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Show The New President THE inauguration has taken place; the Republic Re-public has a new President and Vice-President. The splendor of the cei'emonies in Washington on Thursday was in keeping with i the Republic's adwtfcing power. The new chief magistrate comes into office with, perhaps, more perfect equipment for the place than any predecessor prede-cessor of his ever did. A finished scholar, a great lawyer and judge, by years of experience in many of the great departments of the government and by personal observation as to the workings of our system of government in every state and pos- ' session of the country; in the prime of life, pos sessed of a temperament which is not disturbed by cares and vexations, physically and mentally equipped to do any amount of labor and trained to systematize his labors so that there is no disorder, dis-order, and over all, a patriot, whose highest am- , bition is to so wear his great office that the ut most may be accomplished for the glory of the land and for the advancement of all classes of the people; in contemplating him, we think the whole people may repose their utmost confidence in him, and, with that confidence, nurse a hope that under him the nation will be safeguarded at home and abroad. "We look for a calmer administration than that of his immediate predecessor; we look for nothing spectacular, nor erratic, but there will be no negligence; negli-gence; no surrender of the right; no swerving from duty; but such an administration as a strong and perfectly equipped chief magistrate, intent upon the right and backed by a tireless energy and unflinching courage will give. "" We think the country is to be congratulated; we think the congratulations that will come from foreign lands will be more sincere than they ever were before. And the peaceable change of chief magistrates with only good wishes coming from the whole American people is, in itself, a new manifestation manifesta-tion of the exceeding greatness of our country and of the clear intelligence and patriotism of the American people. |