The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-03-05
rnn AN NATURALIZATION.


TuE AM aDaf>i.rnaTf0s.
7Ao aaugurstiea a Pf.-siArfa # ,be
1 tr,sf States rsus an era in o'If psliiirs Al
rsi,srhcr. u . an cpcsa IN the hsstasy Il
tsc couu0. sn8 pccupes ces-FscOgsus
llsrs IN auf anaais marking the ossn-
u,s fscsgBcm a pcfsod ~i''se results ia.
,olts t,s hons', unisn sBl prosperity q tise
Reruhiic.
The disf.lsrct,crs 4 an executive by the
cio,isen u smfbc' Possessing opposite
sir~s, sisi Tsaaical erred u countcrao,-
ing tsiid ncsos, ccisicrs uIs.n the event an
additional interest. end snakes as usore So
ilciioos Soc The foiurr ucliarc q the uA-
ton. To the Rejecting n,ind. tins eoiriin-
uAl change e Chef Magistrates, A. re-
CARDS lsaiiloal character. may Seem To be 81
Questionable riicy; and the inquiry nat
uraiiy Enscs, 800 ~icn We have a maH al the
helm Of state ~bcsc -isdoan and cspcri-
ebcc enhnenily qualify hun 10 accomplish
the dui1cs Of has siaiion, and whose admin
isiraiion has NJ, only been satisfactory. but
has reflected the highest degree Of credit
upon his country, Why ~, continue him. ~
one ~bo cu'erislns similar principles, In
that situsiiouf Why leave a certain good
fs uncertainty, and She chances d di-sp-
poin,met.,i DO you ask for perfection,
and employ these sisyphoan mesn- to at
tain IL;
There Is bat one reply TO these queries I;
Il IL the viii Of the People! They make
and unmakc their rulers without inquiring
- much into the nee philosophy Of cause
and consequence, as our rejecting friend (;
but IN the exercise of high prcrogatiye,
which alone is the guaranty Of their nights,
they give direction To the political arena,
and proclaim the eoDqucrcr, not by his
pro~er-, but BY thSY own. Such power is
inSincible. aid It's will. thank God tal-
though of,eniipcs opposed to our own pre-
possessions, IS iaIe
FRsNkLIS PIEECr was yesterday innu-
guratcd President OF the United States.
lie sits in the chair occupied little more
than half century since by GroEGr
WAsurSOToN, and subsequently by MoS-
nor, JrrErRsoS and ADAMS. He Is there
by the grace Of the same power that placed
them IN that position; invested with the
same authority, and so far as occupancy o.
pido, goes, entitled to the same respect
| lie is singled out and selected as the ruler
Of twcnty-,hree millions Of people, and he
has accepted the trials and responsibilities
Of the station. l. he equal to the task
We certainly wish him and the country nc
worse fortune than that he may emulate
the wisdom and virtues Of his " Industrious
predecessors"
With regard TO the policy of the new
administration, we can OF course saw moth.
ing positively, nor of definite character
That IT will be decidedly Dcmocratic, there
is scarcely any room to doubt. We do no,
believe that it will embrace the Utopiar
and anti-American theories of ultra Loco.
fccoism. In spite Of the election ofPrracr
as an ultra Locofoco, such a course would
be unpopular and, had il been Anticipated
an opportunity for the illustration of that
role would not have been 80 freely gran.
ted. lie must steer clear Of Scylla, and
at the same time avoid Chsrybdis; for
rather than mock the gods Of one 10 an
Pcase the demand, Of the other, il were
better to defy them all, and repose in the
security which an approving conscience
awards TO good deeds. Has our new Presi.
den, sufficient moral courage and decision
Of character 10 do this We fear not. Fol
months pas, the Fire Eaters have been ar,
rayed on one side and the Fogies on Tho
other. Their daggers of lathr have beer
whitfield sharp; they have engaged in III,
close conflict, with the battle cry Of ecu
snd thrust sounding loudly and hoarsel,
on the blast "Thc spoils" lie midwa,
between the tao factions, the bone of con
tension, for which each is fighting viii
jaekL voraeiiy. Both parties are 6erc,
and determined one must be disappointed
and that, fron considerations Of expedicn
ey' viii be the one most easily rabquished
Tbs, ~ill constitute the broken wing O
looofcooirm, and work TO It's discontinue
40 much We may safely predict.
II may nd be proper. or Just, at this time
to indulge in fire speculation on the polio,
Of an administration ~ fresh 10 the bus,
ne~s. Perhaps We have already erred il
saying 80 much. II 80, we vail gladly re
tract and amend upon more deliberate con
Ncnon.