Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-03-25
G-.n,,. Inaugural in EnsI.nd.

The English papers, by the c ina
contain editorial reviews of the inaugu
raj address of President Grant, which
had been telegraphed in full. The Lon
don Times concludes long eulogistit
article as follows:
''In the principles General Grant
enunciates throughout this document
briefly as they are expressed, we see
hopes of beneficial and honorable
career. The President has been and re-
mains unpledged in a party sense he
tells us that the office which has been
conferred upon him was unsought-
What is of still more Importance, he is
not committed to the employment OF
any set of men, and remains his own
master and the true Executive of the
country. Here are advantages which
few Presidents have possessed, and, il
they are well used by General Grant, his
term of office may he the beginning
of new period of prosperity,
SURPRISING even that which came to an
end eight years ago amid the flames of
civil war"
The Stars opinion is also favorable,
and that journal, in reference the the
Presidents silence about the Alabama
difficulty, observes:
ut is certain that the President has
not, in this address. given any counte-
nance to the extraordinary remarks
which were recently attributed to him
by the quidnuncs of the American press !;
and all that we know of his character
and antecedents justifies the belief that
his councils, now that he is elevuted to
power, will he those of wisdom and
moderation. His programme is an emf
nently pacific one. The warlike spirit
L. T.,
pose of a man who will uphold the great
ness of his country by Ieuniting di-
vided people, by ecOnomizing and wisely
employing,the national resources, and by
cultivating peace abroadand at home the
civic virtues"
The Pail Mall Gazette observes:
1.-THE proclamation to tire citizens of
United States, with which General
Grant begins his official life, is charac-
teristic, and on the whole satisfactory.
1t bears the mark of strong will, and
Of an incisive, il somewhat narrow in
tellect. General Grant leaves 10 doubt
as to his meaning. and his meaning is
rarely open to any reasonable objection.
The fault of the proclamation, consider
ed asa political prOgrame, lis that it leaves
some of the most important
questions which the American people
will have to deal with during the next
four years. 1t must be remembered, |
that General Grant is not the head of the |
in the sense in which we
are accustomed to use the term. Mr.. |
Johnson forgot this distinction, and did
his best to persuade himself and Con-
gress that he was Prime Minister with
q policy ia carry out, General Grant is
not likely to fall into this error.
10 firm for ri ahn
General Grants appeal to those young
men who have a peculiar interest in
the national honor
1.-The foreign policy indicated in the
is unexceptiOnable so far
IS words CO."
1.-The inaugural address of President
Grant has been received on this side OF
he Atlantic with good deal ofinterest
md satisfaction The world has of late
;een so accustomed to hear from the oc-
.upant of the White House the language
,f political partisanship, that it is re-
reshing to read the address of IL Presi- :
lent who belongs to and represents the
whole people rather than any section of
t. General Grant is one of the few !
in modern times who have
,een able to say with the simplicity of
IN honest pride: The Office which was
conferred Oh me was unsought. The ;
that he accepts the position {
Without fear has an air of simplicity !
bout it which at once puts the new
resident out of the category of mere {
politicians. 1t may also be held TO in {
icate the entire Independence of his {
'ositiOn. No party can fully claim Pres I
dent Grant, nor can he be fairly said to
ave incurred responsibility to either. '