The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-01-05
The Presidents Message !.

Last week we had the pleasure of presenting to
the readers of the Freeman, the first annual mes
sage Of Zachary Taylor,-which, as state paper,
we think, all will agree. bears in every line the IN
dellibe impress ofits authors styleyigorous per
spcuous, terse, and TO the point Its tone is ofa
lofty and patriotic character ard from beginning
end shows the President to be well Informed about
Government matters, and must satisfy the reader
of his ability to ell the Presidential CHAIR moi only
with honor to himself and his country but to its
welfare and renown!s In this document, we find
none of the bornbasfc gasconade and ckecrable
flights ofsome of his predecessors butis aatraight
forward, business like paper, and is written wtha a
force and at times, an eloquence peculiar his
1t presents in a comparatively contracted space, a
complete and correct national account current,
which Government maintains with the people The
President assumes no authority not vested in him
by the Constituencies not accompany his re-
concentrations 10 Congress with long, elaborate,
and senseIess arguments, with the attempt to fore
stall the action of Congress upon important meas
ures, but simply recommends them to its consider
alton.
But that which mnst most crafty our readers,
sthe fact that Gen Tay Ter strictly adheres to his
professcd principles. The measures which he has
recommended to Congress, are of "a national char
acter, and those which the Wings, as a party hare
long contended for. "A revision Of the exstiugtar-
if not only to increase the revenue, but to afford
full and ample protection to manufactures, COM
merce, and agriculture, and recommendation of
appropriations for Rivers and Harbors is enforced
with an energy which places the Presidents posi-
ton in these matters beyond all doubt ~
The admission of California is recommended, if
its constitution conform to that of the United States
New Mexico will also offer herself for admission in
a very short while. And here the Presidentmade
a well-timed recommendation to abstain from in
PRODUCING iu Congress exciting topics of section
al character, which produce nothing but bitterness
and animosity. This part of the messagewe take,
virtual pledge of support to the efforts, of the
inhabitants of the territory ceded by Mexico to ex
clude slavery, which ought tobe satisfactory tothe
North and is manifestly designed, as it is cacular
ted to secure the favor and assistance of that pors
ton of the electors of the free States and their Rep
resentatyes, who have or profess to have scrnples
about the power Of Congress to prohibit its intro
duction in a territorial government scruples in
which the President himself does not share. s
@If that sectional opposition which it deprecates
whether based upon such constitutional scruples,
or mere pride, should menace the Union, we have
the emphatic assurance that the Union will be
supported by the Executive to the full extent OF
his obligations and his power. His past history
has given the American people abundant evidence
| that he possesses a determination and an energy
which no crisis can exceed, and the message fur
nshes the proof that so far as depends upon his
ability, the greatest question which has ever agi7
tated the country will be settled at distant day.
and settled in the right way. be the consequences
what they wil''
The above are some of the outlines of this adj
mirable document. 1t is patriotic throughout, and