The Montana post., 1869-03-12
THE ISAUGURAL ADDnEss.

| President Grants Inaugural. are:
! He has taken an oath and viii keep IL.
ThS avowal 10 enforce all laws.
A policy 10 recommend; none TO die
tate
The nations debt should be paid in
money.
! a rigidly economical administrators
/ No subsidies to Pacific railroads.
! Honesty in collecting and disbursing
\ revenues
To do unto Others as they do unto us.
Impartial protection and benefits TO
all citizens.
Civilization of the Indians
Confidence in the resources and the
will and the destiny of the nation
The Brotherhood of man; the Faith
erhood of God.
The Address is a model ot 5revity-
as decided as an order If battle-meet-
| ing all the great issues squarely. ex-
pressing his views unhesitatingly,
avowing determination TO exert every
power vested in him as President for
the good of the country. and looking
hopefully for cordial cooperation from
II the people of the land. 1t is what
the country expected of Grant: They
have not been disappointed. He sees
the errors of his predecessor. and as
sures the people johnson betrayed that
his administration shall not strand
where the other was wrecked.
The Address will fill the national
heart with new energy and confidence,
and the enmities that have been To- us
evil will be given over TO the dead un-
der faithful execution of it's avowed
purposes. The declaration that where
not otherwise stipulated the national
debt should be paid in gold, is the ex>
preston of the conviction that every
honest man in the conntry must have; is
the full meaning of the third section of
the Chicago platform, covered with its
verbiage ut expediency. A promise to
gay is not payment, and so this nation
will regard IL when il rouses itself from
the cowardly corner of subterfuge into
which il was driven in panic by the
great debt and Mr.. Johnson's betrayal.
Consolidate il, fund it, then pay it. That
the nation will expect and demand
economy in all departments he is aware,
and gives assurance its will shall be re-
spacted.
We regret his views concerning SUBJ
sides to Pacific railroads. The only
metaphor in the address is concerning
this great w est, and the only ambigui-
" relates TO that which so vitaIly inter-
ests and that in the present status of
Congress on the railroad question has
a fearfully plain meaning 10 US. 1t does
not sound so much like an order to be
sho. as a sentence To the guard house.
We believe no subsidy will be granted
any Pacific railroad, until the governs
ment debt is funded, if veto will pre-
vent il, and IL cuts full as keenlyfrom
Grant as from an opposition President.
There are two matters pertaining TO,
and as affecting, this western country
our eastern friends are woefully ignor-
ant about-the Indians and Railroads.
Our foreign policy, as indicated in the
Address, promises not exactly Divine for
bearance and forgiveness, but it is emin>
emily humane. TO "do unto others as
we would have others do unto u.s."
might answer II all governments had ap
preached perfection. but at present il is
not advisable TO have one cheek smit~
ten and then present the other. We
like the declaration that all our citizens
will be protected wherever they are, and
that our national honor and national
rights will be maintained. Ii we DO
quarrel among ourselves, others may
not take advantage of it,
Although rot an ex preston in the Ad-
dress can be construed into partizanism,
the direct, unequivocal expression on
the fifteenth amendment is a guarantee
that Grant is fully up with and devoted
to the principles of the Republican party
Ii there was a doubt, this dispels it,
There is no evasion or timidity or apol>
ogy. Ii Is candid and unmistakeable,
yet it is not for party purpose but
that a great principle of right may be
established.
The Address from first to last, is a
continuous invocation, Let us have
Peace" 1t is above partizanism, above !
sectionalism-th the words of National !
President TO Nation. The sentiments \
are liberal TO all men of all races, and |
parties and creeds. 1t urges wise coun- |
sci. deliberate legislation, and promises |
infiexible execution of the laws. 1t |
says in effect, ''let us forget the asperi> !
ties of the past, accept the situation, |
and like brothers strive for the honor, |
happiness and prosperity of the Repub- |
hc." IL will be accepted throughout !
the land with gladness, and n new 10Y |
will fill the hearts of the people. In |
the succession of Grant, the thraldom, |
that recreancy fastened like a corpse /
upon the nation. is broken,and with ev> |
cry energy revivified in the morn of a |
better day. we will go out from the |
slough into which the nation had TALL I
en-, speeding onward 20 achieve that |
glorious destiny which shall have not |
it's like on the annals of Time
Not on. foolish idea of resn,Acta hititv