The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-03
THE TROUBLES OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC.


lot king forward with GREATNESS interest for the Presi
dents inaugural speech The electric telegraph fur
tnaoled TO give II At full length but accompanied
with intelligence which Is quite important az itself
The speech takes grounds strictly constitutional IN
IL the President confines ard ntrencbes himself behind
the express powers which the constitution has given
him and refuses 10 recognise any other He capable
Of considerable fights Of fancy but cannot eancate
himself from the shackes OF merely agalm mind lie looks
lto his bond he finds theie that he is bound to
cute the law in all parts Of the Union and 70 the
federal p OPP rty and he intends execute the law and
preserve the fecera, property accordingly. What the
Of performing these may be IT for
him ~ consider his BUSINESS is TO execute the law let
those who made the law answer for the rest.
Mr. Buchanan took much the same view OF his func
tiers but he that view the inference that
he bound % do nothing while Mr Lincoln considers
Ina, he is bound to do exactly the thing which sure 10
power 10 decare Nor s ]. his discretion alone which
the President believe c!rcnmscribed by the const
vented from doirg any Thing beyond US strict precepts
he does not feel that he Is allowed to know Of thing
lncol sti,utona He knows that his fellow counrymen
are dissatisfied but ne s forbidden to know that seven
States in iagrant rebellion. There IL Presidential
az wen judicial kno~ledge. and as courts Of law
not allowed to know many things which perfecty
orous 10 the OF The world, is with Prcsden,s
part Of whose iuty ia 10 have eyes than 70 be
hoo any thing that avors Of rebellion We i&.
way of king the question nds favor in the eyes Of
the purely republican journals, while The South
sppears TO consider 1t, as far as We Judge from
their organs IN New York, as the Ringing down
the glove. which VIII rc hesitate moment TO take up.
Had Mr.. Incon BEEN -dent at the time the secessi IN
few words Of friendly persuasion might have been
appropriate wsy OF dealing with the subject. B3 IS
childish lceH dangerous thus udi0usly 10 ignore the
rial state Of shecae, ana 10 BY costional redsonngs
TO influence co haze placed themselves out Of The pale Of
NE constitution altogether There Is no safer maxim in hu
man affairs than carefully TO examine one own position
and that Of ones antagonist before announcing
uton and TO base that resolution actual and real not
imaginary Or conventional considerations. With the
state Ct America the federal constitution has, most
unfortunately, very little to DO. The President might
almost as wen go back to the social contracts Rous
apan ia not ll--uO
OF laws and powers, but Of reason and expedency
We 1.lisre hat, ,neod Of isn1iRg 's secession Of he
South and dtt9 mining 10 treat as non drcaa, TIE
Eresden. ough. recognise it reality. We do
say that he ought to recognise the right to Sc
right to r, bel against the English crown claimed b. the
AN ercan colonies existed as part OF the Engsh con-
ttuton We do not gay that the President Is bound to
legal the confederacy which has risen up in op
portion to his but what maintain s, that as
wise man. patriotic MAGISTRATE and good citizen he is
rendering eci hts country he does deal
,uih Afngs as they are instead Of they ought b BE-
When civil immnt II appears 70 be at this
moment il America well TO admit the only possible
alternative that of heaIIg what terms the South Is pre-
pared to propose, in orceT 70 avert so dreadful cam
y The last alternative always remans and the fratri
cioal sword Will not have lost its edge py remaining in
the 81 cath few weeks longer But the Course adopted,
fair u may sound, edves no hope possibility OF re-
copcation The South not be heard becs-se ,st
not be gniZed acts which lead to civil
be done rather than admit that things which rem
Ger civil war possible have actually occurred
How futile all attempts 1T reconciliation have been 10 now
apparent The Peace Conference instituted by Virginia
has ended, anticipated it would end, in ridiculous
isiure Tepooiated By all parties. The Committee o.
Thirty ended in the adoption By Congress Of
amendment Of the constitution favor OF abstainng
IL m all interference with slavery which evidently has
lot the slightest effect any che great questions
dispute relating 70 the Territories ere left without any
attic npt settlement The tariff has been decided in
manner TO tho return Of the seeding States
As. mposs and the retention Of the border States
excoedn gy difficult. The south seeded from Union
where native manufactures supported BY mode
fa,e protection. Will It return 70 Union in which
patyo manufactures are, by an advantage taken
aefend,d by something Ike prohibition, the
vhoe weight Of when must fall upon the
planting ana agricultural States? It is dim
cult 70 believe that reunion take place; i is
believe that IL is even desired The Son has
The confsderscy il has e, and the North has employed
he hort internal Of secession 70 raise barrier
against euncn in the shape Of an loeral tar al! the
benefits Of which VIII DO oneide aud all tho burtheDs
,he other The South olers 10 the border States
Tor their slaves and Law against he re establish
me Of the slave trade which may be crsideret a
prots cton Of the human commodity in which they deal
lie North requires them to contribute 10 ~ mannfac.
and Pennsylvania The struggle may be painful one,
but fear that VIII be ecded rather BY interest thaa
by sympathy and that Hr. I.nconis constitutional Ice
III avail little against the considerations gestei
TO the border States by the high price OF manufactures
and good market Tor savc-.
From the LONDON Telegraph, March 1911
With President Lmc~lns Inauguration speech before
rs IT Ia difficult 10 imagine by what pretence the
party explains lis Never did the 4ih Of
Mare usher in nobler spectacle OF public fraternity
What there in the which would have suggested
anger that cha.m OF bloc yawned beneath the
steps OF The Capitoy The city OF Washington was ar
ray,d in iesal splrndo:s banner the republic
oated though not cloud had ever eclipsed stripe
dimmcd star; triumphsl chsriot group OF fair
children, liked toeett err, symboized the Union; two
you girls hand in haLd, presented emblems OF
the North south The President led the President
his chair. From that civic throne, created
him by the people, Abraham Lincoln drst addressed The
Legislature Of the United states Examining his address
snsly.iealy with y,es 70 .s actual bearing upon
such the exgtncies Of the hour denanced-con
catury to all ceprecatoy Of violence cevod Of exuita
ton. fl &c from the Least smiitude OF jest sneer
explicit q declaration II policy, unanswerable
statement OF the law and breathing spirit OF the most
unmng led pair iotsn. po Subjects M,cccyr Of iramcn,e
tame % Eu'ore less than America, ief.
whliy u,naic,d,e anticipated blockade If nc Sou.hr
p,rs and the ReW ;a't The latter mus be deplofe
as a ro2 rade based partial interests and
calculated embuteT rather taan to mitigate the exist.
ing feud. Is consequences TO Epgand VII pro-
badly be disastrous but we canno, believe
that, in tho long run, will bcneut the Ame
rcan manufacturer The former wcud DO frauguJ
with results nmeasu ably important 10 this country
81 caamous INDEED, that Greet BRAIN and fraacs in
OIL iiieihocd, oN protst against pth nc a,D.o.t
h.nene consistent erh the maintenance cf friendly
leans. The fcimer power, iqdced, has areaiy
notified Aa. any ~ ckdds in der % BE- raid, mast BE-
.eefha That paper decree affect
ihere be ships cruising OF every outlet OF
tie south, along Thousands Of mics OF coistor IN other
words from North Carolina 10 the Rio rande and sheace
they c,meg The navy Of the United States would
supply tenth part Of the necessary force. France
and England uiu, doutt combine b ,aear ne Cubina
Of Wasain;o. eDos nGy tader axe 70 e-ce The cO.on
NdftS by shrlihy WeW ~ Jf0W Use Tau " EHFv.h Vet
,u,,hsrndny oil The SsmJ1hy igich tie En9h nation n
t,f,otns Nth the oJintons q the fee states. suffer
our indu try up tg the roots order hot ne
holding ucscn may b. yrosr1ed lnere Is public law IN
exstene sanctioned py the last Congress Paris which
lay down distinct pi nc le and flom which he great
Powers will suffer d,prtu,e. fths ra.si Sa.s are
To emerge from the prssn y her ofaiss they
oconI tish III. tah rito raining the greatest n,anasre
q u,s country.
there Is some danger Of misapprchenson the part
Of the North in respect - this most vial qres ion The
Duke OF Ne gcastle representing Lord Ptners.ons go
y,rpment, has doubt EXPIRE ssed lervent bcoe
the foundations OF toe New World commonwealth may
not be disturbed but must be distinctly bcsEe in mind
that the policy Of applies TO trans itlan-
tic 40 than European territories No
interfere to prevent disunon in America than to pTotbit
UNION IN Italy. If southern confederation, 10 spi.e or
the republican polic, be established, No SHAH IN due
season acknowledge IL Five mi lions Of population
depcnd the cotton supply Secession or secession
We must keep eIchInts from run, manufastu.
rert from bankruptcy, our operatives rom starvai ION
We ca, ogord he So,ths itrs tivclad.d for