The Portland daily press., 1869-03-05


Gen. Grants Iuaugural Address.
Citizens Of the United States Your suffrages
having elected me to the office of President of
the United States, / have in conformity with
the Constitution of our country, taken the
oath of Office prescribed therein. have taken
this oath without mental reservation and with
determination to do, to the best of my abili-
ty, all that is required of me. The RESPONSE
bilitfes of the position / feel, but accept them
without fear. The Office has come to me un-
sought. commence its duties untrammelled.
bring to it a conscientious desire and deter
mination to fill it to the best of my ability, to,
the satisfaction of the people, On all the
leading questions agitating the public mind
will always express my views to Congress
and urge them according to my judgment, and
when l think it advisable will exercise the
constitutional privilege of interposing veto
to defeat measures which I oppose; but all
laws will be faithfully executed, whether they
meet my approval or not shall on all sub
jects have policy to recommend, but none to
enforce against the will of the people. The laws
are to govern all alike, those opposed to, as
well as those in favor of them. I know no
method to secure the repeal of bad or obnox-
ious lrws so effective as their stringent execu-
tion.
The country having Just emerged from a
great rebellion, many questions will come be-
fore it for settlement in the next four years,
which preceding administrations have never
had to deal with. In meeting these it is desir-
able they should be approached calmly, and
without prejudice, hate, or sectional pride, re-
membsring that the greatest good to the great
est number is the object to be attained. This
requires security of person. property, and for
religious and political opinions, in every part
OF our common country without regard to To-
cal prejudice. All laws to secure this end
will receive my best efforts for their enforce
ment
great debt has been contracted in securing
to us and our posterity the Union. The pay
ment OF this, principal and interest, as we'll as
the return to specie basis as soon as it can
be accomplished without material detriment to
the debtor class, or to the country at large,
must be provided for. To protect the national
honor, every dollar of government indebted
ness should be paid in gold, unless otherwise
| expressly stipulated in the contract. Let it be
understood that no repudiator of one farthing
| of our public debt will be trusted in public
| place and it will go far towards strengthening
| credit which ought to be the best in the
world, and will ultimately enable us to replace
the debt with bonds bearing less interest than
we now pay. To this should be added faith
| full collection OF the revenue, strict account
ability to the treasury for every dollar collect
| ed, aud the greatest practicable retrenchment
In expenditure IN every department of gov
ernment.
When we compare the paying capacity of
the country now, with the States still in pow
erty from the effects of war but soon to emerge,
| trust, into greater prosperity than ever be-
fore, with its paying capacity twenty-five wears
ago and calculate what it will probably be
Twenty-Five years hence, who can doubt the
| feasibility of paying every dollar then with
more ease than we now pay for useless luxu-
| ries. Why, it looks as though Providence had
bestowed upon us strong box in the precious
metals locked up in the sterile mountains OF
| the far West, which we ore now forging key
| to unlock to meet the very contingency that is
now upon us. Ultimately it may be necessary
to increase the facilities to reach these riches
| and 1t may be necessary also that the general
| government should give its aid to secure this
| access But that should only be when dol
lar of obligation to pay secures precisely the
| same sort OF dollar in use now and not before
While the question of specie payments is in
| in allegiance the prudent business man is care
full about contracting debts payable in the dis
| tant future. The nation should follow the
same rule. prostrate commerce is to be re-
built and all industries encouraged. The
young men of the country, those who form this
| age and must be its rulers twenty-five years
| hence, have peculiar interest in maintaining
| the national honor. A moments reflection as
| to what will be our commanding influence
among the nations of the earth in their day, if
they are only true to themselves, should inspire
them with national pride. All divisions, geo.
| graphical, political and religious, can Join in
this common sentiment How the public debt
/ is to be paid or specie payments resumed is not
| so important as that plan should be adopted
and acquiesced in. A united determination to
| do is worth more than divided councils upon
the method of doing. Legislation upon this
subject may not be necessary now, nor even
| advisable, but it will be when the civil law is
more fully restored in all parts of the country
and trade resumes its wonted channels. 1t
will be my endeavor to execute all laws in
good faith, to collect all revenues assessed and
to have them properly accounted for and Geo.
nomically disbursed. | will, to the best of my
ability, appoint to Office only those who will
carry out this design.
In regard to foreign policy, 1 would deal with
nations as equitable law requires individuals to
deal with each other, and would protect the
law abiding citizen, whether of native or of
foreign birth, wherever his rights are leopard
lied or the flag of our country floats I would
| respect the rights of all nations, and demand
equal respect for our own. If others depart
from this rule in their dealings with us We may
be compelled to follow their precedent
The proper treatment of the original occu-
pants of this land the Indians, is one of care
full study. will favor any course towards
them which tends to their civilization, chris
tianization and ultimate citizenship.
The question of suffrage is one which is like
ly to agitate the public so long an portion of
the citizens of the nation are excluded from
It's privileges in any States. IL seems to me
very desirable that this question should be set
tied now, ana entertain the hope and express
tne desire that it may be, by the ratification of
ton.
In conclusion, ask patient forbearanee, one
towards another, throughout the land, and a
determined effort on the part of every citizen to
DO his share towards reuniting happy Union
and ask the prayers of the nation to AL
mighty God in behalf of this happy consum.
nation.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY MEN IN NEW HAMp-
sH1RE.-Raymond, N. H., is a town of some
1900 inhabitants, on the Portsmouth and Con.
cord railroad near Epping. 1t is great lum-
Der town and the wooding up of engines On the
Portsmouth and Concord road takes place at
that point.
Several extensive lumber mills are located
there, and, among owners, Portland and vicini-
ty are represented. In the Manchester IN. HI
Mirror and Farmer, we find letter from Ray
mond, from which we take the following item:
"More than year ago, few gentlemen
formed company and commenced operations
there, which has given life to that neighbor
hood, and tits believed will be help to the
town. These men are the Messrs. Nutter of
Cape Elizabeth, Me-, G.. S. Barstow of Port
land, and Luther Hayes of Milton, in this
state. All have had experience in the lum-
oer business. This Company expended in
purchase OF land timber, mills, &C., about $685.
ooo dollars. In ALL about $40 900 have been
invested The Company usually employs
lrom 10 to 30 hands. The principal business
at present is manufacturing shocks for the |
west India market. Considerable has also
been done in making sugar boxes. From 10oo
to 1900 cords of wood are yearly sold.
IHE STATE LEGISLATURE, in the plentitude |
OF its wisdom, refuses to abolish capital MN.
Conseq uently Harris will he HING
on the 18th of March, a week from TODAY
Whether the gentlemen who insist upon treat
ing the State to the spectacle of human being
dangling at the end of rope in the agonies of \
suffocation anticipate an immediate cessation I
OF crime and the dawn of new era when
Chieves and murderers shall be unknown, does
no' appear lis unfavorable to their theory
Inae Howard A. Cleveland murdered Warren
0eorge at East Orrington, few days after
ooVernor Chamberlain issued his warrant for
Harris's execution.