The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-18
The Presidential Progress.


Worlds Fair as very appropriate. We think
it very proper that the world should be wei
coined at this display Of American hospitality
by the Chief Magistrate of the nation. Be-
sides. the visit is to some extent personal re-
Taxation, and gives the President an opportun-
ty Of mixing with the people. and Of forming
some opinion OF the reception which his APP
pointments and his foreign policy, 50 far as it
has been developed, has met with amongst
them. We trust that he may avail himself
wisely Of this latter advantage.
There are, however, two points in which
the visit Of Mr.. PIERCE has attracted our at
tentlon. The first is the style and tenor of his
speeches, and those Of the members of his Cab
met who accompany him; the other relates to
the ceremonial with which the President has
been received by the public authorities.
We treat the speeches Of the President in
no spirit of hypercriticism when we say that
the minuteness with which the local history Of
each of the three great cities has been got up,
with the references to Fort McHenry, Carpen-
ter's Hall, Brooklyn Heights, and the Bow
ling Green, reminds us somewhat Of Worces-
tsr's Geography, with its wood-cuts and ac-
comPanying description. The intense admira-
tion Of the European population of the city Of
Baltimore for its enterprise-of Maryland for
It's religious liberality-of Philadelphia for its
wealth and industry, and Of Pennsylvania be-
cause its coal and iron will rivet the States
like boiler-plates, and belt California to the
Union with railroad-of the city of New
York because of it's power and progress, and
because of its expressive motto. All these
things, though in themselves proper, are told
in style rather complimentary for our individ-
ual fancy. Any defect of taste is, however,
redeemed by the following just and eloquent
reaffirmation of some of the inaugural pledges:
''How are you, men of New York, to show
your gratitude for the past How are you to make
the most Of the present; How are you to secure
all the noble promise of your future' You will
keep high your standard of intelligence and mo-
rails, because all apparent advancement will prove
tailacious, and weakness will be substituted fol
strength, whenever a people we cease with rev
erence and humble dependence to look to the
source of all power and all wisdom You will
educate your children in the belief and CON
viction that you have neither power nor per-
manence, nor security, nor liberty, except as
you constitute one of the members of this vast and
now universally respected contederacy You will
foster everywhere the living, active, efficient SEN
timent, that under the Providence of God these
great blessings may only be enjoyed under the
present Constitution. You remember yourselves,
and often remind others that wise men framed that
Constitution-men who knew what independence
cost, because in their own suffering and in the
privatons and trials of their families and friends
they had paid part of that expense. The great
problem of the formation of the Union called not
only for all the wisdom, but for all the patriotic
conception of the wisest body of men the world
had ever yet seen in council. If there are those
at the present day who-having never made for
their country the sacrifice you have, of ease, of
dollar OF income, or Of one moment of personal
danger-would break up the foundation on which
we have SO proeperously and securely stood-the
basis of our happiness at home and our respect
abroad-the only sure pledge of all that we expect
for those who are to after us-it is to be
hoped that they are few in number, and their
sphere of influence is limited If there are pro-
visions in the Constitution Of your country not
consistent with your views Of principle or expe-
dency, remember that in the nature of things that
instrument could only have had it's origin in COM
promise; and remember, too, that you will be
faithless to honor and common honesty if YOU con-
sent to enjoy the privileges it confers, and seek to
avoid the burdens it imposes 1t cannot be ac.
copied in parts; it is whole or nothing and a.
whole, with all the rights it secures and the du
ties it requires it is to be sacrcdy maintained.
accept these honors as your servant with thank
full heart, but bear with me at the same time ;
proud consciousness that by your free and I'M
sought choice l am also your representative
charged with the care of your interests and YOU
honor. kaope to be encouraged and strengthened
in all my efforts TO promote the one and preserve
unsullied the other, by such countenance and sup
port on youfpart as fearless and faithful exer
else, of the functions committed to me may merit
In the same connexion we may mention the
declaration of Mr.. DAVIS, tho Secretary at
War-we suppose ''by authority'-tlat the
Federal Government may consttutionally ap-
Iropriate money to the construction of rail-
road to the Pacific. because it is necessary for
the national defence and the military protec-
tion of the Pacific shores. In this opinion
Mr.. GUTHRIE and Mr.. BUCHANAN concur
either upon the same or some other ground
whilst the President endorses the extreme
strctness of MIR. DAvIs's constitutional con-
s:ruction as thing of which he has persona
knowledge. We infer, therefore, that if the
great issue intimated by Mr.. Benton, the
New York Tribune. the Missouri Democrat,
and other authorities, shall be made, the Ad-
ministration will be found prepared to meet it;
and this we regard the most significant decla-
ration Of the occasion, or indeed of the day.
Notwithstanding the President expressed his
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