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President Euclsaaan's. Inaugural


President EuclsanaE's Inaugural
Address. = -
+ 49,. - = WAsHlNGToN, March 4.
Mr. Buehanan's manner Of deiiverin. the
Inaugural Address was remarkably i'm
pressive and Determined.
He began BY an appeal to the Almighty
for Strength, and wisdom to enable him to
carry out Ills administration of the affairs
Of the country 70 The advantage Of the PEG.
pie. As be had determined moi to try to
be elected a. second time, bis adninistra-
itiou should be conducted purely and for the
best interests Of the whole country. He
spoke Of his election as having beef. accom-
|plishtd by those anxiously deslTous for the
preservation Of Tie Union. He congral;i-
lated the country on the fact that the agi
tstion on the subject Of slavery had almosl
entirely ceased, and he declared that for
the first time in twenty years, the country
had arrived at peace on that subject.
In reference to Kansas. he declared that
il should be admitted with either Freedom
or Slavery, as the Constitution adopted by
the people thereof directs. He went into
a long argument TO show that the Nebr;s-
ka Kansas bill was right in principle. The
equality of States, said he, must be pre-
served. He added, however, that Slavery
was less important practically than some
other subjects before the American people,
The geographical parties to which agita
ton Of the Slavery question has given
birth, must die, for their existence cndan-
gers the lives of the citizens Of the Slave
States.
The spectacle which was flow presented
Of our whole people submitting quietly TO-
the will of the majoritY,as expressed at the
polls in the late election, was characters
tic of this, of no other nation, so that these
geographical parties must die out. He
sud that corruption in Republican gov
eminent WAS fatal TO its existence, although
in q corrupt country the forms Of free in
stitutions might remain, the life was gone.
His administration shod aim at purity in all
its departments. Extravaganza in the
disposal of the public lands he declared
must be put a stop to SO that our children
may secure homes for themselves, and thel
brooS! Of spectators and others who live
upon them may be crushed.
The laws in regard to naturalization
shoqid remain as they are at present, put
ting the Foreign and native born citizens
on far Democratic leyel.ss IS H9
In regard to the Pacific Railroad prof
ect, such !, road he said may be made BY
Congress in the shape Of Military, Road,
to enable tie Governme IT to extend pro
lection to our possessions on the Pacific
coast.
Congress has full power to do this, and
he agreed that it must and shall be done,
in order that we might be prepared onI
that coast for the emergencies Of war.
Our foreign policy must be 10 cultivate
peace and good will with all nations, but
at the same time all entapgling alliances
must be avoided. This has been an axi-
ON of our Government ever since the days
of Washington; and more dare nov dispute
lis propricty. It has beeh the boast of the
United States that none of her territory
has been acquired by war, as has been the
case with almost every other nation; and
this must continue to be our policy:
We must refuse to take any territory
whatever, unless it be acquired by honora-
BILE means Our diplomatic policy must
he frank aud honorable, aud by pursuing
such a policy, we viii continue to hold our
position among the great aud lealing pow
ers Of the world.