Madison Express (Newspaper) - August 29, 1844, Madison, Wisconsin OF SUBSCRIPTION will be published ever Thursday and n at Ywo pet annum it ID advance if not paid in advance will bu charged TERMS OF dollar per square twelve or un- der fun the first and twt Tor insertion tOP addressed be POST PAID to receive attention No paper discontinued ill all arrearages arc except at the option of tlic BY JAMES K AIT KOIl or Till FIRK ETC THE of virtue over meri genius was probably never ex- on a scale of or more completely de- than lues and for- tunes of these two persons As a man of genius Napoleon was without doubt superior to Washington but his virtues bore no comparison to of the other In the activity and comprehensiveness of his mind in that clearness of perception which enabled him to foresee and overcome the obstacles which impeded his course and achieve an of triumphs few men ther of ancient or modern times ed him In these respects ton was not his peer and when we consider tive positions of the two I am inclined to he was not much his rior lie certainly 1 him in wisdom though he may have been his inferior in genius mind of Washington as equal to full and entire comprehension of tin sphere in he acted j and his in pointing out t ic able events of the future as veil as guarding against either present or conting is where strikingly displayed not only in his acts Lut opinions to Con- gress during the progress of the are principally occupied with pointing out approaching danger or the best means for a- it and it cannot be that his advice and been properly attended to the gle for would Lave bren fjr less protracted and sanguinary But ho WPS not like Napoleon an lute or leader the n of his jit lie was the servant of his countrymen and could advise but net direct nor actions or opinions except by the force of his and the weight of his acter These constituted almost tlic authority he exercised except in his military capacity aid thus d his neve i- in degree correspondent with the of his designs or the difficulties which beset him at every moment of military career We nro not therefore to of his talents by the he gained but bj the defeats which ho avoided iod his crowning merit as a is that of ing performed groat things with instruments and th rlj insignificant means on the contrary in the more s of his r was the absolute leader of an infuriated multitude a nation of thirty millions of people acting under the of an enthusiasm of which the world PS few examples as to its ex- tent or its consequences This alone had previously under leaders of far inferior capacity achieved a sion o victories over the troops of Europe Napoleon placed himself at the head of an irresistible impulse was sufficient itself to carry him to tho summit of As emperor he reaped the benefits of national cut hnd in the formation of a nation ind armies inured to as well as rendered nil but itn by an ardor almost equal to asm a confidence tlie result of a long cf successes amounting to ill such aided ly the possession of a1 solute power over a rich and it was easy to nations governed by enfeebled archs rt OMT subjects rei tiered by for centuries relied 01 standing annies for tion aid or indifferent a government of they experienced little butthe oppressions But had he been placed in tue tion of Washington equally ci scribed in his means and his ty there is every reason to b that for want of the virtues o that pure and man than inferiority of would have ailed on accomplishing the great object of freeing his own or ig others Napoleon was inferior to ton in patriotism He was not born in Franc e it was not native land endeared to him by the ties ard of chil lie glori better than Trance ami his adopted country on the altar of ambition Without doubt tho posi ion he occupied often en- tailed 01 him the necessity of waning in self-defence evon when he the WAS ble he should be or ing to overturn the thrones of ers or cease to reign himself In this of view they may be led defensive partaking in the sentiment of patriotism because tho glory safety of France were with liis own But these tives however they might have gled with more incitements cannot justify his conduct Spain or his invasion BY WILLIAM W WYMAN Faithful ind Fearless TWO DOLLARS IN ADV AN C E Volume Madison Wisconsin August 29 1844 14 of Russia His throne was too well established at these times to fear ther one or the other and an tial posterity while it pardons many tude forbearance an insight into man motives and passions and a con- summate skill in their management is indispensible in tho the of his aggressions will in chine may be said to govern itself all probability denounce these as the offspring not of patrio ism but of a boundless ambition of be- ing satiated by the of ry or power If we turn toward W we shall see ata glance that it at all influenced his acci of the command of armies which scarcely had an existence at t time was only a latent motive of itself alone could not have simulated him to assume a station wh eh presented in a very remote and doubtful on ono hand an ig- death on the other lie was undoubtedly fully aware of the difficulties ments which t on hand of the power of the in- vader the weakness of his sars That he accepted this and discouraging with doubt and hesitation is apparent from the letter lie wrote to M -s ton announcing that as well as the testimony of his con- whom he either consulted or who witnessed his stri The and perform its evolutions by the in- nate force of its own principles of notion All critics in the art of war unite in placing the difficulties of nally while stil in possession of all his faculties am and of his c retired from public life and it one and the same moment gave 11 hn successors an example of sub irae moderation to his s on or noblest lessons of politi al wisdom that ever emanated from e pen of mortal man conducting a defensive war far above What a contrast to the fate of those of an offensive one and giving leon who was u questionably among the not to a general who gains a victory which is often a mere affair of accident but to him who maintains a successful defence against a superior force and preserves his army in the midst of disaster and de- I feat I know not among all the great actions of Napoleon one displaying intrepidity enterprise and skill than was exhibited by ton at the successive battles of ton and Princeton and if we are to estimate their consequences importance by their the most celebrated the greatest of n en and who wanted nothing to him perhaps the greatest the wor d ever saw but the virtue of Washin the different spheres of action in v these two men respectively moved may have had a mater al influence on their character and c induct Both un- doubtedly frequently acted under the pressure of in pelling ces or strong I do not therefore join in echoing the criminate heaped on the 4TH OF JULY ADDRESS The following extracts are taken from I their present happy j must yield to the compromises of the I Constitution They are beginning to an address delivered at j see that it s a matter which they son by Hon BARBER on the have nothing to do and which they cannot profitably cr safely interfere Already the storm Appears to me at least to be subsiding Already I see painted on the clouds the bright 4th of July But the traveler not only the country passed over he takes a look at that which lies before bow of hope and promise giving ken that its fury is these we now to the future and i be dispelled and the sun again burst forth in all its ance Having taken a hasty glance at past standing on this eminence tur i j the prospect before us The friends and adherents trary power have long been looking with anxious hope and expectation for the downfall of our free tions They have been long predict ing the failure of the Great ment of a People governing seh es And not only they but therr are some even in our own country who experience daik misgivings anc indulge in gloomy fears for the future Another serious cause of sion and alarm at the present d Ay is the proposed annexation of a boring Foreign State to the Union This exciting subject lias been denly thrown among the people like a shell into a besieged terror and dismay in every direction It has suddenly burst upon them like a clap of thunder in a clear daj not only dwell among us bat let be Let them become in name as well as feeling Let there be no monopoly of this boon of Heaven I thank God tint f arc an American citizen I am tt na ive American I of tha rich inheritance which my left inc I feel proud that I dtri a of those who shea blood in cause But I en y not that man or that party o men who on this day consecrated to Liberty styling rs and say to those of for- eign birth stand I am holier than thou With me this feeling vors too strongly of ari toe racy Who thcy the battles of their country irt he times that tried men's they exclusively Who headed our armies end led them on to victory and to Were they all native No f Thi y were tlie sons of con- together from the world as veil as the new And lot them continue to congregate let this land continue to be the lum of the oppressed of all nations I have thus noticed some of the topics of tlie day They org maters of serious moment and in the ity of our now happy In midst of smoke and confusion become insignificant in the son History records that these bloody and tremendous contests for the most part no nent results The possession of a town or at most the temporary During the latter years of his life he was contending v ith England for the empire of the Ol 1 World as is now sufficiently demo in the pre- ponderance ried by that power since liis downfall and in such OT j love of his country and a sense of her of a portion of the country le thero is no ef were without doubt the great if not tlie sole induced him to take on his shoulders a burthen perhaps as g eat as ever man bore and to re in ing it in the of tlis and joined to sure and national ingratitude That the desire of gain nol in the least influence his decision i- apparent from his stipulating that lie should receive nothing for his but tlie remuneration of his actual and that the lose of power from liis mind is demonstrated by its res nation the moment his country flee The ambition of Washi was a virtue that of Napoleon i vice The limits of the one was the freedom and independence of his that of the other the subjugation of a world One for tlie fri edom of his countrymen the other aimed at lifting tlie lights of One freed the other enslaved iis country Finally Washington dro e my from his native soil while leon eventually drew his enemies into the heart of Fi ance to su her the submission or annihilation of one What frenzy of un- may have been nothing more than self-defence which Union Some of these I would not allude to on this day did I not consider tho duty of every American on this our National Sabbath to look about on every side to watch every avenue against the approach of that Eternal is the price of Liberty The first and most prominent of these is No subject is tating the People of the United at the present day so much as this union and dissolution staring them in the face Hut soon the dust and smoke will clear away and the great body of the people will see as on the subject of Slavery what is for their interest and by that interest will be Public virtue und public in- combined will lead to a correct conclusion And that con- I sincerely believe will be decidedly in favor of the adoption of was all that was acquired in the change for the sacrifice of hecatombs or of tjej and even when victory led to the j fore conquest of states experience has shown that the final result i 1 j i i it a restoration of the spoils to its is to and it bnown no subject Republican assume an e attitude of pre- caused greater difficulties and none came nearer defeating the adoption of our National Constitution than this Thirteen States separate and wholly disconnected with each other save by the tie of a slender proprietors or another change of masters in the person of some new conqueror But these victories Washington though gained by small vention It is nit always that the invader is the aggressor and it is at all times justifiable to an- not much greater yore te comi b lowed oy consequences at this thc ady beforehand metit fir more momentous than all those of Napoleon combined Thoy laid a foundation for the successful I Nor do I to levate Washington at the expense of another lie acy had just from a en years war which resulted in their IIIC Ol of a struggle which gave trast or liberty to a new world and whose nj is u are now at work to achieve of m because he possesses a similar triumph in the old The victories of Napoleon hate all ended in merely transferring France from thc dynasty of Bourbon to that of leans Still the unsullied glory of ington must ever more on his virtues than on liis genius and it is for this reason he has now become and will remain so long as the ords or traditions of past times are preserved one of the bright if not not slime brighter iy tlic force Independence They had com- j ed the difficulties of disunion They greatest saw the absolute necessity of lishing a more Central Government around whose standard might all lally in times of War and under whose dow they might all repose in time of capital levy and thc brightest light of future ages the state on the throne the family safest and noblest example for j whose had involved tion the model of a patriot the her in so many calamities In dignity of mind in patience the greatest and was blessed by a vast and com- prehensive for exercise With him the tern le of Fame is the Temple of Virtue The grand structure sought to be reared by in has fallen and buried that might mortal under its ruins He altem to push the world aside from i s course find far a tim But tho bow seems to have bet n bent the wrong way and finally br ke or recoiled on were splendid Peace They saw that to protect their to command is there in our principles Constitution to prohibit If ours is truly a good it is tho best form of on why limit its py Why confine its ation to a poi tion of our No let its extend Let province IIP New to California Noi a to all come under its influence and bask in its sunshine of glory No up Uura contract our Hut h mn HI sa continent hu ouri Texas is worthy to be admitted in- to our they are bers of it are our brethren among the nations of the earth who but a short time since w a National National from us to seek their foi under in fortitude under tion the moel of a te in- i i r i almost beyond coi inanson and ins carnation of the spirit of a republican 11 j r i i c j i 1 genius But I i j hero In his life and actions both in public private we see the triumph I of virtue and what wonders she can accomplish It is there most clearly demonstrated that it is not alone the dualities of the head that men are calamity and disappointment in for- bearance under provocation in self- possession under misfo tune and moderation in success Washington was far above Napoleon who knew how to command others b t not him self The finest feature iu the com position of Washington that tat rce which gives him a ity over all In person may be said to j fa hc 1 i I in i genius equally itut 1 appre hend there was son e fundamental er- ror in the course of his career and cannot help ting it was in not rty to It would nothing can permanently flourish which isf went out a Irom us to seek their loi tune and now ment were necessary But this very return not like the Prodigal Son difficulty presented itself at once with but Jaden with the prominent among others To the of victory And shall people of the North the idea that tney knock for admission shut the Slavery was to be tolerated and L door them let us throw among a people who had just open the door and bid them welcome proclaimed to the that all men Let the ashes of those who fell i ol many of serous a- larir Thcy have caused and are still causing excitement These ex- cite nents are but for A day they serve to the moral and political atmosphere which out hem would become with and pestilence They will soon piss away to be succeeded by ethers like tlie es of the ocean and like them sen ing to keep and salubrious the great deep of man intelligence Even the ocenit without the agitation which it undergoes would soon comn a vast pool of stagnant lion these excitements lend to a dissolution of the Union We arc I together by the strong ties of in crest us well as of patriotism and art have to cons u one nation Ti Ik of disunion when nature thrown around us chain which not he broken Look at our inland seas and our magnificent rivers Be- hold the Father ol Where shall it be At what point shall its trunk he cut Look al its branches where shall they bo Shall they flow through countries at variance with each other und governed by different Long as their waters conti ntu to flow let them water and one land tif the free j Talk of dissolution each 1 art and industry nre g new bonds of Our and railroads what are they but so many strong cords binding us together in st By the power of steam we are on- to stem tlic of mighty rivers and to scale tho lofty ridges Regions formerly far by distance are now brought almost in contact with other Bu: within a few days r new has put in operation a are created free and seemed those of the South contended that it was an insti- fostered upon them no more by Jacinto be mingled in the same urn with those of the heroes of Hill and let their names be ated together There let our Troe their own act than by the people of Liberty be transplanted and let u iv p nothing can pei the qualities of the head that men are fc F i indebted fortte brightest honors the nci IQ of ffi most fame but that j J t those of the heart have a still higher j t a t f claim to the admiration of mankind other in was that equal and harmonious combination of qualities hich distinguished both his head and his heart formed a consummate whole a perl ct edifice every part of which vi ith thc other and the rent ness of which is diminished in thc con- of its symmetry Instead of ing our admiration a traded to one particular point o our der excited by some mon dis- the mind with a complacency on perfect as eje rests o i the calm beauties of a summer sin set when can inded in a radical doms may trodden under for a brief j it may seem that force is triun over right a worn in the chaplet of have resumed her lawful supremacy and thc example cannot but have the most salutary effects by giving to public administration a proper tion and to public gratitude the no- y blest devotion In most lence to come in its right again other heroes the splendor of their achievements throws all their defects and vices into the shade but had not Washington been finally ful hc would have stood where he now stands with only difference that instead of being tlie deliverer he would have been equally venerated as the great martyr of his country The fate of these two groat men of all her ha monies in f modern times has been as different as the constitution of their minds One was under the vast fabric of ambition hc had reared on the necks of millions and cemented with their blood the other rose to the highest pinnacle of glory by limiting his to give liberty to liis country mind all combines one and exhibits at a view her greatness ard her beaut There was no in swallowing up or owing the i cst and in virtues there was nothing t We see camel's hump iu the formation of his mind no cing wonder without ng ration Like the of tin mariner he was the same glory acquired by uch means which will soon cause it 1 j wither and die There is a natural irresistible dency in deranged by either by a speedy reaction or by going round in a c role and ending where it began I would seem that truth is eve lasting and that nothing can peri endure which is founded in wrong or hostile to virtue The career of N ended in hopeless exile on a barren rock in He did not like Napoleon after ling foreign enemies turn his sword on her bot om and become a still more deadly foi bv enslaving her himself tu i T j j j L bright and clear dazzling The moment of his greatest triumph the eye always pointing me way true as the needle to the p Ie Nor do I believe o i a closer examination his military g will suffer much in comparing it with that of Napoleon To combine nd direct small means to the ment of great ends is in irr opinion greater skill t an is ex- in the conduct of v st prises with the object means fully adequate to was when instead of fomenting the discontent of an army which under his auspices had freed the country and making it the instrument of ting her chains he sternly rebuked the incendiaries who had incited it almost to mutiny and by the ity of his name and his virtues at once crushed tiie meditated treason The i the lone and melam holy ocean that of in more than meridian splendor the blessings of his country and t e increasing ad- miration of the worl 1 One left be- hind him little else than the wrecks of his the other founded a vast confederation e day ing in space in nui ibers and and which w 11 continue to do just in tion as it adheres to his maxims and ii litates his ple Napoleon w is a bright but scorching luminary the earth with fires ington a genial sun yet radiant dazzling ming without ronsu ning Both ex- hibit great moral lest ons to the con- of d one as a emn warning the er as a glorious example They were the two the North themselves and that to re- linquish it would be to relinquish most very existence Disputes long and ardent ensued At length in order to preserve what had been at such an expense of blood and treasure a compromise was The North agreed that on subject each State should have the power to legislate for itself out the interference of other whilst the South in the same spirit of compromise agreed that after a giv en day no more slaves should he ted Such was the understanding and express agreement upon which an union was established and onr Constitution adopted For a few years past the people in some parts of our country seem to ten that our whole system of ment and the prosperity and glory of our Union are the result of this com- promise on the part of our patriotic fathers They seem not to be aware that if preserved they can only be preserved by the exercise of the same spirit of compromise Looking at Slavery in the abstract they are indignant that such a foul blot should be suffered to remain on our nation's escutcheon A storm has been has passed over the face of the land through its length The whole community has been agitated many have I our Eagle perch upon its branches I Let tlie broad folds of our Star gled Banner float over while we arc adding Star after Star to onr National Eanni r let not the Lone Star of Texas be left to glimmer on the verge of the but let us add also to the bright constellation which illuminates our Flag and 1 t them mingle rajs and add to others brightness Let us by one act of naturalization ad- nit a nation to all the and legos and of American Let the Stars on our Banner oome is those in the firmament e it till the whole world is illuminated by their commingled radiance Un- der its protecting influence let erty extend throughout the like the Religion of our Blessed Re- deemer let its principles be preached to every creature The great and unparalleled influx cf foreign emigrants and their cy admission to the rights and eges of citizenship is another cause cf apprehension to many good zens But here see no cause of alarm They come not as the saries of Foreign Powers to spy out or to undermine our Liberties They come not to exert an influence t le to the peace and happiness of beloved country But they come gedin fearful for the deeply imbued with the feelings and They imagine they see our cherished the spirit of Liberty They hat e seen institutions tottering to their and felt and writhed under the iron second triumph was when great men of the a e They both ing finished the war and secured the The direction cf a liberties he had so long toiled to undisciplined and dis- tain he surrendered his sword to the 1 dispirited by past President of Congress at Annapolis m i 1 A contented army disasters and anticipating to The third and last was when after come is certainly not less difficult eight years of labor as chief magistrate than a well constituted force maturing the infant government provided with everything necessary established its and internal and flushed with victory to con- J policy and m a great measure quests In one case feeling its practical operation he greatly contributed t the liberties of mankind one by building up a magnificent ed Gee of Freedom in the Kew World the other dentally by ing the ancient fabrics of despotism in the Old and demonstrating the ut AT weakness of kings when by the con- of the pec Magazine But firm and unshaken by the pest stand The people are beginning to view this matter in its proper light They are beginning to think to reflect to erto they Their sympathies have been excited their hearts have bled for the miseries of the poor slave But now they are beginning to learn that their feelings alone must not i fluence them They are learn that though they may indulge in feelings of sympathy for their low men held in bondage till the general good must not be lost sight of And that if they would preserve and maintain their present s.vay of arbitrary power and they hive heard of our free aid they come here predisposed and prepared to support and cherish them Look around you and point out the iran among your German neighbors o your English or your Irish bors whose influence you dread I have never yet seen him Yes Let tl em come There is room enough and to spare LPt them enjoy all the of our happy Lat them too repose with ns under tie shadow of the Tree of Let them aid us in aloft the Banner of Freedom Let its ample folds o'er shadow them all Let them new magic chain has been forged to bind us if possible more closely gethe Distance lias been ted the lightnings of are made the messengers of mankind A Road has constructed I ing Express started and messages are now conveyed with ug speed between the distant places It is literally chain Franklin brought down ning f om the clouds but Morse has conve ted it to a useful purpose Ex- tend these means of communication from State to State throughout the y and then talk of disunion tho people cease to watch with care the nets of their talk of the overthrow of our Government Now whatever men end whatever party may be in power no great error destructive of the interests of the community can be committed by those who ter the Government people will percet pe and correct it Thcy are aware of the power they possess and thcy dii not hesitate to exercise it When the people cease to perceive and appreciate the advantages of their they lease to attend to own virtue md intelligence cease to pre- vail school housed cease be erected and Temples for the wo -ship of the Living God cease to their spires to talk ol the downfall of our tions Whe -i on this our National bath day the fire of Liberty it mitted to go out and incense to be on the altar of freedom and the deeds of our ancestors to bo cple crated and jonder Star gled Banner ceases to wave on etch successive morning of our then mourn for the tion of aur Liberties But we have no cauM for u an occasion ot re- To-day the voice of dom is heard in every part of land sun in hit upward course is greeted by the of millions To-day that Star Spangled Banner to the Breeze and floats ly on sea and land in every of the world Tbo loOf fl O'er Uu I nd of UM
