New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-08
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Snsny IN few generations has taken RANK III
xe1. interior only 10 that OF three OF Inc king
RopaASsyTn which have had oelt uiles for tb:lT
ooss "a IA n respect 30 finance j influence INDUSTRIAL
srowetI ~ Mechanical art and wealth OF natural pro-
1919 4 even now fairly entil led to rank very
80, The front. Yet this people 30 nourlsi ing, 80
sbQndnt IN various Prospees nave Deen 1 "a LUZ
- weeks on the ntterances OF one man, 10 learn
ha,her thew shall be restored TO peace, or plongel
W. ";vp conmotion, which shall give bloody check
- sbe advance Of population; overthrow hnnce, apu
SraJyzipQ al kinds Of industry, diminish all sorts OF
PRODUCTION. II is not that this man wlelds deSPote
Cover or can hur devastation on his fellow men az
lis caprice or for his interests On me coh-
rtrary he was the other day elti4en WI
no more power than hundreds OF thousanos
IKE himself and his certain ret1rn 70
che sauns condition debars him from any OF that Ioyay
traditional or interested, which belongs 70 ~;
-snjoyng permanent reign. he Desiu -; re yer1
% arTybor.y are not dspoRed entirely 70 rehnqnsh
she control of that power which they nave oeiegeu
And vet thus weak and thus tramnieied, II deVoives
on e Chief Magistrate OF the Hpoh 70 .S ,,s sro
ack from their present aatchicai CONDITION 10 an or
3erIv Government, or shall plopgs them into bLoo0-
.sbed The document in wbLh the pohey on WHICH
Ehese great alternatives hang might seem 70 ase H.
worthy of chocer style than that, In which from .oe
Geographic summary gather that IT bas oeeh eonr
posed. But the hating sentences, whsch are PoiHsp
saoweves the fault Of the mode OF transnss'Sn, anu
the trite and tasteless simikes OF rnsIrlsge Al1
are Of ANAL moment when compared with the mVeh-
lions which theee and figures are meant 70 con-
Wv In the more substantial part OF the matter "
form, and that which betokens mos' the ~
.be speaker there is exhibition Of better judgment
than that in which consists merely the ctuocacn OF
words In the extremity OF his country sriie, hE.
Iincoin dispenses with the usual aJiufions 70
1tber powers no less than with those seh.congratna-
lions which would on this occasion be eniy ronicsl,
BRIT which usually make up 80 large portion OF the
Presidents inaugural speech. de does not eVen-n
our account Of the message DO not oehe n-enter lto
par,da rpc
Aanatnental government of the United States. The
ops thing necessary and all important n 10 point out
The courso into which be will endesvor to direct the
country in view Of the attempt 70 dlsintegate s com
ponent parts. On this point bs utterance u clear
AZ the legally-ohosen chief executive officer OF con-
sutional State he viii cause the Constitution 70 be
maintained. He says little about compromises, for
compromises are primarily for the As
look 10 au amendment Of the Constitution TOR Cor
vention Of that sovereign people, which has only dele
gated to the Legislature certain rights ana dnnes
within the limits of the fundamental law: for nm
the actual law, until IT Is amended r the rue % uu
nd The puide of action. II may be that chs general
dea of tie inaugural Is somewhat departed from In
the passages where recommendations sse maze IoT reg
Aslaon 20 render more certain tDoee PROVISIONS Oh TUG
Constitution which provide for the return OF fn1uve
slsves and for the security everywhere within the
United States of the free q izsns OF each State
5ut II is plain that the first OF these was
put in the fore front OF the argumen. IN OfOeE
che President that it the Constitution whole ana
entire pieceueal and according TO personal prefer
snces TO which lie adhered and expected TO enforce al
berepce The engagements Laid upon himself as the
srst citizen and TO al others with him by that bond
protect every one in the enjoyment OF his property as
each one understands the word II protects each one
also In his personal rights. But while these obgtlos
sre 20 be maintained they do not stand alone; and
aom Of them are respected spite of ihei obnoxious
pass by the party now the head Of the Government
20 much the right has that party-thus runs the
logiotO insist upon the rest being also submitted TO-
- s.w ~ inn
children ore persuaded TO do right by sugsred brDes;
bot 70 be Welded freely demanded with the neees
sary deee Of force In what way tins force s TO he
applied, Mr. Lincoln plainly indicates. The Govern,
ent properties will be put into petition that VIII
enable them to be defended asains. attack. we pre-
sumo this points 70 the reakng Of forts already IN the
hands of the rebels; but al any rate, the custom
House regulations are TO be carTssa ou' anu ms
must destroy the trade of the reeusant States.
This y really almost the only point on which the
Federal Government eSacts sctiVe ooeosepoe i,Oni
The several States and obed eDee "A 70 Dc Ieaureo
with whatever force l. requisite. The Quixote
attempt TO plant Federal officers In hostile iocanes,
where their chief business would be 70 render services
70 the enemy, who would yet be hkeiy 10 msiirest
hem Is openly renouncedi but the BRIDE s 70 DC put
on whsre il win coretrain and govern. We suppose
tina; this inaugural viii give no comfort 70 any OF the
oompromisers IL destroys, OF course the tba Ihe
new Precedent would begin bic term Of once by q
renegade denial Of the principles on which ne WAS
elected ard by recommendations Of measures which,
under the guise OF mutual concession would yield up
everything that was distinctive Of The party, which
asserted It's majority al the November ebcton. II de-
sares too broadly the right, the duty the intention
and the power OF the Government 70 govern, not IN
virtue of the unanimous consent of the people, but IN
virtue of the appointment of that majority OF the
people TO whom the Constitution has committed ths
hoce Of it, governors This is emphsticay the busi
ness of the day. for any section Of the country when
heated by popular passion excited by AMBITIOUS
aemaaogres can throw off It's allegiance ana PROVOKE
vil war unless it be brbed 70 good behavior by se
concession of the principles affirmed al the ballot
box then IL IL plain tina. Government by law Is, Tor
Gbe future impossible, end that Government BY force
must take its place. After this the second CUES
ton in order is the admission or exclusion OF the
system of Slavery from the Territories The discussion
Of that point though the handspring OF the November
election finds no place in the Insugural and properly
80 for while its practical decision depends upon the so
hutton of the other problem its theoretical and legal
answer was given by votes thrown for the Republican
President last November. Those votes proclaimed
chat the majority Of the people were opposed TO the
further exclusion Of Slavery. II the Constitution be
maintained in It's spirit that decision ought TO be acted
upop and will, uness indeed the people shall them
ssves change their minds, receive ite accomplishment
sooner or tier and moro or lees completely. In add
ng By the laws the President sastains every act le
ealiy performed 1t may be that the representatives
Of the people in Congress win prove untrue TO their
pledges sod thus postpOneior time the due execution
Of the popular WILL Bot If it be only made apparent
today that that viii cannot be successfully resisted by
rebellion and violence, the time must como when 1t
viii clothe itself with all the forms Of law and assert
H. supremacy without resistance or even question.
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