Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-03-07

be has carefully weighed the leading ques-
lions of the day, and that while standing with
his party on all Of them, he il yet an Ameri-
csn who has the good Of the nation At heart,
and Who realizes that he is the President Of
all the people, both North and South.-Czi
sago hoyniag Ssrs.
Nofhing could have been more appropriate
than the CLOSING passage, in which an appeal
il made to the higher pride and the bette- in
stincts Of all the people and States to strive
for pre- eminence 10 education, virtue, justice
AID patriotism among the people. II is not
too mneh to expect that an address so able
and persuasive goes far toward correcting the
evils and errors which four years of De
mocracy tended to sggravate--Catea2o Inter
Ocean.
President Harrison has given the country
additional proof of his craftsmanship in his
admirable message, and of his ability TO rise
above the partisan, and talk TO the people
from the standpoint of patriot whose devo-
ton to bis country is breathed in every SEN
tence be utters. The document is strkingty
forcible in expression all the way through,
showing deep and earnest convictions and
the courage to give them bold and unequivo-
cal urterance .-Detrou Tribune.
There 10 no straining after effect in the
Presidents inaugural. II is plain mans
address TO plain people. His words are
those Of man Of convictions, not pulled
up with his own eonceit, and yet free from
any trace of indecision. The recommends
tons he makes are such as have already
met the approval Of the great mass Of think
ing people. Those who have been watching
for Mr.. Harrison's inaugural to take the
measure of the man. will find little to eriti-
e.-Biddefoyd Times
The inaugural address of President Harri-
son is excellent-well written, appropriate in
subjects discussed, conservative in tone, lib
eral in sentiment, and generally non-partisaD
| in views expressed. Good citizens of all
parties will read it with qualification, as indi-
eating that we have a sincere, earnest,
thoughtful, patriotic President who, il he
can have his way, will not subordinate coun-
try to party, nor suffer the public welfare to
be sacrificed to private seltishness and greed
If he can help it.-Eastern Argus.
! We give special mention to this feature of
the address foreign relations because of
| the current importance attaching to any ut
| terance in this direction. White differs not
more from black than the above sentiments
| from the Cleveland Bayard foreign policy.
/ The completeness of the oyerturn is every
where evident in the address. A new cap
tain is at the helm the course is changed.
And General Harrison was placed in com
mand because it was well known that he
would change the course of the ship of state.
Boston 1doertiser.
| The inaugural of President Harrison yes
terday we'll becomes the average public esti-
mate of the man. 1t is clear and strong.
| The new President has not sought to cover
the earth, or the whole scope of the universe,
\ in the preliminary observations which Gus
| tom dictates President should address to
the people before settling down to the every
day work of the position, His language is
that of man who knows perfectly what he
wants to say, and who stops talking when he
has made himself vigorously ineligible to
all parties in interest PHsbuJg dispatch.
/ No one will conclude from perusal of
| President Harrison's inaugural address that
his Administration is to be marked by the
adoption of extreme views or the use of un-
usual and dangerous methods. The very
moderate tone of the address, the balanced
phrases, the recurring sequence of state
ment and qualification, the entire absence of
novel theories, and the almost reverent re-
statement of the old ones will confirm the
people of the country in the opinion they
have already formed, that if Mr.. Harrison
is not great President he is at least a
reasonably safe one.-New Fork Times.
No one can rise from the words in which
President Harrison takes up his great work
without feeling that we have again in the
White House a God-fearing man to whom
duty is more than praise and law the first
guide of each act, who has been all his life
long man putting his hand to his work in
the deep trust that God who has set men in
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guide and guard those who are faithful to
the duties of home and true to the calls of
patriotism, in front of the field in youth or
on the front of the Capitol in mature life
Phtiadeiph,a Press
The country has still to learn Just what
sort of a man President Harrison ia, but the
address which will be so widely read this
morning in every part of the republic proves
very clearly what sort of man he is not.
He is not a weakling or a fraud. All the in
dafnahl" qualities which in literary pro
ductons as in personal bearing attract or
repel without atfording any explanation of
their effect upon the observer, count in this
address in Gen, Harfison'a favor, not against
him; and we think that candid Democrats
will be as quick as enthusiastic Republicans
to recognize that fact.-Ner York Sun.
President Earrisons Inaugural is worthy
of the great Nation whose first century of
progress he reviews. Eloquent and in every
way admirable in tone, breathing spirit of
genuine patriotism, appealing to the higher
motives and better feelings of political OPP
ponents, it is in the only praiseworthy sense
non partisan, and yet seeks no shallow ap-
proval by any conceament or sacrifice of
conviction. In that respect it will remind
the Nation of the earnest appeal which made
President Lincolns first Inaugural Address a
powerful and memorable paper. 1t speaks
unhesitatngly and without compromise for
those whose convictions have prevailed in the
late election, but speaks for them only as
they sincerely seek the welfare OF the Re-
public.-Ner York Tribune.