserved ridicnle, the turgid style Of our
state papers for the last twenty years, and
redcts, with SOME holiness, that General
EAyLoR would not fall into the same vice
II his Inaugural. JUvENAL's sagacity was
bore than verified by the result, for more
haste and modest State paper never ema-
ated from the pen Of any Of our Presidents
I've trust it win be the model for all future
lhaugurals.
| In reference to the fitness or un6tness Of
len for public stations in this country, JU-
Email has some excellent remarks, drawn
ON a sound philosophical view Of the sub
let. He sums up his judgment, in the
blowing words: Nothing but native
sense, powerful will and vigorous intellect,
can long protect a public man in this
country" The truth Of this Judgment is
pn6rmed by our whole history, and it is the
possession Of these three qualities, in the
ost exalted degree, that will enable Cen
Eal TAYLOR to give to his Administration
impetus that will overturn all the obsta-
es which his opponents are endeavoring to
y in his way
The beginning, rise and elimination Of
le peoples love for General TAYLOR, are
Amirably pictured by JuvENAL. The can
dacy and election of the old Hero, form
new epoch in our dynastic history" 1t
one in which the people have demonstra-
d, as JuvENAL well and truly says, that
easmes are nothing without men. 1t is
he in which the mass Of the electoral body
rs proved, that when proper man is
iered for their consideration, they do not
ait to be prompted to vote for him. It is
be, in which the power Of the few to con-
ol the many, when the mind Of the many is
bee aroused.by common object, is utter
vain. II is one, in which, truth in the
pward parts, and a widespread and irresis-
BILE conviction Of its existence, have tri-
implied, in the person of ZACHARY TAYLOR
yer every difficulty that art and cunning
ould and did place in their way. Up
|, these points our author has acquitted
Imself in a manner that does him great
Fedit.
We shall resume our examination, per-
APPS, in Mondays paper.
-s ~
o. Mr.. GREELEY, the Editor Of the New
Fork Tribune, was in town yesterday, and
III last evening for Ohio.
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