The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-03-08
Photographed to the Piceyuss.l
Gen Pierce's Inaugural

Geih Pierce's inaugural
WAsn1Ncror. March 4-The in
auqural address Of Gen. Pierce fills a
column; and . quarter Of the Union.
1t commences with the regrets Of the
President on being elected when 9TH
ers more competent might have been
seleeA6 for the office. The President
ea sses his gratitude for the NANTES.
tations Of kindness which he has rccciv-
ed alludcs to the increased RESPONSE
bility Of the Office consequent upon the
increase of our territory speaks OF
the past history Of our country and OF
Washington's revolutionary struggles :,
&c. Of our peaceful relations with all
countries, and invites their cohtinu.
ance.
Hc promises that his Administration
shall leave no blot upon the past fair
record Of our country. advises a COM
prehensive policy, alludes to the COM
plicated European systems Of govern
ment and extols our simple American
system above all others as combining
more perfectly the elements Of happi-
ness. States that the experienced
opinion of soldiers is adverse to stand
ing armie%, but<he advises protection to
military science.
Having no implied engagement to
ratify. he has no rewards to bestow,
nor resentlncl.ts to remember, nor any
personal wishes to consult in selections
for official stations. He will fulfill his
difficult and delicate trust, admitting
no motive to lie worthy either Of his
Character or position which does not
contemplate an efficient discharge Of
duty aud the bes. interests 9th coun
try.
The President acknowledges his OBJ
legation to the masses Of bis country
men, and TO them alone. II: Cher OBJ
j2cts than p' onal aggrandizment gave
direction and energy to their exeruons
in the late campeign'. they shall not
be disappointed; they require at NY
hanls diligence, integrity and capacity,
wherever there are dutys TO be per-
formed. He then alludcs to the DAN
ger of concentrating power in the Cen
eral Government, ard decants On State
and Federal Governments.
ssHIe then Andes to the question Of
slavery. Says he believes that volun-
untary scrvitude, as it exists in differ
ent States Of the Confederacy, is recog-
nized by the constitution; that it stands
like any other admitted right, and
that the States where it exists are en-
titled to efficient remedies to enforce
their constitutional provisions.
He holds that the compromise meas
u.es of 1850 arc strictly co 1stitutional,
and ought to be III hesitatin y'y carried
into affect that the. constitut d hori-
ties of this Republic are bound to re-
gard the rights of the South in this re-
spec:, as they would view any other
legal and constitutional rights that the
laws . enforce them should be respcc-
ted and oheycd, not with reluctance
encouraged by abstract opini' n as to
their propriety in different state Of
socitey. but checrfully and according
to the decision 9th tribunal, to which
exposition belongs.
Such has hceu and arc his convic.
tons, and upon them he shall &C; an |
he ttryenly hopes that She question
is at rest, and rl,at no sectional, amb.-
tioas or fanatical views, may again
threaten the durability Of our insIi.
tons, Or obscure the light of our pros
pnrity; but he does not lay the found
ations Of our hope upon mans wisdom
He asserts that he is moved by no
other impulse than all earnest desire
for the perpctuation Of that union
which has made us what We are. show
ering upon us blessings, and conf rring
a power and influence which our fathers
could hardly have anticipated, even
with their most sauguine hopes directed
to far off future. If the catastrophe
Of di<uaion should again threaten he
will use all his energies to check g.
Preservation of the Union is above all