Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-07
GARFIELD ANDTHE SOUTH
THE SOUTHERN PRESS ON THE
INAUGURAL
Wei Nigh Unanimous Verdict ON
Its StatesmanIEke Utserances-Thas
He May Measure Up 30 His Prom-
1ses the Hope OF the south.

perusal BY every one interested in the well
fare OF the republic. Il is one Of the ablest
documents of the kind ever presented to
the people Of the United States. Temperate
ana conservative in its utterances, with a
vein OF good common sense running through
It ali, 1t gives promise of wise and patriot
ic administration of the government for the
next four years"
RICHMOND, March 5.-The Dispatch edi-
torially says: I'VE would pronounce the
inaugural an excellent one, speaking Of it
as It VIII strike the Northern people, for
whom, OF course, 1t was specially intended.
1t has as little Northern and anti-Southern
sentiment In It as we could have expected
| to find In document originating in the
| Ashtabula district OF Ohio. We cannot
| agree with the President as to the beneA-
/ cent effect OF making voters of negroes,
but we can agree that the abolition OF
slavery was blessing, and we concede that
he states his case forcibly when he says:
| 'There is In this country no middle ground
between slavery and full citizens"
CHATTANOOGA, March 5. - The Daily
/ Times has this 20 say Of the address:
| "Inaugural speeches and letters accept
| ing party nominations are generally gilt
teriDg collections Of words, so strung to-.
/ gether as most effectually to conceal the
/ SPECIFIC lucas anu IuJ6QLb Oh WFtbSTb ALQ
/ speakers. Garfeld's speech at the east
4 front of the capitol yesterday was not an
! exception in kind to this rule. It may be
regarded as good or otherwise by partisan
or other critics, but it is only relatively
| good or bad, being neither one nor the other
in any positive sense"
LOUISVILLE, KY., March 5.-The Coarier-
Journal says: president Garheld's inaugu-
raj addresIpresents strong contrast to that
of Mr.. Hayes four years ago. 1t abounds in
strong and vigorous thought. 1t comes as
| from q man who knows where he stands;
knows what is his duty and means to do It.
though the heavens fall. There ia
an absence Of partisan coloring,
and q palpable consciousness that
/ tuted to base party purposes. There Is evil
dence that the man knows his country
wants rest from sectional unrest, sectional
| Jealousy, and sectional bitterness, and that
as far as in him lies will labor
to that end. His reference to
| the South will hardly satisfy
the extreme of his party. His assertion OF
the permanent supremacy of the Union will
! meet with general acquiescence, as also will
his assertion of the autonomy of the States,
| and the binding nature OF the Constitution
andlaWs made in pursuance thereof. This is
| Democratic doctrine, and on that ground
/ every Democrat must sincerely desire that
! Garfield will continue to stand"
| WILMINGTON, March 5.-The Star closes
| it's comments on the inaugural address as
1 follows: HIf President Garfield will do as
| well as he promises, II the acts of his admin
4 istration shall correspond with the 6eclara-
! tions OF his pronunciamento, be will
retire from Office holding q higher
| place In the regards of the whole
| people than he now possesses, when enter
ing upon the Presidential term. He has
very high ability. Let his stability and pa
triotism and sense of responsibility be equal
! to the requirements OF his high Office. and
| he viii gain permanent fame. Let him be
| President, not of a mere party or section,
! but of the whole Union and the whole peo-
| pie, and he will prove blessing to his gen
Grafton and his country.n
! MONTGOMERY, ALA, March 5. - The
! Montgomery AdverttScr comments briefly on
/ the inaugural, and says 1t is more elaborate
than such documents usually are, and, with
few exceptions, it is highly creditable, and
/ conservative throughout.
| GALVESTON, March 5.-The Galveston
4 Meas, commenting on President Garfeld's
| inaugural address, remarks: SIT ia some
thing more than a clever presentation of de-
/ cent platitudes. In summing up the cen
| tennial history of the republic he fairly
! signifies that however. much he may
respect the proper autonomy OF the States,
ana however much he may esteem the bless
| ings of local self-governmeEt, he leans earn
estly and decidedly to the extreme Nation
alistic theory of the present Union known
| as the United States"
The Nesos states that his allusion to the
| relation between the whites and the emanci-
| pated negroes is, on the whole, as states
manlike and considerate as could be expect
/ ed from = President representing the
| traditions and professions of the Republican
! party. His utterance on the subject of
universal education as q necessary adjunct
Of universal suffrage are emphatic and
| worthy of the occasion.
] COLUMBUS, GA, March 5.-The Enquirer
Sun comments on the inaugural address as
| follows: "'The address is an excellent one.
| It is that of man who seemingly proposes
| to do his whole duty. AS we have said, the
1 South has no right to ask any favors of
| the President. He was chosen against
/ the wishes and over the votes of our
| people. Yet none have a disposition
| to longer oppose his policy If It be that Of a
statesman and in the interest Of the country.
! He advises the obliteration of old contro-
versies. This the South has long desired,
and If the President be sincere In his pur-
pose we feel assured he will be cordially
met by the Southern Representatives in the
| National Legislature"
| JACKSONVILLE, FLA, March 5. The UH-
ion says: "The inaugural address of Presi-
! dent Garfield is a document of much force
| and vigor. 1t is the production of a
1 scholarly intellect, shows wide
/ grasp, and evInces the perfect familiarity
| OF the trained statesman with public affairs.
! There is no question that the new President
| Is by far the ablest man who has occupied
| that Office 10 late years. AS military man
| Grant Is, of course, his superior, but as a
| statesman Grant is mere pigmy beside
| Garfield. II Garfield the statesman will
/ oIu ha norAald ha practdanf
| administration win necessarily prove one of
the most successful and brilliant on record.
/ There would be no reason why 1t should
not bring US of the South all the good we
expected from the success of Hancock, our
| chosen leader. But we cannot forget that
| Garfield the statesman has often
| surrendered to Garfield the politician.
4 He now occupies a position where
! he can and should deal with all questions
| from the standpoint of patriot and states
man, and his inaugural gives promise that
| such will be his course. II his administra-
| tion is conducted In the spirit which per-
vades his address he will find no factious op-
| position from the South, but, on the
contrary, an earnest desire to support
him in every effort he may put forth 'to
make truce with time by healing past
differences and bringing about complete
reconciliation.
NEW ORLEANS, March 5-The Picdysne
says: sit is, taken altogether, an able docu-
meat. and places the President upon much
broader ground than any Chief Magistrate
has occupied since the war. The transition
from Grant TO Hayes was, politically, a
broadly marked one. The transition from
HAYES to Garfield Is also we'll defined. He
is the President of a united people, and
while there is a streak Of sectionalism in his
references to the will of the party that elected
him there are broad principles OF govern
ment laid down which clearly indicate that
new President is firmly convinced that
the reconstructive legislation and recon-
struction measures have forever gone by
with the past His treatment of the race
question can excite no fears in the breasts
Of the Southern people,"
The Times says: "The new President talks
like statesman and patriot. Ifhis admins
traiion Of affairs is as liberal as the temper
and tone of his address, he win be the Presi-
dent of the people rather than OF q party.
Taken as alwhole the address is calculated to
inspire confidence In the new administration
and secure for 1t the good will Of the entire
country. Whether or not his administra-
ton viii be a success depends on Gen. Gar
field himself.n
The Democrat says: "On speaking of this
section Of country he is very conservative
and anything but stalwart. He admits that
negro suffrage has brought many troubles,
but defends the fifteenth amendment as abb
solutely necessary under our form of gov
eminent. So far as his authority goes
he viii protect the negroes in
their rights. This is the substance