Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-19
THE INAUGURATION.

In the following rent article, which we COPY
from the Rhode Island Literary Cnaei, :" tic
incidents sf The ceremony which took place ot
the 9TH mat NJ the Capital in Washington, arc
happily anicpned
The Fourth of March is n proud dog 10
Amrricans---ihe time when the ruler whom itey
have appointed, fnhes his senl In the Ghnit OF
our confederation. and shows 10 TIN NafoGs
OF the world the uncommon sight ola ruler OF
great and powerful Pepole, receiving n, thei,
hands his new honofs. or fesigning fl,em IA
they shall seq ditto determine. Il is a lesson
Tor monarclis who ARE born TO seepires ihnt
they dshonor, and who iyranaize over T. ope
whom they boih ienr and drspIse. II Is impos-
ing ~ the extreme, without beng eaudy --m n
Commanding, and fespeeiiul. and orderly,
WITHOUT the show ofnnibority, or the brstle OF
ba, onet.
The legal Governor Of fifteen millions of free
People takes the Constitution which goytruy
them, and uncovered in their presence, and ia
the presence Of Heaven, swenrs to support il
against all ard every thing. No coronation
that ever took place upon the face OF the globe
will compare 18th IL. There are the Represen-
,alives Of the People. from the East, The West
the North, and the South from Ito Canadian
lines TO the Mouth Of the yellow Stone, OF dit.
leTcnt manners, Of different habits, aud OF dli.
fcrent cOslume--hers they stand the constitu-
ed authorities Of the land we inhabi, fearing
no hing but Their coDsciences and their
God, and amenable TO none but then
constituents, and the laws they themselves
have ma ie---ihere they stand beneath the DONG
Of one common Senate House, which uniies 10
one body and one m,nd--ihrre is the hard,
Northcrner, with his New England dress and
his New England notions; his yety coat tells
you thai ne represents a Christian Penple
a. liz .ka .f t...,
our Southern regions, the marks Of application
MS well rs OF the climate. are in his counter.
ance, ms we'll rs in his whole system hrsidt
hin, is his robust brother IRON the high hills Of
Santee. with tho look OF fearless aud FREE
born republican there, too, Is him from the
West from that country where the sun sta.
which we have Thought of and read of but
which most Of us have never seen the charac.
ter Of his country is imprinted upon his brow
there Isl catalogue OF his hardships on every
line Of his expressive coun,enance, and a list Of
The dangers ne has encountered in his eye.
There, too, Is the man whom they are nbou.
TO n5est with civic wreath that will never
fade. Clad in plain suit ofblaek. he appears
before his fellow citizens, he advances TO tbr
centre of the hall. where he meets the veperrA
bic, the learned, the good, The beloved. Chief
Justice Marshal. The dark robe of his ofRcs
contrasts with the multitude of costumes a.
round and the Ministers OF foreign Powers ar.
struck with meIn thai they have never seer
in any Of their Kings. lie calls upon andretv
Jsck'on 10 lay his hand upon the Constitution.
and swear in the face of Heaven, in the me,
o The assembled Senate, to cherish and protect
IL. Amid the stiffness OF the surrounding spec.
ta,ors, the oath aseends to the dome of the
spacious hall and rolls along It's arch, i,s &c ko
thrilling through the heart ofeyery one within
hearing,
This done, the President elect proceeds 10
the rosram, and makes bis inaugural address.
and the ceremony 10 over. In single hour
the officer holding the highest situation in the
world is invested with his authority his onIv
escort the tribunal before which he sweArs. nj.
Sly rsSsIia sinEis volume Of the lava Of NJ.