Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-03-07
THE ESIDENT AND THE
IN A U G URAL,

From the day of the first secession movement
in South Carolina, consequent upon the election
of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency, an earn
est interest has been manifested an all sides to
learn the sentiments of the President elect in
reference to the affairs of the nation and as the
diSafection OF the southern States increased this
feeling had become so intensified that many,
even of his friends, thought that the incoming
political head of the nation ould give utterance
to his views in regard to the distracted state Of
affairs, and foreshadow the policy by which he
was to be governed in ew of the existing and
further threatened disorg anization of the govern
ment
But not so thought the cool, dispassionate and
thoughtful Abraham Lincoln With prudent
watchfulness over the shifting scenes of the po-
litical drama around him, and with forecast
almost unequalled in the political history of our
country, he strenuously maintained a reticence
as wise as it was wonderful-under the circum-
stances and it is to this wise judgment of Mr.
Lincoln that we are indebted for the bright hopes
which we now have in the future. Having with
a calm delibera.ion overlooked the whole
ground, and taken into full view the ends and
aims of sou hern malcontents, and the full ex-
tent of " northern aggression" he was all the
better prepared, when he came to speak official
ly to do justice 10 himself to the parties at issue
and to the country at large.
The Inaugural of President Liucoln-which
we published in an extra on Monday, and re-
publish in our paper of today-Hke good wine %
requires mo bush" It's compactness and brew
iry renders any synopsis Oft unnecessary. Any
review Of the positions assumed by the President
81; Il H.,
H avows his opinions upon the question of the
day, and the hour, with uudisp used candor; and
in manly aud straightforward manner-with
the sincerity and Independent frankness thatever
characterIzas a true patrnt-he places the whole
suhj act which now agitates the nation 50
plainly before the people that he who runs may
read" and none but fools misunderstood.
But will this Inaugural satisfy all Probably
mt. 1t Of course will not carry healing on it,
wings TO the nest of traitors who for the past
thrtv years have been nursing treason In the
gulf States; it Will not give hone to the half
hrdged t,aitors of the North who kneel to all
above them in the pro.slavery ranks, and aim to
draw the net over those under them here, at
homeland we therefore expect to hear unmeas-
ured denunciation of this address, not only from
the extreme wing Of the disunionlsIs of the South
but from some few of those heI~ even in Yer
mont who seem 10 suck in treason their nat
ural pap when the tlat of government of
fee IS removed. We are, however, finn in the
belief that the honest and Straightforward senti
ments Of Mr.. Lincoln as embodied in bis sd
dress, will meet with hearty response in the
heart Of every true patriot of the land NortH
and South, To the North it proclaims that ""
have sill a government; to the Union men OF
the South it holds OUT the hand of good fellow
ship and hope-w hile to traitors, North and
South, an admoniton is given that should be
hecdcd.