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> i tended'to sho-v liow brilliant and rof id lias c< boon the passage of our Country to the positiort she no v occupies in the politic I fir. \v mararnt. History is in vain exploicd for a b< p^rrntol. Stall we conclud; that we have In boon duz/.IeJ by the sudden glare of meteor whose disappearance must bens sudden? Is tt there any thing that should move the stead:" ;st ;\ confidence of the American Putr^pt in the i\ stability of our P>ee Inst unions, in the con. t( tinued and ye: more glorious augmentation sj of *our National pew. r an J greaness?? s, Have we discovered that the worm of t| Corruption is gnawing at the root of ail our j <i nmsr??ritv? do we perceive die signs of in- j a r*'-! * lernal decay? ^ t; My fellow citizens, there is no pcr'od of a our past history, at which the discussants of c our public assembly t!ie dccUta'ions o; J our orators, the discourses of our pu'pits, j ? have not announced the same discovery s and revealed the same Ic&rs. Vet our ad- c vance has been steady. Poreion irisolcnct (] indeed assailed our national rtgh's, for- e \ e;g?t violence has invaded our happy shores, t wrappeviour dwellings ifl flurries, and dyed our sotl whli the blood tff our cottntrymen. e y^t the same patriotism and Jaunt! \ss cour- f age that achieved our iriJ pendencc tit the p firsvh' is aven&ed the insult and driven back t the inverter. Various political pait.t* iiave ' i. Ut different periods conduced the nJmsnis- i tration. Tlie tempos s of faction h-r- r?v . -d peatedly lushed the public mind in'o fari- i j ous commotion, yrt t?ic vessel oi oiaie mis j ridden triumphantly the billows, a- d stir- i viVes the storm more sen.worthy than ever. ^ If there beany ground f??r appro! e ision I L .now, the same has existed from tlie begin- I ing. If the predicted result lias hitherto c failed, shall the prophecy now have credit i But it m ay be, that tho fntinlni:.s of our \ prosperity ore exhaustcd-th: t tho sources of t the po wer and nflucnce we have thus fir ; attained, fail. Tin: if indeed though we : i may not recede, wo shall ho stationary.? i And is such the prospect of tins young and j i vigorous R-puhlirj Vastly otherwise. It ; < all ordinary signs do no* prove d- ceitful, it ! . the mightiest elements of a nation's great- t ness lose not uli their energy, tlie mo*t sun- [ gtine hope, the most vivid conception, pre- i figures not the glory which, <n the cn'u.-.es : r to Comn, shall encircle the brow ofColcmbia. j C Siie possesses resources which r? n hr of j c _ possible attainment to her, n position in the :i great community of nations, from whichshe J n may look down on the proudest and might- a iest'cf those that now "rule sovereigi s of ! i! the ascend ant." j j: Consid er, fellow citizens, the immense j natural advanhigrs of our country. Euro- J [ peans form* rly ufleeted io believe tin t, ( n , [ this continent, all things were constructed t on a diminished scale, that whutever was ' transported hither from th< ir magnificent s world, degenerated. It is probable they c have, ere this, discovered fbat European t *- i ! ormi< s 'toorvyse u ttn great rapicuy nere, ? a.id Bnropeso lyrranny dors not flourish t under western skies. But for the rest, it v was pitfful conceit On tlio confrary, na. s lure, here, appears in her sublimer moods, a nmf tlHs rrvrr?fxt her purpose or Hie potit- c ical aggrandizement of*. the young nations 'J phintod li'Te, in the impress of greatness ( discernible in every of her face, t . ar.d in the profusion with which she lias \ a scattered the bounties of her hand Read h?T promise in the suhliine el?.vat ion of oi.r s mountains "around whose has'1 the roll'ng v clouds are spread" and upon w hose sum. ! {' mils sport eternal storms; read it in the ; f majestic flow of our rivers as they roll their | u tid s now between towering walls of nda- 1 ri man', and now beneath lofty arches ofo.v r- p lasting rock: read it in the vast ?xpanse of I ? - # 1 4 I our L >k?'s; s??e it written in characters oi u fire upon tl?c fl jmi: g summits of a hundred p volcanoo*; hoar it r?-periled in ihe unccus'ng o roar of mghty catanc's. Nuturo has imparted her bounties to us n with unwonted fu Incss, has given us p'sotir- v cos for the attainment of great national ll powpr and is inction. The posi ion oi* a v country and the number and wealth of i:s ti people enter largely into the cons'itution of I its political s rength and infl.ter.ee. In n these respects it is not possible to select k the nation with which the United Smns '< ought to exchange pr spects. Its situation P is almost insular, ex'en I ng b. twe?n s -r 1 two Oceans, having along t ic Nortlcrn Boundary a chain of inland seas, and tl.c 11 most important por ion of-ils Southern line h reaching to the A'luiPic, i's torritor es re. a quire hu! 'wooden wall*" 'or thoT defence s Ire in foreign invasion; nnd the abundant ^ productions it is capable of yielding, find v r? ady access loevery region. Observe the h physical formation of our country. By far 4 the largest and most important portion of f our domain is enclosed with breastworks " thrown up by the Jnmd of nature's self m ^ the immense mountain ranges which sepa-'s rate the riih and extensive 'valley of ,J the west," from the Atlantic anil Pacific v declivities, and at whose passes, a hand k ful of patriot citizens would keep at bay a thousands of assailants. j it The vast extent of our territory, 1 h stretching through one sixth part of the ! f? earth's circumference, and embracing1 1 an area of two and a half million* of v square miles, with the inexhaustible for- p rillfv nf iu soil, indicate the almost countless multitude of inhabitants it is I h capable of sustaining. England, with a territory not larger than that of our c neighboring State of North Carolina, and }' of less natural Utility than New York or c Pennsylvania,*supports a population of 0 fourteen millions, independently of im-! c nortations from foreign lands. Agriculture | p has, in that country, approached nearer j 11 to perfection than in any other, yet her 11 practical ii^en are of opinion that im- }l provcmeutsarestill possible,which would render double her present population no 11 burthen. Think in comparison, my li fellow citizens, of the wide extent of our l' uninterrupted territory; think of the n un fathomed depth of that soil which the P luxuriant growth of ages has deposited ^ in the basin ef the Mississippi; think of cl the unsurpassed ingenuity ot our coun- S( trymen to which England herself is al- 'e ready indebted: and let vour mightiest a Ts.^) w iwa. ., rr s -norizrz ~ inceptions "dilate with kindling majesr" in the vision of that coming day hen the United States shali pour the 1011 of plenty into the laps of fiftteen Li ml red millions of free citizens. * How shall the resources of our couny for wealth be adequately exhibited? dlusion lias just been briefly inauc to ! le fertility of its soil; let me refer you | i the character of its climate?so divertied as to place within our reach the | ubstantial and valuable productions of ie temperate region, together with the elicacies of th.e tropics: to furnish in bundar.ee not only the food which susiins but also tiie raiment which clothes numerous' population. We are not ou)polled to be jwgraziiig people and epend on others for bread, to limit ourelves to necessaries or look to foreign ^ 1 # * " * It! l/vll i ourccs lor luxuries. :\ll nn-mr iuiii.1 . o ripple our Commerce and thus turn nany of our industrious citizens out of mnloymoiit, but could never reduce us o ramiiie or nakedness. The physical structure of our territory, unbracing every variety of formation, ruin primary to alluvial, secures us in >rofuse abundance the mineral treasures >f all. Tiie rare metals have aiready >een extensively discovered; inex! austi>le beds of Iron-ore, masses of Copper. iU'i the richest mines of lead swell the nventory of our wealth. The several vaieties of building stone, viz. lirncrock, ncluding tlie most beautiful marble, panite, sand-stone, and. slitc;- vast icds of coal and various salts will not >e regarded as unimportant items in the tatuloguc. Such are the mineral treasires whose existence is already known; vho-shall describe and calculate those hat yet wait in the unexplored regions if tho West to be developed by the acreasii " capital and skill of our crov. * tig population. Let us augment these iches (.? tlieland by the addition of those gathered from tlie forest and the sea.? \nd now consider tlie vast water power >f our mountainous regions, with the roverbia! ingenuity of our cmiritnmen n annexing manufactured value 1" the aw material so abundantly supplied.? Consider the maritine position of our ountry already alluded to, and the lum'.cr of navigable streams which furu t % lish outlets from every section to tne se.i. nd then imagine, if you can, the exten led and enriching commerce it is in our lower to attain. Such, fellow citizens, arc some of tlie hysical resources which our country ..I.rwicf II M I I !S?. t tlM I ri 11J ?* mi II1C illlliuci. .......... limitation of its power am! influence.? fet the uo h? both in it; past and preent historv, i? full of evidence that these if themselves are not sufficient. The erritories ami population of China and vussia fur exceed those of any other naion, nor are the constituents of national vealt!i wanting. Vet thev neither poses* the power, nor exert the influence timing Hie nations, to which these cir unistances would seem to entitle them. Thev want a free and ici*egvvcrn;:i-'ut.? jhily under the auspices of such a Clovrnment, can the physical resources of riy country he completely developed. UexanJcr is reported to ha\e been preent during his expedition into Africa, rhen too parties came before their native rince for the adjudication of a disiute. )ue had sold the other a piece of land ;>on which he subsequently discovered ich tieasure. For this he insisted upon aying the seller, and the latter refused, liich was the dispute?the decision of lie Prince was that the sou of the one arty should marry the daughter of the ther, and' the discovered tr? asurc be heir wedding portion. Alexander, nanifestinggrcat surprise at the sentence ras asked what would have been done ti !>is country, he replied, both parties /ould have been dismissed and the reusure seized for the use pf the Kin;;. 11 this simple anecdote is illustrated inch of the practical operation of all Jovernmcnts tiiat do not rest on the only sgitiinate foundation,?thy- will of the eople. The avails of industrious toil are natched from the hardy hands that earn item to pamper the Justs of a proud and ile Aristocracy, or to support the magilicence "and gratify the ambition or varicc of a selfish monarch. Under u? h a Government, energy sickens and nterprize dies, the largest natural adantages will never elevate that nation a the position she mi^ht otherwise attain. The strongest of all Government-*," ays an American writer, ''is that which > most free." And it is so. History urnishes no instance of a people p>seasing a free Constitution, conquered y external force when that Constitution ,-as in its vigor. Here then, my fellow citizens, behold nother of the resources of our country, s free government. No language cm'm e extravagant which is employed in dicitatinir ourselves on tliis subject.? 'hat the Statesmen of this young nation, ithout any model in the past or the resent, should have conceived and ccomplhhcd a plan of civil pelt*;, y winch private rights and public appin arc so effectually secured onsisting of parts so complicated et so regular and harmonious in their o-operation; characterised by so much oldncss and originality, yet so much aution and foresight, under whose aus-1 ices :lie Republic has advanced to such nexampled prosperity with so little j ecessity for amendment or addition, is miracle in political history. An at- i ?ntive study of its details can awaken , o other sentiment than profound ad mi-! ition of the superior wisdom of its au-.' lors. The great leading principles! hicli they have incorporated i:i this : lan are, first: "That (lie sole end of all ; lovernment ought to promote and scare the happiness of the people,'' and scondly: "That tiie people are the onlygitimate source of political power; that ie ultimate sovereignty resides in ( e d countrymen, to your patriotism, to your j > love of liberty. T adjure you by the' bitter sufferings of those who toiled and ! i. endured to achieve our Independence,. 11 bv the value of our free and glorious if government; by the awaking hones of li humanity; by the groans, the tears, the jf blood ot the oppressed, yield not to the f. seductions of vice, cultivate virtue. ie Here too. my fellow citizens, we discern ! ,n signs of promise. It has been- already in;i- j i- muted dial there are causes operating upon tsr *rrrr.'tvi i r.' u.t.?. .-rryygjaa ru? g_-ii * t*vv them,f'?Yet knowing the divisions an consequent feeblcnes simple democ racies, their tendency to licentiousness and their impracticability in widely e> tended countries, they borrowed frot the Knglish Constitution, the principle ( Representation, and combining it wit the str.ctcst responsibility in otlicers ( government to the people, they cor structed the beautiful fabric which is t! ! idol of our own citizens, the admiratiu ; of the .world. Under such a Goverr j merit, liberty, life and property ai : secure; industry unshacklecd by bu ; dei^, is clieered by the prospect of amp rewards; enterprise, assured of enjoyir tire results of labor, exhibits unwonft energy, and capital and ingenuity, ii vited by the promise, crowd to pint tire golden fruU. Tlie citizens repulse j not by the mock map sty of a throb j separated not by a wall of bristfing ba( * i j t _ i * ? i ; out is, estranged 1101 uy me ueiuai ; synipathy, alienated not by oppressb I exactions, tiirow about such a goveri | rm?nt, the triple rampart of sout heir | and strong arms. There is one other .circumstance i : the plan of our government which in parts additional light to the prospect.i'o adapt it to the advance which socio always makes under free institutions, I was endued with the faculty of su ( reformation. ,4This idea of incorpor ti:ij: in the constitution of Governmcn a principle of improvement which, wit ; out encouraging a spirit of innovatioi the parent of anarchy and final despotis enables the people with deliberation" ! make such changes as are required t | the progress of society and thus alwaj i to secure a government suited to the circumstances, is as wise-as it was ne\ Such is tiie Government of our countr one of the strongest munitions ol 01 pros; serif v, one of the mightiest elemen : <>f our power and influence. An and virtuous pcopl | under a constitution like this, are i I vincible by any foreign force. Capable j ap. recialing its importance to their haj pinesss and prosperity, accustomed ! enjoy v. i;h temperate appetites, tl u!?f>sing-. of freedom, they have an obje worth contending for, worth dying for "Tv I.carls that such spirit of liberty flushes, "K -sisl incids i.ilc?unj] numbers a dream, "They burst from control?as t!io mountain stream rashes IVi u iis frit rs of ico in the warmth of the uej:n" All history assures us the only fo tintt can successfully assail such a peop arc ignorance and vice. If destitute the knowledge which is necessary \\"k?e and wholesome legislation, if red ced by their vices to such a degree idleness and poverty, that theirsullrag become an article of barter; if renden by indulgence such slaves ofappctit that the gratification .of lust becom their supreme good, they are insensib to the privileges, incapable of excrcisii i the rights of freemen. The intrigues ! unprincipled and designing ambition fir them an easy prey, and the throne despotism rises ami I the ruins of libe I tv. Such has been the history of fn states in all past time. Tire reader Su/fiist is not surprised at t|jc successf usurpation of Caesar. The people, who luxury with its attendant vices had re i r -..:ii:? ,i.? tieiT'l \vni log :;;u uvipuum s in mc imi i cid.il designs of Cal Jine were fit only bo the bondmen of a tyrant. An id aiu 1 dissolute populace, captivated I i lie glare of theatrical show? and cnrru| j ted by largesses, had elevated artful ai i popular leaders to supreme power, ! effect if not in narpe, long before tl ! Macedonian phalanx, bad triumphi | over the independence of Greece. Ai ! so too, the Republican cities of model ! Italy, er* they lost the forms of a fr< constitution, exhibited like scenes of pr 1 vate vice a- d public disorder. Whilst we, fellow citizens, may just felicitate ourselves upon the wisdo 1 which has in our institutions, correct! i the errors <i! former republics, wc m? ; not forget that in every case in whit the powers of sovereignty are exercise l by the pec/ le, the character of the pcup j must essentiaUy affect the security ai ] prosperity of the state. When avarii 1 and sroeiw cunning shall accuinula i the weal'fo of our country in the hum | of the feu ; wiien luxury shall mimic t! style at\d magnificence of Kuropet ; Aristocracy; when fortunes ruined I ; dissiea* j m, and dishonest debts contra j ted in order to furnish the means ! indulg mcc, shall be repaired at ti 'gamingtable; when starved lusts sh:i j cry f ir agrarian schemes, when tl j people, impatient of restraint, sha quart rl with wholesome 'laws; wh< violence sha'l usurp the sword of justic when murder shall invade the dojwest : sanctuary}: shall deny t!ie afifectibns ' nature. shall ser.l t!ic repose of sleep the silence ol death; when 1 ' Vv'.ri !.- i !rry wii!i !ii< thinly dagger drawi ; Suspicion poisoning his bro'lidt's cup; Vam.-.I < ! I ion Willi lit.; torch nn.I ?*.> >S!i ill Sit ab liousoliul | rjo.is," O * ! when anil-ilion shall distribute flic r< ; wards of unscrupulous adherence; \vh( such of slate things shall becou general; then, then?but, oh! niy com try, the vision is too painful,'?shall i must it ever be realized? My fello citizens, it depends in part upon us.W hile some crimes may with pcculi: proprietv be called public or national; is yet true, that the separate vices individual do, in the aggregate, con j! tute the vices of the state. If wc .a not infidels, (and Americans, of all i/iei ought not to be) wc will admit that Gi is it /ernor among the nations. An shall not his soul be avenged on a coi rupt and wicked people? He ,will.lt is his law, revealed in Providence, < which'history is but the Chronicler, tin a people.who arc incapable of f overrun themselves in private life, shajl not d it in civil society. I appeal ihen, m f I -e the character of our countrymen, which de- j r. stroy the analogy so frequently utmmpted |e to be established between this Republic and jrr those winch have perished. One of these id causes is the general diffusion of knowledge ,j. among ail classes of society. Says n Eu. ;k ropean writer, "The great body of Aim ri. >(J can people are are better educated than the bulk of any European community" jr.. Large appropriations are, with a wise li0f berulity made by many of the slates for the fQ instruction of their poor. Hooks are greatly rnullipIieJ, and newspapers, those w:ngs of ts Mc cury, bear useful intelligence to every* door. in Hut there is another and far more powerit. ful restraint upon private vice, to be found ?ii) the sanctions ofapu ennd free Itel'gion. tv This, if it be n jecied in individual instances, it will stili ex?-it a migiuy tliough silent influlf j ence upon national character. And herein a- is our greatest superiority over tlie ancient t, | Republicans well as those of more modern h- j da e. Our strong* st safeguard .against the ri, vicious excqss, to whilh they owed their m ruin. to One of the most important elements of iv the greatness and glory of a Nation remains fs to be noticed?its historic recollections? ir those events in which have been exhibited v. its sufferings and its triumph, and the eharV, ac ters of those illus rious citizens 44whose or very* names might turn a coward bravf." Is l fleref is opened a foun'ain of perennial flow, whose waters tire endued witn virtue c, i fur more powerful than the inspiring it- draughts of Helicon. Tho customs of all of j people witness the universal conviction that p- | tin re is strength in the national feeling, the to ' * Jevat^d lone of patriotism derived from ill's ic source. Barbarians gather at s'Med peri, ct ods in solemn convocation, that their young uiav hear the glorious deeds of their tribe recounted by the aged, they lush to conflict, animated by the wild-war song that celebrates the heroic achievements of their ancestors. In a state of society more advanced, the same events form the theme of i!ic brill .ds with which wandering mui~ cs strels awaken the enthusiastic patrio:ism of 'e their countrymen. Such was the Iliad of Homer, which p-cit- u he exploits of the 1? early Grecian II ro? s. u" Among the polytheistic N itions of amiquity, many no upoihcoiis may be traced to L's I the same source. The successful warrior, ->l' th^ virtuous patriot, the benefac or oC his c? coun'ry, was elevated to the honours of a ps god and his character embalmed forever in 'e lhe national religion, as nn example and in. citement to all future generations. Annual ! lestivyJs preserved in everlasting reniombrauce the events in !iisl< ry that were most ?n calculated to rivet the attachment of llie r" I people to their coun'ry, to sustain them in ?e rcVrrscs, and nerve them to fu ure contest ?J"!and future success. In later days and ! among more enlightened nations, the same :T) end Ls sought An those Na'ional m Indies rl* "'wedded to immortal verse" the mighty inl" tluenco of which is proverbial. The mem i ory of great events is perpetrated by ane ui versa ry celebrations and the scenes of t lie v patriots glory are consecrated, |(j "fey tho rocks that raixo their ho .d j Of his deeds to toll." 10 II?uv often iii the days ofhor subsequent id darkness and d stress was Scotland's patid riotisin sustained by the glorious recnliec. ? I I? l.i || rn tioiis ol eriJig unu n muouituurn. huw >e often did tho heroic sh ?;ies of Wallace and i- Cruce cheer her brave, her faithful pcusui. ,:ry in tho hour of conflict an 1 animate them ly to victor)! What was it that but lately m rt .-kindled the fires of liberty upon the mum. ?tl tain summits of insulted nod oppressed \y (jrrecce?that sitsfamod her through her ;h I protracted struggle against such fearful ?d 'odds; that strong honed h"r feebleness, sujile plied h< r want of every resource, encour id aged her in every disaster and in the end, ce conduced her to iriunij hand independence? te ' It was hrr historic recollections. Reviving Js learning, leading her by the light of her pole ets and historians to tho scenes of her antn ciunt glory, restored the spirit of her early jy patriots, and Iter sons, scattered tlirough the c universities of Kurope, caught from their of own fountains of inspiration thus opened to ic them, tho enthusiasm that flowed in tho ill breasts of i\li!tiades and L"onidtts. Ani10 mated by srui boon's thus derived, tlio iS;iill crtd Hand deserted by their companions, :n -preferred a glorious death to fl ght or dis? e; honor, and perished amid slaughtered heaps ic of then* enemies w ho fell around them.''? of j Fired by the recollections that bad cutin haimed the spot forever in the hearts of the free, the patriots Odysetis and Gouraz meet ( and overwhelm-d with defeat, llie vastly superior forces of the enemy at the pass of Thermopyla;. j (Jut, lellow citizens, where is the nation I whose history is invested with a power over ,n j the imagination and the heart like aur.s?? K, I Great military talents displayed in the ca^ ! rocr of an Alexander or a Napoleon, splen. 1 ?LI---?r\V npA;i'/'cc in frtmitm r-nn. t (Jill ilCIIIUV^IIJCII.J UI w quest, may gratify and excite llio imagina__ {ion but they shock the sonsib lilies of the lt . heart. Out Irstory, while t exhibits imJL it I vidua! exemplifications' of every mi'itary wf an 1 civil virtue is unstained, bv ambition, j. | Our civilians and hcro< s have been the p.vre riot nsscrters ami defenders of our own rights. ^ j not the invaders of the rights of others. The ,d ' fathers of our country did not tempt the storrrl I my perils of an ocean then unknown, and c- encounter the dangers of a howling wdder_ I ness, impelled by the hot of gold or invited [>f by the gains of commerce. They sought it on tlie.se wild short* "freedom to worship in* God." The same love of liberty which |o ' strengthens I to forego the comforts of v In home and friends in the civilized world, l 7 sustained their descendants throughout ill unimagined sufferings and privations the endured from the cruelty and treachery c savage foes. It was the same nobie impulse in the breast of our Revolutionary Patriot; that rising above attachment to brethrei an loyally to their sovereign, resisted th first attempt to exercise unauthorized power and dared a conflict hopeless to all bi themselves. They were men "who f<! oppression's lightest finger as a tnouutai ; weight" and knew no other alternative thu j 4,hberiy or death." Througliout the pre I gress of that strugglo which pressed int short sparco of a few years more of daun : less eourugfc and true heroism than wci ' seen in as many centuries before, there I nothing to qualify over admiration, noihir i to tarnish our glory?all is virtuous, ull ! aninri'ing. The armies who fought our batik s, wei I composed, riot of tin; mercenary hirelin; j of ambition, whose trade is war?not oftr I reluctant subjects of despotism, forced sustain the tottering prerogatives of deca) * ing royal y, or accomplish the blouc schemes of grasping avarice?slaves "Who fight for what were better thrown away; The chain that bituis them, and a tyrant's sway"not of discipl ned veterans, inured to t! ( privations of the camp, and the ho rorsofthe field?nor of embittered p'iri zari3, impatient for the blood of their cour tryrneti. "No factions voice Called them unto the field of generous fame." They were citizen soldiers, undisciplint and without resources, it is true, but, nr mated by "the poor consecrated love i homo," than which "Xo dccjjer Hiding sways us, when it wakes In all its greatness," they fotiirlu to maintain their liber; i< doomed o destruction m the fl hit's of tin confl igrn'ed dwellings, and tlm blood their murdered brethren; they fought protect ill -ir wives, their children and the household goods. The noblest afiecfiot of our nature, the most sacred sentimen of the lu art, inspired tho pa ient enduranc the self-sacrificing devotions, the hero daring that characterized that ninnrkab i period, and ha'low, in eveil.,sting rentier bra nee, the scents uf conflict, of suHcrin of triumph, "Each valley, when tlip.Jxtltlc poured Its red and awful tide." And has our country no sfrcng'h in rcc lecti.ms such as these? Is no power d rived hence to ptralize the arm of tronso and to animate the h-nrt_ of t!?c patriot the hour of perl? Shall Greece call fro the plains of Marathon and I'latea, "A , sons; scorn to be slaves?" And shall Lo iugton, Saratoga und Yorktown be vok les-f Shall we not rather hear tliem e horting."My sons, rem mber your fathers The illustrious men, in w hose characte have I en exemplified those virtues th hivecx-dtcd and saved our country, are pait of our common patrimony. How gl rims the company of them! Mow pr * ? 'pi.. I Clous tueir repuiauons; inu ?ra the Involution is crowded wi.h them.Thcsc are our country's jewels?the tow of her strength. With wli.it jealous ca should she guard their fame? How ex crablo should lie appear, who would plu< a laurel from the chaj>|. t that entwim their brows, or wither its verdure by the ft j sonous breath of slander' How unwise t policy tint would abolish this annivrrsar dedicated to the perpetuation of our h'sti; ic recollections, and proscribe the cheris ed songs that celebrate the well, earn praises of our country. Such, fellow citizens, most feebly cxhi iled, is our condition. Relieved From l painful apprehensions excited by the faie oth( r Republics, and encouraged by t progress of the pnst, we | ossess resourc of ihe most ample kind?enjoy a wise a free Cons iiution?are subject'd to infl euces ealoula'ed to counteract the dange ous tendencies of popular gov# rnment, a animated by glorous recollections. lit | high the hopes such circumstances inspire ho v bright the anticipations mcy ?*xcn Thny justify a generous con!id. nee in t stubility anJ increasing glory of our instit tions; 11iey point lo a position of lofty pr eminence, of supremacy among t!ie nalioi and biJ us to its attainment. The carc is a splendid one; and in the distant p* speclive is seen a regenerated u orld. T monarchical institutions of Europe, as t moss-grown castles that are th<j monumei of their former tyranny, are tottering their fall; the hand of Revolution shall, < long, raze fliem to their foundations. T ! most superficial observer of the progress I European society, must expect such a r suit. It w ill hut be the catastrophe <-f tl j dram.i which has hem enacting on tli theatre since the glorious event which, 1 the sixteenth century, struck the chains | superstition from the human spirit, and pr< j claimed its exemption Irom the tyranny J man. It cannot be doubted that our com ! try, exemplil) ing t ie practicability and i ; lustrating the beauty and llio blessings j popular government, and pursuing a co j slant intercourse by means of its commer with those nations, exerts a powerful inlli | ence in hastening this catastrophe. Movi I by our example, and animated by our sin j cess, the people of thosu'countiies a struggling with their oppressors, and risii lo assert their rights, "Ami as tltey Ixmd tla h eagle eyes On Freedom's burning sun, The Patriot shout rolls to the skies? OUR GOD?iaid Washington!" 1 . mw, A Iato number oflito Wi.sconson Enqu cr says?" The crop of wheat last year, I proportion to the amount on the groun : was astonishingly large, an 1 the 'prosper ; at present are it will be even greater til i year than it was last. From every part the Territory the wheat harvest promises ! bo mo.it abunihur." ' i ' POLITICAL. * y j d Hermitage, June 23, 1840. To the Editor of the Nashville Union: S:i? From, the many letters which have n been recently.addressed to roe asking for an 0 expression of my views relative to the lead's ing measures of the present administration of it the General Government, some of which are It from well known and respectable sources, n representing that efforts are made in various n quarters of the Union to incite a belief in the public mind that my confidence in the present Chief Magistrate has been impaired, it seems 0 to be proper that some steps should be taken by me to undeceive those who are thus im-? e posed upon. For this purpose, sir, I beg the is favor of you to give a place in your columns to this note which I trust will be as accepta. is i b*e f? those who have written to me on the aubject as a direct answer in the fortn of a letter would be. rc! From whatever cause or whatever authorL I* ty, statements may be made representing me in as having changed my views on the leading to measures of the present administation, they are unfounded and unjust. Of the wit dom and l" importance of these measures, and particu. ' lady of that which aims at the establishment by Congress of a fiscal agency for the Govern, ment without the use or aid of Banks, time and the fullest opportunity for reflection have left not a doubt on my mind. And ihe ability ie which Mr. Van Buren ffas manifested in developing the bearing of t.lis great question, . and ofits antagonist one, on the free institu. tmns nf nnr eountrv. ant the firmness he has > displayed in holding on tlni true interests of the people when (here has been so much temp, latum to compromise thein, entitle him in my judgment to a rank not inferior to that of Mr. Jofiers.ri or Mr. Madison as a patriot and ,j statesman. With such opinions of the present Chief Magistrate and of the measures to which he u' has given his sanctions?opinions which I have never failed to express when I have had occasion to speak on the subjects?it is sur? prising how any one could take up the idea a that my confidence in him ha-J been impaired, ,s or that I had become indifferent as to the [ ' choice to be mads at the next election bf. ' tween him and General Harrison. Looking 0 upon the laiter gentleman as the reprssenta[() tive of Federal principles in the present con. tir test and knowing that he has never been is identified with the It'publican.party in any of ts its great struggles against the influences yvhich have been calculated to take power from the 1 people and jho States and give it to the Gen. , oral Government, to suppose that 1 would for ,e a moment think of giving my support to such n" an individual as a candidate for the Presidency would be a mockery of all principle. * In respect to the statements which have been made in several of the newspapers of the day that I disagree with many of my political friends in the estimate they have formed of Gen. Harrison's millitary men-it* I am n?t *1- aware ol having said any Jiing to justify them, c. having never admired Gen. Harrison as a in< rnditary man, or considered him as possessing the qualifies which constitute the commander ' ' of an army. I h ?ve looked at his political m relations alone in the opinions I have formed ly or expressed respecting his pretensions to x- the Presidency, and the consequences which e. would result to the country, should the su? x frage of the people place him in that high "? uilice. . I am very respectfully, omVour obedient servant, * ~-v ~ nl ANDREW JACKSON. > II tl. The Ex-President ha6 not forgo'tenthe feeL e. jigs under which he recalled Gen. Harrison o? from a foreign triLsion; before the news of his ?.tn.in. rt.. its /IlltioC K 3/t KoOfl mrPtlTll. ? Cllbl-lllig VII MMV.V-^ ?? ......... (>| . . . n? From the Boston Alias. e. Boston, June 29, 1840. . Mr Dear General:?I address joo with bs the fraukne.<s which one old fri nd may use to. )j_ wards another. My object is to Icurn what I you thiuk of the recent attacks on tho military ch i racier of Gen. Harrison. I believe you were y- in tho army in tho Wes?, in tho campaign of ?r- Tippecanoe: although I do not remember that 0^ h. you served with him aftor the declaration of war e(| ag iinst Er.g'and, but as a military man aiul wbew your judgement impartially, and when jho facte wire recent, your opinion would bo of great val.!) ue. If there bo any blot on his millitnry ftmr, |)e it ought to bo known; if there be not, you will , tool that an old soldier ought not to bo unjustly and rudely attacked. 'lt! Gen. Harrison is before the country for tho os Presidency. I do not know that we shall elect ii<] him, but I can say, in your own language, my u? dear General, that ' uc'll try." I Yours with unceasing regard, r" DANIEL WEBSTER. Gen. James Miller. )w ? Salem, June 30, 1810, Mv Dear Sir:?I have tho honor to have ro. ho r<>ivr>tl vnnr letter of yesterday requesting me to U- slalo what I think of the recent attack* upon r_ the niiPiuiry character of Grn. Ilariison. lit answer, I can truly s ty that I hare noticed with |S' j deep r.-gret, attacks not only on his well earned ' !Cr inillitary fame, bat also upon his privato and r- moral character. My fiM acquainianhe with |ie (i n, Harrison was in the yrsr 1811. 1 was on I duty in the 4: h Regiment of Infantry, then com. mandod by Col. Jolin P. Boyd?afterwards Gen. 1?s Boyd?under orders to proceed to Vincennes, to and tlicro report to Governor Harrison. Wo re did so. We remained at Vincennes some days, j?. and united ourselves with tho Volunte?#S assotn. r hlod there devoting our limited timo to purposes ? of organization and drill. We then toes tfp the L ? lino of in irch for the Indian country, and prolie cccdod by slow and cautious murclies, nntill wo a; reached about seventy miles up tho Wabash to. jn wards Tippecanoe, where wo lulled and threw r up "a stockaded work, which we called Fort 0 Hairhon. 11 ire I remainoa until tho Array ro... r)- turned from Tippecanoe, after tho battle, o' Although I was not in tho battlo, ?till I took ; great interest in it; h id much conversation with > l ail tlm ntlirors on their return; and made every _ ! inquiry I could think of respecting thoir ir ovemouts and encampments, the attack and defence il and the operations the battle throughout?and Co 1 made up my min I, unhesitatingly, that the campaign h id been conduclod with great bravery I skill an lju gment. and that nothing was left L> uitiloiie, th it could be consistently with tho Goin r-~~ real's express orders from the War Department, rc which I saw and read. Nor have I ever known j ir or hoard of any act of his, which has in the least ^ ? degree, altered tho opinion I then formed ofhim. I yyllad.l, that if I ever had any military skill, I am moro indebted for it to (Jon. Harrison thah to any other maw. Soon after tho battle I wroto a letter to (Jen. Benjamin Pierce, late Governor of New Hampshire?my military father, as I called hiin?giving a somewhat detailed acconnt =5 of tho campaign of Tippecanoo. That letter was preserved hy Gen. P. and might now pro*. .r* hably Ihj feiind among bis papers. If it is it& ,n existence it will sbo-.v what wore nty opinions 1(1, Kt that time, as would also several other letters :ts then written hy ino to various friends. Iu those days I never board that Gcu. Harrison was a 1 f coward or wore petticoats: f)' To conclude, I freely express my opinion, Jo tcr filiouingliinjclhroiigli all bjs civ.l and inifi* J tiry career, after Jiving with him in bis family