Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-03-15

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sacred in one part Of tie country as the
other, 50 that the President in their en-
forcement should know no North, no South,
no East, no West.
But I am digrcssing, After the reading
Of the Inaugural was concluded, Chief JUS
tice fancy, of bred Scott Decision memo
ry, administered the oath Of Office to Mr..
Lincoln and the ceremony Of Inauguration
was over. The Chief Justice was the first
to grasp Mr.. Lincoln's hand, congratula-
ting him upon having embarked upon
the Presidential voyage 50 safely, and
was followed by Ex-Presidomt Buchanan,
the Judges Of the Supreme Court, seaa-
tors, &c. &c. Al this over, the President
retired and Immediately left for the White
House under escort Of the seEeral military
companies who joined i'll tie festivities Of
the day, accompanied b. a formidable ar
ray of private citizens The whole city
breathed freer, as doubt not the entire
country did, when is was ascertaiped that
Mr. Lincoln was safe at his quarters in the
Presidents mansion. ard duly installed in
office without the least interruption or
hindrance. | would not, Of course, be dis
respectful to SO venerable a man as James
Buchanan, but I-could not but feel as I
saw him tottering of the platform after lis
tening to the manly utterances of his sue
cessor, that though the anathemas Of the
country have been hesped upon him to an
extent never before heard Of in history,
yet that the half Of his infamous transac-
tons has never been told, and that bis con-
Silence must have undergone many severe
twinges yesterday If the same had not be-
fore become petrifed and imperyious to
any attacks that might be made upon it.
1t was glorious sight, indeed, to see flat
cid dotard sink into the obscuritv of pri-
vate life and man-aye a Man, and an
honest and independent one at that-rise
up in bis place and take his position at the
helm of Government.
You, of course, will receive the Inaugu-
raj Address before you do this, and judg-
ment viii be passed upon it by the country
long before this reaches you. What that
judgment will be, cannot tell. | only
know that it is document immensely pop
ular here, and that every body apIlauds it
and endorses it from beginning to end, with
the exception Of few, comparatively, who
are Secessionists, and had made up their
minds in advance to not be pleased With it.
But I TO net see where lis objectionable
features are If the fault finders object to
it because its author says he shall enforce
the laws, appreheud that they will find
bat few sympathizers at the North, as
they should, indeed, fad but few any
where. saw no man yesterday who, du-
ring its reading, seemed moro deli9hted
whit than Senator Douglas Tia fire.
quent manifestations Of applause he gave
showed conclusiyely that he regards it as
a whole, if not, as a speciality, in q fsvora-
Die light. It certainly is an admirable
production and one that no emendations or
alterations could improve. Il neither saws
too much nor too little; and il. it docs not
furnish a platform upon which all Union
men, Republicans and Democrats alike,
can stand, then I confess I am unable to
comprehend its meaning.
Congress adjourned yesterday. The
Senate held session Sunday evening com
mencing at I o'clock which did not close
until o'clock the next morning. Sena-
tor Crittendsn Of Kentucky, lad the floor,
and as it was understood that be intended
upon that occasion to make his farewell
speech CHS term having expired yester
day) there was great crowd present to
hear what he had to say. I was fortunate
enough to obtain seat upon the floor of
the Senate the galleries being all filed
long before the hour Of nesting, 50 that
| was enabled to witness the closing scenes
Of that august body, which were of a yerv
interesting character. It was impossible
almost to quiet the vast sea of human
beings in the galleries, and those in the
halls trying to effect an entrance there,
sufficiently so that the business Of the
Senate could proceed Some thirty min
utes were spent in efforts of tLis character
when order finally prevailed and Senator
Crittenden proceeded lie maze good
speech, of course, though all of The posi-
tions he took, did not commend themselves
to- me as being of the most practicable kind.
Still the honesty of the old man cannot
be questioned and the purity of bis mo-
tives no onewill for moment deny. He was
anxious to save tho Union and did not
seem to care what means were employed to
dot, solong as the object be sought was
accomplished | was Of the same opinion
when he got through that / entertained
when be commenced, w; That if the
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