American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-03-13
THE RISING SUN.


Men are prone to look with admi-
ration on the rising sun-particular-
" if it come after a very dark night |
and, although they know not whe
Their it will be overcast with lowering
clouds ere it has been rs hong on its
diurnxl axle us its immediate prede
cessor. Thus it is with the greater
portion of the press in regard to Gen.
Grants Inauguration Although
his inaugural address meant little or
pothinG, and was delivered in mere
with the customs of Of
fcr, many of our contemporaries
tSouthern papers, too y have hasten
ed to announce that it augurs the
" greatest good to the greatest num-
her" But, as we have said, the ad-
dress is very equivocal, expressing
little-anl the little that is said is
found already stated il the Chicago
platform, on which he was elected.
1t would have been strange, had 1t
been otherwise. Yet there are some
Whose love for the marvellous is so
great that they predict that U. 8.
Grant-a soldier by education and
profession, whose every idea, so-far,
has been towards Capitalization, and
who was elected by the party of cen.
tralists :Rnd the trainers of the Re.
construction Acts, who was proven
q falsitier by Andrew Johnson in the
Stanton imbroglo-will work mira
cles towards the re establishment of
the democratic principles of the gov
eminent, aud for the good Of the
general country. But he who secs
sueh indications in Gen. Grants adj
dress must truly see with a gimlet
eye For ourselves, we have read
the interesting document in every
light, and we are utterly unable to
perceive any such index of benefi.
ce It, mild, conservative policy of
administration, as some of our friends
would have US believe it contains.
On the other hand, we can make out
only two points of it, the only two
that are Mt all clear; namely: that
he is willing to fight any foreign
power that rufiles his presidential
temper, and that he is clearly in the
interest of the bondholders.
The address is too selfsuflicient fol-
a man in his position-a man whose
only public experience has been in
the camp, and not the court, whose
public acts have been decided upon
by the council-fre. and not in the
Cabinet-and it shows a very low
appreciation of the high trust com
united to his hands, and grave re-
sponsbilities resting upon him. But
words are cheap, and 1t has been
said by Mr.. Grants friends that he
was to be Judged Ivy his acts. Tc
judge him by the only act of any
Importance that he has yet had al
opportunity to peform, the selection
aud appointment of his cabinet Of
GERS, he has most signally failed t.
verify the hopes held by many tia
he would call to his aid the best ant
wisest statesmen of all parties, an,
have u national instead of seetiona
bilet. He has completely stulti
fl ID himself by the appointment of ;
man to the department of the Urea
sury, who was illegible thereto, all,
the Senate has made an equal dis
play Of its assinine tendencies, il
confirming that nomination and, O
the remaining five persons chose
by Kim to high Offices of publ
trust, three have refused to accept
on account of incapacity; and it i
suddenly discovered that one q
them was nominated by the Presi
dent simply as II compliment! Tha
OF itself is Signifcant-that the oflic
of Secretary of the Department G
State of "a ReTublic containing thirt
millions of people is regarded as
fit compliment to award to one {
Mr.. Grants personal fliends-it mai
tering little what may be that friend
ineapacity to hold a position of sue
vast importance. Verify, Ulysses S
Grant has made a good beginning
But we would ask our brethren @
the Democratic press, of the Mort
MS well AZ the South, "On wha
meats, hath this, our Caesar fed, tina
10 hath become a god so sudden