Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1869 — The Inauguration. [ARTICLE]

The Inauguration.

Fetr nf onr readers will be sorry that to-day at 12 o’clock, meridian, ’Axorkw Johnson erases*o be Prest4mt of the United States. V unpopular, ho returns to private litc •rarrying tl\e esteem, or respect even, of but few friend*. IJe . b:i« been badgered, condemned and reviled for the last four years ~f hi« lifi.* n« no man ever was before in this ootnttry. Unwilling to *-:.y might ?• gainst any private indYvidwt, RTffl tint willing to justify the nets of his later year* which have vrftrctffud'Pit and darkened what good things lie •niy has 1 * accomplished in' former tifflit. we dismiss ititn to as deep obfiri.* ns it is possible lor one who hu* occupied so honorable positions Attain. tieneral Grant to-day enters upon Ihe arduous duties of Chief Exeeutive of tiiis great Ilepublic, bearing with him the respect and confidence not only of those political friends ■who elected him to the position, but ids© the respect at least of many who opposed him. Although having but iiitle experience in public civil service, in: brings with him thosegreat qualities which liis military career has shown him to be possessed of in an eminent degree—governing ability of a high ■order; circumspection and energy, and unerring judgment of iqch nod their qualifications for subordinate positions—from which we arc led to l*elieve that his civil acts will be as jiopulur as his mi'itary achievement* w ere sublime. A constrva.ive in its best and truest sen«e, he * ill cling to lire? good of the past and discard the • vil. A - radical in it- ..tdy true nieacrng, he will advocate reiorm and not cmirraee, without experiment, a nieasore because of its novelty. The genius el a great political commotion he has become intimate with the questions brought to the surface and, we believe, will prove capable of solving jts great problems. Firm, just, economical and patriotic, his administration promises i© make as favorable a place in national History as the most happy one of his predecessors.