Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-03-12
President Pierce's Inaugural,

president Yierce's Inaugural.
We find in the Mobile Advertiser, (says The
Bee,O the annexed sketch, transmitted by tele
graph, Of the Inaugural Address of Gen. Pierce
AS far as we can judge from a RESUME, the ad.
dress is marked by good sense, moderation, and
sound principle. Let him stick to the code OIL
policy embraced in that document, and he will
crafty every patriot, and secure for him an eIe-
waited position in public respect and esteem.-
He starts fairly. We shall see if he will not
be swerved from the straight path, by the force
of outward pressure:
General Pierce commenced by expressing his
regrets at being elected, when so many others
might have been selected possessing much
greater talent and better qualifications for the
office, but at the same time could not help ex,
pressing his grateful thanks for the many and
friendly manifestations ofgood feeling towards
him displayed by the people during and since
his election.
Henextaliuded to the increase of the respon.
sibility attached to the office of President, con-
sequent upon the recent vast extension of ter
ritory; also to the past history of the country,
to Washington as the first President, and to
the preceding revolutionary struggle.
Commenting upon the peaceful relations at
present existing between this country and the
world generally, he invited q continuance of
the same In cordial terms.
He then says, "My Administration shall leave
no blot on the fair record of the past"
In advising a comprehensive system q policy
generally, he took occasion to allude tsthe COM
plicated nature of the European systems of
rauarpo,o,t - ,ro,opf oy;,t;n~ o,l t,iyo. m
casion, in distinction therefrom, to extol the
American form above all others, inasmuch rs it
contains the necessary elements of happiness to
a much greater degree.
Speaking of his experience as a soldier, he ex-
presses himself adverse to standing armies, but
at the same time advises protection of military
science.
Gen. Pierce then proceeds to say: Not hay
ing any implied engagements to satisfy, no pro-
missed rewards to bestow, no resentments to re-
member, and no personal wishes to consult in
selecting parties for official stations, | shall full
fill this difficult and delicate trust, admitting no
motive for action as worthy either of my char
acter or position which does not contemplate an
efficient discharge of my duties, and the best in
terests of my country. l acknowledge my OBJ.
legations to the masses of my countrymen, and
to them alone, higher objects than the mere per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGMENT of an individual, gave di.
rection and energy to their e~xertions in the late
campaign. They shall not, so far as | can avoid
1t, be disappointed in their expectations. They
require at my hands, diligence, integrity and
capacity, wherever there are duties to be per-
formed, and, to the best of my ability, shall
meet with each and every eftheir requirements"
Abiding to the danger of a concentration of
power, in the General Government, he deseants
on the various State and federal movements.
Speaking on the slavery subject, he SAYS
believe involuntary scryitude, as it exists in diff.
ferent States of the confederacy, is recognized
by the Constitution. | believe it stands like
any other admitted right, and that the States
where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies
and measures to enforce the constitutional pro-
visions. hold that the laws of 1850, common
ly known as the aCompromise Measures are
strictly constitutional and ought TO be unhes.
itatingly carried into effect. I believe that the
authorities of this Republic are
bound to regard the Rights of the South in this
respect as they would view any other legal and
constitutional right, and that the laws to enforce
them should be respected and obeyed, not with
a reluctance encouraged by abstract opinions as
TO their propriety in a different state of society,
but cheerfully and according to the decisions of
the tribunal to which their exposition belongs.
Such have been and are my convictions, and
them l shall not. | f~ervently hold that
the question is at rest, and no sectional or fana-
teal excitement may again threaten the dura-
bility OF our institutions or obscure the light of
our prosperity; but ! lay not the foundation of
our hope upon mans wisdom; I am moved by
no other impulse than an earnest desire for the !
perpetuation of that Union which has made us !
what we are, showering upon us blessings, and d
comforting n power and influence which our faith. $
ers could hardly have anticipated, even with
heir most sanguine hopes directed to a far off t
.utnre. Ii such q catastrophe threatens us again O
will use all my energies to check it," :,
President Pierce then proceeds to observe "
hat above all other consideration must be the
preservation of the Union. He condemns sec.
,ionaiisna strongly, and urges Cancellation and tt
paternity. He considers his cabinet as a mere
init, and concludes by invoking a continuance R
i the existing prosperity and the blessings of I
iod upon the country at large. I"
The Address is beautifully written, and was q
aost eloquently delivered. In it no special pro-
aises are made to ofice~seekers, nothing, in
beyond the expression of simple feelings
friendship. The address occupies two col al
fans Qeaded) Of the Washington Union. al
Liberty Of Conscience IN Europe-The i'm .
of the Modiai fapyil, in Tr,,or,