Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-04-02
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The'Inaugural Address of General
lGrant has produced good effect in
England. The Standard speaks of 1t
as IA manly, straightforward, prac-
tical and sensible document
The Times, March 8, thinks II will
be very well received. The most Inn
portant part to the European public
Is that which relates to the debt-of
the Union. Gen. Grants expressions,
coupled with the recent action of the
Legislature on the subject, will have
good effect i'm maintaining Ameri-
can credit. In the principles Gen.
Grant enunciates throughout this
document, briefly as they are ex-
pressed, we see hopes of beneficial
and honorable career. The President
has been and remains unpledged In n
party sense he tells US that the of
flee which has been conferred upon
him was unsought. What is OF still
more Importance, he IL not commit
ted TO the employment of any set of
men, and remains his own master
ard tho true Executive" of the
country. Here are advantages which
few Presidents have possessed, and
If they are well used by Gen. Grant,
his term of Office may be the begin
ming of new period of prosperity,
surprising that which came to an
end eight years ago amid the names
OF civil war.
The Daily Ne,os says: aThe In.
augural address Of President Grant
has been received on this side of the
Atlantic with q good deal of interest
and satisfaction. There Is q blunt
straightforwardness In its expression
which Is refreshing to see. The very
fact of his straight forward indepen.
dence of party necessities leaves the
President more at liberty to express
his sympathies. ~ stt
The Morning Post considers 1t sat
isfactoEy to find that tue president
declares IL TO be his conviction that
the State should pay to The uttermost
farthing all its obligations. "This lis
q decided Improvement upon the
language employed by Mr.. Johnson
In his last message to Congress; In
which he openly and unhesitatlpgly
suggested that the annual payment
of the Interest on the national dubt
should be suspended, aud that the
money set aside for that purpose
should be applied to the extinction
Of the debt. 1t will be gratifyingt to
the creditors pf the United States
that the Chief Magistrate and the
Congress are hs one OF this import
ant point. One passage in the proc
lamation will probably arrest atten-
tion: "If Others depart from this
rule In dealing with us, we may be
compelled to follow the precedent"
We are unwilling to believe that this
can have any reference TO the unfor-
tunate dispute which has arisen be.
tween the United States and Great
Britain In connection with the dep
relations committed by the A Alabama
and her sister cruisers, and to convey
an intimation that, unless the claims
advanced by The United States are
satisfied, American.ftted privateers
will, inithe event of Great Britain
being engaged in war with any Eu-
ropean States, commit acts which
would be in the nature of reprisals.
We hope that ere long the adjust
ment Of this unhappy difference will
be affected on the basis OF the. recent
Convention, and that the unkind
and, we may add, unjust feeling en-
tertained toward us by some at least
of our American kinsman will total
ly disappear.
The Pail Mall Gazette, OF March @,
says: The Proclamation to the citi-
zens Of the United States, with
which Gen. Grant begins his official
life, Is characteristic, and on the
whole satisfactory. 1t bears the
mark Of a strong will, and Of an In
cisive If somewhat narrow intellect.
Gen. Grant leaves no doubt as to his
meaning, and his meaning Is rarely
open to any objection. The fault oil
the proclamation, considered as po.
litical programme, IL that it leaves
untouched some of the most import.
ant questions which the American
people will have TO deal with In the
next four years. IL must be rcmem-
bered, however, that Gen. Grant Ii
not the head of the Government In
the sense that.we are accustomed to
use the term. Mr.. Johnson forgot
this distinction and did his best te
persuade himself and Congress thai
he was Prime Minister with poll.
cy to carry out.
The Paris Debats OF March O., says
"The language of Mr.. Johnson'f
successor, Is at once sensible, honest
and spirited. This thoughts espec.
tally Statesmanlikei THE laws are Il
govern all those approving as well a,
those opposing them. I knowYale
method to secure the repealsof OBJ.
noxious laws SO effeciual rs theiI
stTingent execution While ardent,
~ approving the proclamatioRinvdts
entirety we cannot refrain from
remaridng with sorrow the passage
inwhieh the General sspeaks OF The
future commanding Influence tho
United States lie to exercise over tho
nations, There is tho germ OF mans
! wars - :.