Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-10
From the National Mteatgencer.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS

We Intentionally allowed the Inaugural Ad
dress of our new Chief Magistrate to go forth
10 our readers unaccompanied by any com.
mentary of ours. That address is compost.
ton so clear and comprehensive as to need no
calculation; appealing SO directly to the under
standings and so powerfully to the patriotism
OF the Presidents fellow-citizens as TO require
no enforcement by argument; and, in its main
points, SO impregnable, and indeed unassaila-
bic, as 10 need no defence. Comment upon a
document Of such character, when first pre-
senling ii to our readers, would have been su-
perfuous and i'll timed. Nor shall we now,
after it has been for some days in every hand,
offer more than few general observations up
on it.. ......... =,
The first thought which, upon perusal of the
Address, suggests itself to every mind capable
of forming conclusions from internal evidence,
must be that it is throughout, in every line of
its characteristic of its author. The ardent
patriotism, the ripened judgment, the pure
philanthropy, the fervent aspiration, the fear
less independence, the downright honesty, the
entire absence of reserve in any thing--these
leading features of the Address are but the lin !
eaments ofits authors mind faithfully impress
ed upon the paper No man, who has studied
the Generals character, can for moment
doubt that it is 'hiS own writing" 1t is evil !
contrary, SO perfectly original as to leave no
room for the dispute about its paternity which
has been raised about Addresses on similar &C.
casions heretofore. WAsHINGToN's Inaugural
may have been more stately, JEFFERsoN's
more phioSophic; MADIsoN'S more terse, each
IN unison with the character of the writers-i
zen. HARRIsoN's Address might have resem-
bled either of these models more than it does;
but, 1t 1t had done so, it would not have been
ms own. Nor, unless we wholly mistake the
feeling, the popular taste and feeling, would it
have been halt as acceptable to the great body |.
OF the PRESIDENTS constituents as in its pre-
sent shape. We do not of course except it 10
pass without cavl; but there are few real Re-
pubcans call themselves by what names they
may, who will not yield to it, as whole, their
hearty appreciation.
For'ourselves; we should be treachorous to
the principles which with unvarying faith, we
nave upheld and defended from the early DAYS 1
OF Mr.. MADIsoN's Administration through all
the changes which have interviewed, if we did
not most accordially assent to and adopt the
principles of this Address. Separately, they
have had our support heretofore; collectively,
we shall stand by them now and hereafter
We rejoice in the authoritative enunciation of
them, in the Inaugural Address, at the first
fruit ofthe great political victory, in bringing
about which this journal has been one of the /
humblest instruments,
Having thus delivered our opinion of tile [
Address as a whole. we shall not at present
enter into consideration of its Details
Should they be assailed from any respectble
quarter, 1t will be at once our pride and our
pleasure to sustain them with such earnest
ness as belongs only to entire conviction of
the truth. fa'i tag 4