Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-08
The Presidents Inaugural-.opinIons
ofiheiPeess.

ofihejPress.
WEcuil from the leading Influential Jour.
nails ,oflhe country, some extracts show.
ing how fhe Inaugural of sthe president is
received and what is thought oft. When
We consider that these journals represent
the popular verdict of three-fourtis of the
country, We conclude that no State paper
has for years given such general satisrac-
tiou. This feeling is not confined 10 Re.
publicnns, for the conservatives Of ull par
ties shareCit and declare TINT Mr.. Lin
coins Interpretation of his duty is the
just one. Frarr,s -
The New York World, an able conserva-
tive sheet, says:
Well, the period of uncertain counsels is
over.- The nSw President mas come,into
n,S antborliyi and has laid down his plun
0t action 10 way that ought TO inspire
general confidence. There is firmUesS In
II, devotion to duty, resolntencsg 10 stand
hrm by constitutional principles, which
will give the North assurance of a yi,,or'
Gus government, ready and able to conc
WIN any emergency; while ut the saIno
Time the SOuth arc made TO see thar mn
hostile design. no unfriendiy purpose is
entertained tOwRrl them, and that they
VIII have every constitutional nrntcctio6.
vi course MIR. Lincoln could saw notbin,,
that would satisfy those who are traitors
at heart and of choice, and such peonle
Will ind enough in the inaugural 10 de.
nounce. Were the document not oucD 10
their attack, it would be proof nositiye
that il was anything Init what the occ,.-
sion demanded. But those of the South
WHO still regard the Union, who vet can
recognize the duties involved in mn ontb
to faithfully execute the Office Of PreSi.
dent OF the United States, and preserSe.
project and defend the CONSTITUTIONS viii
find no reason for complaint, no ground
for apprehension.
The Tines remarks:
Mr.. Lincolnis inaugural Address inust
command the cordial approval OF tLe
great body of the American pconle. Tho
intellectual and moral vigor which nor.
vhdes 1t will iufuse new hope and LOYALTY
into the American heart. The calm Arm.
ness with which it asserts the rivhtfnI
authority of the Federal Government tko
declared purpose which it embodips To
preserve, protect aud defend the Union
Hnd the Constitution. tue easy force with
which At sweeps away nil The cobweIs of
secession logic, and Tindicates the supreme
sohty otfthe Government TO defend its own
existence cannot fall to impress even the
most determined Secessiouist with grave
doubts as to the justice of his consr
The characteristic feature of tic Adde'S
Is Its profound sincerity,-the earnest ia
termination which il evfnces 10 r.n,lrr
equal and exact justice 20 every Stnte. 10
every section, to every interest of the H.
Pnbhci'-and TO administer the Govern
incnt in spirit Of The most. thorough, mud
impartial equity. To this purpose every
other consideration is made 10 bend AMI
no one who can understand aud appreciate
such character rs that of Mr. itncoIn
VIII doubt that this spirit viii! marx every
act of his Administration.
Says the Courier and Enquirer:
The address is nuble one. provin,, con-
clnsiyely that he WHO delivered IL IL a
plain, honest, frank man. possesseJ NJ a
soul big with patriotism, of an ability
equal 10 the high station to which h e .hSs
been called, aud that of firmness of mir.
pose, mingled with that couciIiatory s1irit
demanded by the emergency which meets
hlm on the very threshold of his offic,..-
MI. Liueoln's address is remarkaLle f6r
its directness, for the convincing msnnsr
IN which his duty is set forth, and for Ibe
exact aud truthful manner in which tho
great question before the conntrS /,
put: We cannot see how any true citizen
OF this lspublio, Any5lover Of-its Union Of
States rs Constitution and laws, can rise
tromSa perusal of this address witbOnt he.
lug completely satisfied, withont saving !.
Abraham Lincoln is right; he has said
just Ehat ne ought 10 say, 6nd no more
nor less is a man who will do what he
promises The maa in whom the perFect
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