INTELLIGENCER & LANCASTERIAN.
GEO. SANDERSON, EDITOR.
A* SANDERSON, Associate.
LANCASTER, PA., MARCH 10, 1857,
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FOR GOVERNOR. j
WILLIAM F. PACKER, Lyeoming County-
FOE JUDGE OF THE SUPREME] COURT.
ELLIS LEWIS, Philadelphia City.
' FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER.
NIMROD STRICKLAND, Chester; County.
The Inauguration.
■' A pretty full and accurate account of the
inauguration of President Buchanan is given
in our columns to-day. The that
we discover is in the time and place where the
oath was administered by Chief Jjistice Taney
to the President. It was done 09 the Eastern
Portico of the Capitol, in presence of the vast
multitude of people there assembled, and
after he had delivered his Inaugural Address.
The New Cabinet.
The new Cabinet was sent to the Senate, on
Friday, and confirmed by that body. In
its complete condition it stands as follows:
Secretary of State—Lewis Cass, of Miohi
gan.
Secretary ■df the Treasury—Howell Cobb,
of Georgia.
Secretary of the Navy—lsaac Toucey, of
Connecticut.
Secretary of War —John Buchanan Floyd,
of Virginia.
Secretary of the Interior—Jacob Thompson,
of Mississippi.
Postmaster General Aaron Venables
Brown, of Tennessee.
Attorney. General—Jeremiah S. Black, o!
Pennsylvania.
The Cabinet of President Buchanan,
We hail with satisfaction the announce
ment ’made of the names of the distin
guished gentlemen whom President Bu
chanan has called around him os his “Con
stitutional advisers.” We congratulate the
people of theso United States,—the fountain
of all power, —on the fortunate choice he has
made. With that prudence which has ever
characterized him, he has, since his election,
well weighed the various distinguished men
who have contributed to the honor, safety
and welfare of the Union, in the troublous
times which, lately threatened our political
prosperity and fortunes, and after due and
proper deliberation he has made his selections.
It was no easy task, but we err greatly if
he has; not succeeded in pleasing all true
friends of the Constitution and the Union.
The limits ol this us to do
more, at present, than to gi/e a mere passing
notice of the distinguished yfiien who compose
the Cabinet of the new President, and we do
so, as some of them, although known to the
country generally, yet there are others whose
names, to many of our readers, may not be so
familiar. They are all firm and consistent
members of the Democratic party.
Lewis Cass, formerly a General in the
Army-of the United States, during the War of
1812, afterwards Governor of the then Terri
tory of Michigan for very many years ; Secre
tary of War, under Andrew Jackson, and
Minister to France. While in the latter situ-
ation, on his own responsibility, be filed his
protest, in the name of hia Government,
against the Quimuple Treaty, which had been
concluded among the Great Powers of Europe,
threatening the freedom of the Beas, and which
had the effect of putting an end thereto.
Since then the able and efficient champion of
his country’s honor and interests on the floor
1 of the U. S. Senate. Gen. Cass brings with
him into the Department of State a mind
richly stored with every knowledge of foreign
and domestic affairs, and, without doubt, of
all living statesmen is, perhaps, the ablest
man who could have been called to that im
portant office. No man is more fully known
to the whole people, and no one more fully
enjoys their respect and esteem for services
rendered his country.
Howell Cobb, of the State of Georgia, once
Governor thereof, Secretary of the Treasury,
is well known to all as the sound and con
servative statesman, the learned and eloquent
orator and debator, who has so ably sustained
the interests of the whole Union, not only in
the House of Representatives of the United
States, over which he has once presided as
Speaker, but who devoted his time, talents
and energies to the service of the Union
throughout its length aDd breadth. Who
that heard him during the late campaign in
* the .North, but at once recognized in him the
champion—not of a section—but of the entire
confederacy. He brings into the laborious
Department, which he has been selected to
fill, a full knowledge of all its branches and
duties, and with an industry and untiring
zeal to perform its requirements. His ap
pointment cannot fail to please all true,Union
loving citizens. He is in the full bloom of
health and youthful vigor, and we predict for
him one constant current of successful admin
istration.
John Buchanan Flotd, late Governor of
Virginia, is the son of the late John Floyd,
who likewise filled that distinguished station.
He is well known to the people of the United
States, for the bold and manly course he dis
played during the late exciting contest. He
is a man of nerve, action, talents and industry,
and in selecting him, for the post of Secretary
of "War, Mr. ‘Buchanan has shown his usual
foresight, for we have no hesitation in asserts
ing that he could not have made choice of a
better man, or one more fitted to discharge,
with ability and impartiality, the duties of
Secretary of the Department of War.
Isaac To-ccet, of Connecticut, lately a
Senator of the United States, and tho only
member of] the present Cabinet, (save Gen.
Cass,) who has ever before held a seat in that'
of a former President's, having been for a
short time the Attorney General of Mr. Polk.
Mr. Toucey is a ripe lawyer, a sound states
man, a gentleman of distinguished talents,
and of high administrative capacities. We
hail his appointment with satisfaction as Sec
retary of the Navy. Selected from the North-
East—uninfluenced by those associations,
which, whether justly attributed or not, have
always been said to exercise : an influence upon
the Heads of this Department, coming from
or connected with the seaboard, or its local
interests, he will, without doubt, discharge
the duties of his office with justice to all con
cerned, administering the affairs of the Navy
in such a manner as to excite the good will
and opinion of the whole service, and reflect
credit upon himself and the administration.
Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, Secretary
of the Department of the Interior, is a gentle
man in the full strength of life, who has been
a member of Congress, at different times, but
who has been in retirement since the passage
of the Compromise measures, so called, of
1850, having been defeated by the secession
ists./ He-4.8 a State’s Eights’ Democrat, so
called, but; no favorite of that branch of the
Southern politicians who favor disunion. He
is intimately acquainted with the Land, In
dian and other interests, which form the
different Bureaux of the Interior Department
—is laborious in business; and will perform
the duties with satisfaction to all concerned.
We expeot for him a successful administration
of the important Department over which he
has been placed, and feel we shall not be dis
appointed in our expectations.
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A a Tiny Tenable Bbown, of Tennessee,. INAUGURATION OF JAMES BUCHANAN.
Postmaster General, since leaving, the public ,
councils Governor that State, was known, Fl “ PKS.denUf_tlie United State*,
during the period he served in Congress, as INAUGURAL ADDRESS
the firm and devoted friend of Gen. Jackson,
and the able and consistent advocate of Dem
ocratic principles. A ready debater, on all
subjects to which he gave his atttention, he
was ever found ready when his party and
friends.were attacked to defend them. Cour
teous to all, he commanded the respect of his
opponents, and retired to Tennessee from
Congress to become the Governor of that
State, possessing the good opinion of those
with whom he had been associated. Untiring
in his industry, and possessed of great busi
ness capacity, he will, in the laborious De
partment placed under his charge, do justice
to the Government, as well as to the people,
and add fresh honors to his name, and to the
State he represents.
Of our own distinguished jurist, who has
been selected by the President as the confi
dential and public legal adviser of himself
and his Cabinet, Jeremiah Sullivan Black,
Attorney General of the United States, it
would appear superfluous to speak. He is so
well known within the limits of Pennsylvania
—indeed, we might add beyond them—that
it would seem almost unnecessary to add a
word of comment. Late Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and now a
member of that bench, he is famed for his high
judicial character, and enjoys the respect and
esteem of all parties within his native State.
Although there are many distinguished men
in Pennsylvania, from among whom President
Buchanan might have selected a member of
his Cabinet, we doubt much, and we say it
without disparagement of others, whether,
among them all, he could have chosen one
whose appointment will give more general
satisfaction.
After thus briefly summing up the different
members of the new Cabinet, we must con
gratulate the new President on the happy
selections he has made, and again further
congratulate the country on the President’s
being surrounded by so patriotic, wise, able
and distinguished a body of Constitutional
advisers.
The State Convention.
The Democratic State Convention met, in
Harrisburg, on the 2d inst., and nominated
Gen. William F. Packer, of Lycoming coun
ty, for Governor, Hon. Ellis Lewis, of Phil
adelphia, for Supreme Judge, and lion. Nim
rod Strickland, of Chester county, for Canal
Commissioner. The contest was quite an
animated and close one, and the friends of the
respective candidates—all of whom were able
and worthy men—urged the claims of their
favorites with great energy and zeal. But
everything passed off with the most kindly feel
ing, and now that the preliminary contest is
ended, we have no doubt that the Democracy
of the State will rally as one man to the
hearty, zealous and vigorous support of the
nominees.
Gen. Packer has for some years past occu
pied a very prominent position in Pennsylva
nia, and been in the foremost rank of our lead
ing men. Under Gov. Porter’s administration
he was Auditor General of the State, and his
career in the State Senate was unusually
brilliant.’ His intellectual attainments are of
a high order. He is one of the most skilful
debaters in the State, and his long experience
in its political affairs has enabled him to
become fully informed in regard to all its
varied interests. The management of the
canvass could not have been entrusted to abler
hands. On the stump he is fully able to cope
with the best orators of the opposition, and
after his election, he will make an admirable
Governor ; for no man in the Commonwealth
more thoroughly understands all her varied
interests, and no one could display more en
ergy, industry and patriotic zeal in promoting
her welfare.
Of Judge Lewis it is unnecessary to speak.
The great learning and ability he has displayed
on the Supreme Bench, has justly placed him
in the front rank of American jurists, and his
triumphant re-election is already a foregone
conclusion. *
Mr. Strickland is emphatically one of
nature’s nobleman, an honest man. He is also
highly intelligent and capable, and in him
the people will have a faithful and trust-wor
thy public Servant.
* We shall speak more at length hereafter in
regard to the merits and qualifications of ouj
candidates.
Senator Bigler.
This gentleman has proven himself to be a
representative in the United States Senate
worthy the great State of Pennsylvania. He
isjealous of her rights and a watchful guar
dian of her interests. This was most conclu
sively shown on Tuesday last, when a propo
sition was made by Mr. Adams in the Senate
to remit the duties upon the iron used on such
railroads as would carry the mails for eight
years, and which was further attempted to be
amended by admitting Railroad Iron free.—
Governor Bigler opposed both these proposi
tions as fatal to the interests of Pennsylvania,
and through his able and energetic efforts they
were defeated. The great Keystone State
may well felicitate herself upon having such
a distinguished and influential Senator in the
National Councils.
Col. S. C. Stambaugh.
. The hospitalities of this gentleman are pro
verbial in Washington, and his rooms are
constantly crowded with personal and political
friends from morning till night. He is espe
cially attentive to Pennsylvanians, and is at
all times willing to go any length to minister
to their pleasure and comfort. The Col. is a
true friend of President Buchanan, and a
whole-souled Democrat, who deserves, as we
hope he may receive, some lucrative situation
under the new administration.
The Washington Union.
This sterling Democratic organ has changed
hands— Mr. Nicholson retiring, and Hon.
John Appleton, of Maine, assuming the pro
prietorship and editorship of the paper. Mr.
Appleton is a ready and forcible writer, and
we doiabt not the Union, under his auspices,
will be an able and faithful exponent of the
Democratic party. The paper is to be en
larged and otherwise improved in appearance.
BS&, Governor Bigler has presented to the
U. S. Senate the Protest of the Democratic
Senators and Representatives of the Pennsyl
vania Legislature, against the proceedings
under which Gen. Cameron claims his seat in
the Senate. The question, it is supposed, will
be decided this week.
Present for Mr. Buchanan.— Mr. Wind
ham Robertson, ex-AmericanjConsulat Triste,
who arrived at New York on Saturday in the
Edinburg, has brought with him a magnificent
enameled gold chronometer watch, which has
been made to the order of some Italian repub
licans, for a present to President Buchanan.
A Murderer Arrested.
McKim, the supposed murderer of Nor
cross, has been arrested in the mountains near
Wilkesbarre.
B®. We direot attention to the advertise
ment of Jos. M. Phillips, m another column.
The Mill property he offers for sale is a very
desirable one, and offers great inducements to
capitalists.
PULL PARTICULARS OP THE DAT
Washington, March 4tb, 1856. —A brighter
day seldom dawned upon the Federal city
than the 4th of March, 1857. which was to
witness the retirement of Franklin Pierce
and the accession of James Buchanan to the
Presidency of the United States. The sun
roee clear in an unclouded sky. The air was
cool, without being uncomfortably coMf and
those who remembered the chill atmdfpliere,
the murky sky, and the Bnow storm that dis
tinguished the Inauguration day of Franklin
Pierce, could not fail to draw a favorable
omen from the the pleasant contrast of this
day.
The city had been filling up with strangers
from all parts of the Union for a week or two,
and yesterday and this morning, many thou
sands arrived by the trains and steamboats.
Last night, there were thousands who en
camped in parlors, dining-rooms, and other
apartments, the sleeping rooms of the public
and private houses being totally unequal to
the accommodation of the vast multitude.—
The event of the night was the Democratic
Inauguration Ball, given by the Twelfth
Ward-Demoeratic Association of Philadelphia.
It took place at Carusi’s Saloon. The tickets
were five dollars, and the proceeds were for
the benefit of the poor of Washington City.—
A large miscellaneous company was present,
and the President and Vice President elect
were present for a short tiqne, being received
with acclamations on their arrival. There
were in the course of the evening salutes fired,
rockets discharged, and various other demon
strations in view of the coming event.
The city woke early this morning, being
aroused by new Balutcs and the ringing of the
bells. The streets were alive with moving
multitudes. Pennsylvania Avenue presented
a most animated appearance. Flags waved
from all the hotels and public buildings, and
from many private dwelling houses. The
movement of military companies, preparing
to take their place in the line of procession,
gave a particularly lively character to the
scene.
Among the companies present were the fol
lowing :
The Lancaster Fencibles, Captain Duchman
(the special escort from Wheatland); the City
Guard; the Charlestown, Mass., City Guard ;
the Auburn, N. Y., Willard Guard ; the Al
bany, N. Y., Burgess Corps ; the Cumberland
Continentals, Captain Thurston ; the Alle
gheny Guards, Captain Schley; Richmond
Montgomery Guards, Captain Moore; Rich
mond Young Guard; the Alexandria Rifles,
Captain Herbert; the Alexandria Mount
Vernon Guards; the Portsmouth Rifles, Capt.
Richardson ; the Baltimore Law Grays, Capt.
Bowers; and the Baltimore German Rifles-
There were also the following companies from
Washington City: The National Guard, Capt.
Tait; the National Grays, Captain Towers ;
the Washington Yeagers, Capt. Sehyvarzman ;
the Boon Rifles, Capt. Bright; the Montgom
ery Guards, Captain Key; the Washington
Light Infantry, Captain Davy ; the Washing
ton Highlanders, Captain Watt; and the
Union Guards, Lieut. Williams. Altogether,
the volunteers in the city, taking part in the
ceremonies, numbered not less than a thou
sand, rank and file.
There were also detachments of U. S. Light
Artillery from Fort McHenry, and a corps of
some three hundred U. S. Marines. They
were all under the command of General John
A. Quitman.
The streets were further enlivened by the
rapid movements of the Marshals and their
deputies. These numbered altogether nearly
two hundred men from all parts of the Union.
The marshal-in-chief and aids were designated
bj yellow scarfs, with white rosettes, and blue
saddle cloths, with gilt edging. The mar
shals were designated by blue scarfs and white
rosettes, and blue saddle covers trimmed with
blue. And they carried a baton two feet
long, of blue color, with gilt ends about two
inches deep. The assistant marshals wore
pink scarfs with white rosettes, white saddle
covers trimmed with pink. They also carried
white batons two feet long, with ends two
inches deep.
The Fire Companies and the various politi
cal and civic societies were also early in mo
tion, preparing to take their places in the line
of procession. Towards nine o’clock they and
the military all began to form in procession on
New York Avenue, the right, consisting of the
military, resting on 15th street. This is close
to the President’s House and the public De
parments. There was necessarily a good
deal of confusion and delay in forming into
line ; but the procession got into motion about
12 o’clock and advanced down Pennsylvania
Avenue. Its appearance, as a popular dem
onstration, without the trapping and insignia
of royalty, was very fine, and the masses of
the people in the Avenue cheered frequently
as it passed.
On reaching the National Hotel there was
a halt and after a short delay an elegant
barodche, drawn by four horses, containing
the President and President elect joined the
procession immediately* in the rear of the
military. The Vice President elect was also
in an open carriage, with several other gentle
men, and the two carriages were surrounded
by the Keystone Club, preceeded by the mili
tary and representation by a lady dressed as
the Goddess of Liberty on a high platform
drawn by six horses, followed by a miniature
ship-of-war of considerable size, made by the
mechanics of the Washington Navy Yard.—
The crowd cheered tumultuously as the Pres
ident elect appeared. The procession then
moved on in the order agreed upon as follows:
TUE ORDER OF FROCESSION.
Aids. Marshal-in-Chief. Aids.
The military under the command of General
J. A. Quitman.
A National Flag with appropriate emblems.
The President of the United States, with
the President elect and suite; with
Marshals on the left; and the
Marshal ot the United States
for the District of Colum
bia and his deputies
on the right.
A rigged ship—an emblem of duty and power.
The Committee of Arrangments of the Senate.
The Jackson Democratic Association.
The Judiciary.
The Clergy.
Foreign Ministers.
• The Corps Diplomatique.
Members elect, members, and ex-members ol
Congress, and ex members of the Cabinet.
Governors and ex Governors of States and
Territories, and members of the
lature of the same.
Officers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps
and Militia.
Officers and soldiers of the Revolution, of the
war of 1812, and of subsequent periods.
The Corporate Authorities pf Washington and
Georgetown.
Other political and military associations from
the District and other parts.
All organized civic societies.
Professors, Schoolmasters and Students, with
in the District of Columbia, citizens of the
District, and of States and Territories.
There were a number of fine military bands
in the procession, including several from Phil
adelphia, New York and Baltimore, which
gave additional eclat to the scene. As the
line moved towards the Capitol, the crowd,
which was much more dense at this end of
the avenue than at the other, repeatedly
cheered the President and Vice President
elect, and they bowed their acknowledgments
on all sides!
As the head of the column reached the north
gate oT the Capitol which it did not do until
about 1 o’clock, halted, and the military open
ed ranks, facing inwards and presenting arms,
forming what the French call a “ haie or
a double line of soldiers, through which the
carriage of the President and President elect
drove to the gate. There they’alighted, and
were received by the Committee of the Senate
appointed for the purpose. There was an
enclosed passage constructed thence, through
which they were escorted to the north door of
the Capitol, and then to the Vice President’s
room.
The Scene in the Senate Chamber.
The most interesting scene, thoogh on a
small scale, was that in the Senate Chamber.
Owing to the small size of the apartment only
a limited number of persons could he admitted;
but these comprised all the chief dignitaries
of the government. The semi-circular gallery
was filled with ladies at an early hour, and
members of the 34th and 35th Congresses were
admitted to the Eastern lobby. The Diplo
matic Corps were in full force, all the Ministers
and Charges being in their full official costumes
and looking quite resplendent along side of
the republican black coats of the rest of the
assemblage. They occupied a space set apart
for them on the left of the principle entrance.
On the other side the Heads of Departments,
Governors of States and Territories, and some
other privileged persons were accommodated.
In front of the eastern lobby were the Chief niary profits and local advantages which
Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme would result to different btates and sections
Court,-in their official robes. Various distin-, from its dissolution, and of the comparative
guished army and naval officers were also injuries which such an event would iuflict on
present. In fropt of the Secretary's desk other states and sections,
were chairs fur the President and President Eveu t descend,ng to this low and narrow
, . view of the mighty question, all such calcu
-6 mi* o i. , in , , , , lations are at fault—the bare reference to a
The Senate met at 12 o clock. On the arv , , consideration will be conclusive on this
nouncemen of the arrival of the President and » t We at nt enj a free trade
President elect all rose to their feet. Ihe throughout onr and expanding
President and President elect took the place : conntry snch a 9 tha world neV er witnessed,
assigned to them, and in a few minutes, all Thia trade is conducted on railroads and
being prepared, the venerable Roger B Taney, cana i Si on noble rivers and arms of the sea,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ; which bind together the North and the South,
United States, advanced with the Holy Bible i the East and the West of our confederacy.—
in his hand. The President elect rose, and i Annihilate this trade, arrest its free progress
then took the oath of office as follows: j by the geographical lines of jealons and hos-
“ I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully
execute the office of President of the United
States, and will to the best of my ability pre
serve, protect and defend the Constitution of
the United States.”
Those in the Senate Chamber then formed
a line and proceeded to the eastern portico of
the Capitol in the following order :
The Marshal of the District of Columbia.
Jhe .Supreme Court of the Uqited States.
The Sergeant-at*Arms of the Senate.
The Committee of Arrangements.
The President of the Uuited States and the
President elect.
The Vice President and the Secretary of the
Senate.
The Members of the Senate.
The Diplomatic Corps.
Heads of Departments, Governors of States
and Territories, the Mayors of Washington
and Georgetown, and all other persons who
had been admitted into the Senate Chamber.
Scene in Front of the Capitol.
There was probably never assembled in
Washington so vast a multitude as that as
sembled in front of the eastern portico of the
Capitol. The procession that escorted the
President and President elect had been ad
mitted ; but all carriages and horses excluded
from the enclosure. There was a couotless
crowd of men, women and children occupying
every foot of space that afforded an opportu
nity of seeing the ceremony on the portico.—
As for hearing the address, that was a favor
only enjoyed by the privileged few thousands
that could gather closely around the portico.
There was a good deal of confusion and
scuffle in the crowd, and many grew impatient,
after waiting long hours, for the great event
of the day. A very spacious platform was
erected on the portico, on which places were
assigned for all those who had been admttted
to the Senate Chamber. A 1 last the proces
sion emerged from the Capitol door and ap
peared oq the platform. As the tall figure'
of the President elect, clad in the famous black
suit, with the thirty-one stars embroidered on
its lining became visible, there rose a deafen
ing shout from the vast human mass. It
Bpvead over the whole multitude, and it was
some time before it could be quieted. The
President elect, with hat in hand, bowed re
peatedly in acknowledgment of the popular
acclamations.
In the very front of the platform was a seat
to which the President elect was conducted.
In his rear were the President and Committee
of Arrangements; back of them were the Chief
Justice ;<nd Judges of the Supreme Court, the
Vice President and the members of the Sen
ate. Then came the Diplomatic Corps, en
grand tenue, and then the other persons who
had been in the Senate Chamber. When
quiet was restored after the acclamations that
greeted the President elect, he proceeded, at
1$ o’clock to deliver his
Inaugural Address.
Fellow Citizens: —l appear before you this
day to take the solemn oath, “that I will
faithfully execute the office of President of
the United States, and will, to the best of my
ability, preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of the United States.” In en
tering upon this great office, I most humbly
invoke the God of our fathers for wisdom and
firmness to execute its high and responsible
duties in such a manner as to restore har-
mony and ancient friendship among the peo
ple of the several States, and to preserve our
free institutions throughout many genera
Convinced that I owe my election to
the inherent love for the Constitution and the
Union, which still animates the hearts of the
American people, let me earnestly ask their
powerful support in sustaining all just mea
sures calculated to perpetuate these, the
richest political blessings which Heaven has
ever bestowed upon any nation. Having
determined not to become a candidate for re
election, I shall have no motive to influence
my conduct in administering the government,
except the desire, ably and faithfully to serve
my country, aDd to live in the grateful
memory of my countrymen. We have re
cently passed through a Presidential contest
in which the passions of our fellow citizens
were excited to the highest degree by ques
tions of deep and vital importance. But when
the people proclaimed their will, the tempest
at once subsided, and all was calm. The
voice of the majority, speaking in the man
ner prescribed by the Constitution, was heard,
and instant submission followed. Our own
country coulu alone have exhibited so grand
and striking a spectacle of the capacity of
man for self government. What a happy
conception, then, was it for Congress to apply
this simple rule, “ that the will of the majo
rity shall govern,” to the settlement of the
question of domestic slavery in the territories.
Congress is neither “to legislate slavery into
any territory, nor to exclude it therefrom,”
but to leave the people thereof perfectly free
to form and regulate their domestic institu
tions in their own way, subject only to the
Constitution of the United .States. As a
natural consequence, Congress has also pre
scribed that when the Territory of Kansas
shall be admitted as a State it shall be re
ceived into the Union with or without sla
very, as their own Constitution may prescribe
at the time of their admission. A different
opinion has arisen in regard to the point of
time when the people of a territory shall de
cide the question for themselves. This is
happily a matter of but little practical im
portance ; besides, it is a judicial question,
which legitimately belongs to the Supreme
Court of the United States, before whom it is
now pending, and will, it is understood, be
speedily and finally settled. To their deci
sion, in common with all good citizens, I
shall cheerfully Bubmit, whatever that may
be, though it has ever been my individual
opinion that, under the Nebraska-Kansas act,
the appropriate period will be when the num
ber of aotual residents in the territory shall
justify the formation of a constitution, with'
a view to its admission as a State into the
Union. Bat, be this as it may, it is the im
perative and indispensable duty of the gov
ernment of the United States to secure to
every resident inhabitant the free and inde
pendent expression of his opinion by his vote.
This sacred right of each individual must be
preserved. This being .accomplished, nothing
can be fairer than to leave the people of a
territory free from all foreign interference, to
decide their own destiny for themselves, sub
ject only to the Constitution of the United
States. The whole territorial question being
thus settled upon the principle of popular
sovereignty —a principle as ancient as free
government itself, everything of a practical
nature has been decided. No other question
remains for adjustment, because all agree
that under the Constitution, slavery in the
State is beyond the reach of any human
power except that of the respective States
themselves wherein it exists. May we not,
then, hope that the loDg agitation on this
subject is approaching its end, and that the
geographical parties to which it has given
birth —so much dreaded by the Father of his
Country will speedily become extinct ?
Most happy will it be for the country when
the public mind shall be diverted from this
question to others of more pressing and prac
tical importance. Throughout the whole
progress of this agitation, which has scarcely
known any intermission for more than twen
ty years, whilst it has been productive of no
; positive good to any human being, it has
■been a prolific source of great evils to the
master, to the slave, and to the whole coun
try. It has alienated and estranged the peo
ple of sister States from each other, and has
even seriously endangered the very exist
ence of the Union. Nor has the danger yet
entirely ceased. Under our system, there is
a remedy for all mere political evils in the
sound sense and sober judgment of the peo
ple. Time is a great corrective. Political
subjects which but a few years ago excited
and exasperated the public mind, have pass
ed away and are now nearly forgotten. But
the question of domestic slavery is of far
greater importance than of any mere politi
cal question, because should the agitation
continue, it may eventually endanger the
personal safety of a large portion of our
countrymen where the institution exists. In
that event no form of government, however
admirable in itself, however productive of
material benefits, can compensate for the loss
of peace and domestic security around the
family altar. Let every Union loving man,
therefore, exert his best influence to sup
press this agitation, which since the recent
legislation of Congress, is without any legiti
mate object. It is an evil omen of the times
that men have undertaken to calculate the
mere material value of the Union, and that
estimates have been presented of the peou
tUe States, and yon destroy the prosperity
and onward march of the whole and every
part, and involve all in one common rain.—
Bat snch considerations, important as they
are in themselves, sink into insignificance
whon we reflect on the terrific evils which
would result from disunion to every portion
of the confederacy. To the North not more
than to the South—to the East not more than
to the West. These I shall not attempt to
portray, because I feel an humble confidence,
that the kind Providence which inspired our
fathers with wisdom to frame the most per
fect form of government and union ever de
vised by man, will not suffer it to perish, un
til it shall have been peacefully instrumental,
by its example, in the extension of civil and
religious liberty throughout the world.
Next in importance to the maintenance of
the Constitution and the Union, is the duty
of preserving the .government free from the
taint or even the suspicion of corruption.—
Public virtue is the vital spirit of republics ;
and history proves that when this is decayed
and the love of money has usurped its place,
although the forms of the free government
may remain for a season, the substance has
departed forever.
Our present financial condition is without
a parallel in history. No nation has ever be
fore been embarressed, from too large a sur
plus in its treasury. This almost necessarily
gives birth to extravagant legislation. It
produces wild schemes of expenditures, and
begets a race of speculators and jabbers whose
ingenuity is exerted in contriving and pro
moting expedients to obtain public money.—
The purity of official agents, whether right
fully or wrongfully, is suspected, and the
character of the government suffers in the
estimation of the people. This is in itself a
very great evil. The natural relief
from this embarrassment is to appropriate
the surplus in the Treasury to great national
objects, for which a clear warrant can be
found in the Constitution. Amongst these I
might mention the extinguishment of the
public debt, a reasonable increase of the Na
vy—which is at present inadequate to the
- protection of our vast tonnage afloat, now
greater than that of any other nation—as well
as to the defence of our extensive sea coast.
It is beyond all question the principle that
no more revenue ought to be collected from
the people than the amount necessary to de
fray the expenses of a wise, economical and
efficient administration of the goverment. —
To reach this point, it was necessary to resort
to a modification of the tariff, and this has, I
trust, been accomplished in such a manner
as to do as little injury as giay have been
practicable to our domestic manufacturers,
especially those necessary for the defence of
the country. Any discrimination against a
particular branch for the purpose of benefitt
ing favored corporations, individuals or in
terests, would have been unjust to the rest of
the community, and inconsistent with that
spirit of fairness and equality which ought to
govern in the adjustment of a revenue tariff*
/But the squandering of the public money
sinks into comparitive 'insignificance, as a
temptation to corruption, when compared
with the squanderings of the public lands.
No nation in the tide of time has ever been
blessed with so rich and noble an inheritance
as we enjoy in the Public Lands. In admin
istering this important trust, whilst it may
be wise to grant portions of them for the im
provement of the remainder, yet we should
never forget that it is our cardinal policy to
preserve these lands, as much as may be, for
actual settlers, and this at moderate prices.
We shall thus not only best promote the
prosperity of the new States and Territories,
by furnishing them a hardy and independent
race of honest and industrious citizens, but
shall secure homes for our children and our
children’s children, as well as for those ex
iles from foreign shores who may seek in
this country to improve their condition and
to enjoy the blessings of civil and religious
liberty. Such emigrants have done much to
promote the growth and prosperity of the
country. They have proved faithful both in
peace and in war. £fter becoming citizens,
they are entitled, under the Constitution and
laws, to be placed on perfect equality with
native born citizens ; and in this character
they should ever be kindly recognized. The
Federal Consititution is a grant from the
States to Congress of certain specific powers,
and the question whether this grant should
be liberally or strictly construed, has more
or less divided political parties from the be
ginning. Without entering into the argu
ment, 1 desire to state, at the commencement
of my administration, that long experience
and observation have convinced me that a
strict construction of the powers of the gov
‘ ernment is the only true, as well as the only
safe theory of the Consitution. Whenever, in
our past history,'doubtful powers have been
exercised by Congress, these have never fail
ed to produce injurious and unhappy conse
quences. Many such instances might be ad
duced, if this were the proper occasion.—
Neither is it necessary for the public service
to strain the language of the Constitution,
because all the great and useful powers re
quired for a successful administration of the
government, both in peace and in war, have
been granted either in express terms or by
the plainest implication. Whilst deeply
convinced of these truths, I yet consider it
clear, that under the war making power Con
gress may appropriate money towards the
construction of a military road, when this is
absolutely necessary for the defence of any
State or Territory of the Union against for
eign invasion. Under the Constitution, Con
gress has power “to declare war”—“to raise
and support armies” —“to provide and main
tain a navy,” and to call forth the militia to
“repel invasion.” Thus endowed in an am
ple manner with the war-making power, the
corresponding duty is secured that “the Uni
ted States shall protect each of them (the
States) against invasion.”
Now is it possible to afford this protection
to California and our Pacific possessions, ex
cept by means of a military road through the
territories of the United States, over which
men and munitions of may be speedily
transported from the Atlantic States to meet
and repel the invader. In the event of a war
with a naval power much stronger than our
own we should then have no other available ac
cess to the Pacific coast because such a power
would instantly close the route across the
Isthmus of Central America. Itis impossible
to conceive that whilst the Constitution has
expressly required Congress to defend all the
States, it should yet deny to them by any
fair construction the only possible means by
which one of these States can be defended.
Beside, the government ever since it 3 origin,
has been in the constant practice of construct
ingrmilitary roads. It might also be wise to
consider whetherthe love for the Union which
now animates our fellow-citizens on the Pa
cific coast may not be impaired by our neglect
or refusal to provide for them, in their remote
and isolated condition, the only means by
which the power of the'States on this side of
the Rocky Mountains can reach them in suffi
cient time to protect them against invasion.
I forbear for the present from expressing an
opinion as to the wisest and most economi
cal mode in which the government can lend
its aid in accomplishing this great and neces
sary work. I beleive that many of the diffi
culties in the way which now appear formid
able, will in a great degree vanish as soon as
the nearest and best route shall have been
satisfactorily ascertained. It may be right
that on this occasion I should make some
brief remarks in regard to our rights and du
ties as a member of the great family of na
tions. In our intercourse with them there
are some plain principles approved by our
experience, from which we should never de
part.
We ought to cultivate peace, bommeree,
and friendship with all nations, and this, not
merely as the best means of promoting our
own material interests, but in a spirit of
Christian benevolence towards fellow men
wherever their lot may be cast.
Our diplomacy should-be direct and frank
—neither seeking to obtain more, nor acept
ing less, than is our due. We ought to
cherish a sacred regard for the independence
of all nations, and never attempt to interfere
in the domestic concerns of any, unless this
• shall be imperatively required by the great
law of self-preservation. To avoid entangling
alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever
since the days of Washington, and its wisdom
no one will attempt to dispute..
In short, we ought to do justice in a kind
ly spirit to all nations, and require justice
from them in return.
It is our glory that whilst other nations
have extended their dominions by the sword,
we have never acquired any'temtory except
by purchase, or, as in the case of Texas, by
the voluntary determination of a brave, kind
red and independent people to blend their
destinies with oar own. Even oar acquisi
tions from Mexico form no exception. Un
willing to take advantage of the fortnne of
war against a sister republic, we purchased
these possessions under the treaty of peace
for a sum which was considered at the time
a fair equivalent. Our past history forbids
that we should in the future acquire territory,
unless this be sanctioned by the laws of jus
tice and honor. Acting on this principle, no
nations will have a right to interfere or to
complain, if in the progress of events we shall
still farther extend our possessions, Hitherto,
in all our acquisitions, the people under the
protection of the American flag, have enjoyed
civil and religious liberty, as well as equal
and just laws, and have been contented,
prosperous and happy. Their trade with the
rest of the world has rapidly increased, and
thus every commercial nation has shared
largely in their successful progress. I shall
now proceed to take the oath prescribed by
the Constitution —whilst humbly invoking
the blessings of Divine Providence on this
great people
JAMES BUCHANAN.
At the close of the Address, the ex-Presi
deut advanced and offered his congratulations
to the President and he was followed by the
other dignitaries. The crowd at the same
time renewed their cheering, and the guns on
Capitol Hill bellowed out the news that a new
President had entered upon his term of office.
The salute consisted of thirty-one guns—one
for each State in the Union.
The ceremony being concluded, the Presi
dent returned to the Senate Chamber, and
soon after resumed his seat in the carriage,
and was conducted to the White House, the
ex-President and others accompanying him.
The military and a great portion of the civic
prooession formed . again, to escort the Presi
dent and those along with him to the Execu
tive Mansion.
Twenty-four military Companies, seven
Clubs and Associations, and several Fire Com
panies participated in the procession.
The Vice President’s Address.
Vice President Breckinridge, upon taking
the Chair of the Senate, on the 4th inst., deliv
ered the following Address :
Senators —ln assuming the duties of this
station, I am quite conscious that I bring to
their discharge few other qualifications than
a deep sense of the importance of this body in
the scheme of the government and a feeling
of respect for its members.
In administering the rules which you have
adopted for the convenience of your proceed
ings, I shall often need your kind indulgence,
and I anticipate with confidence your forbear
ance towards the errors that spring from in
experience. Cherishing the hope that our
official and personal intercourse will be marked
by mutual confidence and regard, I look- for
ward with pleasure to our association irt the
performance of public duties.
It shall be my constant aim, gentlemen of
the Senate, to exhibit at all times, and to
every member of this body, the courtesy and
impartiality which is due to the representa
tives of equal States.
TUe New Cabinet,
We have heretofore referred at some length
to five of the above gentlemen—Messrs. Cass,
Cobb, Floyd, Thonipsonand Brown. Although
general rumor had designated Mr. Brown for
the Navy Department h*» has been made
Postmaster General, and Mr. Touccy appoint
ed to the former place. Mr. Toucey has long
been known as one of the most influential,
talented and .orthodox Democrats of New
England. He was the lato representative of
Connecticut in the United States Senate, and
during his term endeared himself to tho pat
riotic men of the country, by his stern resis
tance to all the dogmas of Black Republican
ism, and by the unflinching and undeviating
consistency and ability which marked his en.
tire Senatorial career. Mr. Toucey’s political
life has been a long and an honorable one, and
his appointment will be hailed with universal
satisfaction.
We have never had a political duty to per
form which gave us more sincere and heartfelt
gratification, than that which we feel in an
nouncing the appointment of Hon. Jeremiah
S. Black, as Attorney General. lie is one of
the oldest, truest and best friends of Mr. Bu
chanan, and his appointment will be hailed
with joyous acclamations throughout the
whole State. He may not be so well known
to tho country at large as his merits deserve,
but when it learns to appreciate him, the uni
versal sentiment of approbation with which
this admirable selection is received in Penn
sylvania, will be shared by the whole nation.
Judge Black is one of the greatest and best
men of the country. With Buchanan as Pres
ident and Black in the Cabinet, the Keystone
State can proudly point to such representatives
at the National Capital, as jewels of whom she
is justly proud. Judge Black was born in
Somerset county, Pennsylvania, in 1810, and
is now in the vigor of life. In 1842 he was
appointed President Judge of the Sixteenth
Judicial District; in 1851 he was elected one
of the five Judges of the Supreme Court of the
State, and under the system of allotment, pre
scribed by the Act of Assembly, he drew the
short term and was made Chief Justice. In
1854 he was re-elected to the Supreme Bench.
He has never held an office of a purely politi
cal character, but has always been warmly
and sincerely attached to the Democratic par
ty, and for years past has been one of its
brightest ornaments. As a lawyer, he stands
in the front rank of his profession, and com
mands the unbounded respect of its members.
His literary attainments are of the very high
est order. The death of Gen. Jackson, in
1845, inspired the whole Democratic party of j
the nation with an earnest desire to do justice
to his memory, and as the ablest members of 1
the party in all sections of the country were j
called upon to pronounce eulogies upon his |
life and character, no event ever elicited more \
fully and completely a display ot the talent !
and genius in the ranks of our organization. :
Judge Black’s eulogy upon that occasion is ;
universally conceded to have been vastly su- i
perior to any of those pronounced. His eulo !
gy upon Judge Gibson, and his recent address :
to a Literary Society upon religious freedom, ,
are, like his eulogy of Jackson, and his opin- :
ions upon models of English com
position, which place their author in the very
highest rank of writers. In manner, Judge
Black is plain, frank and artless—the very
model of a Democratic statesman. The purity
of his character, the inbred and incorruptible
honesty of his nature, the soundness of his
principles, the superior brilliancy and clear
ness of his intellect, all stamp him with th&
genuine attributes of true greatness. The
nation could not have marshalled into her ser
vice a nobler spirit, and we predietthat Judge
Black will win in the national arena, that
mastery over the minds and hearts of those
with whom he comes in contact, which he
r possesses over all by whom he is known ; and
the responsible duties of Attorney General,
will be discharged with a fidelity and ability
unsurpassed by any of the distinguished men
who have heretofore occupied that responsible
position.
Altogether, the Cabinet ie one of the best
that has ever been framed. We most cordi
ally endorse it in all its parts and as a whole.
All its members have been noted for the puri
ty of their lives, the soundness of their prin
ciples, the integrity of their characters, and
their intrinsic abilities. The anticipations
which had been formed from Mr. Buchanan's
superior judgment have been fully realized,
and the new administration commences its
career under the most auspicious circumstan
ces.—Pennsylvanian.
proposition to enlarge to a con
siderable extent the Capitol grounds at "Wash
ington, was agreed to by both Houses previous
final adjournment. The new grounds will
cover 73 acres, instead of 23, as at present.
| CITY AND COUNTY AFFAIRS.
Return of the Fencibles.— The Fencibles
returned home on Thursday night, at 9 o’clock, from their .
trip to Washington. There was a large crowd of their
frauds and admirers At the Depot awaiting their arrival,
and, on landing from the cars, they were greeted with
three rousing cheers. They then marched to their Ar
mory. at Fulton Hall, their band discoursing moat soul-
Inspiring mosic. After a few remarks from Capt.DccßKAJt,
and cheering him lustily, they “broke ranks.”
The Fencibles are in raptures with their visit to the
“city of magnificent distances,” ancholso at their reception
in the different towns and cities through which they
passed. [At Baltimore, however, they were grossly in
sulted by some of the rowdies with which that city U
Infested. The authorities, it would 6eem, have no control
whatever over the lawless spirit manifested ; or, if they
have, do not exercise it. So much for “Americans ruling
America.”] At Washington they were the “observed of all
observers,” and their gallaut commander, the veteran
Duchman, was one of the “lions” of the day. There was
not a company at the Inauguration which drilled, marched
or looked better. Their excellent band also attracted ft
great deal of attention. Long may tho Fencibles live to
dream over the many pleasant incidents connected with
their escort of the 15th President of the United States to
the Capital.
City Treasurer.— At a meeting of Coun
cils, on Friday uigbt. Dr. Samuel Welches* was alocted
City Treasurer and Receiver of Taxes. The Dr. is amply
qualified to discharge the duties, and will make agourteou3
and efficient officer. The salary haa bocu increased to $6OO
per aunum.
At the same meeting the Intelligencer, Examiner, In
land Daily, and' Lancaster Democrat (German.) were select
id as the journals for publishing tho City Ordinances.
Pocket Picked. —In the immense concourse
of people at tht> Railroad Depot, on yesterday week, to
wituess,the departure of Mr. Buchanan.them were,of course,
some c>f the ’‘light-fingered gentry.” Our friend, Mr.
Patrick McEvoy, was relieved of his pocket book, contain
ing the sum of SSO in notes, and government bonds to tho
amount of $l,OOO. Information was Immediately tele
graphed to the proper officers to suspend payment on tho
bonds and have the presenter arrested.
Turnpike Election. —Tho following gen
tlemeu were, on W ednesday lust, elected officers of tho
Manor Turnpike Company President—Daniel Ilarman ;
.Managers—Abraham Peters. Jucop Bausman. Jacob M.
Kraut?.. Jacob K. Shenk. John Lintner, Samuel Bausuian ;
Treasurer—George F. Breneman.
Sheriff’s Sale.—The Sheriff sold at the
Court House, on yesterday week, No. 1 Cotton Mill. It
Was struck down at $.‘21,000 subject to mortgages uuu>uuting
hi SH'iUHH). It is understood that the purchasers of the
Mill are the former stockholders who intend to resume
operations without delay.
The Lancaster Bank Assets. —Wo hear
ofsovoral instances, says the Daily b.vrtung whore
the assets of the Lancaster Bank will fail short of the
appraisement, not ou account of the Insolvency of tho
debtors, but because of tin* ueglect. ou tho part of the
Bank, to exhibit a fair statement of certain accounts. —
This would appear to be tho c:»e with the claims put down
against Dr. .1 H. Kurt?, who furnishes us with the follow-
statement of tacts
Gentlemen: The *4uoo bond has been paid iti full, and
is no longer in in., bank—s3.;>o:i bad been paid ou it at
tho time the aj-| r.-d--munt was mad*: but front some over
sight, the appr i ik.-i i never observed that tact. The S4JS
in which >b-ri!T Li e is drawer, and 1 represenled us en
dorser. and not carried out as collectable. I am ti<>t legally
bound tor. 1 Lad endoiacd a note for that amount, but
the bank ne'er protested if at maturity, nor was it ever
preseiited to in- f r r>>l loot ion: ai.-d. therefore, I think It is
wrong To (Teat- an impression that i« calculated to injure
m> credit, when m-bolv will tie benefited by it. All I owe
i-i the Lancaster Bank is >• ss. ard that is u joint debt of
1 h-.pe that those editnis who published the appraise
ment ■ f the bank, w ill have tho Kindness t ( - give the ahovo
■in in-.rti.iti KespectfuMy, J. 11. KfiiTl.
Jurors.—Tht> following < 1 rand and Petit
Juror# ha'e been ilnwii t<< s-rve at (lie April Term of tho
Quarter Sari.-iotis’ Court, enimm-ij.’ing April ’JO, IS;>7 :
Gr..\.\n Jpio'Hs.—Fatn’t Allis-.u. Martic; A. N. Brom-inan,
I'itM Ib'iij. Baxd'irf. I’enn; Jacob Buch, Warwick; David
Bunting. rib-rain; Henry Br-n<-man, Columbia; Robert
Bur-k. T'pper Leacock; Ad-.m S. Dietrich, Manor; Uriah
Eck-rt, Paradise; Benjamin Gi.ekl *y, West Cocalico; John
Hamaktr. West Donegal; David 1 |eim, Strasburg, ChristiaU
Hoover. Strasburg; Jo.-eph S l.cft-v.-r. Paradise; Christian
Lichtv. Onrtrvuti: John Miller, l.eacoclt; William M'Dan
nel, Mount Joy: John C. Smith. Providence; John B. Shelly,
Mount Joy; Jh;o1. Seitz, Manor; Abraham Smoker, Karl;
Benjamin * Winner. East Earl: Adam Von Neida, East
Cocalico.
Petit .Tenons.—Daniel A.tick. City; Thomas Amboor,
Martic: Kinzer D. Bender, Upper loiacock, Charles Bander,
Manor: Him edict Bucher. East t‘oealico; Jacob Bucher, jr..
West Earl; Joseph Boyer. Mount Joy; John W. Bm-kwaltur,
Upper Leacock: Peter Beam. Leacock; Enos Conrad. East
Lampeter; Abraham EriMiian, Kaplm; Abraham Erhart,
Hapho; James Evilham, .Salisbury; John W. Findley, Ful
ton: John Friday, West Donegal; John Frecht, East Co
calico; Henry S. Fry, Columbia; Samuel Ileus, Pequea;
William IlayuH. Coloraiu; Johu llaverstlek, Lancaster;
Ileury C. Herr. Manor; Johu Hostetter, Penn: John Jones,
Sadsbiiry; Christian M. Kndder, West Uemplield; Martin
Kling, West Donegal; Charles Kelly, Marietta; George
Kreider, Providence; David P. Loeher, City; Jacob 11. Lan
dis, Manor; Junius P. Marshall, Sadshury; Henry Musser,
Earl; Park Mason, .Manor: William M. Noble, Sadshury;
Janies A. Patterson, Rapho; Robert Patterson, L. Britain;
Ambrose Pownall, Salisbury; William Phillips, Colerain;
Eli Rutter, Salisbury: John K. Smith. West HetnplU-ld;
Henry Seymour, West Hempfield; Frederick Setier, City;
Jacob Steiner, Washington Bor.; Christian Warfel, Conrn
togn: John S. Wallace, East. Earl; Sam’i A. Worth, Colerain;
Day Wood. Fulton; Frederick Zitzman, Warwick.
A Fine lleifer. —The heifer which wo
made mention of somo two ur tlirco weeks since, as having
been purchased by Mr. David Killingcr, of this city, from
Mr. Charles Smith, of West fyillowfield twp., Chester co..
was slaughtered ou Friday last. Its weight was 1068 Ibk. .
The Democrats of Earl Rejoicing. —Tho
following communication is from an attentive correspond
ent at New Holland :
New Holland. March 4,1850.
Messrs. Editors:—The Democrats of Earl assembled in
the Town Hall, in this village, this evening, for the purpose
af celebrating the Inauguration of James Buchanan. Tho
meeting was very respectable In character and numbers,
and organized by choosing Isaac iloll, President, Lewis
Dilier, Wm. U. Custer, Wendel Ifoll and Benjamin Davis,
Vice Presidents, and John 11. Hull, Secretary.
The utmost good foeling peruadod tho assemblage, and
many were the mutual congratulations made *hat this day
witnessed the crowning success of the great National
Democratic party, —the Inauguration of a Laucaster County
President.—and that for four years more, at all events, tho
country would be safe, and our glorious Union would re
main one and inseparable. _ ,
W. Seeger Darrow delivered ft most eloquent and pleasing
congratulatory address. Hu was listened to with deserved
and marked attention, and loudly and frequently ap
plauded.
The New Holland Brass Band was present, and discoursed
most excellent music. Though but recently organized,
this Baud may safely challenge competition withany other
in our county. Too much credit cannot bo accorded Mr.
C. Ilepting. of Lancaster, whoso success as n teacher of
music, in this instance, has surpassed, by far, oil reasouahlo
expeetations.
An ample and varied supply of refreshments was on
hand, available at a.l times, atid were partaken of by tha
numbers assembled with right good cheer. After the per
formance of several National airs by the Band, the crowd
dispersed with repeated cheers for Buchanan and Breckin
ridge, and the success of the now administration. 11.
Neglected Cougiis and Colds.—These in
sidious and troublesome complaints are almost snre topavo
the way for more formidable lung diseases, which, iftreatod
In time, could bo easily cored by a few spoonsful of that
now popular and useful medicine, called “Pectoral Syrup,”
prepared by Dr. Geo. 11. Keyser, Wholesale Druggist, of
140 Wood street, Pittsburgh, Pa. You can buy It at
Ilclnitsh's. 13 East King street.
The Inaugural Address.
The inaugural address of President Buch
anan is a noble, straight-forward, statesman
like paper —in manner and matter a worthy
sequence to the admirable letter, in which, as
a candidate, he accepted the nomination of the
Cincinnati Convention. Though that letter
was addressed to a party, yet its high tone»
its wise words, and its comprehensive and
conservative views, commanded the most
vorable judgment of the entire nation. The
same unlimited approval may be justly and
confidently predicted for his Inaugural.—
Though this is addressed to the Nation, yet
the Democratic party that called Mr. Buch
anan to the Chief Magistracy, will see the fun
damentals of their good and glorious old cause
pervading every sentence.
The Boston iW, .one of the ablest of all
the New England Democratic journals, thus
speaks of this masterly production of our
new President:—
There is nothing non-committal in.this ad
dress. It is clear, decided, bold and direct.—
It reiterates the views expressed in the letter
of acceptance, as to the bane of slavery agita
tion, as to the disunion tendencies of section
alism, and regards the great doctrine of
popular sovereignty as settling the question
that has so long convulsed the country. The
pledge is given that the people of a Territory,
like the people of a State, shall be protected
in the exercise of their rights, against all out
side interference. The'tone of the address, on
this great and vital subject is calm and con
ciliatory, but of great firmness, arid will com
mand the enthusiastic endorsement of the
democratic party.
The portion of the address relating to our
foreign policy is brief and conciliatory, but
bold and decided. It is happily worded to
win the confidence of the community.' While
the progress of events may necessitate a fur
ther extension" of our territory, yot our whole
history forbids that wo should do this at ths
expense of national dishonor.
This noble Inaugural will speak for itself to
the intelligence and the of the
American people. It is conservative so far
it relates to great principles and
rights; it is progressive so far as it respects
the extension of American ideas and power
by the laws of justice and honor. It is pre
eminently a Union and & National address.—
As such it constitutes a platform on tfhich
’defenders of the constitution and of the prin
ciples of civil and religious liberty, and of this
Union may rally, and thus save our noblo
institutions from the baneful influences of
' religious intolerance and geographical parties.