Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-03-20
Mr.. LineoIn's inaugural.

The President elect, Was inaugurated on
the 18th March, under the presence OF the
usual dignitaries, with the additional spec
tacle Of Ave hundred Police de'aiieu iot
the occasion, and several deiaehmen's OF
SCOTS PretoTian guards According '"
The custom Of his constitutional preieces-
sors, he delivered an Inaugural Address,
which Was eagerly listened to by thousands,
who dwelt upon every word that fell from
his lips, with expectation as breathless,
and hopes as ardent, as the devotee at the
Delphian Shrine lislene,, To the detached
and mysterious guturals Of the Inspired
friesirss Of the tripod, His Address has
been published and read, receiving as many
and as varied constructions as the sybll-
line leaves,
Mr., Buchanan could not understand II
until he had read III Mr., Douglas MAS sat
iSLedi John He'll pronounced II deeiar"'
, 'ion of war; the Republicans generally are
pleased AMI the souiherners as universally
dissatisfied with IL, II is characteristics
of the man, the times and the alarm
ing emergencies that surround the admin
isrration, II is arihilly constructed ana
evidently designed TO soften the severity OF
his future poliey,-a sort Of special plead
lus lu conceal HE real ?,ia 81 the 'as',
irum Ghc Immense iuiy tina a,ooi before
him, dsl.hera,ng upon the facts OF the
, country, and weighing the arguments he
adduecd. The Inaugural will be best ap-
pgeeiateI by rsadjng il President na-
,S's mastery address oeiOre he 'royis-
ional Congress. The open, candid and
clearly expressed views OF the latter viii
h. prominently cOntras,ed with tht ana
biguoua, disinGcnuous and artMl vcrbiagc
of :he former. The one clothes his ideas
In words to convey his actual meaning,
while the other after the manner OF Tai
I.yrand, s,ems TO feel that words are only
used for the conccalmcnt Of his ideas.
One thing, however, he clearly ioreshad-
ows,-ihat he will possess and hold all the
United States property and collect the rev.
enue. And in order to dothis, he will only
resort to sufficient force, to accomplish
these objects. IL this be invasion, then he
will invade the Seeding States; and if it
requires fifty thousandor one thousand, men
lie will only use the number necessary to
carry out his plans.
lie denies. in toto, the right Of secession
and ignores the fact that seven States have
already seeded. lie convinccs the world
that he is not only Black Republican,
but n consultations fclcralist Of the deep
est dye. lie seems unequal to the masni-
tudc of the crisis before him, and cvinccs a
want OF appreciation of his own position
and the mighty consequences resulting
from his accession to the White House.
His feelings seem too trivial-too little i'm
pressed with the great struggle now con-
vulsing the country. His positive asser-
ton that it is his constitutional duty to
possess and hold the Federal property, and
to collect the public revenue, indicates
plain and unmistnkablc system Of cocrcivc
measures, and rs such, his Address has
been denounced as Declaration Of War
upon the South. 1t is, however, to be
hoped that wiser counscls will prevail, and
the country be spared the awful consc-
qucnccs of civil war. The Address will
be found on the first page Of to-day's issue