Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-03-15
now PaEsIDEnT LINcSGN's 1EAU-
GgEAL IS REGARDED.

10 -
HOW PRESIDENT LINcSEN,s 1EAU-
GgEAL IS REGARDED.
We copy the following extracts from
sleesies and the press of different 10
cahties IN order that our readers may
know TIE diversity of opinion upon this
z important document. 1t seems, how
ever,t that great majority of opponents
of PR. Lincoln, especially in the North,
I form more favorable opinion of it on
reading IL a second time This may be
nceeunted for, we think, from the fact.
that they had, not learned Mr.. Douglas
3 views upon il till after its first reading.
He says of it:
lie had read The inaugural carefully,
with a view OF understanding what the
policy of the Administration is to be- as
therein Indicated Il Is characterized 6y
great qGtsftg and acaa great directness ON
csrtaia points. 4 critical ana lysis is
necessary to arrive atstke true construc-
ten. lie had partially made an analy-
SIS. and had come to the conclusion that
1T was a peace rather than a war message.
He had examined it candidly and crit
ieally. andthopght there was no founda-
ten for "a different opinion. On the
contrary there is a distinct pledge that
the policy Of the. Administration shall
Lc Conducted exclusively with reference
10 apeaceful solution of our National diff
ticult;es. :; :; lie believed he had
put proper construction on these parts
Of tie inaugural. He believed the Pres
ident is going to live up to it. He
would not surrender this opinion until
there should be reasons to change il
The Union cannot be preserved by war,
cannot be maintained by blood,
TIE Nashville (Tenn. Patriot says,
We laid before thereaders of the Pa
f-{et yesterday the Inaugural Address Of
President Lincoln as stelegrap phed to the
Louisville papers. We read it with
great Interest and were rather fayorably
than otherwise Impressed with the frank
ncss and eaudor with which it treated
tkeissies ofthe day, though disappointed
with his views Of what should be done to
.TacIythe South. It is his purpose, as
itssurelysis his best policy, to conciliate,
saato achieve hy gentleness what can
net be attained by harslness. He has.
siskea kindly tosllis dissatisfied fellow
seitizens. Let Us take his words as they
ara meant and await his acts We haze
nothing ii The shape Of danger to ap-
prehend by such q course. He cannot
harm us. Ee has more need of our good
,ffiees Than, we have of him. When the
lion shows his teeth, it will be time
enough for US, to think of extracting
them, A prccipitate onslaught now
might possibly carry US upon an animal
covered with a Hons shin.
The Louisville .joarnal ,ys:
Wspublish the inaugural address Of
Nr. Lincoln on the next page The
form of the address, as the telegraph de-
livered it here, is most imperfect, but
the substance is. tolerably clear. The
address, as we understand it, proposes, so
far as enforcing the laws is concerned,
TO leave the present sfetus untouched,
aud favors, with respect to remedial
measures, the assent Bling of National
Convention In other words, We under
stand Mr.. lincoln, instead of contem-
plating the recapture of the forts and
other possible achievements, to adopt
essentially the line of action pursued by
Mr.. Buchanan, with the assurance that
current events and experience may in
duce hiln TO modify or change even that.
This is our understanding Of the address;
anT this, if not everything we could de-
sire, as we own It is not, is at least much.I
more and much better than we were
tempted to fear And such We think
must be the Judgment Of every refecting
and candid patriot. But We have nei-
ther tinle nor space to discuss the ad-
dress this morning. We can now but
indicate our impression of the general
character Of the address, and commend |
it to the Just and fearless consideration !
of'the pubfic
The following is from the Louisville |
Democrat -
We have read evsr the inaugural ad
dress Of Abraham lincoln, and can
only say it is about what we expected |
He denies the right of secession, and, |
of course, holds the laws of the United
States valid IN the seeding States. The
Constitution says, she shall see that the /
laws are faithfully executed This he /
swears to do; and says he will do, "css
far as practicable" He could hardly /
say lsss; and what he will do, depends
en the meaning he will attach to the
practicable" " The requisite means re-
ferred to, depending on the people, are
very slender at present, and from the
tone Of the message we do not appre-
lend anya attempt at what could be
properly called coercion. Indeed it is
not possible to tell what, under the cir
nnnnctn r,nne hnl ill -In. l,ld |