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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