The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-03-07
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The Inauguration.
The Inauguration of President BucHAxAs
took place at Washington at 9 O'Clock or
Wednesday. We waited until the last hou'
In hopes Of being able to lay the Address
before our readers this morning, but as il
did not appear in the Chicago papers yes
osrday, We must be eontent to-day to give
snly . synopsis, as we find it in the Tele
graph dispatches Of the Chicago papers or
Thu.sday morning.
This brief outline is sufficient TO show
That the address is . document Of no ordina
y interest, and eminently worthy Of its dis
tineuishsd author. 1t takes high and boil
ground There is no evading great and dii
Aeult questions-no non-committalism abou
H. Instead Of high sounding, turgid periods
conveying meaningless generalities, the I'D
dress appears to come directly to the point
and the leading policy Of the incoming ad
minisgTation is Swallowed forth with dis
Gnetness that leaves very little room TO
conjecture on any prominent point. Th'
Pacific Railroad, stumbling block to so ma
ny politicians, is boldly advocated; all sym
psthy for filibusterism in Central Americ:
and Cuba, in reference to which Mr.. Blu
ehansn was so grossly misrepresented du
ring the Presidential contest, is ignored ant
secuted any change in the naturalization
laws is discountenanced; the extravagan
waste Of the public domain, by bestowin.
il on all sorts of chimerical objects, is con
denned; and on the slavery question, tn
equality Of the States and preservation o
the Union no language could be more firm
and distinct than that of the address.
The following is the Geographic aecoun
Of the Inauguration, with . synopsis of tn,
Inaugural Address:
The procession which was formed at the
National Hotel, started for the Capitol about
noon being very long it presented a beau
tiful appearance. The military Of the Dis
tYiet and the community at large were fully
represented.
The day opened by the firing Of cannon
and ringing Of bells. The weather was
beautiful.
There was . great turn out Of people,
most of whom were vending their way TO
the capitol The sidewalks were completely
blockaded. The balconies were full. All
available windows were occupied long be-
fore the procession started. The military
formed on New York avenue.
At one o'clock Ex President Pierce and
the President elect proceeded with the SEN
ate, Supreme Court, Foreign Ministers and
others 10 the east front Of the Capitol, where
the Inauguration ceremonies were conduct
cd.
Mr.. Buchanan's manner in delivering the
the Inaugural Address was remarkably i'm
prsssive and determined.
He began by appealing to the Almighty
for strength and wisdom to enable him to
carry out his administration Of the affairs Of
the country to the advantage of the people.
A he had determined not TO try to be elect
ed . second Presidential term, his admins
trstion should be conducted purely for the
best interests of the whole country. He
spoke Of his election as having been accom-
plished by those anxiously DESTROYS for the
preservation Of the Union. lie congratula-
ted the country on the fact that agitation on
the subject Of slavery had almost entirely
ceased, and he declared that for the first
time in twenty-four 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, according to the constitution
adopted by the people directs. He went in
to long argument to show that the Kansas
Nebraska bill was right in principle. The
equality Of States, said Le, must be preserv-
ed. He added, however, that slavery was
less important practically than some other
subjects before the American people.
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itation Of the slavery question has given
birth must die, for their existence endangers
the lives Of the citizens of the slave States
The spectacle which was now presented Of
cur whole people submitting quietly to the
will Of . majority as expressed at the polls
in the last election, was characteristic Of this
and no other nation. So he thought that
these geographical parties must die out. lie
said that corruption in a Republican Gov
eminent was fatal to its institutions, altho'
in . corrupt country when the forms Of free
institutions might remain the life was gone
His administration should aim at purity in
al its departments.
Extravaganza in the disposal Of the pub
lie lands he declared, must be put stop to,
50 that our children may secure homes for
themselves, and the brood of Spectators
and jobbers who live upon them may be
crushed The laws in regard to naturaliza-
ton should remain as they are at present,
putting the foreign and native-born citizen
on q fair Democratic level.
In regard to the Pacific Railroad project,
such q road, he said, may be made by Con-
gress in the shape Of a military road to en-
able the government to extend protection to
our possessions on the Pacific coast. Con-
gress has full power TO do this and he agreed
that it must and should be done in order
that We might be prepared on that coast for
the emergency of war.
Cur foreign policy must be to cultivate
peace and good will with all nations, but at
the same time all entangling alliances must
be avoided. This has been an axiom Of our
government ever since the days Of Washing
ton, and none dare now dispute the propri-
ETY..
1t has been the boast of the United States
that none Of their territory had been &C.
quired by war, as has been the case with al
most every other nation, and this must con-
tinue to be our policy. We must refuse to
take sny territory whatever, unless it be ac
quired by honorable treaties.
Our diplomatic policy must be frank and
and by pursuing such policy
Ne shall continue to hold our position among
the great leading powers of the world.
Mr.. Buchanan read his address closely
from the manuscript, which he held in his
hand. His voice was clear, but owing to
the tremendous crowd, much Of which could
not see him, there was some interruption,
and all of address not distinctly heard
There was much applause at those portions
which referred to equality Of State, the evils
of geographical parties, and the naturaliza-
ton laws. Beyond the fainting of few
ladies in the crowd, no incidents of an I'M
pleasant nature occurred The procession
was the finest ever seen in Washington, and
the number Of people in the city exceeds
anything ever seen before There were
many banners bearing appropriate devices.
There were several revolutionary flags from
which excited much attention.