Phenix Gazette

For the National Journal.

Mr. Ederton: The following is the speech of the President of the United States at the interview which he had with the Foreign Ministers:

"I am quite sure the true interests of this country will be best promoted by preserving the relations of peace with all nations as long as that can be done with a due regard to its own honor, and by commercial intercourse founded on a just reciprocity. I continue, gentlemen, upon the high trust committed to me, without prejudices against, or undue partialities towards any foreign nation or people with personal feelings of the most friendly character for all. Although actuated by a determined purpose to promote the best interests of my own country. I have no desire to impair the rights or interests of others. and will endeavor to effect those objects by the most frank, friendly, and sincere negociation. Where differences exist, or may hereafter arise, it will be my desire to settle them on fair and honorable terms, in that spirit of frankness so congenial to my nature and the character of the American people."

When the historian of the present august and highly gifted administration—some modern Livy, Botta, or Eaton of course—shall attempt the record of the splendid civil labors of its head, (in the opinion of at least a literary Branch of it, the greatest and best of men)—could the trembling pen of diffidence be so bold—he may think fit, after the manner of those distinguished writers, to put into the mouth of this hero a longer speech than he has chosen to make, but one calculated to illustrate his conduct and actions. To the above picture of the foreign, he might then add the following of the domestic, policy of the present Administration. The nations of Christendom, present in the persons of their assembled representatives would perhaps furnish the only audience dignified enough to appreciate the moral greatness of the genius that conceived, and the hero who executed, a plan so completely in the spirit of genuine liberty.

The hero might be made to say:

"Gentlemen, prize not these sentiments the less that my own countrymen shall not receive as kindly treatment at my hands:

ready said, that my reign will be celebrated for the distinguished purity of its republicanism, nor that the course of despotism will be wholly unfavored by my accession.

"You have heard, mayhaps, of some declarations of mine, as to what I conceived a President should be, 'the head of the nation and not of a party,' and probably you may have heard of my opinion of the danger of appointing men from either house of Congress to office under the General Government, and many other wise and patriotic sayings which escaped me in the shape of letters to legislatures, &c.—lecture all that to the slang oration, alias the electioneering count.

"I have appointed, as you well know, my whole Cabinet from the numbers of my decided partisans. recalled ambassadors, to give the salaries and outfits the two Houses, and, at an immense expense, those of their office to other of my partisans in the branch of the legislature.

have brought the patronage of the Government in collision with the freedom of elections," the best commentary on that part of my (coronation) speech is to be found in the $3000 salaries of Amos Kendall full, and Lewis, besides Noah's pension, and many other loads of profitable manure that fell to the share of inferior agents, in the great task of cleaning the Augæan stables. Buonaparte said, that imagination governed the world: I will give the American People and the present age a governor of a character more military—

Fear. sustain me in my high place;—every blackguard

"As far as office can bribe, I will purchase vessels to has wielded a truncheon in the great war upon public character, which has just been concluded in my election, shall be rewarded,

cording to my own showing, constitute but one subsidy to support it—the two Houses corrupted

"The press purchased—government money the great work of enslaving a people The enemies of power must be punished I will take the bread from the mouths of the family of every man dared to oppose me, I will spare none—not even the grey-haired soldier of the Revolution.

"My government shall be as silent as the court of any despotism on earth Not a secret: he 'e' any abuse to the People that may happen in the house shall escape; for who will dare right the only tenure of which shall be my will and

sons, rejoice at my accession. Can any nation

"I say, gentlemen, may not despotism, raging circumstances in the character of the People a period in her history, when, under so many by gag-laws, by the purchase of the press, by every abuse of patronage, has been done? honorable, and partaking of that spirit of frankness Gentlemen, this is my internal policy—fair and genial to my nature, and to that of the American people cess to reach a man, who, holding no office, or Mr. Editor, if there be no star chamber smiles, or fear the frowns of power, you may publish this. most, and put to what I conceive the best use I, for one, am disposed to enjoy to the utmost reason to believe long. Whilst fear g gss on the other hand, so many others, it become many, and whilst the pay of the hireling excuses liberty exists, and freedom of the utterance of opinion remains, to do his duty. I shall attempt to do mine.

AN AMERICAN.