The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-03-19

supremacy here, the powers Of enlightened rea-
son, and the vgor Of practical patriotism Our
country reaps thence solid aud substantial adyan-
tases IN her policy, institutions, prospects, and
renown.
The citizen whom it has pleased people TO
elevate by their suGrages from the pursuits of
Private and domestic life, may best evinoe his
grateful sense of the honor thus conferred, by
devoting his faculties, moral and intellectual, re-
lsolutely to their service. This shall do; yet
with dfidence unavoidable 10 one conscious
that almost every step in his appointed path is to
him new and untried, and sensible how danger
Gus contrast must occur in the transfer of pow
ers from practised to unpFactsed hands. In OBJ
serving, however, upon this floor, number Of
those experienced and skiful statesmen on whom
the nation Justly looks with pride and reliance,
! am assured that there can be but little danger
| of public disadvantage from inadvertencies or
mistakes, which their cousel may readily avert
! or rectfy. And thus, gentlemen, while aiming,
frankly and impartalIy, TO exercise the functions
( OF an unaccustomed station in the spirit of the
lconstitutlon, fol the enlarged and lasting purpo-
ses of Tevered country, and with sincere good
will towards all, | may cherish the encouraging
hope Of being able, with the assent of an indnl-
gent Providence, at once to perform my duty and
TO attract your confidence
At forty minutes past II O'Clock, the Hon.
JAMES X. PoLK, President elect of the United
States, accompanied by the ex-President of the
United States, the Hon. JOHN TYLER, was intto-
duced by the committee of arrangements, and
having bowed 10 the assembled Senate, took his
seat in front Of the desk of the Secretary of The
Senate,
AT FIVE minutes before l2 o'clock the assis-
tant sergeant-at-arms of the Senate named the
order of procession from the Senate Chamber to
the platform al the east front of the Capitol, and
the procession formed and proceeded accordingly
as follows.
The Marshal of the District of Columbia;
/ The Supreme Court of the United States;
The Sergeant-at-arms of the Senate;
The Committee Of Arrangements;
: The President elect, ex-Presidents, the Vice
President, and Secretary of the Senate;
The members of the Senate;
The Diplomatic Corps;
The Mayors Of Washington, Georgetown, ant
, Alexandra. and the other persons before admit
ted on the floor of the Senate
|. On reaching The front of the portico, the Pre-
sdent elect and Chief Justice took the seats pro
! vided for them;
, The ex-Presidons, the Committee of Arrange
ments, and Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court, occupied position several feet in the
rear Of the President elect
The Vice President, Secretary, and Members
Of the Senate, occupied parallel lines next il
rear
The Diplomatic Corps occupied the next po,
sition; and the place Immediately in the rear wa:
assigned TO the late Speaker, Clerk, and Mem
bers of the Senate and House of Representa-
lives.
The Ladies, and such persons as, by the rules
of the Senate and arrangements of the commit
tee, were admitted within the Senate chamber
occupied the steps and the residue of the portico
The PRESIDENT elect then read his Inaugural
Address.