St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-14
The New President.

VARIOUS OPINIONS CONCERNING HIM
AND HIS ADMINISTRATIONS.
Requiring OF the President that he
make good his words, the people will
calmly abide the course of events, and
in sustaining every lawful and benefi
cent act of the executive, maintain the
public welfare and their own character
for reasonableness and patriotism
Providence Journal.
1t is extremely gratifying and assur-
ing at the outset to have the President
declare that the special reforms which
the lamented Garfield undertook will
be carried out-that his policy will be II
continuation of that of his predecessor.
Such line of action will promote the
prosperity of the country, strengthen
the bonds of union between the differ
ent sections, and insure the party that
elected him that confidence and har-
mOny which is essential to its exist
ence.- Boston Journal.
| believe Gen. Arthur to be a much
broader man than he has credit for.
My association with him in the Senate
during the short time we were there,
gives me reason to believe that the
country may expect wise and con-
sentative administration from him. |
have never shared in the opinion that
the factiOnal bitterness within his party
during the past few years will be re-
newed or perpetuated by the new adj
ministration.-[D Democratic Ben Hill of
Georgia.
We do not doubt that after the peri
cd of exaltatiOn in which the nation
has been living since President Garfield
was struck down by Guiteau's bullet
has passed away and the people sink
back into ordinary moods of feeling,
President Arthur's administration
however noble its purposes, however
consistently it may strive to fulfil its
most generous intentions, will fall
short of its present desires, will en-
counter obstacles that will compel it
often to descend to lower plane, and
will become the target of an unspar-
ing criticism, from which the admins
tratiOn of President Washington did
not escape. Nevertheless, it is wise to
blllS - anu
Il n. Y. Herald.
The country is prepared to welcome
and greet the new President for his
personal worth and his personal abili-
ty; they are willing to grant him theiI
confidence and their support, and i'll
doing this they do not expect or be-
lieve that he will hastily, or at any
time, do violence to the policy of his
| illustrious predecessor, or do any act
in his high office to disturb or destroy
that peace and tranquility which pre-
vail throughout the land by the revi-
val of party strife, or the even more
calamitous renewal of those domestic
troubles i'll the matter of rewarding
friends and Furnishing enemies Chi
cago Tribune.
Mr.. Arthur's political associations
and proclivities are well known, and
we must expect no miracles. Sum
mOned to the presidency by IL deplora-
BILE crime and calamity, his own con
seriousness of the depth and nature o
the public feeling cannot fail profound
ly to impress and influence him. The
duties of the presidency constitution
ally devolve upon him, with all theil
responsibilities. But the knowledge
that they have fallen to him, not be
cause of his election by the people t,
the office, but by the assassination ot
his predecessor, must persuade well
meaning and patriotic man that he cal
best satisfy public expectation by care
fully carrying ont the intentions of the
President who was elected Harper
! Weekly.