The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-03-29
From the London Standard March A.
The Second Inauguration of Mr. lincoln.

Secession Recognized by Congress Lincoln
President onty Of The Northern States.
Abraham Lincoln is this day proclaimed,
for the second time, Prerldent of The United
States. The honor denied TO John Adams
the elder, and 10 bis son The ablest and
most honorable member of the party from
which The Republicans lave derived their
least d dsgrace!ul traditions and their least
unworthy principles, is bestowed on one
whose insignifcance alone was the cause
OF bis original elevation. The honor re-
fused to eveHk one of the successors OF
General Jackson is accorded 10 the mean
est aud weakest among them. The merit
OF breaking up the Union and forcing on
wicked, cruel, murdeIous civil war is re-
warted by The greatest boon which The re-
public can besIow- Fully 10 acknowledge
the virtues OF the re. elected President, and
10 indicate what are the peculiar claims
which the Uuied States have recognized by
the gilt OF second term OF office. Andrew
Johnson of Tennessee is chosen Vice Presi-
dent. In those qualities which the RePub-
I
ed Lincoln and glori6ed a Butler, Andrew
Johnson has hardly rival Lincoln him.
self is not more insolently coGtem ptuous of
law and decency. Butler himself is not
more brutal, coarse and cruel. As Military
Governor OF Tennessee Johnson has faith
fully initiated the example set by !he late
ruler of New Orleans has tortured the
helplessness of children and old men, has
tumb ed me pride OF the hailed Southern
women by The insults which only Pur'an
vindicjyensss could devise and Yankee
manhood could dare TO perpelrate ''and
ior tese aud sundry more just reasons aud
sufticleu" he is Re varied with an honorary
office Inch makes hun for the tune, IN
rauk # no, in importance, the second per-
son IN the Union The chair OF The Senate
that assembly which once contained all
that was wisesi aud noblesl in The United
States, which even TO a late period preserv-
Ell some of The traditions OF better times
and claimed to rival The digriiy OF The
House of Lords-ls TO be filed by the ex
tailor, who in his rapid advancement, has
never forgotten The manners and habits suie
able TO his origin. Low as The character OF
the Federal Government had sunk, the cer-
emony OF today inAicts on ii Gegrada-
ton hitherto unknown.
But this concerns only The people Of The
Northern STATES. II they choose 10 be rul-
Ell by men who in no other country would
be thought worthy oi The lowest office in
the gift of government, il j: Pleases Them
to sci over them men whose character and
bearing t,vIts he contempt and disgust of
Errope we nave no cause TO question the
fi'uess Of their choice But there is anoth>
er aspec IN which the ceremony OF the 4ih
OF March has grave significance for for
eign powers The Government of the
United States stands from this moment on a
new basis, and puts forward new preten-
/ sions. Mr.. Lincoln, IN 1861, could claim,
+. with some show OF reason, 10 be President
OF the whole thiry-iour States Tor, though
/ fifteen OF them had unanimously And per-
/ eunptorily rejected him, they had taken part
/ i'm The eIection which led 10 his triumph.
Mr. Lincoln, in 1865, is maniIestly the
President only of the North. Not only
bave the eleven Confederate States taken
no pan whatever ia the election, but they
( have besu excluded from it by formal and
express legislation The pseudo Govern
menls OF Louisiana aud Tennessee chose
delegates 10 cast the vote oil those States
aad that vote has been rejected by the Con-
! sress al WashInnlou. IL is formally de-
clared that the eleven States which form the
Conisderacy are out of the Union. The
position OF The Federal Government is thus
materially changed. At the beginning o
the war Mr.. Seward chose 10 speak oil the
secessionisls as bands oi persons engaged
/ in insuTeclion within the boundaries OF the
Southern Ssaies, and denied, both by in.
plicalioH and express terms that the, gov
I ernnle0ls Of those States had separated aDe