The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-09
The InauguraI In Pa5Incah.

The inaugural IN Paducah.
We give place this morning to the fol-
lowing articles from the Paducah papers
As our relations with that city are of the
most intimate character, through the instru-
mentality of our packet line, it will be in
teresting to our readers to know what the
Paducah people think Of Mr.. Lincon's adj
dress. 1t is but justice to the patriotic cit
liens of that city to state that they utterly
repudiate the infamous sentiments contain
ed in the Heralds article, and their indig-
nation was so great as to originate threats
against the Editors person. We are in
formed that large number of the Herald's
city subscribers ordered their paper stopped
forthwith, unwilling any longer to contrib
ute to the support of a paper that was try
ing to incite the people of that city to COM
NIT treason.
LINCOLN's INAUGURAL ADDREss.-We to-
day publish the Inaugural address of Presi-
dent Lincoln. We hope our readers will
look at it carefully and patiently. 1t is
paper of coercion. 1t IS full of bitterness to
the South, and means war and only war.
1t is a declaration of war against the homes
It means war for the freedom of southern
slaves 1t means insurrection, house-burn-
ings, rapes, and massacres by southern ne
groes, led on by AboitiOnists. 1t means a
war of determination of the white slave
| holders of the South; and the equality of the
negroes with the poor white men and wo-
men who may be spared. 1t seems that the
beastial negro of the South is good enough
| to marry with the poor white women of the
South, and that white men are to be put
upon an equality with the negro slave.
This is what it means, and nothing else.
| The language is hidden and obscure-is COW
cred up with the verbiage of the demagogue
and political trickster-but this is its true
meaning, and nothing but this.
In Gods name, Kentuckians will You
longer submit to such a rule and the carry
| ing out of such an infamous scheme The
very streets of Kentucky should rise up in
! rebellion against even the suggestion of this
| infamous purpose. The heart of every
| Southern man should beat only with intense
hostility to the men who thus threaten
them. The Southern Confederacy offers
you protection. Fly to it, for safety to
your wives and daughters !-Pdd. Herald.
Mr.. LINCoLNS INAUGURAL-We have
twice read with great care and elaboration
the Inaugural address of Mr.. Lincoln, the
newly elected President of the United States,
and utterly repudiating, as we do, portion
of the platform upon which he was elected,
! having no sympathy with the anti-slavery
portion of tive have read the first State
paper with jealous scrutiny, and we are re-
ioiced to say we have no fault to find with
it. 1t is albeit is conciliatory, and far
more conservative than we had any hope it
would be.
In the present state Of political affairs in
the country, it is inst such document, en-
anating from the source it does, that is cal
culated to restore peace and harmony to the
country.
If our government shall be administered
for the next four years, according to the fun
damental principles laid down by Mr.. Lin
| coin is the address, there is no reason
there can be no possible PRETEXT for dis
solution of the Union, or civil war but on
| the contrary there is to be found in it every
thing to give new hope to, and inspire with
new zeal, every true patriot in the land, who
is sincerely devoted to the perpetuity of our
glorious Union.
All that the people want is time for dis
passionate, calm reflection and by this in
augural address of the new President, it is
fully secured to them. Instead of prOpos-
| ing immediate COERCIvE MEASURES as was
hoped by the secesSioHists, and feared by the
friends of the Union, he would do, he takes
a strong conservative course, and declares
to the world that he will do nothing to pre-
cipitate civil war
Looking over the whole ground Of poll
tics as now spread out bifore the American
| people, we joyfully and confdentially pro-
| claim to every patriot and true lover of the
Union the glad tidings of great joy, that
Our UNION IS SAFE-the Rubicon-( the
ides of March lis passed, and all patriots
may grid on anew the bright armor of the
Constitution and the Union, and with the
glorious " Star Spangled Banner floating
over their heads, they will go on TO that tri-
umphant victory which the weapons of
TRUTH and JUSTICE never fail to secure
Union.