Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-04-10
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
TIE INAUGURAL.

esting document We have since pcruscd
it, and we believe VIC utter the general SEN
timent of this community when we say it
| is worthy of its distinguished author-wor-
| thy of the honored instrument. whom the
! People have selected to reform abuses and
restore the Republic to its original purity.
1t breathcs throughout 4 lofty spirit of pat
riotism bengnity, and wisdom. which must
challenge the admiration Of all good men.
and which demonstrates that it could cma-
nate from no other than great and good
man. We defy any man Of ordinary can
dor and intelligence to read It, and not rise
from its pcrusal with the conviction that
its author is an honest and a good mana
Jealous patriot-deepiy and singly devoted
TO the happiness and welfare Of his country.
An almost equally unanimous Commenda-
ton must ba'Bestowcd upon the great car
dinal principfs. which peryade it-prnci-
pies which lie at the base of all free Gov.
ernmcnts, and the cherishing Of which isl
absolutely essential to the preservation of
liberty. 1t is essentially and conspicuous
". in all its leading features. Republican.
sfter the good old State Rights school. It'll
manifests the same wise and wholesomcI
jealousy of the dangerous tendencies of
Executive power, which distinguishes the
noble old Anti-Fcderalists of the elder day.
We rejoice, with an exceeding great Ioy,I
that at last we have obtained a Chief Ma
gistrate who will exert the vast authority
placed at his disposal, to curb and restrain
that mighty power within limits compatible
with civil liberty A Chief Magistrate,
thus voluntarily divesting himself Of power
and patronage, which possess such charms
for the common run OF mankind, presents
a sublime moral spectacle to the Contempla-
ton Of mankind.
For the present, we have not space to
say more-but conclude with the AlcXan-
dria Gazette: "PolticianS may cayi. but
the People will respond to the lessons of
wisdom, moderation, and republicanism
taught by Harrison"
OPWe give below the Inaugural Adj
dress of WILLIAM HENRY H>KRIsoN, Pres
idcnt of the United States--a document
which, setting forth as it does the ground
work and principles of the new Admins
! tratiOn, ought to be, and doubtless will be.
read carefully by every American citizen.
This address was evidently written by the
President himself-and it does honor to his
head and his heart. There is uoL,ing Of a
non committal character in the address
but the views Of the writer are placed be
fore the public. as it were, in bold relief
and The who runs may read and he who
reads may understand. 1t is a sensible,
plain dOcument-written in 4 style Of cias-
sic purity-free from all ''abstractions -
and such as Republican President might
be expected to lay before free and en-
lightened people. The whole tenor Of the
address shows that General Harrison will
seek. not to increase Executive power but
to perpctuate power in the peOp!c--that he
vii! be President Of the whole nation. not
the leader of political party. In 4 word.
this address contains the best exposition Of
true democratic principles which has ema-
mated from any President Of the United
States since the days Of Washington
Boston Mercantile Journal.
The eloquent, dignified. philosophic and
truly democratic document, which we pre-
sent to our readers this morning will, we
confidently predict, be found to transcend
the highest expectations which the people
may have formed of their Presidents In
augural Address. Simple in its style and
language, bearing upon its every SEN
tence the impress Of a lofty and pow crtul
mind thoroughly Jetlersonian in its con-
stitutional views, and in the policy to which
they point, il will find an approving res
ponse in the heart and in the head Of every
true republican. Had the spirits of Jetieg-
son and Madison sal in council with llar-
rison when he framed it. they could not.
/ have suggested an address more in unison
with the political precepts they have be-
quoathcd to US. 1t presents an cpitomo of
| their principles. and applies them To the
abuses which have crept into the admins
tration Of public affairs since their day,
with cogcncy and force Whichrcndcr the
conclusions Irresistible. How admirably,
how clearly is the danger Of an accuug.a-
ton of power in the hands Of the federal
Iexecuiive pointed out, and with what s:crn
severity are his constitutional powers pre-
scribed. and their father limitation-wherc
the Constitution seems 10 permit too much
latitude in their construction-recomm
ed. with what distinctnesS does he disa-
vow the existence Of any constitutional
claim on the part of the chief magistrate to
be considered q compoRct part Of the icgiS-
iaturc. and with what unanswerable argu-
ments does he prove from the spirit and
letter of our great charter that no such
claim could be acted upon except by usur-
patton. His definition Of the veto power,
and his explanation and classification of It's
legitimate uses and purposes, are luminous
and statesmanlike. The danger of tho
State authorities being ovcrshadowed by
the great increase of power in the oXecu-