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er little less than royal, conduct his sue
cessor 10 the presidential chair, from which
he himself was about to retire with will
ljng anticipation to private life, after the
example of his predecessors, Washington
and Jefferson.


"It is thus that at every successive pe-
riod of four years the unfavorable predlc-
tions which have been made at the cradle
Of American independence have failed.
These presidential elections, s,,s7which the
friends of monarchy in Europe have as
serted would be attended by the effusion
of blood, are effected with as much quiet
as the appointment of the most obscure
municipal counsellor of any village IN
France. Those who predicted that they
would present scenes of anarchy and am,
bition, similar 10 the tumultuous diet OF
elections in Poland, seem to have forgotten
that the nobility alone elected the kings OF
that Empire; whilst in the United States
the whole people, the sovereign people,
exercise that high and supreme power.
Aristocracy is turbulent in its nature, and
is divided into factions, the necessary fate
of country possessing titled families.
Democracy, on the contrary, is calm and
tranquil, because all interests are merged
in one, that of the nation. This is the
great lesson which the United States are
called to give to the word.


"Mr. Van Buren, as he himself has re-
marked, is the frs: president W no was
born subsequently, to the war of independ-
ence. The generation of the fathers OF
the Union has thus passed away. Pos
teritv has commenced for them and il
has touched their labors, merely to give
to them a progressive perfection. The
debts contracted during their wars with
England are paid off, and the only EN-
barrassment in finance now existing IN the
United States, is the most useful employ
ment of the surplus revenue of the govern
ment. The population has increased
within the third part of a century, from
four to fifteen millions. There are eigh
hundred leagues of railroads already made
and one thousand three hundred leagues
of canals. The exports of the United
States, which in 1920 amounted to two
hundred and seventy five millions of francs
exceeded in 1885 the sum of five hundred
and thirty millions. Finally, primary in
struction is guaranteed to the whole popu
lation of the confederacy.


"These are the principal traits of in
creasing prosperity, in the midst of which
Mr.. Van Buren, has been elected to fl
the first place in the government of th'
United States. His address presents
brilliant perspective, whilst at the SAM
time it gives the assurance that the coun
try will be preserved in the career which
it has chosen. The inaugural address o
Mr. Van Buren must inspire full conf
dence in the convictions of the friends O
democracy"