Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-04-11
The New President.

1ne NCW FreS1Qent.
We publish on the fourth page of the JouRNAr.
to-day, the inaugural of Mr.. Buchanan. This is
the chart laid down by the fifteenth President
OF the United States for the guidance of the
great ship of State, the prccepts of which, if fol-
lowed up and faithfully carried out. will secure
peace, and prosperity to the country.
1t is bold and Stattsmanlike document. solid
and patriotic; comprehensive and national =
breathing the spirit OF compromise and political
honesty. Its well defined meaning-its independ-
ent tone and temper. will make it easily under
stood, and al this particular crisis in the affairs
Of the nation make it highly appreciated.
The partizan press in the various portions of
the Union treat the address with deeency and
respect thing most signal of merit in the in
augural but The marIy endorsement given TO it
by the independent press of the land is criterion
uncrring of its true worth 1t contains enough,
and omits nothing that it should contain. Mr..
Buchanan is determined TO rear the structure Of
his administration upon the primitive rock Of
justice and irmness, and the Cabinet of mild in
tcllecual, conservative and national men, that
he has chosen as counsel and architects, warrants
the belief that the structure so raised will be per-
petuatcd a monument to future generations Of
the wisdom and administrative ability of President
BucI anan's administration.
Lewis Cass of Michigan, man whose expert
cnce in public life will almost vie with that OF
Mr.. Buchanan himself, and whose records of acts
are as brilliant and pure, stands in the highest
place of power and responsibility in the Cabinet
occupying the position of Secretary of State,
whio Howell Cobb of Georgia, who stood shoul-
der to shoulder with the Union loving Statesmen
and patriots of 1885, Cass and Cobb stood side
by side with Daniel Webster, Daniel S. Dickinson,
Henry Clay and Henry s. Footc, in the contest
for the compromise measures, and against sccccs-
sion. Floyd Of Virginia; Thompson, OF Missis-
sippi; Jones OF Pennsylvania, and Touccy, Of
Count ctcut arc the remainder Of his Cabinet
They have all distinguished themselves in public
life, and judging their future life and acts BY the
past, there is nothing to fear.
With a Cabinet thus formed, possessing in itself
the harmonizns elements; the cxpeleace in pub
lie affairs the well tried honesty and national
fidelity there cannot arise or lntcrpose ought
to mar the just and faithful administration Of the
laws and government, or arrest the peaceful and
prosperous progress of the Republic.
In the selection ard discrimination Of lis Cab
met officers Mr.. buchanan has cautiously avoided
the error into which President Pierce fell that
of endcavorng to harmon2e and conciliatc the
affairs Of the country by calling into his Cabinet
all the ultra wrangling and conflicting elements
North and South. The result was that the false
steps made by Mr Pierce in the formation of his
Cabinet brought into life sectional issues and see
tonal factions that threatened the harmony Of
the Union and supremacy Of the Constitution.
Mr. buchanan believes that the restoration Of
that harmony among the people Of the different
States to be the only safe guard Of our national
ty and the preservation Of our free institutions.
lie approves the Kansas ard Nebraska Act. lie
recommends that the surplus money in the ma
tional Treasury should be applied and devoted to
works and o. jccts of a strictly national character.
He hints at a modification of the present tariff
He dcprcatcs the evils of disunion. and the
course Of its advocates and holds that in union
consists the cardinal principle OF our power. lie
holds that the public lands should be preserved
for actual settlers, both native and foreign. He
acknowledges the rights Of the different States,
and that they should be respected. lie openly
declares himself in favor OF the measure which
proposes a national highway OF Railroad to the
Pucifc. In regard to our intercourse with ma
tions, he avows the doctrine of non Intervention,
and holds that we should preserve peace, com
merce and friendly relations with all nations, and
never interfere with their affairs unless impelcd
so to do by the great law of sclfprcservation.-
In regard to Territorial acquisitions, Mr. Buchan-
an says that we never acquired territory but by
fair purchase or voluntary annexation, as in the
case of Texas and that We should act on the
principle that no naticn should complain if in
self defence we further extend our possessions
These are the leading features in the inaugural
and they contain principles and propositions Of
policy which every man who loves his country
better than party must endorse.