Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-23

prod duction at best. a Washington
dispatch elludine 60 she ceremony.
says that the crowd tdat assembled
was exceedingly large. and tho us-
ands proceeded to tn: capitol to wit
ness the ceremonies. Two regiments
ofthe Invalid corps. a squadron Of cav.
airy, n battery of artillery. aud two
regiments OF color.,d troops formed
the military escort. The spectators
stood in mud almost knee deep. The
4th of March must have been quite .
gala day, from the description given.
Dn that occasion Abrxham 10 sup.
posed to have dispensed with his
" scotch suit"
Fellow w-countrymen
At this second appearing to take
the oath Of the Presidential Office,
there is less occasion for an extended
address than there was at the FIRST.
Then II stat-u.ent, somewhat in de-
tail, "f u eour~, to be- pursued. s--m-
I'd very fitting and proper. Now. ~
the expiration of four yrars, during
which publ c d-clsrstions have been
constantly called forth on every
point and phase Of the great contest
which still absorbs the attention aud
rngrossts the energies Of the nation.
litrk. tha. is new could be presented.
The progress of cur arms, upon which
al else chiefly depends. is AZ we'll
known to the public As TO myself.
and it is, trust, reasonably enc 'ur-
aging to all
With high hopez for the future.
no prediction in regard to it is ven.
rurcd. On the occasion correspond.
ing to fhiS. four years ago, all thoughts
were auxi"usly directed to an i'm
pending civil war. All dreaded it;
all sought TO avoid it. Whil-the In.
augural Address was being delivered
from this place, devoted altogether
to saving tn. Union without war. in
-urg,.nts agents w.r" IN this city
seeking 70 destroy il, without war
-,.rkin- to dissolve thr Union and di.
yi,l" tI". effects by negotiation.
Roth PARTIES deprecated war bu,
III" Of ,hrn would make war rather
,:.au I't he nation survive, and tho
."'inr would accept war rather than
. On" "j2'' OF the whole population
,vcr.. crIor.d slaves. not distributed
-.nr'..IIv over the Union. but local
:z..l IN IA" Southern part of it, These
~llv,s constituted . prculiarand pow
,utul ;ri','rrsr. All knew that this in
t,..r~t WIS somehow the cauS. of the
war. Ip strengthen. p-rp-tuate and
. '"Nf"llI thi, interest, WAS the object
; tpr which tn" insurgents would reud
, ;.r- Union by war, while the Govern
:, ,n"nt cta ned no right to do more
hauto restrict he territorial en- ar2c-
I,.n' ut it.
=. Neither party expected for th, war
Ihc magnitude or the duration which
, II hn- already attained. Neither an
,irip ,trd hat :h- cause Of the con-
il.c, uiyht crae- before the conflict
.l-..'t' should rras". Each looked for
an ca>irr triumph. and result less
IAN .au"n,a! and astounding. Both
rad the sar Bible and pray 10 sarns
G.,d, and r,"h invoke Ills aid agains,
!, ia other. II may seem strnng. thar
ANY man should care to ask Jus,
,iou'- assistance in wringing thei,
+. bread from the sweat of other men q
tlc"-.
l.. But let us Judge not. that we bs
., not judged. Ih~ prayer Of both
should not l." answrred-that OF
neither has been answered fully
Ih. Almighty has his own purpos-s
! "W"- unto the world h-caus.. of of
d, t..nSrs. for il must needs be that of.
- f.n4rs come. but woe TO that mar
hy whom the ofTensr cometh." /.
i. we shall suppose that American
slavery is ou;. of the offeuses that in
=. th- providence of God must needs
. come, but which, having continued
=, through His appointed time. He nou
=, 80 wills 10 remove that III. gives Ia
both North and South this terrible
n war as the woe due 20 those by
. whom the otf,nse came, shall We dis
-. Germ that there is any departur.
:. from those divine attributes which
i the. believers IN a living God alway.
abscribe to Him Fondly do W,
A hope, trrventlv do we pray. that thf.
:, mighty sc"urge of war may speediiy
l.. pass away ; vet, If God wills that II
, continue until all the wealth piiet
ID the hond~man's two hundred and
p. fifty years of unrrquited toll shall b,
IN sunk, and until every drop of blnod
"a drawn with the lash shall he paid BY
-, another drawn with the sword; ~
=. was said three thousand years ago
- so = i'll it must be said that the judg
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