The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-09
GRANTS sINAUa JRAI.
What tho Papers Say About 1t.

GRANTS INA UG URAL.
what tho Papers Say About 1t.
or the newspapers on our exchange list
scarcely any two seem to agree in views OF the
inaugural address OF President Grant. We
make some extracts from their comments
From the Baltimore sunl
The inaugural address is maSked by the sim
plicity, conciseness and directnsss Of the man
to- express himself through the medium OF
deeds than of words. It's utterances are calm
frank and decided. It is encouraging to hear
him declare at the outset that he commences
the duties Of his Office untra mnaelled.
[Fsom the Baltimore Gazstte.]
To undertake to pass any decisive judgm ent
upon the incoming President, or to venture to
forecast this character of his aduatstratlon upon
the sole basis Of the address in question, would
probably be differently interpreted by those
who merely read it as it runs, and by those who
consider 1t in connection with his previously
recorded acts and opinions. Time will soon
be the chief OF o party or the hope OF nation
from the Richmond Dispatch]
The inaugural is very plain AID unpretend-
ing document. Ite propositions are general
and national, affording little room for obj sction
or criticism. With reference 10 the South
ial bearing. and that is what he lays about sue-
frage, viz: 'sThS question or Suffrage is one
which is likely to agitate the public so long as
portion OF the citizens of the nation are ex-
cluded from its privileges in any State'' This
may be fairly understood to include disfran-
chised whites; but General Grant couples it
with sentence recommending the adoption by
the States OF the Fifteenth constitutional amend
ment, which is a mere ''negro" amendment.
While we have no doubt that General I.rant
meant to include white men in the passage
quoted above, we think it unfortunate that he
did not separate It more completely from that
which followed about the ''amendment. % aa r.
will give "color" to q construction which will
be placed upon 1t by some.
[Fro1a the Richmond Enquirer
If the Senate refrained from repeating the
TeI.ure-of- Office act III order to see President
Grants hand We do not think they have made
died reticence about the inaugural that be-
trays good deal of thinking ON tie part of the
President, while it avoids any Commits ii upon
which the Senate can lay hold in the way Of
"cnrb-bit" from tho mouth of the Executive.
from the Richmond whig.l
The inaugural will be read by the people 6f
Virginia with unalloyed satisfaction. One has
only to consider what sort oK q manifesto
there would have been. in itssstend, if some
real representative Of the Radical party had
been elected Fredericksburg genuine expo
nent OF The fierce and mallgn sMrit That has
swayed the two last ConQresses--some Sum
ner, or Wade, or Butler-to appreciate proper
ly the animus of the new President, rs illus
trated not more in what he save than in what
he so significantly forbears to- say For how
long Q time has it been that we have had
President either from the North or the South
before this one, who. In o formal avcwal Of his
sentiments and programme Of action, has ig-
ed sectional illusions altogeth ri Aud how
strange it seems to have the e,hctof O party
whose spirit t0war6s sehe South has seemed
little 1t less than ss!shic, presensing hls views Of
fsns.ys referenc, to- the regent past, or apply
fng one insulting epithet to those OF whom it
has been the custom OF the favortte leaders OF
that party TO speak only as :. rebels, /" .trai-
tenco that these pregnant omiss ons occurred,
rFrom the Macon JournaI]
President Grants inaugural will disappoint
many OF his supporters, but to the South it
speaks with no uncertain voice. We have no.
thing to hope for from the new Administrations
istered, not. perhaps, in way to please tie
extremists Of the Radical party, but certainly
with no reference to the wishes or interests Of
the Southern States of the Union. Under o
dependence, there plainly runs current of
supserviency to party behests, and an assur.
ance to it's leaders that their wishes and ~pun-
sells will not be disregarded. Grant Is r.adl-
From the National Entelligencer,l
On yesterday President Grant announced in
brief, concise and energetic speech to the
American people the general principles which
would guide his administration. We were not
among those who expected or desired to find
in this address great minuteness and elabora-
ting of views; and though his statements are
in general and somewhat guarded terms we
find no occasion IN this either for critlclsm or
regret. There is q very general disposition
among the people, in which we fully sympa.
he enters upon his difficult duties, to respect
his intentions. and second every Just and we'll
meant endeayor no may make for the public
good, And thus, though this paper may in
counter to our wishes, we shall feel bound to to
await fuller development OF his policy, aris-
ing from specific acts of administration. hoping
that these May De such as all patriotic cfti-
zens can freely support.
dtrom the New Fork Worldl
The only respect In which this empty and
SELF confident address Is OF any Importance. ia
in the evidence it furnishes that General
Grant does not intend to have any serious
differences with the Republican party. With
very serule. 1t endorses all the favorite meas
ures and dOgmas OF the Republican party, ex-
cept the Tennre-of-ofice act; and on that the
party Is known to be about equally divided.
All his Independence is exhausted In the mere
empty proclamation Of it; he has not had the
real independence to differ from his party IL,
any particular. Aside. from it's tone OF ill-be-
seeming self-confidence. General Grant y inau-
gnral is q mere echo Of the tritest common
plaoes of the Republican newspapers. We
challenge his admirers to point out q sing lie
idea which he has contributed to the thread
bare stock from which he drew the materials OF
his address.
y An ExPgNsrvE EBREAKFAsT.--There seems to
be diversity Of opinion about one Of Cleo.