Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-07-17

his last words were these, which he uttered
with emphatic distinctness 81 have al
ways done my duty. am ready to die.
My only regret is for the friends l leave
behind me-"
Having announced to you, fellow-citi-|
|zens, this most affecting bereavement, and|
assuring you that it has penetrated mol
heart with deeper grief than mine, it re-
mains for me to say that l propose this
day at II o'clock, in the hall of the House
Of Representatives, in the presence of both
houses of Congress, to take the oath pre-
;cribed by the constitution, to enable me
o enter on the execution of the Office
which this event has devolved on me.
WILLARD FILLMORE.
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1850.
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Committees were duly appointed by
both Houses to notify the President that
they would be present at the appointed
time and place to witness his Inauguration.
At II o'clock, NJ, the Senate proceeded
to the hall of the House of Representa-
tives accordingly, and the very august
spectacle was there exhibited, in the pres
ence of both houses and of a large crowd
of strangers, of the new Chief Magistrate
taking the oath of Office, which was ad-
ministered to him by Judge Cranch, of
: the District Court of the United States at
Washington. Mr.. Fillmore, when he en-
tered the hall, was accompanied by the
joint committee, and most of the members
of the late cabinet. As soon as the oath
was administered, he once more rose and
left the hall, accompanied by the others,
and the Senate returned to their chamber.
The following message was then received
from the President Of the United States
F,l3ou- Citizens Of tie Senate
and House Of Representatives
= \ great man has fallen among us, and
a whole country is called to an occasion of
unexpected, deep, and general mourning.
i | recommend to the two houses of Con
grcss to adopt such measures as in their
Hdiscretion may seem proper, to perform
! with due sOlemnities the funeral obsequies
4of ZACHARY TAYLOR, late President of
the United States, and thereby to signify
9the great and aficctionate regard of the
American people for the memory of one
Whose life has been devoted to the public
service whose career in arms has not been
surpassed in usefulness or brilliancy who
has been so recently raised by the unsoli-
cited voice of the people to the highest
authority in the government, which he
administered with so much honor and ad-
vantage to his country, and by whose sud
den death SO many hopes of future useful
ness have been blightcd forever.
TO you, senators and representatives of
a nation in tears, | can say nothing which
can alleviate the sorrow with which you
are oppressed.
appeal to you to aid me, under the
trying circumstances which surround me,
; in the discharge of the duties from which,
however much l may be oppressed by
them, ! dare not shrink and rely upon
i'm who holds in His hands the dcstinies
& of nations to endow me with the requisite
strength for the task, and to avert from
our country the heavy calamity which has
befallen us.
| shall most readily concur in whatever
measure the wisdom of the two houses
may suggest, as behtting this deeply mel
|ancholy occasion.
MILLARD FILLMORE
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1850.
The Union says: "Several eloquent
and touching speeches were then delivered,
I'm both houses, by various members and
after making the necessary arrangements
for paying every honor to the remains of
the late President, both Houses adjourned!
"The whole tone of the two houses;
was such as became this extraordinary oc-l
|casion. 1t was grave, orderly, and digni-!
the deepest sensation at!
the melancholy event which had taken'
place, and profound interest at what i'll
was destined to evolve.
"Some of the finest strokes of cloquence;
that were poured out in the Senate relatcdl
TO the moral consequences which it should
inculcate upon the country. Messrs.
Downs, Webster, Cass, King, and Berrien
trusted that it would have the effect of
infusing a more liberal tone of feeling in
to the present distracted state of public t
councils-that it would teach us more
and forbearance in our publicf
measures, and that might assist in infusinge
so liberal tone into the movements of
the two houses as would lead to an adjust
ment of these dangerous questions, giveE
peace to our country, and cause every one
to feel and to act in the spirit of an
American. May it have this important
Effect and then the Hero and the Patriot
will not have died in vain"'
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