The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-05


Our respected Contemporary. the National intsLgenesr
Of yesterday, dsyotes the following paragraph to our
benefit Es
"The message of the President eptionable Il
is yet does altogether escape caviL The Union
paper-claimng 10 DO the organ Of the democratic psy
in this cirybesows indeed, upon the greater portion OF
the message unqualified praise and pronounces
part Of il even be worth lie weight In GOLD Ia
nds fault be sure with the Presidents for doss
tic industry and internal improvements but thai objsc-
on bslongng distractions Of which
Union editor The resduary sgaes. was to have been
expected. Fortunately however, while mat school, which
isdan, learn anything and forfeu nothing conlnuesto
rail- and shall be LEFT far behind the practical spirit "a me
age and the genius Of Institutions the county a&ec
ing with President will beyond doubt 10 ahead IN all
the elements which lead national prosperity ana uus
greatness" sTtF
/ Ii is rather curious coincidence that friend re-
marked to u.s. reading the message on Monday, that
these wings, like the Bourbons learned anything
nor forget anything They persevere in their exploded
systems, and no experience teach them wisdom ~
The IaieHigsncu must excuse for Suggesting that i
appears TO be reading the history Of the country bask
| yards The obsolete distractions OF which it is kind
enoughto make the "residuary legatee" happen 10
be now very practical facts. Some twenty years ago
we were charged with advocating these absraeons
as indeed for practical purposes they then were; but
they are now the fired and settled policy Of the govern
and collected II dsclaims the specific duties which
Mr.. Fillmore now attempts to dig upfrom their grave
On these ''obsolete distractions" President Polk
Quoted his whole administration and he went out Of
Office less than two years ago. On these distractions
the affairs Of the government had been conducted for
some years; and the Iataigenssr alone seems not %
be aware OF the fact. Perhaps the constitution, b
also an obsolete abstraction in the estimation of the
i Iateuigsnesr; for it is now, and ever has been
since it's creation. in these respects the same And IL
the instrument remain the same why should not It's con-
strucon by lis own fathers be preserved Has the
Iatsiiigeneer forgotten how Mr. Jefferson, in his cor
respondence, and how Mr. Madison. in his celebrated
message. the very last day of his administration
protested against the system which Mr. Fillmore advocates
in his message The former federal system OF the tariff
and public improvements established in the very face Of
the constitution exploded by the republican President
from 1915 10 s49 and the present system Of obsolete
distractions" established in its stead on the basis OF
the constitution, with the consent of the people Of the
Union and the be entitled to the designation Of an
Obsolete abstraction. the other be exempted
The Suggestions Of the present President on the subject
evying duties. and making improvement appropriations,
attempt to get rid OF the obsolete abstrsctonso
which the refers and might have reminded The
editor that those obsolete which
required legislative action 70 change abolish them
can only account for this extraordinary misconceponof
the sgeacer by supposng that in reading political
history backwards. has lost sight Of the present times
We suspect g residuary interest will wait for =
long tme FIVE compelled to wait till govsrpment
suender exhausts its prior rights 70 these obsolse
distractions Of which now constituted ths sGal
representative, If the country should agree with tho
President in these particulars mnst depart from the
tenn with which ii has been well content for number Of
prosperous years, ssstsl4 sal ss EaE lss 81 AS