The Nevada journal., 1857-04-03
THE INAUGURAL.

deal more interest that it usually de-
serves. 1t is necessarily concise, and
general in its terms, and cannot be re-
he'd upon, to any great extent, as an in
dex of the presidents future course
And, then, it is not uncommon for an
administration to be conducted in direct
violation of the principles laid down in
the inaugural These addresses should
rather be looked upon as a sort of
Fourth of July affairs, in which the prin-
cipal object is to show that their au-
thors can write their language well, and
with a good literary taste.
With respect to style, good compost
tion, &c, Mr. Buchanan's Inaugural is
rather tame; Pierce's beats it all hollow.
We suspect, however, that Cass, and
the rest, made him alter so often, and
at late hour, that he couldn't get the
sentences to dove tai well. As to the
matter of the address, democrats, of
course, will generally express them
selves pleased with it, but we-have
our opinion of it.
After telling his fellow-citizens, "I
stand before you," &c. aud invoking
Providence to help him rule Americans
{and Irishmen) he tells the audience
that he will not, hereafter, be in the
way of his younger democratic friends,
for he don't intend to run again. This
may be an excellent resolution, but its
announcement at that particular time
and place, strikes us as being in bad
taste.
He then notices the fact that, altho'
the late political contest was an unusu-
ally exciting one, yet as soon as the
majority" spoke, instant submission
followed. Now, this was in bad taste
also; because, in the first place, he was
not elected by majority ;" and, in
the second place, large number of his
warmest supporters had sworn that they
aeouldnt submit, if the majority happen
ed to speak against them.
As soon as he gets through these pre-
liminaries, he at once takes up slavery,
AID poor Kansas. Upon this subject
he says, that Congress IS neither to leg
islate slavery into, nor out of, the terri
tories-the question as to the right of
Congress so to do, he evades. He then
tells us that ga difference of opinion has
arisen in regard to the time when the
people, of a territory shall decide the
question of slavery for themselves -
thus giving all good democrats fair
chance to differ eternally about the only
real question there is in the whole Kas-
sas and Nebraska controversy. Further
on, however, he tells US that his own
endirid@aI (not Officially opinion is, that
the appropriate period will be when the
number of actual residents justifes the
formation of a State Constitution. The
people of a territory, then, as such, have
no right to determine this matter for
themselves; but only when they are
about to become the people of State,
do they acquire this glorious preroga-
tiyel Is this Squatter Sovereignty
Not if Gen. Cass, or Martin Van Buren
knows any thing about it.
The new President next informs us
that public virtue is good thing, and
that if the public treasury is kept so full
as It is now, every body connected with
the government will be corrupted To
get rid of the money, he says it ought
to be appropriated to "great national
objects y; but, owing to his "strict con-
struction notions, he can't find any
such "objects" clearly warranted by
the constitution, except the payment of
the public debt, and the increase of the
navy. This is truly deplorable state
of affairs
lie next pays compliment to our
foreign population, and says that after
being naturalized, they should "be plac-
ed on perfect equality withsnative born
citizens This, of course, is all very
natural from democratic President.
Next in order we have the doctrine of
"strict construction of the constitution, :"
announced in the very strongest terms.
The President says, that in our past
history, doubtful powers have never
been exercised without producing tin
furious and unhappy consequences" -
How about the purchase of louisiana ?
That was the exercise of doubtful
powers undoubtedly; have the eonse-
Guences been g injurious and unhappy!
The President seems to think that
Congress couldn't build Pacific rail