Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-21
LINCOLN,s INAUGURAL.
Opinions Of the Antl-Sscession
southern Press. .n

which head we include all that have not ex
pressed their sympathy with the secession
movement, are almost unanimous in APPROX
ing Mr.. Lincoln's Inaugural.
! The Memphis Argus" says:
"The Inaugural is worthy Of the mos,
profound attention, and is not to be pro
nounced upon single reading, or thorough.
ly mastered in a day. Itis, in its wonderful
condensation, complicated 30 are the affairs
of these States. F"
i The Memphis Bulletin" which at first
was disappointed in the tone Of the Inau gu
rail- subsequent issue says: T
"a moro thorough examination of his In
augural Address, as well as private advices
from w Washington, received through reliable
sources, satisfies us that Mr. Lincoln does
not mean or contemplate an aggressive policy
toward the Southern States that have heone
out, and we wiltnot allow ourselves to be-
lieye that their Provisional Government
will commit the crime of destroying all hope
Of an adjustment, by bringing on, now, On
unnecessary confct I"
The Bel and Douglas papers of Kentucky
express their satisfaction in warm terms.
The Danville Tribune says. 0 4al
h"We publish IN this paper the Inaugural
Address Of Mr. Lincoln. We have read il,
we think, carefully, and must say that it is
much more conservative than we had been
led to expect it would be, by the sensation
I telegraphic dispatches sent out in advance
of the Inaugural, and we are satisfied its
tone and temper is such as should assure all
the people Of the States, that if its author is
sincere, which until he does something to
show the contrary, we have no right to
| doubt, he desires to restore harmony between
the sections, and preserve the Union.
The Lexington observer, y which had be.
fore spoken favorably of the Inaugural, in
the number for March 9th, sharply rebukss
the clamors Of the secession papsn against
it, and uses this language: si
"We repeat now, what we took occasion
IN our last 10 remark, that there is nothing
in this message to cause Kentucky to change
the position she has chosen TO assume in ref.
erence to the difficulties which have been
prccipitated upon the country by the rash
acts of few mad-cap politicians In the
Cotton States. affI I17-5
The Richmond Ky. J Messenger has no
editorial on the Inaugural, but in an article
on coercion says: sa .3alA e3f 1-5l i
In regard to the public forts in the sesed-
ing States now in possession of the Govern
ment, it is the constitutional duty Of the
President TO hold them if he can, and we
are in favor of every officer discharging his
duty. In regard to the forts now in posses
sion Of the seeding States, the President has
the legal right to retake them; but it is not
his duty to do so, from anything appearing
TO us; and we do not favor the enforcement 4
ofa right which the public interest does not
require. Nevertheless, these views do not
change our opinion Of the legal or moral
quality Of the acts of those citizens of the
seeding States who have seized them.
The Louisville Journal republishes Tho
Inaugural, and thus comments upon It:
We this morning lay before the readers of
the journal correct copy Of the inaugural
address. The persual of it has but deepened
the impression the telegrsphic report pro-
duced ~ our minds. Viewing it in connoo-
ton with current developments, we cannot
honestly doubt the pacific character of the
address. We are pursuaded that they who
what is really to be seen, but what they wish
to see n ' +1 jc'l =
The Knoxville "Whig," Parson Brown
lows's paper, which is one Of the ablest and
most jealous Union journals of the South,
says:
We endorse the entire Address, as one of
the best papers of the kind we have seen,
and we commend it for its temperance and
conservatism. 1t is peace loving and con-
servatlye IN Its recommendations, and emil
nently tirm in its nationality of sentiment. 1t
Is out and out Union address, worthy of
the appreciation of every Union conservative
man South, as we'll as North. Had Il basn
delivered by Jackson, Polk, or Brcckinridre
even, the Cotton States would have declared
It TO be the height of political perfection.
And we unhesitatingly affirm, that If Lin
coins Inaugural is a true indication of the
character OF his coming administration, All
good and true men may congratulate them
selves upon his election to the Presidency.
1t carried out, no other peace measure is
necessary. Let us, then, of the Border
States, patiently await the developments of
the new administration. We may be much
better of under it than the late profligate
administration of Buchanan-we can't be
worsted by four years Of Republican misrule.
Ii it shall turn out otherwise wo are right
ourselves and our wrongs, under the Con-
stitution, and without revolution or civil war
We shall have no war unless it be forced up.
on the country by the reckless conduct Of the
South.
Opinions OF the Secession Press
OF the Country. ~,
lFrom the New York Expressl
I. The President, Mr.. Lincoln, through brief.
'is wordy, and though verbose, vet not clear
The English oft does not rise into the high
sphere Of q state paper or classical COM
position; and yet does not fall below medi.
ocrity The work, as a whole seems to
have been one Of patchwork, because of
the disconnected quilting together Of
thoughts and sentences n dI1Gi
u Iron the g. clursviIe Gars,,sl
The Inaugural Of President Lincoln win
be found in to-day's paper. We had
wished, but cannot say hoped-for we have