Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-05
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FROM " WASHlNGTON.
Ina ugmrMI Address Of Psosid0nl
Lincoln. I

Ina ugurMl Address Of P9ost00n
LincOln.
WASHINGTON. March l.
;. The day vas ushl red IN by . most excl
ting sss.ioo u 10 >snsss. thst body III ing l.
hours. from o'clock last evening til o'clocI
this morning
A. the dial Of ths clock pointed to -. An,
The Sabbath gave way TO Monday. 4th Q
Marsh. the senate Chamber presented an aei
mated appearance The galleries wsrs Gro I'd
ID to replesion The ladies g.liery resem bling
from The gay dsseses Of The tar oaes ther.
congregsted. como gorgeous psrtere Of fowers
sLd the gsdtiesnens gAisesy seemed one blasl
mass Of surgirg, hssving msscu!ines. pushing
struggling and almost climbing over each 9Th
in order 10 get good look st the proceedings
some Of the most iudicrous scenes were th,
resuls # the intense desirs OF ihe outsidsvs {.
get peep into the Senate Chamber; snd T.,
pertinacsty with which the spp'icants for I'd
nission 10 the ove'Ao~ing galleri.s. ~ouit
| urge that he had come oil the way frou
Indiana or Vermont, OF some other place, q
fordsd the seated once intepss anu -emsnt
On the floor. Crittsnden. Tiumbul!, Wigfall
Wade. b uglas, and Others. kept up : rnnnioe
fire of debate; while those not tngsgsd IN d,s
cussion. betOok themselves to the sofas for 4
comfortable knsp during the sssslon, which /,
| vas known would last al night.
AZ morning sdvareed. the galleries and
floor became gradually cleared out.
In the gray mor1ing light the senate took Z
recess ill o'clock to-day. A Iew minute.
after o'clock but few remained.
The morning was clear aud beautiful. The
public buildings, schools, places Of bas,nsss, DO.
we're closed throughou, tho day. The starr and
stripes 6oated from the City Hall, Capitol, Wxl
Department ard other pablo buildings while not
tev citizens dun@ out Tags from their houses u
! aero the principle avenues. The streets were
| thronged with the volunteer soldiery Fastening
to their respective rendezvous. Three Or -four
hours elapsed before there the least chance Vi
entering the Capitol For four hours the crowd
poured on towards the Capitol In continuous
stream Of old and young, male and female u large
majority were Northern men, and but few South
erneTs.
The order Of arrangements as settled By the
committee, was ~ follows: 40 the left Of the
Vice President were the committee Of strange
nents Immediately behind them Was the heads
| Of the various departments of the Governnest;
right OF the Vice President were Judges os tho
supreme Court, &c.
| Previous u the arrival OF the procession e. .
Senate Chau,ber did not present y very snlna
| ted appesrence. Many Of the ladies waiting
to the display did net arrive until late, ana
the officers with gay uniforms relieved 90 vel
the somberness VI the national black.
At live minutes to IL O'Clock Vice Preside nt
Breckenridge and Senator Foot-. Of the Com
,nlttse of Arrangements. entered the sena .
Chamber. escorting the Vice President elect,
lion. Hsnnibsi Hrmlin. whom they conducle ed
to seat immediately to the left Of the chair
| Il the President ot the Senate.
As the hands Ut the clock pointed to the
hour Of ~ the hammer bell aud ,hs second ses-
zion OF the S6th Congress came " - end.
The Vice President Br.ckinridge bxde the
Senate farewell in we'll chossu AID touching
terms. Mr.. reckinridgs then sdm,nistersd
the oath cf Off lee tO Vice President Hamlin
Mr. Breckinridg- then annornced the S~ns,e
adjourned ~i,l"ut u Gay, aud lett the chair, to
which be immediately conducted Vice Presi-
dent Hsmlin.
Senator for North Csro:iuas Clark for Ns~
Hampshire, Chase for Ohio. HSrris Tor New
YORK, Harlan for Iowa. Howe tor Wisconsin.
Breckinrldgs for Kentucky. Lane for Indiana.
DsSmith for Oregon. and Mtcneli for ArkAn-
sAs.
At this iupcturs tho members and members
elect OF The House Of Representatives entered
the 5 nate Chamber, filing every available
spacs to the left of the Vice President.
The Corps Diplomatic also entered the
| Chamber Ut the came moment, occupy ing ssats
| to the right OF the Chair. H. was . subject o.
| general remark that the corrs never we're %
| fully rerrescnted as on this occasion perhaps
| to 10 the las. time ali to be again assembled
| The MINISTERS aud Others. numbered 10 alt
some fifty and over. some OF H.. court uni.
| forms we're gorgeous, and attranted much ~.
tentiou.
The scene 10 the Sem t. while ~aiting the
arrival of the Presidential party seemed to re
aiixe the lying down of the lion and the lam6
together. Or mingiing OIL With water. Msssrs
| Chase, Wigtail, Crilt-nden, " WIison, aud others
were opposite. chatting With the utmost cor
| d,shty. senator Ereck,nridge covered Ia H.
larry with th. extremes. Msn VI the republicans
| II = attendance Of the senators was unusuali ;
fuIl. THE only absences noticed being those
Of Hon Mr. Mason, and Hon. Mr.. Hunter, oI
Virginia. A3
| Al l3 minutes to one o'clock, the Judges ct
the Supreme Court of the I'm ed States were
announced by tue door keeper of the Senate
| ca their entrance ali oD the floor and III.
ven. rsbie Judge. healed by Chief Jussics
Taney moved eiowiy to the sea.s assigned them
| Imms sistsly to the right Of Inc Vice Presl
| deaf, each changing salutes with Othcers !,
passing the char. AT 10 minutes after one
| O'clock unusual stir was occssionsd 10 tn.
| chambers, and the ruMor spread like wiid-fire
| that the President elect Wae in th- building
| At Is minutes pest ole, MsrsLsi in- Ch ct Maj
b. B. French entered the chan. bel, ,ushefing u
the President and the President elect They
| ad entered together from the street through
. private covered passage way on the nor b
eide Of the Capital, Police officers beng il
| attendance TO prev ent outsiders from Gro d.
ing af.er them. The line OF procession was
then iormsi in the folio wing orIsr: Marshs
IF the District, Judge Of Supreme Court. Ser
/ aft tl.A 20 nP
rangemsnts, President OF the Unlt-d 3tatse
and presidsnt elect. Vice erestd-at. Secretary
of the Senate, Senators Diplomatic Corr .
Hesds OF Departments. Governors and Others
| q the chamb r. Whes tho word was giveG
tor the House to fall into line of tho prucss
aion. yio eSt rush wsa made Tor the door. &C
companied by loud outcries, violent pushing
and great disturbances After the pr"cessica
had reached the platform, 6enssor Baker. o
Oregon, introduced Mr. Lincoln to the assem-
bly,. On Mr TincoIn's Advancing TO the sisns
he vas chsered. tut not loudly, unfolding BIZ
manuscript, 10 . ]. Nd, clear voice, he sssad BIZ
message - fallows. s@t4fsaa
FsLLow CITIZENS o. the UNITED SrArEs:
In compliance With custom ~ old Is the gov
srnment is itself, appear before JON, 70 sddres
you briefly, and to take in your pressrcs the oati
prescribed by the Consultation IT the Unite,
States, to be taken BY the President before b.
entels on tho execution Of his Office. ! d. no
considdss is necessary st present, for me 70 dis
cuss those matterS Of alministratfOn abvut Whic
there is no special anxiety or excitement Appss
hs nsion seems 70 exist among tho people o. u
southern states, that By the occasion ef Repab
lican administration their property and their peso
and psrsOual sssurity ere e be endangered an
there has never been any reasonable cause for suc
pprehenson-indeed the most ample evidence I
ths eeatsary has all the while existed asdheen ope
TO their inspection. 1t il found in learly sll th