The Placer herald., 1873-03-08
GRANTS INAUGURAL.

President Grant read his second inaugural
message at Washington on Tuesday last, and
it was published in the Sacramento U"'on
the same day. Any one that had b en- asleep
for the last twelve years might call 1t reason
ably promising, but to those who have
watched the course of his administration for
the last four years, it is almost entirely
brazen string of falsehoods. lie says he is
not now exercising control in any of the
Southern States that would not be exercised
under like circumstances in any Northern
State, and this in the face of the notorious
fact that he is by Federal tyrants keeping a
stealing, carpet-bag, bogus State Govern
mcnt in power in Louisiana that could not
exist a day without his army. If he utters
the truth, then are all the States in danger,
And also his own neck. lie denounces leg
islation for the social equality of the negro,
but favors their admission to the schools and
public conveyances This, Mr.. Grant will
find is a question to be settled by the States,
and with which his Credit Mober Govern
nent has no voice. He abandons the Sanio
Domingo annexation scheme, which he at
tempted to fasten on the country, as pr-
vate speculation. lie fivors extension of
territory, but in the future ,Ottte only Pres
ide,,t lie will follow not lead in such policy,
but when he becomes emperor, lie will do in
such matters as he pleases. That is the
plain inference from his language. The re-
naming portion of the inaugural (the whole
of it makes less than a column in the Union)
we give in bis own language.
My efforts in the fnt1re will be directed to the
restoration of good feeling between the different
sections of our common country; to the restora-
ton of our currency to fixed value, as com
pared with the worlds standard of values-god
and if possible, to par with ii; to the con
sttucton of cheap routes of transit throussht the
land to the end that the products of all sections
may fnda market and give ii living remuneration
to the producers to the maintenance of friendly
relations with all our neighbors and with distant
'natons to the establishment of commerce
and a share in the carrying trade upon the ocean
to the encouragement of such manufacturing IN
dustries can be economically pursued in this
country, to the end that the experts of home pro-
ducts and industries may pay for our impor s
the only method of returning to and perma-
nently maintaining specie basis; to the effec-
tive elevation of labor and by humane course
to bring the aborg ines of the country under the
benign influence of education and civilization.
Ii is either this or war of determination. Wars
Of determination, engaged in by people pursuing
commerce and all industrial pursuits are expen-
sive even against the weakest people and are de
moralizing and wicked. Our superiority of
strength and advantages of civilization should
make us lenient towards the Indians. The wrong
already inflicted upon them should be taken into
account, and the balance placed to their credit.
The moral view of the question should be con-
sdered
In his attempt to raise our currency to the
gold standard since he and his Congress has
already doubled our debt by it, none can
now object His proclaimed intention of en-
tering into the construction of railroads tol
the benefit of internal commerce is an opcl
declaration in defiance of his oath, and a vi.
olent, violation of the Constitution, and is
declaration in advance that he is to be tn,
tool and chum of the Credit Mobers ano
Contrac. and Finance creatures in the future
as in the past. His idea of high protective
tariff is like that of dotard who would pa,
four times as much to have a piece of ma
chinery constructed at home as he could buy
it for at factory. 1t is worthy Of only th,
Chinese head that gave it utterance. Tn,
T., whole tenor of the message ignores the exist
ence of State independent governments. lie
never says economy or public lands once ,anC
the plain inference is that he will aid all tn,
thieves, corruplionists and land grabbers ii
the country The President is both weak
and corrupt man, ust such a one as the vii
famous elements of the country want in the
Presidential chair Grant once said the bes
way to secure the repeal of a bad law wa.
to enforce it; so we think of him; the bes
way to teach the people of the United State,
the wart of good President is to try Gran
a while. Experience is a dear school, bu
fools will learn in no other"
: MORE or COLFAx.-ColtaX, in attemptiD;
to account for the 81 200 which it wa.