Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-04-02

candidate IN 1871, as he was in SOL does nny cco.
lieve, that he would not have boldly displayed l No.,
cples during the canvass, as he had done IN l,0o
Why should he have duted IN his Inaugural upon A.,
.spreat practical questions Of the day--uPon the ,
and Sedition Laws, the Standing Army, the D.,..'
Taxes, or the midnight Judges" His OPINIONS H..
known throughout the whole campaign, TOO well H. i.
ouire any developments IN his Inaugural. No % ,,,t
The Victor of 1871. He had buttoncd up his oplp.,
n his doubet-and therefore It more became Inn
sneak out in his inaugural. Jefersons situation H..
not tbs same as Harrison sand the character III .
first Address was different from what the present T..
s;drn,.s ourht to have been. But when We SOUGHT Il,
formation from Gen. liarrson W DID not Obtain /, :
His INAUGURAL ponds with his previous course
II is indeed tissue of vague generalIties present,
to the mind the fewcst possible ideas, on tie gre
practical measures Of the day-and yet i i "rep.e,
with Objectionable matter upon some OF the great II IL
ciples of the Consttrtion-The y Intelligence. s.
little taste candor, when II goes further na eor
pares together the styles If Jefferson and Ut Han
Inauguras. Instead Of presenting any thing III.
comparison, they furnish nothing but contra !.
The fact is, no President ever ascendeG the Charru.
der such a cloud VIM. II. Harrison. The pra.
pies of candidate were so thoroughly a9a.co.
initial, so little understood, wretchrd!y cguvoca
and requiring much explanation. tic Meta
fish. flesh nor fowl-or rather he rrrrpse,,.r
fish to one 1part-r of the Union and iow. 10 anol.
lie is almost the ony President, whose oihe ,,,
practical questions of the day stood in need eSp,
ton Every enlightened man, who was not loya nam
y,n called therefore for specifications ms lnau,Y
raj They knew not FOR certain, though they strong.
sur cted from the tone Of his politics CERTAIN -
RODS of hi. life a well his political associations ,
his administration would be highly Federal Ta,y c
ed for specifications for spiriis from the yasiy dep
but they called in vain TIE Old General stil amu.-.
us with fummeries and deals IN vague gcncrallr.-L
all these respects he is remarkably, bur with y,-i II.
lie credit 10 himself-dIstnguishc from all hs Pad,
cessors
But let MS come down to later day than lIr Ie:;,-
sons II the National lntegencer be 50 an.ous Il
show that the present Inaugural IS consistent With e
practice Of past Administrations, why did Il nc .ns.
tue more particular comparison with General JACK.
son Inaugural Why did 1t pass rn,,rcl, IL.
similar production Of his immediate predeces>,r w..
tin Van Buren, True, he did not specify ltany eas'.
all the "pracca questions OF the day because rs
tells us himself il would be "as obtrnsve a. !, ,9.
baby unexpected. Before the suiirages 81 nj co.a.
trymen were conferred upon me, Says hel Submitted
to them with great precision, my OPINIONS on ~, s.
prominent of all these subjects. Those oplncrs
shall endeavor to carry out with my utmos, Al il.
He had long before expaated upon The I7ra IT.
Rank Sc &c But not such the prcci. a. wl.
which General Harrison expressed his opinions IT,
country wanted light, but he would not give Il
Yet there is one subject which the Intel ,enc.
gables its "bald and disjointed chat, on Whom VI.
Van Buren, thought il his duty to specify hs course
and pronounce his pledge. Tins was the DARK fGr,oi
OF Abolitonlsm-n,ac become much darker snc, b. il
liyered his Inaugural The old General threatened %
give the Aboliiionists HI; yet how la~ H. tene
By not even naming in his whole inaugural, .i'olto.
or Siarerv lest, perhaps, he might offend esrs Fo.
But let us compare, in this respect his Addr,,
that Of his I" lllustous pre- dec ssor The Chafe:,.a
Mercury thus draws the parallel
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