The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-03-10
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
HOW TIL. PRESS RECEIVE IT.

The address is so unezccptionable in its
positions and SC cOnciliatOry i'll its tone
that il entities the new President to candid
Judgment by his fellow citizens, until he
shall do something that contradictS his
excellent professionally. /. Herald (lnd. J
In respect to the two paramount ques-
tons of Federal policy, the Southern qnes-
ton and the ques ion of civil service reform,
We do not see how any exception can be
/ taken 10y the fnoSt ingenious opponent of
President Hayes to his inaugural address.
New York E2sning Post Ind. Rep.
The inaugural address of President
Hayes and All the omens Of his Cabinet
selections give the highest promise of !!
TRULY reform Administration. The words
OF the new President aud the men whom
he chooses 10 have about him wuIld alone
be a good earnest of the purity and vigor
of his intentions, but, confirming, as they
do, the closing acts of his predecessor $
term, they are like the report which accom-
panies the shot-expression and act con-
bned. --Springfeld Republican Ind
We cannot doubt but that the promises
SO fairly made Will be kept, or that this
inaugural address will tend to satisfy the
whole country that at the beginning of
century of life the nation enters upon Il
road that leads to "A better Government,
under a wiser Cnief Magistrate JEan it has
had during the closing years OF its first
century of existeuce.--Phs!G. Inquirer
(Rep.S
President Hayes speakes "with voice
pote ntlal and double rs the duke So But
his voice is potential because it is peaceful,
and his words are double because they
doubly true. Pjladeipnia Press Rep
There is sentence after sentence in the
inaugural which must mean all that they
so broadly express. TO assume that they
mean aught else is to assume that the
President has summond falsehood in its
very nakedness to fling wanton insult upon
the keen injuries free Government has
suffered for his cause. - Philadsiphin Times
Ind
If we were to call the address Of Presi-
dent Hayes Il model inaugural we think we
should not only express our own feeling,
but that of more than three-toulthS of the
| thinking people OF the county, regardless
| of partisan lines. III fact, sound and
sell evident are the principles laid down,
so sensible and pertinent the suggestions
made, and so liberal, high minded and
patriotic the whole tone Of the address,
that it will be hard for most readers to have
any partisan thoughts in conn acGion with
it BoSton J0urnM (i2er.)
People who have Judged Mr.. Hayes by
his acqujeSCeuce IN the measures by which
he has been lifted forward into the Presi
dency will see in his labored address of
yesterday abundant vindication of the
shrewdnrss of his inventor. Senator Sher-
man.-New York World Dem
1t is a very acceptable document indeed.
Philadelphia Ledger Ind.
Mr.. Hayes makes bid for Southern sup
port. How effective it will be in building
mp for him a party in the South remains to
be seen. 1t is certain that he .ll be sus-
tanned, North and South, 10y all friends Of
peace and good government. in all just
measures he may favor,-HartfOrt Times
Dem.)
The message is truly admirable State
paper, and fully realizes all anticipations
which have been iuduiged concerning it.
1t will have good effect on the country.
and will win the hearty praise of all but
the chronic Democratic extremists. New
Haven Journal and Courier Rep
The tone of the Presidents inaugural is
unexcept ional.-Boston Herald (lnd.
The new Presidents Southern policy is
riniucntly statasmanlike. 1t is one that
could not have been conceived by politi
clan or Il strong partisan. either Republican
or Democrat. 1t is liberal. conSIderate. and
patriotic, having in view the interests and
the wellbeing of the section chiefly con
cerned and of the whole country, and ut
terly Ignoring the question OF advantage