The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-10
a CHORUS OF CONTEMPLATION.
Whnt the Southern Press Think of the In
2ugural Address,

augurai Address.
The comments of the Southern Press
| on the inaugural address of President
Garfield are cordial and favorable, almost
without exception:
The Richmond, Va, Dispatch says 4:
we would pronounce the inaugural an
excellent one, speaking Of it az it will
strike the Northern people, for whom, OF
course, it was specially intended. 1t has
as little Northern and anti Southern sen.
timent in it as we would have expected
to lind IN document originating in the
Ashtabula district of Ohio.
We cannot agree with the President as
to the heneficent effect of making voters
OF the negroes, but we can agree that the
abolition of slavery VAS blessing, and
We concede that he states his case forci-
Diy when he says there is in this country
no middle ground between slavery and
full citizenship.
The Savannah Ners says: This address
VIII be read with interest and satisfaction
by the patriotic and conservative massos
OF the American people of all parties, and
OF all sections of the Union. 1t is ad-
mirable alike for its statesmanlike caudor
and moderation, and for the fraternal and
conciintory spirit which peryades il
throughout.
If we may regard it rs an indication
of the spirit and policy which is to gov
ern President Garfield's administration.
it is safe to say that, while he was not
our choice for President. and while wa
may differ with him in regard to meas.
ures, he will encounter nc iliberal or
factious opposition from Southern De.
mocracy.
the Galveston Ners says: It is some.
thing more than clever presentation of
decent platitudes. In summing up the
centennial history of the Republic he
fairly signifies that, however much he
may respect the proper autonomy of the
State, and however much he may esteem
the blessings of local selfgovernment.
he leans earnestly and decidedly to the
extreme nationalistic theory Of the pres.
ent Union, known as the United States.
His allusion to the relation between
the whites and emancipated negroes. is,
on the whole, as statesmanlike and con.
siderate as could be expected from
President representing tho traditions and
professions or the Republican party
His utterances on the subject of univer.
cal suffrage, are emphatic and worthy of
the occasion.
The Chattanooga Times saya: Innugu.
raj speeches and letters accepting party
nominations are generally o glitterine
collection of soft words so strung together
rs most effecsually to conceal the specific
ideas and intents of writer's and speaker.
Garfield's speech at the east front of the
Capitol yesterday was no exception in
kind to this rule. It may be regarded 30
good, or otherwise, by pnrtiaan or other
critics; but it is only relatively good or
bad, being neither one nor the other in
any positive sense.
The Montgomery Ala, Advertiser says:
It Is moro elaborate than such documents
usually are, and with few exceptions 1t
is highly creditable and conservative
throughout.
The Augusta Chronicle says: The inau.
gural address is worthy of careful perusal
by every one interested in the welfare of
.hs Republic. e :s one of the abIent
documents of the kind ever presented to
the people of the United States. Tenn
perate and conservative in its utterancea.
with vein of good common sense run.
ming through it all, 1t gives promise of a
wise and patriotic administration of the
government for the next four years.
The Wilmington Star says: If Presi.
dent Garfield will do as we'll as he pr5l,.
ises, If the acts Of his Administration
ehall correspond with the declarations of
his pronunciamento, he will retire from
Office holding higher place in the re.
gard of the whole people than he now
possesses when entering upon thu Presi.
Dental term. He has very high ability.
Let his stability and patriotism and sense
Of responsibility be equal to the require
ments of his high Office, and he will gain
permanent fame. Lot him be President
not of mere party or section, but of the
whole Union and whole people, and he
will prove blessing to his generation
snd his country.
The Louisville Courier. Journal saws
President Garfield's inaugural address
presents strong contrast to that of Mr.
Hayes four years ago. It abounds In
strong and vigorous thought. It comes
as from q man who knows where he
stands, knows what is his duty and means
20 do 1t though the heavens fall. There
10 an absence Of partisan coloring and a
palpable consciousness that the great Of.
hce he holds must not be prostituted to
base party purposes. There ia evidence
that tho man knows that the country
wants rest from eectlonal unrest, sectional
jealonsly, sectiona. bitterness, and that,
as far as in him lics, he will labcr to that
end. His reference to the South will
hardly satisfy the extreme men of his
party. His assertion of National su.
.premacy will meet with general acquies-
cence; so also Will his assertion of the
autonomy OF the States and the binding
nature of the Constitution aud laws made
la pursuance thereof. This is Demo.
cratic doctrine, and OH that ground every