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cij:aiuii:ld, r.. vi:i).mi:a, march m, ihgs.
At
pit .
lilMl
I HI '
Dfsf
THE BROOK.
I einjo from haunt of cool and lirrn,
I make n Hidden mil; ;
And ipnrklo out niimiig (lie fern,
To inker iuwn th valley.
By thirsty IiiUm I hurry down,
Or slip hot noon ih riilirK",
By twenty thorps a little town
And linlf a Iiuudmd bridge.-,
. Till loit by fliilip' farm I flow
To join tho briuiuiiug river j
For men may come und men may go,
ilut I go iiu former.
. . i
I rtattrr over stuny ways,
In little nlini-K and tn llf! :
I bubble intu uildying bays,
.1 babble ou the pebblts.
.. With many n curve tr.y banks I fret, ,
By tnaoy it tiuld a fallow ; ,
And many u lairy ft, retain! net
, , With willow-weed and uiullow.
I chatter, chatter, as 1 How
. Tajain tho brimming river,
u For men may come and uit-u may go,
liut I go on f rover.
I wind about, and in and out,
; With hero n blimson hi1iii ;
And hero and tbere a lusty trout,
' And hern and there u grayling;
And here and thoror. foamy Hake
Jl Upon uiu an 1 travel ;
With many A silvery wnlo.-break
Upon tl.c gulden gravel;
n '
I draw theui nil nlong, and flow
To join tho brimming liver ;
Tor men uiay route and uion uay go,
But I go on forever.
I ileal by lawn? and graPFy plot?,
I glide ny hazel covers;
I move the sweet forget-me-nots
That grow for happy lovers.
I slip. 1 slide, I gloom, I glance,
Among my skimming swallows ,
I make the netted sunbeams dance
Against my randy shallows.
1 murmur under moon and stars,
Io taluiy n ililevuessee ;
I linger by my cliingly bars,
I loiter round my ere sacs.
And out arain I curvo and flow,
To join the brimming ri rer ;
For men n ay come and men may go,
But I go on forever. 'IVssvsns
S THE INAUGURATION.
Military and Civic Display and Pre
cautions.
THE IXACUUnAL AL'lJhESS.
THE FEELING IX THE SOUTH,
mm JSprclal Dispat'liej to the New York HcrnlJ.
. U'AsuiNfiTov. March 4, 180 1.
" The capital city is to-day the scene of u
tMlifo and excitement unequalled in thehis
""tory of the inaugurations that have taken
, Efplaco within its precincts since the forma
: linn of the government. The fearj ex-
I u' -
:nrefsed of disorder, the anticipations
. ,'. . . .. 1 a- 11..
, yurouiea -y a inotistma nj i.ig ruo.o. s tu
peculiar circumstances attending find re-
jultina from the election, the condition of
, , 6 . ... ,. . . ,
jtjjho country ana hear rround.ng f
iircumslaricos, all consiuicil to invest tbo
occasion with no or ' inary interest.
rr ,
It" WHU any ireas. tot- eiuus uii.:.c -
ti ,1110 new ice 1 it'seieiii nuisi'ii use u
lU cated here fr.nn all parts ol the country , ...
e . - mi lot. rot i7c.il. in romnanv wi 1 ;l snvlo
began to move u
nnd 1 nivr, Teotisv va-
wmfti avenue. As early as eight o' e'.ck A.
"rtI. throngs of men, women and children
'commenced assembling in and about the
:tJupitol and Willard's Hotel, an I at tflii
:nho adjacent streets were literally black,
wUh humanity. Tiiote in front of Wil
J'ards found plenty ..f pastime, in watch- !
itil'iujj the ps-sing in and out of distinguish, j
..ed callars en the Presidenl iloct nnd the
.ar.L.ArAl.:.T .....1 it, ioi'dvii'. Uiu. rtf inilitn
mm viii ' o' . . ....... , h
,,H rr companies r.n lior.sid'iu'k aim nioot, ami
t.- nr..,-.t mi,
.nncdid not miml thodelavin tho in.
C. . " i i ,r
?;Wugurat.on ce,o..,onit.s occas.oned by ;
nt'lato appearance of 1 resident Huclianan.
-They joked nnd laughed, conversed uppll
I . . -,,
IXheeven.sof Iietimennalhromnronce,
jfthoJiioinent, nnd their good humor was.
fJiWbed only -.vhen subjected to the
.u.lui..uuliU,o.C!iu..m-.s ,
iO'Jtten; who endeavored to restrain their
,l'novemnU
Speculations based upon tho rumors of
t m pending distnrbancen of tho inaugura.
ion were freely indulged in, and many
Yvh ' s -.i.v,oi-,;tj in, nii'i iiiiiuj
lJ0,retended knowing one frightened tho
f imid by1 predictions of bloody scenes
The procession commenced to form at
bout nine o'clock, the locale being in front
flha City Hall, at tho corner of Four
,nd ft half street and tho broad Louisiana'
ienu6.ri It was under tho charge of Mar
' Si UHn-Chief B. B French, an old Clerk of
B,lj he llouso of Representatives fifteen years
sh. go commissioner of Tublic Buildings
jnder President Tierce, his schoolmate,
5 " jd an active citizen generally of Wash
gton in all that pertains to its public af-
Th procession oommenced to move at
Ijlovea o'clock, passing through Louisi.
.iaavocue to Pennsylvania avenuo.thcnca
jiclor 3 ?onnsylvania avenuo, prt Willard'u
LJthl, fhre the TrosideBl elect wits stay-
tys''B' l"t Fifteenth street, whore it count
. pc: . l0rii returned and liahodon Penn
lm.ia avenue in front ot tho hotel.
Tho military formal in lino on I wo 1 accompanied l.y loud outcries, violent
aides of the hotel, and tho spectacle then pushing and great disturbam (.
became exceedingly animated ; (stall" olti -1 After tho procession had reached the
cor an J orderlies in their pay uniform! platform, .Senator Hiker, o! Oregon, in
and marshals drcoralod with their budges. ' I rod need Mr. Lincoln to tint assotu llv.
constantly gallojiCMl up nnd down tho lines , Mr. Lincoln is received with choat'-f.
of soldiers and civilians, nliile band per- lie lays down his innnns.-ript, clips his
formed putriotii: airs, drums heat, httlus hand in his pockets and pnlln out n pair of
sounded and hundreds of standards ilut- steel bowed opoctu: lea. This i a Hi;rn l
lered in the air. for merriment in one portion of tho crowd
Mr. IKichinan did not get through with A lusty hawk eyed fellow cries out, "Take
tho signing of hills at the Capitol until oil them spectncles, we want to nefl your
after his torm of otliie had uctunlly cxpi-
... i
ieo. jiumaikea Knottier, " tiiey am t in me
At half past t.velvo M., ho npnred in pictera," nnd uimihir remarks kept the
his state carriage, with livt-ried sorvientsi audience who could not hear his voice in
in front ol tho ladies fntraneeat Willard'u good humor, until a rousing cheer from
where he alighted immediately and pro- tho I'residuntial p.io l:l enlisted their at-eeedt-d
to his t-ucces."oi's room. . tention.
A brief conversation ensued, after w hich The following is tho ndilros. which ho
the two Presidents entered upon their
first ami probubly last momentous com
mon journey.
'.n a)'pearing in the door a nioderato
cheer arose from the solid walls of human
, . . , , ..
beings on each side of tho passage way,
which was kept clear to I lie curb stone by
policemen and marshals. Tho throng in
, .i t, i .
the,r eugenics to see the Presulents, pres"
scd forward, and but for the alrrnuo'is cf-
firs of the nolicc. t would have subiected
is of the police, t would have subjected
. -
tiiein loan uneomlortuWe squeeze, lliey
however salely nrrived at the open ha-
rnnl, ; .:.; r..-. n,, ti,.- ,.,:i:
. , ill,,
ry then presented arms, the band played
1 1 ail Columbia, nnd uftera little confusion
the procession commenced to move.
' !
Senators baker nnd Pearco rodo :u the
snmo'carringo with the two Presidents
It ,a l. 1 .. ;;.li l.,..
J .ou ..,
ever, that this broke down just before
starting. In ft second one wero seated
, , . , , , ,, .,,
.luuLre iavis ami lorn Marsnai . ot I ..
and Lincoln's two secretaries.
Tho militirv nrr.itifr.Tnont l,n..,l ih.,l
1 r , , . .
npprHionsioiis of a murderous plot against
the
President elect still existed. His
arriaje was so closely surrounded on all
sides by marshals and cavalry as to hide ,iomustjc institutions according to its own Unite 1 States' in any iuterioi locality shall be
it from view. A shot could not have posi. Judgment exclusively, Is essential to that bal-' so great and so universal as to prevent compe
sibly been aimed at him so dense was the "J'"" of P;vur 0,1 " !li.cll1"'e, P'Tfj-c-tlnn and en-1 tent resident eiti.ens from holding Peder il of.
J dur.inco ol our political fabric depend. And , hees, there shall he no attempt to lorce olmox-
mihtary enclosure. we denounco tho lawless invasion by an arm. j ions strangers among the people lor that oh-
The gv.ard of honor was selected from od force ol tho soil of any State or teiritory, ject, whilotho strict legal right 111 iy exist in
tho most efficient companies of regular
troops and marines. The latter branch of
the service has nlmost invariably furnish
ed the only government soldiers lor tho
4th of March ceremonies.
Platoons were likewise stationed every
1
hundred yards alone tho avenue and sov-
tlal companies held in readiness at their
1 armories
to ha lisiutciiel t any
Mounted
ltOllllj ill CISO Ul nil uiuiM rn . u u I 1 1-
1 1 1
I orderlies wen; pl.ic; 1 at every cirner to
:.. p ... ....tl.-.-i.
, informal ion (o Genera! Scot t,
. ,.oinilhiej JaV as headquarters,
..... . ...
ar.d irduulous ns it may sound, nlleineii
. wpre locoeiUvon on the rooN of hollse,
....... u .,. ...
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1 proach of tho supposed conspirators.
. ... ,.. . ..... -i... ,:.
With a single
1 ' '
friend, from his hotel to the place w here
he took the oath to perform the duties of
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the second oh.oe in the gift ol the Amen-
Can people. What a contrast with the
military pageant that attended the nnival
. , ,
or the o!!icei but a single remove above
him in his position in tho government.
hCESH INSIDE THE (Al'lTOI.
AFTER THE AR-
KIV.M. or THE TWO IMiEsinE.Nl.
Leaving Ins carriage and leaning on tbo
. . 1
nrol fit l.ic lii'i. ftniic.'iii'
r...-isi.lonl r inlr,
J- i v v
,ueu s o ,y rro, , s ..o to me
threshold ol tie Capitol, rollowing hnn
wcro Senatori Foot aU(1 Bllkor. yr. Lin.
coin looked palo and wan, fattgtied and
anxious. J I is vivacity appeared to Lavo
iM tho
.
pr'il,f . ,f 10 P'tol of the nal.on he
to the
nung uiu iicau uuu iookuu ujioii tnu iii.ii-
, , .. :f, ,,,..
, , 1
.., r .i i i f
, like many of tho heads ofj
liave .'surrounded liim for
to rise, anu
stone tbak
motifs past, offer him counsel and advice
Thoro were not half a dozen persons at
-
thi ntruriee of the Capitol when the
President elect passed in. Mr. Lincoln,
with his three companion, immediately
proceeded to the President's room on tho
Senato floor, and there was relieved of a
load of viluinous dust which in thi dusty
metropclia is not afraid to invest even
Presidential robes.
The line of procession faom the Seuate
chamber to the portico formed in the fol
lowing order.
Marshal of tho District or Columbia,
Judges of the Supremo Court, Sergeant at
Aruis of tho Senate, Committee of Ar
rangemenls, Tresidont of tho Uuitedtate
and Presidentelect, Vice President, Sot-re-
. tar y of tho Senaje, Senators, diplomatic
j corps, headd of departments, Governors
and other in tuo chamber. When the
word was given for the members of the
House to fall into tho line of the procei
on, a violent rash was aiudo for the door,
eyeB," I didn't know he wore gl-iw,"
ii ....
read in a clear, distinct voice :
P elloio Citizens of the Uuilrd States :
I In compliance with u, custom us old as tho
Government itsoll, I appear bufoiu you to ud
dress you liriolly, and to tuUo, in your pica
l'm'u ,IU oath prescribed by tho Constitution
ol the L'nitcd States to bo taken liy tliii Presi-
dent before lie enters on tho execution el his
ollice. I do not consider it necessary at pros-
ror mo to discuss those matters of ailtnin-
istration about which there is no special anx-
,uty or cxci,ullll!Ilt. App.ehetisioi, seems to
exist iiniong the people tit tin: Southern
States, that hy tho accession ol a Republican
States, that hy tho accession
iuiiiiiiiouUIMI tllUH 'l"it.iii aim tiiun I
nmi personal security aru to' ho endangered. 1
and their puae.e
There has never been any reasonable cause
for such apprehension. Indeed, the most '
ample evidence to the contrary has all the
while existed and been open to their inspec-
tion. It is found in nearly all tho published
.speeches of him who now addresses you. 1
do but quote from one of these speeches when
j declare that "I have no purpose, directly or
indirectly, to interfere with tho institution of j
slavery in tho States where it exists, I believe ,
suiverv
I httV(j liQ awul rjght (o (() H() j h iyij u() i
inclination to do so. Those who nominated I
and elected mo did so with the full knowledge
that Iliad inndo this and manv similar dec- '
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laruiious, alio uu'i never recaniou iiteni. auii ,
more than this, they placed in tho platform j
for my acceptance, os a law to themselves and :
i" uie, ine eieui ami ciupnaiiu
wj . . , , 1
resolution
Jtssutce I,
That the maintenance inviolate
of tho rights of the States, mid especially the
fieri,! f,f ..'.,li r-il.t tix nr,l.,r n. ..ti...1 ilu ..,-.. '
no matter uniier wuai pretext, as amongst tne
gravest of crimes."
I now reiterate these sentiments, an 1 in do-
ing so, I only press upon the public attention
tho most coticlusivo evidence ot which the
case in susceptible that the property, peace
and security of no section are to be in any
w ise endangered by tho new incoming Admin-
istration. I add. too, that all the protection
,,m,sjsL.t,v xv'ltll lllu Constitution and
Jaws. catfbo givn, will bo. cheerfully
iriveti to au tno aiaics, wnuii i.iwiuuy ueiuan-
ueil, ror wnaiover cause
as cheerfully to one
. m, ,
section as to another. There is much contro-
Versy about the delivering of fugitives from
service or labor. The clause I now read is as
dai..ly written in the Constitution, as any
other ol its provisions :
Xo person held to service or labor in one
state under tho laws thereof, escaping into
another, shall, in consequence of any law or
regulation therein, he discharged li on such
service or labor, but shall be delivered up on
r . .. ,vl,,,. o..n ,.,.,!,,. ., 1 ,.
-' "- i""1.' 0
bor may he due."
. J .
it l, .earetdv unostioncd tb.it this nrovisii):i'
It is sc.trcelv lines: lone l l!:a! tins provision
was intended by those who made il lor the re-' hi'u may I not speak, before entering upon
claiming of what we ill fugitive SI ivos, and ' grave a nntier as U,..- destruction of oh.-
the intention of the law-river is the law. All national labrie w it !i all its b mdiN: its meni-
lllumb(.rs of cngrCM ttW0Jr ,hcir ,,,,., to , ories and its hopes ? Would it not be w s
the whole Constitution-. to this provis.oii us to ascertain previously, w hy we do so ! Will
much as to any other-to the proposition then 'you 1, ,...rd. so desperate a step while there I.
that slaves whose c-tses come within tho terms any possibility lint any portion .d th ills you
() ,hi8 clinW) aml ...hall be delivered ,,,", lly Iron,, have no real existence ? While the
ti,uir oaths are unanimous. Xovl il they won! I cei tain ills yon lly to are greater than all the
make the elfurt in good teniper.eonld they not,
witli ni.rii le :il MiLOiiniite. lr.inio and nass
a law he oii'.nis of which to It ecu 2oo 1 that n-
nanimous oath There is some dilL-rence of
ntiininn whether t b i s clause should be enforc-
cd bv National or State authority, hut surelv
tUatdiUercnc0 U ot a very material one. If
tle Slave is to be surrendered, it c in be of but
li0 consequence to him or to others, by
which authority it isdone. And should anv one
iu apy caM bc CUIlU.nl ,lt his Mt shall be
unkept on a merely unsubstantial owtruvoisy
asto'Mow it shall be kept I Ag -in any
law upon this Hiboct ought not all tlu s ilo-
, uf tty klloWll m lho civili,ed and
iiuinano jiii ispruiionco to uo iinroauceo, so
'that n freeman mav not be. in anv caso. stir-
rendered as a slave And might it not be
reiuiuieii ua i oiuu i -inu tuiiii. ii ui;
wcHf at tll0 gamu tiniu lo ,irwviJlJ Xiy . IW ll)r
tho cnforccruerit ol that clause in the Consti-
tution, which guarantees that "the citizens ol
each Stato shall be entitled to all tho privilc-
i ges and immunities of tho citizens in the sev
eral states." 1 take the olncial o.ith to-a.iy
with no mental reservation ami with no pur
pose to construe tho Constitution or laws hy
any hypercritical rules. Aud while 1 do not
cbooso now to specify particular acts to Con
gress as proper to be enforced, I do suggest
that it will bo much saler for all, both in ofli
clal and private stations to conform to and a
bide by all those acts which stand unrepeal
ed than to violate any of them, trusting to
nnd impunity in having them held to bo un
constitutional. It is scarcely seventy-two years since the
first inauguration of a President under our Na
tional Constitution. During that period fifteen
dillerent and greatly distinguished citizens
have in succession administered tho executive
branch of the Government. They hsvc con
ducted it through liuny perils, and generally
with great success. Vet with all this scope for
precedent, I now enter upon the same task for
tho brief constitutional term of four years, un
der great s id poculiur dithoulty. A disruption
of tho Fodorsl Union, herctoloro only men
aced, is now formidably nttetnpted. I hold
that In contemplation or universal low and of
tho Constitution, the union ol these Status is
perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not ex
pressed, In the fundamental laws of ail nation-
nl povcrntnentg. It j site to nsncit that tho limeiits nte now lo lnj nlnciiteil to tho exact to a step which you Weill I never Uko tloh'aT
(Joveriitiietit proper never h;d n provision in temper of doing this. Is there such perfect n'ely, that objerl will friMtt.it.. I hy t'r.i i.
its oig.inic l.iw f.ir i l a own termination. 1 Idi-ut ity of interests among the St ates to coin- Hut tin good ohjoet can bo (rnlr.Ue.i liy It
sliall cetittt lie to i cxeciilu all the rxpres:; pro- pnsu a now Union as to produce harmony only Such of ynil us ato now disvUulled, still have
visions of our National Constitution, and tho and prevent renewed secession Plainly, tho the oi l Constitution Unimpaired, and on tbo
Union will endure lorover, it buing impossibly central idea of secession Is the essence of an- sensitive point, the law:; of jour own framing
to destroy it except by some action nut provi- nichy. A majority held la restraint by Con- uieK:r It ; while the new Administration will
ded fur in the Instrument itself. Again, it tho stitutional checks and limitations and always hino no iniinedlalo power, If it would, to
United Stales he not n government proper, hut changing easily with tho deliberate changes cd change c'tber. It' It wero admitted that yon
an association of States in the nature of a con- popular opinions nnd sentiments. Is tho only , "ho are dissatlslh d li.ild tho right side in the
tract merely, can it us a contract lie peaceably true sovereign of a Ireu people. Whoever re- ; dispute, there still Is no sinnle gioil iva.vn
unmade by less than all tho parties who made jecls it, does of necessity lly to anarchy or to for precipitate action. I ntelligenco, puliioi
it One parly to the contract may violute it, despotism. Unanimity is impossible. The' i", Christianity, and n firm reliance on lli'ii
or break it, so to spun!;, but dues it not reipaiu rule ot a minority as a permanent arrange.- who lias never yet forsaken this favored land,
all to lawlully rescind it 1 ment, Is wholly inadiiiissable, so that rejecting ttl' sllll Competent to adjust in tho Imst waj
Peseonding t'roiii these pi-iicral principles, the majority principle, anarchy and despotism j a" our present dilllcultie.s.
we llud the proposition that in a legal cotitcln- in'somo form is all that is left. In your hand, my ili.isatisfled countrynieu,
plat ion if tho case, Union ispeipetu.il, con-' I do not forfct the position nssunied by 'and not in miiiu, is tbo inoiii'jntotls isaiin ut'
tinned by the history of the Union itself. Tho somo that Constitutional questions are to he , civil war. Thu Goveif nent' will not nssjll
Union Is much older than the Constitution. 1 decided by the Supremo Court, norlo I deny j you. Veil can havu no conlllct without being.
It was formed In part by the articles uf nsso-' that such decisions must be binding in any ; yourselves tho aggressors. Von have no oatu
chition in 1771. It was matured and continued caso upon the patties to a suit as to the oh- I registered in heaven (o destroy tho Govern
by tho Declaration of Independence in 1770. ject of that si.it, w bile they are also entitled ', ment, while I shall have tho most solemn otw
It was further matured, ami the laith of all the ta very high respect and consideration in nil to "preserve, protect, and defend it."
then thirteen States expressly plighted and en- 1 parallel cases by all other Departments of the lam lU to close. We are not enemies,
gaged that it should bo perpetual hy the arti- : Government. And, while it is obviously pos- but friends. Wc Timst not bu enemies. Tho'
cles of confederation in 177K, and finally in : sible that such decision may he erroneous in 'passion may have strain".!, it must net break
17S'J. One ol tho declared objects for ordain- ! any given case, still the eli'ect following it he- j our bonds of utl'ection. The mystic, chords of
ine and establishing the Constitution, was to 1 ing limited to that particular case, with tbo memory stretching fion; cv.ry battlo-Held
form a more perfect Union ; but It the destine-' oiiau. .o that it m iy be overiuled and never he- and patriot grave to every loving heart and
t io II of the Union by one or hy a part only ot coine a precedent for other cases can be bet- hearthstone all over this bu-ad bnd, w ill yet
the States he I.iw fully possible, the Union is wr borne than could the evils of a dillerent swell the chorus of tho Union, when again
less than before the Constitution ; having lost ' practice. At the s imotimu the candid citi-1 touched, us surely they will bo hy tin bolter
tho vital clement of perpetuity, it follows from
these views that no Slate upon its own mere Government the vital questions, edi ct-
motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that ! ing the whole people, is to he irrevocably fix
resolves or ordinances to that effect are legal- I ed by llio decisions of the Supreme Court, the
ly void, and that acts ol violence u it bin any instant they arc nude, in ordinary litigation
State or States against the authority of the! between parties in personal actions, the peo-
( niteil Mates, are insurrectionary or rcvoHi
tionsry, according to circumstances.
1 therefore consider that in view ol the Con
uii.vn'ii, Liiiioniii tuuiiii i it " wi lilt; xi'ir
st itution and laws the Union is unbroken, ami
to the extent of my ability 1 shall take car e, as j
the Constitution expressly enjoins on me, that
the laws ol the Union be faithfully executed
in all the States. Doing that 1 deem to be
"tdy a simple duty on my part, and I shall
perform it so far as puictieahle, unless my
ri.htlul masters, the Amei ican people, shall
withhold tho requisite means, or in somo an-
thin it alive manner direct tho contrary. 1
trust this will not lie regarded as a menace
lnl( ())y as lU, (U.cI0ll ,uull(,Sl. (, ,10 Union,
that I will constitutionally defend and main-
tain it. I n doing this there need be no blood-
shed or violence, and there shall ho none un-
i i ... i v...:. .. .i i...
'e.ss it ee iohm, ujioo uie imiuoilu auuioi 1 1 j. .
The poa er cnnlided 'o me will be used to In hi,
occupy, and possess the property and places
belonging to the government, and to collect . over in each. This I think cannot be perfect
the duties on imports, but beyond wh it may ! Iy cured, and it would bo worse in both cases
be necessary for these objects there will be no i alter the separation of the sections than before.
invasion, no using of force against or among
till' tiooi.ti, fl n V tl' ll i l'i . U'lif.r,. llof ilitV to flo
me u erniuei.i 10 enioree 1110 exercise 01
j Hicso ollicers, tho attempt to do so would be
so irritating, and so nearly unfeasible with
all, that 1 d'vtn it better to forego for a time
'the uses of such ollicers.
The mails, tiiibss repelled, w ill continue to
he furnished in all parts of th.: Union so far as
possible. The people everywhere shall h ivc
that sense of perfect security which the most
fivorablc and calm tliuu-M and rejection on
the part of the Government can give them.
The course here indicated will he followed.
unless current events and experience shall
snow a IliiHliIlcation- or change to tie proper,
and ill every caso and exigency my best dis
cretion shad bo exercised according to cir
cuiiist aiiccs'aetually existing, and with a view
and a hope of a peaceful soluticii ol the nalion
id troubles and the restoration ol Irateinil
symp ithies and nlfect ions. That there are
persons in one sec.lio.i or another who s 'el; to
destroy the Union at all events, and are jibul
of any pretext to doit, I i. nl neither .illi.iii
not deny ; but il there lJ such. I need a 1 Less
no word to theni.
To .hose, however, ho really love the U-
, leal on-s on i y liotn, wi.i yoti n.s.s l.ie c.ui-
mission ol s. i,mi i : i a nnsi.ike : aii pr-i s..
I '(' bo content
in the Union, if all Consiliu
inmal ri,
ms en be in lintaiued. Is it true
;iiiv tight pi nnlv written in t!io Con-
then th it
stitution has been denied ! I think not.
Happily the human mind is so constitute-! tl, it
no party cm reach to the audaeiiv of doing
this. Think if you can of a single instance
in which aliiii!y written provision of the
Constitution hasevur been denied. If. by the
mere force of numbers, a majority should de
prive a minority of any cle.iily written Consti
tutional right, it might in a moral point of
view, justify a revolution. It certainly would, lmve said, I depart from my purpose r,ot to , ioi v '"iv. uio vuneouou m evc.uv, , -if
such a right were a vital one. Hut such is speak of particular amendments so fur as to cause they live suppoiS'i to favor coercion,
not our caso. All the vital rights of ininori sav, that, holding such a provision to bo now j . v r , ,,
tics and of individuals are so plainly scciit ! I.vpl'ed J'C' .stitutional law, I have no objec- j KALl.Kin, V V., JU'.rcn o, lent,
to them by allirmalions and negations, gnat- ti n to Its being made express and revocable. ! The inaugural w.is favorably received by
antoes ami prohibitions in tho Constitution, The chief magistrate derives all his suthori-1 T s ion i tw. They think il dots well
tint controversies never arise concerning ty from tho people, and they have conferred ,. , ,, . ., , ...,
I I,m. nonu upon hi in t - fix terms lor tho separation or Lincoln, lhouth Iboy ilou t approve Of
But no organic law can bu fr.im -d with a ' of the States. The p-....!,. themselves can do all of it. The disunionistf nro dissntisfied
provision specifically aiplicablu to every tpius- this also il they choo-" -, hut tho executive, ns . :ti
tion which may occur in practical admitiistra- such, has nothing t- .i.) with it. His duty Is, ' p
tion. No foresight can nuticipate, nor any to admiriis!-r tho present Government as it ( anox ll.I.K, lenn., .iiaroti o, 1. 01.
document of roasoiiuhle length contain express came to his hands and to transmit it unini- Mr. Lincoln's inaugural, if reported ror
provisions (or all possible rpieslions. Shall paired by him to.his successor. Why should reL,,iv j3 universally condemned Ten
fugitives from labor be surrendered bv Nation- there not bo a patient confidence in the ulti-, ' .... , ,-. ,
ul or Statu authority Tho Constituti"n does m ite Justice of the people ? Is there any bet-, nesseo wil. tight bun lo tue bitter end.
not cxpicssly say. May Congress prohibit ter or equal hope in tho world ? Inourpres-! Lonsvii LC Ki. March 5.
slavery In the Territories ? The Constitution cut differences, is either pnity without faith of . . ','.' ,
does not expressly say. Must Congress pro- h-ii g in the right 1 If toe Almighty Ruler ol , ''C opinions on .he inaugural are un
tect slavery in tho Territories J Tho Consti- Nations, with bis eternal truth snd justice, ho favorable. It is believed that Mr. Lincoln
tution does not expressly say. From ques-' on our side of the North, or on yours ot hey . d t rnl r)ed to retuho the foils and for
tions of this class spring all our Constitutional South, that truth arid that justico will surelt i
controversies, and we divide upon them into prevail by the judgment of this great tribunal, , collect the revenue.
majorities and minorities. It the minority tho Amei ican people. Hy the framo of tho ( At .laokson and Columbia, Mississippi,
will not acquiesce tho majority must, or tho Government under which wo live, thi.s nmio ftul Tus,curn,ia, Al.ibnmn, it is corisiderei
government must coase. There Is no other people have wisely given their public servants
alternative for'continuing tho Government but but little power lor mischief, and have with a declaration ol war.
ocipiiescenco on tho ono sido or tho other. If equal wisdom provided for the return of that At Vicksburg it is regarded unfavorably,
a niinoiity in such cssa will seccdo rather than 1 littlo to their own hands at very short Inter-' (U)j rnera;y considered u silly produo
ucqtiiese, they make a precedent which lo vals. Whilo tho people retain their virtue fc
turn will divhjo and ruin thera, for a minority and vigilance, no Adtn'nistration, by any ex--lion.
of their own will secedo from them whenever , tremo of wickedness or fully, can very serl-1 j l( Lowt-H. ft voun? mar-
. majority refuso. to be controlled by such a ously Injure the Government in tho short j b , J
minority. For InsUnco, why may not any por- space of 4onr years. . . ,,.,,, B- IAm ,',,v r Br.Mtr
pen
ol a uew Confederacy, a year or two
. ..i 1 nm
lieui-e, uio.iiuiiiv at::oiiu utii, i,unii-ir
lortions of tho present Union now claim lose
code from it J All who cbcrisb disunion sen
.en must confess, Unit if tho policy of the
pie will have ceased to ho their own ru ers.
having to that extent practically resigned
their government into tho hands of that emi
nent tribunal, or is there in this view anv
assault upon the Couit or the Judges. It is a
dutv from which they may not shrink to do-
ciile cases properly brought before them, mid
It is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn
their decisions to political purposes.
One section of our country believes that sla
very is right, and ought to bo extended, while
the other believes that it is wrong, and ought
not to be extended. This is the only substan
tial dispute, for the fugitive slave clause ol
the Constitution, and tho law fur tho suppres
sion of the foreign slave trade, are eacli as Well
enforced perhaps as any law ever can bo in u
coinninnitv where tuo moral sense of the pco
r . t . : r...i.. t .i. i P u..t rn..
pie no ici iia: .ut..wt i.t ,o ..... ..ov... ..v
great body of the peoplo abide by the dry
', legal obligation in both cases an 1 a few break
The foreign slavo trade, now imperfectly sup
pressed , would be ultimately revived without
restriction in one section; while fugitive
slaves, now only partially surrendered, would
pot be surrendered at all hy the other.
Physically speaking, wo cannot separate, we
cannot remove our respective sections from
each other, nor bui! 1 an impassable wall be
tween them. A husband and wife may ho di
vorced and go out of the presence and beyond
the reach of each other. Hut the different
puts of our country cannot do this. They
cannot but remain lace to face, and an inter
course either amicable or hostile must continue
between ihcm. Is'it possible then to make in
tercourse more advantageous or more satis
factory alter sep.iriliiig than before Can
aliens make treaties easier than friends can
make laws Can treaties he more faithfully
enforced between aliens than liw among j
fiieiidsf Suppose you go to war, you can
not light always, and when, after much loss on
both sides and Vin gain on either, j-oh cease
fighting, the identical oil questions as to
terms of intcicours' are again upon you.
r li is country, with its institutions, belongs to
tlo peopl tint inhibit it. Wh never they
' shall grow weary of the existing government.
, thev can exercise their ("oustitul ionel ri.ht of
; amen dint; it, or their revolutionary right to
i dismember or overthrow it. I cannot be ig.
I noraiit of the fact that many worthy and pa
il riot ie cu izens are desirous ol b ivi-ig the Ml
t ional Cons', ifut ion amended'. While I ni-ike
no recommend itions of nnien liiionl s, I fully
r ''Cognize 'he rijht fnl aufho; ity of the p"ople
over Hi" w linle subject, to
exercised in
either of the iintcs prescribed in the instrn-1
niei t itself, and I should, under existluir cir- i
cunisl.in-.'es. favor, r Hlier than oppose, a fair i
opportunity being alioided the people to act I
-. i ii ... i. 1 1 , t ., .
iipui it. I will venture to add that to me thei
Convention mode seems prelerable. inasmuch j
as it allows the amendments to originate with '
the lieople themselves instead only of permit-
'. 1 . 1 , . . . , '
ting tei til to take or reject n proposition oris-1
inatcd by others not especi illy chosen for the
purpose, and which might iud be precisely
such as they would i,.l. to either accept or
refuse. J
I understand proposed nniondment to the
Constitution, which amendment, however, I
have l, ot seen. Ins piss,-,l Congress, to tin. el-f-d
that Ihe Federal C? .-eni'iient shall never (
intei fere w ith the domestic institutions of the ,
States Including that of persons held '' s,,r-
vice.
To avoid a misconstruction of what I
My Uountrymen una anu an, iiiiiik cnimiy
mwl .fnltiinnn this vhftlo Klibieel. Nottilliff
s u. .-v.. - - - r,
- valuable can bo lost by taking time. It them
- bo an object to hXffry any of you in hot haste
unguis of our nature
During the delivery of tho Inaugural, which
commenced about half pa3t one o'clock, Mr.
Lincoln was much cheered, especially at any
allusion to tho Union. President E'.ichanan
and Chief Justice Taney listened with the ut
most attention' to every word, and at its con
clusion the latter administcrod the usual oath,
in making which Mr. Lincoln was vociferously
cheered. The Chief Justice seemed very much
agitated, and his hands shook very porcoptl
bly with emotion. Tha inauguration of to-day
makes tho eighth ceremony of tho kind at
which Justice Taney has officiated, having
administered the oath successively to Presi
dents Vim Huron, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fill
more, Pierce, Puchaniin and Lincolu. Tho
ceremony was exceedingly impressive. At
tho conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies
tho President was escorted to tho Senate
Chamber, thence t j bis carriage ; and tho mil
itary forming as in the procession of tho morn
ing, accompanied him, with the Cointnitteo of
' Arrangements, to tho White llouso. Every
thing passed off peaceably.
THE INAUGURAL IN THE SOUTH.
New Oki.eaxo, March 5, 1801.
Mr. Lincoln's inaugural was here yos
terriiiy in three hours from Washington.
It is regarded as incongruous nnd contra
dictory relative to constitutional rights.
Tho assertion that tho ordinances of tho
seceded Slates are void, and their acts in
surrectionary, coupled with the deter
initiation to hold, occupy and pesse.-s tha
govei niiient property, and to collect reve
nue, u e i ceeived ns an op'.'ii declaration
of war. The as.sei lion thai vo blood will
be shed aint no invasion made unless the
South resists, is ridiculed.
I't'fpatches to.-day from Montgomery
universally concede war t j to inevitable.
The Souiiieiii ('angle s was engaged in
oreuiiiing a standing r.rmy of ten tliouss
and men. Light thousand men enn at
once bo placed on a movablo war foot
ing. C'n r.sioN, S. 0., Match 5, SGI.
Uur community bus not been disap
pointed, and exhibited very liui'i feeling
on the .-ubjcU. They are content to
leave Mr. Lincoln nnd his inaugural in
the hands wf .K tlersi'n Davis and tho Con-
gl tss of the C'olileder.'te Stales.
..,. ?.. r, ion
lin lisioxn, n., iiaroli 0, loOl.
,
There wus a tlebato in the Convention
to-day on M . Lincolirsjnaugura'l address.
" . , ,i
1 lie M'cessioiiists ara de.itu on tho inaug-
fal and are tor hard blow?, aud this feeU
ing is apparent nine ng iho jieop.U ; Lul
Uj0 y,,,, UU rUj oppose hasty action
. . I.
111 t;e toiivenlmn, and, perhaps, pi Dyent
t ie p.'Bsa.'o O1' t!u nr lin.inca of sooossion,
Wilmi.vgiox, N. C, March 5, l i'il.
f ir us known most of tho contents RIO
satitactorih' rii.ie.l. eg'.recia llv relatintf
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ill
the cars, five three fLeers, waved til
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hat, bade th-m njoy thmelve if tbfy
(could, and theu weut home ahaoj'y ifiku.