New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-12-09


eur rsadsrs synopsis Of the Presidents Mes
eAgs. When the dooumsnt At large will reacl
- il yet uncertain should il have arrived thi
morninr, hswsvsr, IL will have been too late 70
to-dAy's papsr ard svea any remarks of our
npoa IL exset taxi. Meantime, the abstrac
which " ksve given will afford, on some points
sulHsisnt grounds for commentary; and as, 70
~ nednsat, the Message and it's topics and II
tVatment Of them will, almost exclusively, oc
eapy The public attention, it will be better tia
~ should talk Of that subject than Of others 4
which il would DO in vain to endsavor 70 call of
peoples thoughts.
Mr. Pierce IL good enough to say. by way Of
getting over the provsrbisl difficulties Of ma
king beginning. that the interest taken BY
the people in he opening Of Congress and in
the Presidential address to them is " one of the
best evidences Of their capicisy for self-govern-
nent. Aye. Mr.. Pierce 1t is SO in that Pc
oulisr rssln to which you. in the outset, 50
eraoefnlly address yoursslf-the realm Of Bun
seabe. Elsewhere, the people might give and
Qhould give vastly higher evidence Of " their
capacity for self government" by taking some
little care that the mass Of their Congress were
rot vulgar and mischievous demagogues, and
thsir President another. A very pretty idea
dses il give Of their power of self government,
when THAR legislature is bear garden, their
ef-magistrste little more than ct for the dig
nifty Of being the warden of such animals, and
his Ministry formed Of Msrcys, Dobbins, Cush-
ings, Davises and ths like-a strange miscellany
q spoils- men and DiSunionsts, of political ven
dus-m masters and Of cyphers; Of men either
most unknown or most notorious
The sole reliance of the confederacy," he
evers, l. g on the Justice and intelligence Of
the masses." Buncombe, again There are two
reliknces. One is that of which you speak /:
but that was never yours 1t is that Of the good
and sober: often defeated. or you could never
have been put where you are But what is your
rslianss' Ths6poils, party compact for the
partition Of which placed you in power. But
viii svsn that keep you there' No: the " cohe-
sivs power Of the public plumber" can no longer
hold together Hards, Softs, Unionists Secession
ists, the fanatics Of Slavery and of Free Soil.
Prince John leads you, Jefferson Davis drives:
Bronson assails your front; Benton falls on your
rear. Alas Buncombe won't save you, in the
battle which is at hand To humbug the people
i easy but not to humbug the politicians; and
you will find, sir, that intrigue, though good for
inferior men to get into power by, is fatal as
the reliance afterwards Men who, in a sove
reign position, intrigue instead of governing,
always ruin themselves. In our time, we have
eeen three princes attempt to govern by in
trigue; and they all upset themselves The
first Of these was Martin Van Buren, the second
James Il. Polk; the third, Louis Philippe; and
Franklin J. Pierce will make fourth
" The country has cause to thank God for the
mercies showered upon it." So, piously turning
from Buncombe, the first object of his prisons, to
God, the second-pursues Mr.. Pierce We can
not admire the order in which his alterations
some. Perhaps it is his private persuasion that
no owes more to Buncombe, than to the Most
High, and is not President of Gods making
II that be his idea, tits not an unreasonable one
A. to Heavens blessings upon JUS they are, indeed
abundant, except in the matter of rulers. There,
However, the fault is all our own. Let us be
thankful, then, to God, since We have very little
o thank our Government for There is none up-
N earth that might do more for its people,
here is none upon earth that does less for them,
r troubles itself less about performing it duties
oWards them
Mr. Pierce next recognizes "the wisdom of |
Ibsolute religious liberation Who proposes
n ever has proposed any thing else, in our fed
raj legislation The Constitution directly pre- |
cribes that 6 Congress shall make no establish
nsnt" (which has always been interpreted to
aesn, snail not touch the subject) " of religion"
his, then. is for Buncombe, again. If it was
Of, Mr.. Pierce should certainly address what
has to say on that subject to his own State;
hich alone, of all those in this Union, makes
q intolerant distinction.
He further-declarcs, that " no reliance can
. put in any apparent progress, unless sus-
lined BY national integrity, resting upon the
'uths Of Revelation" Buncombe, once again
or what national integrity can there be within,
nder compact Of the Spoils system on which
} came in and which he is now enforcing or
hat integrity. t0ittout, in the Manifest Destiny
'ctrine which he svows or what Religion in :
ther, when the first puts aside all duty except a
party and the second systematically sets at {
'ught, for territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT, all the /
credness Of tresties and all peacel
we pass over various successive topics of our Il
'reign Relations, which We must see treated p
MS very text, before we can distinctly know o
hat comment is deserved Meantime, there II
2 others obnoxious enough to remark, even in =
% synopsis Il
Of Cubs. for instance, he says, that +" he il I
Ippy TO announce that no Unauthorized expe- a
0uons thither from the United States have y
en htted out" since his accession. Well.
en- he happy that the language Of his In
'gural-strongly encouraging as it was to a 4.
ch fatal enterprises-has failed of its natural :,
fect to bring them about. she will renres, r.
en- BY all the means in his power" Will her Ii
len ne should not have begun by encouraging "
en- But is he sincere now' or was he sincere A
the 4th March last Who can tell %
He refers to annoying circumstances A
iich have occurred there, between our citizens II
d Spanish subjects. Yes there have been I, Z,
veral The Lopez expedition was one. We n,
sher think the annoyance has been mutual A,
nave annoyed them by invading them, BY II
'ep'ng constant threat of coming to reyolu. o.
onl1e 'hem' BY compelling them to guard them. y.
Ives with strong forces, and to watch every W
merican as an enemy: they have ANNOYED ma N,
turn, BY taking up our people, often unon Dc
ght or unjust grounds. But surely we annoy Nj
EN- q grant daal wnrsa tha, "