Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-03-19
THE SENTINEL
YPsnANTI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10.
THE INAUGURAL.


Having been among the number of h.s oppo- i
nents during the canvass which resulted in his .
election, fault-fnding may seem to be. in us, a
matter of course but perhaps chiefly so TO those
who find themselves in similar prcdicament on !
the opposite side finding merits BY the aid of par.
'ty glasses We are aware that the graces Of !.
dicton and polish Of periods not necessary to
constitute greatness of mind or to confer skill III
the management of affairs SO that when we say J,
that in the absence of these qualities the presen,
Message stands alone among the messages of the
kind we wish not to be understood as finding
mortal delinquency in the President. Rugged
ness of style and dscord ia sentences can be east
ly dispensed with in that greatness which can
produce concord in things; and if we may be al
lowed TO judge, we are al present mere in want of
honest and able Statesmen than Of !ongwinded
orators or polished rhetoricans. The President
very properly commences with declaration
(sincere no doubi) OF dstrus in his own abilities,
in which we will not hint, less we be accused of !
party bitterness, he is joined by large portion
Of the American people.
That this distrust should be heightened
ed by consideration Of his youth, however we
consider quite unnecessary If at fifty man
may not be excused. pleading youth reason
I of self distrus We must certainly be again APP
passed through what may properly be called his
Presidential Introduction he enters, properly
enough, into dissertation on the constitution and
the principles of our Government, for the purpose,
we suppose, of showing how well he understood
the machine he is called to manage. This, with
a slight flourish of the blessings of Liberty and I'M
ion, the freedom of our system of self-goventment
detains him awhile like comet among Jupiters
Satellites. But now having as Cicero would say
: made his way through the rocks d. shallow which
INSTRUCTED his course The President launches forth
into declaration of the measures to characterize
his administration. "With these views ofthe IA.
ture, character and objects of the Governs ent
| shall steadily oppose lie creation Of those ns,i.
tutions and systems, which, in their nature, tend
; to perver. it from its legitimate purpose. and make
it the instrument of sections, classes and indvidu-
a ais" But lest he should not be understood, he
n speaks palmer, his sentences like Hebrew poetry,
q are double aud the second confirms and strength
. ems else adds another degree of mystery 10 the
|, first.
n "We need no banks or other ertraneous instiiu.
N tons, planted around the government to CONTROL
e strengthen it in opposition to the will of its
- lhors" Experience has taught US show impo
a tent for good and how powerful for evil"
What banks are we know, but what are the ex
traneous institutions alluded to or what relation
y to the Gov. does the word "erraneous' express
# If all this paragraph be not swords and nothing
u else, perhaps some one with vision more acut,
>. to discern the merits of the message can tell us
= But to what part of national experience tc
"A refer for illustration the impotency of bank,
\ (abstractly considered) for good and their poenc,
- for evil. Banks are net self existent. They ar,
:, mere creatures moulded by their makers like sca,
~ in the hand Of the potter The original Unite,
States Bank. the Branch of North America, wa
moi impotent for good but that materially aide,
-, the Government in The conclusion Of The Revolu
-, tion and gave credit for some years. II was de
vised by the cearest, the COOLEST and most pairi
~ troiic heads of that memorable period perio
- to which we cannot look back and contrast wit
- the present without feeling to exclaim with Tr
~ ly. 'Oh that the republic had remained in il
primitive condition & had not fallen into the hand
Of men not so DESTROYS of changing as of overtur
:" ming every thing" And throughout the Who'll
- history of National Banks the Government stand
-, we believe unscathed and uninjared. But tn
-. tears of widows and orphans that flowed at tn
~ failure of the late United States Bank of Pennsy
=. vania. Oh miserable shade !! Ghost of Han
:. tets Father ''that will not down." Why CON
~ ~ not from their grateful shades to comfort OF
- frightened souls, the memories of the good div
-. bends paid to these widows and orphans duriu
~" the years when this "Instituon existed as the
eo ni.sd States Bank % The orphans patrimon
rec protabi; employed during his minority, and deli
oo cred at the "a roointed time" with the "behold
ne Lord thy pound winch hath gained ten pounds
OF The days, months, weeks and years during whic
the .'wdow" and fatherless res.ed 10 the calm al
IT., certain assurance that the provision which ate
~ ton bad made for them was "laid up" where
as was subject to the fewest possible human CONT
-. gencies Of loss and damage.
-, SHOW Impotent for good, how potent for evil
m The true view ofthe matter is this, and We thin
'' our experience" supports it. Exgences ma
-. arise when "National Bank" will be very
81. ne6cent measurs and times may also exist whit
sp there is no pressing necessity for one while
'ou any case The horror of "Mammouth monster
got up and maintained for party purposes retalt
by political canvassers, of the most absu
e"' of human absurdites. A glance at that "almo
VI. VI an institution" of European Monarchies, a NJ
&C. tonal debt is quite introduction to the congrs
- ulatory motive of our own prosperity and risir
80 credit and the expression of the hope that the d
!, / lnquent states will also soon return to sense
~ honor and justice; though by the way we are u