Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-03-04
THE NEW Apm1N1srRAr1o

To-day wt1ssses the induction To office Of our new
Administration. Washingt is a, this m1ment crowd
p to overA"wng with strangers of every quality ana
from every State in the Union. who hnvr gone up TO
,he Governmental City gaz- npon the Inauguration
ceremonial. to danre at the Inauguration hail. to take
nnes of Inauguration incidents. and to rach up snrh
hnpes Of prrerment and advantage as the Inangura'
iinn atmosphere may chance 10 suggest. From ihe
Presidents House 10 the Capitol. all the way down
Pennsylvania Avanne. see in Imagination mn e1ri'
ted restras, eager, thrnnging multitude, With hark''
Stages, omnihussrs. landaus. phaetnns and "ii'r~l
charints in their mdat. pressing on. like Storm nr
The great scene of the dav which is soon 10 'ranspre
ut the famous nld Sonlhern Porliro Presently. the
venerable JAMES BUCHANAN will hr Pronounced Pres
ent Of these United States FIR the f,r years next IN
ensp and witlahi. frosted head hare ha will stand
bepre and ahnve the vast assemhlags, and annonnre
the principles that shall guide the conduct and en-
stamp the history Of his administrator Presently
the ten Thousand voices Of tha, assemhlage will swell
mighty chorus Of applause and rrntnlnon over the
now realized contamination OF the struggle OF oo
and hr heaniiful grounds that hut a imminent before
echoed only to ,heftpady tones and granite dec"ra'
iions of the new President will have herome Bahr
of confused reioicings To-day too, the one hundred
varied coni-ctureseahout the new Cabinet will be
cleared up and concluded by The Presidents own
'caat of the rharac,ers directly promulgated by him
self as President
And to.night-what greetings, and feasi'nEa, and
hpalth.hrink,nes. among the bona fde ins'' wha
puitngs. and thrsatenngs and drownings.of regret
in.pnnrh among the nnmisaken6e "ons!" what
wchpry, and iummery, and jewelry, and bedzrnry
in general among the ballroom bellies what howlne
and snrknr. and poking and Ianguishing, among the
ballroom t-anx and what shouting, and proceasi'hi'
zing. and powder.burning, among The out'ol doors
tTnrrrifrd
But SOM where after midnight fprrhap' among the
wee am III hnurs) tn. Gud of Sleep, with the ti"d {"
Silence at his hack. will assert his power; and the
motley host of actors in the OF the passing nay
and night will have yielded one by gnne TO the Nor
phean sway, until Silence shall have spread his mya
terous pail Of moonlight gauze over the city and the
people, President and ALL Then, James Buchanan
upnn thy pillow. ref ct! Statesman of The old
srhnnl and imhurd with that reverenIial devotion 10
the Constitution which characterized Thy giant com
peers Of past day. it Is 10 thee that great country
uoks for The reformation OF republican abuses and The
preservation of republican privileges. Elected 10 'le
Chief Magislracy Of he Union by The conservative
rement- Of that Union, it is for thee 10 se the p"we'
Of thy pusiliun, TO crush out The foes of The C"nsu
lion in whatever garb they may appear. Coniided II
by ihe State Rights and Strict Conslrucli"nst party
Of the country, it is for thee TO use the mighty inf
rnce If your name and office 10 bring back the Gov
ernment 10 tie true conception of its immortal foun
,rrs. Relied upon by The South aud elevated To the
Presidential chair by her united support it is now &c
JAMES BUCHANAN SHE will look for ,hs defence OF heE
Constitutional rights, Of whatever kind.
And such, we dnubt not, will be the reflections o.
tile President he rests upon his quiet bed after The
excitement and display of this important occasi n
Mny his rrpose be that OF patriot fully bent upon
good Of statesman conscienuusly resolved upon ar
nependan, liz Of pulley in The discharge of the hig
dulles Of his Office And may he arise on illa m"rro"
und On every succeeding morning Of his term fortified
and protected by the panoply Of Truth and the Con
siI,utun. The responsibilities that hang over his nd
mislration require, to be met Alright, great wisdom
and budlless We trust he will So cunlbat aud con
qucr the difficulties IN his path az 10 deserve the np
peIlaliun of The SECOND Saviour Of his Country. A
pruuder wreath uf glory never won by man, than
thai which nnw hangs within The possible grasp o.