Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-03-08

Until Legislation disposes Of them, that the
teo4trabapds shalt work the plantations,
| under a jpdicious system OF oyersight, and
recompepsei II IS mRuifestly the. only
arnil BILE. thipg for them, ~ s..g'.1r :,
I We have had no HeE cases of sickness
since my last ssa.ih-5s ~. 49, G. -
as tRrOm the Missouri Democrat % SI9rsl u
/ The Fourth Of March, 4 SO f-1se2, Z
,a;A year age to-day, Ar, LINCOLN was in
ApgpE"ted REes ident, Of tho United States.
There were many things that contributed
%, make that occasion more than common
W interesting. It was no gala-day-no
time for grand balls and mirtbful festivity,
but one. when the cplmest and most, Judi
ctouS looked forward from hour to hour
with well grounded approximations of vio-.
lent outbreak, -bloodshead and revolution.
The programme of tue ,.conspirators was,
beyond all reasonable doubt, to prevent
Mr, Ltncolu's accession to the Office, and
his .occupancy of the. official residence al,
Washington. ItIis not Aqsceptible of Judi
cal proof, perhaps, but there is good reason
to believe that the design was 10. qssdJsi-
'igte him on us ray TO W'qshi8ytoH, but by
all meaqs,lat all hazards, his Induction in
to ottise Pt Washington, was to be prevent
ed This. it was. ilnagtued, would make
an p!teTrhgN'tni-1 gap daring which The
Presidential power would be neekere.-
Then, by a sudden coup de g,gR L, seize
nPon Washington City, the public build,
ings and archiyes-the places and tho
sytabols of authority-insta there the con |
federate officers, aud thus possess the sem
blHnnGe OF the regular government, would
go far TO legitimate the re6ellior-certain-
~ i would have given. it the prestige Of
> rlf. rl# q -.H ID
gIlt was day of gloomy apprehension in
Washington. People, as usual ON the
great occasion otinauguratipg OF u new Chief
Magistrale, had gathered from all parts OIL
the greatnatiOn. There was marked absence
ofl9oMien, however, in the. throhg gOn the ave.
nues aud among the persons seated in
carriages at tue approaches 10 the Cor
gressioual grounds, which indicated tho
fear that prevailed. Men were also more
thoughIful than Usual, and glanced wariIy
about, rather ready than fearful of dis
turbance and violence. The crowd i'm
mediately in the front and sides of tie
space adjoining thatFrom which the plat
form arose upon which the President and
those whp participated in the august cere-
mOuial were to stand, was more compact
than usual-puTPosely SO, That the evil
disposed who were known to be present,
might have no ease or facility of moye-
ment from one place to another. r-
:. Such was the picture Mt the east end oT
the Capitol, before the procession arrived
with the President elect. But on Penn
sylvania avenues as that magnificent spec
tacle moved from the front of the grand
colonnades of tue Treasury Building, the
crowd was but little less compact, and the !
feeling not at all less intense. Then, more |
than usual even on such occasions, friends |
lcalked together-ench feeling the full sig
nifSance of the act. Farther down, in |
front of the large hotels, nearer the Capt. !
tol, on the side of .the street Opposite |
them, eyes we're fixed iuteutIy on roofs |
and upper story windOws-nCver with
u purpose and with deter
Inlnation which many spcculated about.
but none understood so we'll as the brave
veteran who Ind pre- determined that no
arm unseen should lift the weapon that
might send message Of death to the heart
which the people had chosen as-the one
that was to animate the man whJ was to
walk with them through the fiery furnace
Of the succeeding year, their leader, and
the defender of their rights and liberties!
And it was so. Iia
Arrived at the place of the grand cers.
the dense crowd opened, and the
procession passed in-militaFy a6d civil,
high and low, great and small. sWhatylE
brisllihg bayonets at the inaugnratl6n of a
Republican Chief Majistrate2 Even so.
The cautious veteran had so planned it,,
and such planning. andth alone, prevents
ed the shedding oFbloOd, the ptostration of
constitutional liberty, the wreck aud ruin
of the beautiful.a and renowned aud benefit
cent fabric Of free government, which the!
great and good ::Washington had usedstbs
pride of bis years and strength Of his mind
and the nobleness OF his heart, in build
ing up. hgT,1zf sai
ceremony ptoceedeh The crowd was
.breatblcss and as the clear tones rang out
in the still air no word was lost And
none ought to have besu,Z for pure patriot.
ism and more, ,limelyl wisdom have rarely
been spoken bymal. But this was not
the entertaipment for which a large aud
Watohful portion of that crowd had come.
They came for political slang, for sectional
nnrrowness, for partisan exultatioR. How
mistaken u Nothing of this was there; aud
before the, inaugural was half pronounced
the most disappointed among them turned.
upon their, heels md began TO elbow their
Way'uut With such expressions sRsitG-tl-
d4a--a . him What business have I'VE
sltere? I'VE oughtitO be at home nov, arm
"a g aud mustering for the fghtHsai 81, sea
@huU AEA AHA AAh4AFE GlGl Nlns . f4tuu.tle
result, sina part, is before THE. county, and
itheWOrld, D j Who has ocCRsiou TO bel proud
Ofithe picture, they or. the noble bands,of
young sApdi ardent and devoted patriots
who have clutched our ipstitutionssas it.
were from tue abyss of destinynu planted
them inalhe n aGFeeIionslof fs4ie1pE6pie imor1z
firmly than ever? .b4fonuhoi@d al bs
aThe whole world will soon give ifie IN :.
swer. iituseds1.HOt that OLiss weak voice
should do it,; 1oI ,4rbespT 90 .uImfi0=g
srWhen the sersmdniaIs OF thes iuauguraE-
tion were ioTsr. and,order had becu Giain.i
taiqed through the day by The military
force, people ibreathed frser! lButfeFieT.
inga now the condition OF affairs at that
time, one 6budders' to reflect upon the
perils which then threatened the govern
ment. These were more imminent aud
critical than any it has encountered since
that day. suuslfa 80 ri h7HdIc1 ais -.
Mr Ltucolu's Inaugural address, as all