The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-14
President Grants Inaugural
Address.

tAhEAE-fSSs
President GRANTS Inaugural Address
is quite characteristic. II is very dull
and commonplace, and its effort at sen.
tCntiOusncss renders this all the more
apparent. The President has always
iabOTcd 60 create the impression that he
aimed to be liberal and national in his
administration, and Bas never failed to
practice exactly that course which he
did not preach. -Four years ago he said,
LET Us have peace" and yet bis admin
5slrIJiou of four years seems TO haye
based its action on precisely different
IEiOm. Peace was observed only so
Song as the bebests of the Radical party
were Obeyed. lie now says: ''My eff
forts in tho future will be directed to
The restoration of good feeling between
The different sections of our common
country" This language is worthy 10
have been uttered by WAsHINGsGN
himself, so patriotic and statesmanlike
l. il; but when we reflect that it was
spoken at the same time he was deny
jig The People OF Louisiana the privi-
lgwo of controlling their own State af-
fair, and Upholding by the strong arm
UI tho military a usurpatiOn OF power so
gross that not even Radicals defend it,
we cannot believe in tho honesty of his
professions lie is either a hypocrite
and does not mean what be says, or he
is afraid 10 act out his convictions,
through fear OF alternating the party that
elected him. The President complains
sh8t the cOlored man j. not given access
10 schools, and that when he travels he
does not receive the fare he merits. In
other and palmer. words, he desires
Congress to pass laws giving negroes the
privilege of eating and sleeping with
white men, and travelling in the same
coach, Ct. And vet he says social
equality is not subject to be legislated
upou. Ii that is not practical social
equality, we are much mistaken. He
says The states lately at war with the
general government have been happily
re~habi,ijutod." Does the President
SNOW tho meaning of words? II we had
-rcat E.ith i'm his honesty, we would be
compelled to believe ho did not under
stand the fun import OF the terms he
uses. What are We to think of a Presf
don't of great People saying that the
"phibtih states are happhly fehabill-
Jatrd, when he knew that no brave peo-
pie vera ever before in such an unhap-
Ply con Fitiou as the white men and wom-
ON %. South Carolina, Alabama, Missis-
s,ipi. arkansas, and LouiSiaua-aIl the
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fuc following is President GRANTS
inaugural 'GNttNN.
TrrruE. tfrIlF~~- Under Providence 7
rfr-.. been called - second time 10 act as
,,.ruI.A,. over This great nation, II has
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al sE.. fr,,- AMID SD frr a> i:,N- i'm my mower
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l,..,i ,-,.,, tiE1. r,rfS Ola great internal
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'' No. No. brsn r.storai to tI,eir
nc mon NV '''' ''S'" ''e'''0'' 10 'iielI
.r ..,.t1.I r., nm, Ne, that no uoyv oI1eS-
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-.,- .s ,.t5.tfr. as.i-.ats ti,H,e E,rr The T5St
rrag y,ar-. $50 far as ! could contr3l events, |
..rst r.,.rl' consumed iu the effort To restore
Er,tuuuy. public credit. commerce. and ali /
ne .gIy OF peace and progress. 1t is my
.IrI.l conviction that the civilized world is /
s.,uf IN tste people through their chosen
7-rT,,r, ~.utatiyas. and that our own great Re
I'm ,,tr,,S.
Under Cuv RcpHblc syf support an army /
los fHgu that of ANY European Power of !
guy staining and a navy less tLan that OF |
s.f rrfr nE III least i've oI them. There could !
s.. rsgsfsy>iDu of territory on this Co1lti- !
n.itl which would call Tor an increase OF (!