Richland beacon., 1873-03-15

Comments on the Presidents Inaugural
Il Warning to the Countrywide Loui-
si2na Outrage may he Repeated III any
other State.
4 Washington correspondent, Of
March 5.h, in commenting upon the
inaugural of Prcsiden, Grant, in tina:
citv. on the lih, says:
There was nothing about the show
Of yesterday, or connected with the
winding up OF Grants first term and
the beginning Of the second, which
will render it Of especial interest to
future chronicler5 Of inaugural cere-
monies. There was one thing, how
ever, which was noticeable both on
Yesterday and to-day whenever the
President showed himseft0 the crowd
the entire lack of enthusiasm with
winch he was received. " hether
this is the fault Of the President or
the crowd | will. not pretend to de-
eide. 1t may be that the American
peoplt of to-day DO not cnthusc as
readily as their progenitors did, or ii
may lie that there is an entire want OF
that magnetic influence about Grant
which. without word spoken, will,
with simple gesture, draw applause
from a crowd. Without undertaking
to settle this question, |, as vera
cious chronicler, record the facts and
leave discriminating readers to draw
their own conclusions.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS
was not remarkable for anything but
faint praises that damn. and promises
that, if we are to Judge by past actions,
will never be fulfilled. His efforts
during the past four years to restore
harmony, public credit, commerce, and
all the arts ofpeace and progress have
been so singularlv directed, and have
resulted so badly that it was 10 be
hoped that he would not continue to
fight it ont on this line. During the
four years to come, his ideas about
the theory Of governmcn. changing
with general progress will hardly be
accepted by intelligent Americans as
either safe or sound. We have been
taught to believe that the theory Of
government, as laid down by our
great statesmen Of the past was de-
duced from the experience Of ages, and
that it was extremely dangerous to
attempt any innovations Although
he does not expressly avow the doe
trine, yet the inference is Irresistible
that when he spoke Of the telegraph
and railroads bringing parts Of the
continent contiguous for all purposes
Of government, he had in his minds
eve visions of great Central Direc-
tory at Washingtoni welding power
without the complicated machinery OF
local State Governments, which were
so jealously guarded at the beginning
of our national existence.
WARNING TO THE COUNTRY.
In view Of the recent INV arranted
exercise of power i'll sustaining the
unconstitutional decision of Judge Du
rell in Louisiana, his bold declaration
that no executive control was exer
cised there that would not be exercis
! ed in any other State under like cir
cumstances, ought to aroH>c the coun
try to just sense of the danger tha
threatens Republican iGstitution:
when any one man constitutes him
, self the sole Judge of election returns
for, after all, this was what Grant dix
in the Louisiana case. He had mad,
up bis mind before tie election tool
place that his side ought to win, an,
because in didn't win be was convincct
, that the other side had won bv fraud
. and therefore Judge Durell did rigb
, in cDjeining Warmoth d Co. from
counting the votes. And he ordered
his troops to sustain the Judge an,
: thereby overturn the lawful Stat
: Government.
: NO SAFETY FOR oUR STATE COVER;
, MENTS.
1t is possible that certain bad me-
, might ask a United States Judge {,
enjoin the constitutional authorize
I in any ether State from exercisin!
: their legal powers. and that Judg
might be found base aud reckle,
+ enough to Issue the injunction. Il