Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-03-06
TIE iNAUGlt,tA'rlON.

TIE iNAUGUitATlON.
On Monday at noon, Abraham Lincoln
was inauguratcd as President of tho United
States. The gloomy surroundings Of this
occasion arc in striking contrast to any in.
auguration day that has preceded it. We
sec Lincoln assuming the Presidency Of a
dismembcred government. States defiant
and rebellious refuse TO acknowledge his
rule. Rumors Of assassination and blood
shed give a darkcning tingc to the scene,
and the hiilit9ry in the back ground are
prepared to enforce quiet and obedience by
the use Of ,nuskcts and bayoncts.
-Four thousand soldiers cast the shadow
ola military dcspotisln upon our Icpubli-
can form OF government. The trium PHI ola
section Of the Republic, has driven, VIC be-
lieyc without just cause, another section into
open hostility; we are fastening on to re-
produce upon American soil the anarchy and
'm;srs'le Of opposing sections, so terribly
Illustrated in misgoycrncd Mexico.
These startling facts and results are wholly
unwarranted by causes that are now or have
|existcd. 1t has all along been contest
about mere abstraction, fruitful OK nothing
but evil to the we'll being Of the Republic
On the one hand it is the morbid manifesto
ton Of q sympathy which in tho vain at
tempt to confer rights upon the negro, which
he is incapable Of enjoying, involves the
liberties Of the white and black in one COM
mon destruction.
Montbars tho celebrated Duccaneer pirate
Of the Caribbean sea, who with blood dyed
hands committed inhumanities tho most
attrocious, under the prctcxt Of revcnging
the cruel,ics inflicted upon the natives Of
America by the spaniards, was melted to
his deeds Of rapine by more practical and
noble sympathy for suffering, than aninatcs
the breast Of any tanatical Abolitionist in
America. Montbars became pirate; and
Abolitionists who possess the bravery will
become bloody partizans Of civil strife, and
both will curse civilization and humanity,
while the name Of religion and human.
;ty is their excuse.
On the other hand the slave holders
yainly seek to extend their institutions
thus abhorrent to the moral sense Of the age
where it can never go, or be forced to 60
because the laws Of climate, and Of emigra-
ton and the self interest of the settlers o.
territory to be occupied forbid it. Men are
rendering themselves mad and infatuated in
! fighting an issue never practically to arise
1t is a mere abstraction then, that is likely
to sever the Union and destroy this rcpubli,
can form Of goyernncnt--by its example the
great hope Of mankind.
i This abstraction has elected Abraham
Lincoln President, and his inauguration
surrounded by the military, his flight from
Harrisburgh, the premonitions Of civil war
all indicate the wretched character Of the
Impending revolution. lIo comes to the
administration of the Government, and
fortunately gives the nation q relief in dis
placing from office the weakest and most
vascillating executive that fate or fortune has
ever inflicted upon tile Rep ublic Buchanan
'infirm inepurposc, with the vindictniveness
ota small mind, incapable to rise equal to
his grave responsibilities, is doubtless as
rejoiced ofhis discharge as is the nation, anc
upon the new executive is thrown the
crushing weight Of maturcd revolution
with laws dciicd, and a treasury exhausted
for which his party and his predecessor arc
largely responsible. lie needs lofty
patriotism and breadth of craftsmanship to
neot 1.-THE exigencies Of his position. He is
laboring under grave disadvantages, for he
is an untricu man. 70 sustain him, il
right, is the plain duty Of every good citizen
TO give him fair trial and with an impartial
Judgment decide upon his acts, is an obliga-
ton we owe him as the cons titut;onal Pres.
idcnt. This VIC shall do, and inpatiert1y
await to learn the policy he shall foreshadow
in his inaugural, which we hope to give en-
tire.