Middletown transcript., 1873-03-08

nation anything, Gen. Grant wss ipdueted
iato the Office Of President Of the United
States for another term Of four years. on
Tuesday last.
This grand military display may have
bees manifested merely to CRAFTY the var.
ity Of weak minded man. or Il may have
sinister meaning in thus gathering to-
gether at the command Of our military
President sush large army Of we'll
drilled troops, which time will doubtless
prove. Tho proceedings, in spite Of the
bitter cold weather, are said to have been
magnificent and were witnessed BY an i'm
u'en,c crowd Of shivering people. The
inaugural address was, probably, about
as weak aud common. place as ever was
delivered by an American President, its
chief merit being iss brevity. A short
review Of the war record OF the President
aud Of bis late four years Of Office is at
tempted. in which our reticent Chief Mag
istrate INSERTS that inasmuch as three Of
the Southern States wcre not restored to
their federal relations. be deemed II wise
that no new questions should bs raised
duriug his first term Hence VIC may in
fer that there are new measures 10 be in
ttoduced during the coming term. What
they ore to be. or what further innovations
are to be made upon the rights Of the
Ststss and people, time must show.
The audicnce were next informed that
Il was his firm conviction that the civil
issd wsrld 10 tending toward republican
ism" This prophetic conviction no doubt
originated in tho late formation Of So
called republic in Spain. and. in the face
of the fact that France and Sp1h arc the
only European pations Of any greatness
that are trying this form Of government.
and ,ha, their attempts are merely exper-
iments resulting from the total absence Of
any other form Of government. 10 totally
marvellous. The Rcpublie experiment has
been often tried. and has as often failed
in France, and the attempt in Spain is al.
most an absolute failure at the outset.
The condition of that people is more that
Of snarchy than republicanism. Italy and
Germany. once s,rongholds Of republican
ism. delight in their monarchics. We
rather believe that the civilised world will
sec America a monarchy before Il will be-
come a republic.
Gen. Grant next informs u that while
he will not recommend the sufoeeemeut Of
social equality with the negroes upon the
whites by legislative enactment. yet be
thinks that the freedman should be poe
scssed Of the civil rights belonging to cit.
isenship. which means. Of course, oil he
does not say. lie mex, tells us that no
excessive control is exercised in any one
Of the Southern States that would not be
exercised in any other State under similar
circumstances, ali Of which We are fully
rcsdy to bclievs. for had be The same pow.
or 10 the North that be has in the South.
se bave no doubt the same scenes would
be enacted in New York aud Pcnnsylva-
mia. that are being enacted 10 Louisiana,
South Carolina. aud Mississippi.
He makes feeble apology for the San
Domingo job, and says he recommended
the acquisition Of that island, because the
Dominicans proposed it. In the future.
he ssys. he will not make any more such
recommendations, and the people will have
to get new ground il they want it, them
selves. His Excelleucy don't want to
70 veuse up any more Summers. In this
be shows more wisdom than in anything
else he said. The ''civil service reform 4"
promises arc again repeated. 10 b kept.
dosb.less. as al other such promises hsve
been kept during the past four years.
The President closes his inaugural With
- egotisiicul hash Of his mighty services
to the soautry. and with pi.iial whine
sbost the "sbase" that bss bssu hsaped
.spou him. but pretcnds to disregard ii in
&isv Of tho verdict Of the people in his
ss-slsssioa. nets sishssspding the lsst thai
y knows that vast nejori,y Of the pop.
alar vote vas mot cast for hin. which ne.
jesisy would hare bscn uush greater bot
Gs The nee dssest 4oisted spea he sesn.
Try. iOr ths express purpose ri ksspisg ths
1spsblisas party II Psssr laa
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