The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-18
EDITIO N
-PRESL.D ENT GRANT.
English Comments On His InaNguraI
Address.


FTem the Daily NetVs, March 6.
such per inscious efforts have been
made on tbie side 10 represent American creulG
az. 10 say the least. slmewhal snaKy, and SO
much has been said oy indiscreet orators on
their tide TO awe sanction to the suspicion
that the emphatic declaration OF the new
President Is as timely AS ~ Is Satisfactory. NOT
can IL be said either mat President Grant "doth
protest too MUCH" or that bis emph attic decla-
ration OF iaithfulness 10 the puollc credit
HIS argument for common honesty is thevery
OLD one, that tb is the best policy Tor nations
AZ FOR iGoividuals; and though II might have
been better that no such argument should Do
needIn at all It was renaereo eCg nero Sg %nie ie
the d. mocratic party and some sectlons of tue
Republican party put iorwsrd during sne cleo
the decisive victory of the party OF honesty
over that OF repndia,ion; and ne: Therefore s,,a'
ness 10 engagements, and the full disoharge OF
promises 70 ray, is the fundamental basis on
which his administration rests. On strictly
foreign topics the address is far more reticent.
We naturally turn 10 this part of 1t to inquire
az 10 the relation In which the new admiu1s-
tralion stands 10 the unsettled questions oe-
tween the Americans and ourselves. Ga this
point, bowev. r, Presi6en Grant gives us but
little tatisfaction. TIE sen,entious wisdom
which has scattered political aphorisms over
the previous psasgTapns .aiSn onesiinn
which has been finally and satisfactorily set
,Se 10 S bas one
Indeed. they are referred 10 at all vague
generality sbout dealing with nations las
should deal with each otner," aud the hint that
IL others depart from the rule of respecting all
rights, they may be compelled to follow the
precedent, Is all that really bears on foreign
affairs. We must r.erefore walt for some
the new administrations. IL Is entirely clear
that the new President is q man 80 intensely
stfeng b and weak ness, is high principle aud
itr national prejudices-that any course wnicn
he takes on foreign questions will be secure of
the national approval.
From the Morning Star Mdrch6.
With regard TO foreign policy, Geue.
raj Grant is very definite In MS enunciatiOn OF
the sentence which appears To suggest the ap'
plicaiion of the n 10 our own case. He says he
law requires tn at ndividuslsP ,0uli cal with
each other. This Ia to lay sown q maxim
which presents an admir- ole contrast to the
flibustering doctrines oLGenerat Pierce and
ueSn pc
ing to the republic ny the right
me be 10 Ine or
nations and demand equal respect for our own.
II others depart from tbis rule In dealing with
us, we may be compelled to follow the prece-
dent" This may be fairly interpreted as an
aAusiOn TO the Alabama imbroglio; but 1t in
tent TO accept the rebuke, il we feel, as we must
do, that IL is not wholly undeseryed. It Ger.
given any countenance to The extraordinary
remarks which were recently attributed to
him by the quidnuncs OF the American press;
and sll that we know If his character and
antecedents justifies the belief that mis- coun.
sells, now that he is elevated 10 power. win be
those of wisdom aud moderation His pro-
Rramme Is an eminently pacific one. The
warlike spirit has no place in ~. 1t oreatnes
the purpose of a man who will uphold the
greatness of his country by reunltiDg divided
people. by economiz'ng aud wisely employing
The national resources, and by culuvattng
pes ce abroad, and at nome the civic virtues.
From the Morning Post, MGrch6.
1t Is unquestiOnably satisfactory to
ind that the President, passing from generall-
ties declares ito be mis- conviction that the
State should pay to the uuermost farthing all
s dSgfonS ef me unied States to nd that the the
Chief Magistrate and the Congress are as one
on this important point. IL could scar scarsely be
in general terms. TO the foreign policy which he
Intends TO pursue. To maintain the dignity of
that of others, is a very com mendable senti-
ment. and II acted upon will promote that har-
MOI " which at present subsisis between the
Ameiican republic and Other powers One pas.
sage In the proclama' ion Will, however, proba-
ply arrest ate st,enion;" dsaing Others ,e depart
may be compelled TO follow the prece.
dent" We are unwilling to believe that
Unfortunate dispute which has arisen between
the United States aud Great Britain in c)n-
neoIiop with the depredstions committed by
the Alabama and her sister cruisers, and TO
convey an intimation that unless the claims
advanced by the A merioan Government are
satisfied. American fitted privateers will. in
the event of Great Britain being engaged In q
war with any European Stale; commit acts
President must be well aware that we have
done everything in our! po yer TO effect satis-
raj her gone hey ond the line than otherwise iu
submitting the bona JideS of our conduct to the
dt clsion of mixed tribunal. We may, there
fore, be permitted TO hope that ere long the
az jusl ment of this unhappy difference Will be
and that the unkind and, we may add, unjust
feeling entertained towards Us by some at
least of our American kinsmen Will totally
disappear.