The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-30

e The aspect Of foreign affairs was exceed
ingly stormy. The recent behaviour @
4 England had exasperated our people, an
, the crowds Who attended the inaugura
came rather to hear the views on the sub
! ject of England than to attend to the pom
} usually incident to the Inauguration
The whole ceremony passed off with les
: than usual excitement, nothing to var.
| the routine. The address was short ati'
non-committal, and the first inauguration
] Of Madison was not rufled by wave o
novelty.
The Inauguration Of James Menroe.
By a curious coincidence the Fourth
of March in 1917, came on Sunday. On
the fifth therefore, the new Administra
ton entered upon its duties. The Presi-
dent, accompanied by Vice President
Dadiel d. Tompkins, was escorted by an
immense cavalcade of citizens to Congress
Hall, where they were received by the ex
President, Judges of the Supreme Court,
and the full Senate and House. A por-
tico in front of the Hall was selected for
the ceremonies, and to it the President re-
paired accompanied by the high officials,
with the Foreign Plenipotentiaries who
were present At the conclusion of an
address of unprecedented length, John
Marshall the Chief Justice, advanced and
administered the oath of Office. No soon
er had the solemn words been spoken
than the artillery burst out in salutes o.
yer the civic victory, and the immense
crowd numbering over ten thousand, rent
the air with cheers for the newly inaugu-
rated ruler. The President at once COM
menced his Northern tour, and the peo-
pie, on seeing him, were made aware that
new Administration had come into pow
er. They could see it, but in the palmy
days of peace to feel it was impossible.
The Inauguration Of John @. Adams.
To an Inauguration which has been
preceded by vast political excitement,
there is attached an importance and an
interest which do not belong to the quiet
staid contests which are usual in a time
of peace. Perhaps the most bitter con-
fict in our annals occurred between Gen
eral Jackson and John Quincy Adams
1t was the duty of the House of Repre-
sentatives to effect choice, and by a
small majority and considerable political
maneuvring, John Quincy Adams was
the favored aspirant His Inauguration
was celebrated on the 4th of March, 1925.
At half-past IL, John @. Adams was in
troduced into the Capitol by his venera-
/. BILE predecessor, President Monroe.
The Judges of the Supreme Court were
present in their flowing robes of Office !;
the members of the Senate followed in
couples, preceded by the recently inaug-
urated Vice President Mr.. Adams, in
plain suit of black ascended the steps
to the Speakers chair and took his seat.
The most profound silence ensued, when
Adam. rose and read his Inaugural Ad-
dress. His address occupied forty min
utes, and was listened to with the deep
est interest. At the Conclusion he de-
scended from the Speakers chair and ad-
vancing to one side of the table, received
from the Chief Justice, the venerable
John Marshall, copy of the laws, and
read the oath prescribed by the Constitu-
/ tion.
At the close of this the multitude, un-
able longer to suppress their enthusiasm
for the ''old man eloquent" made the ar
ches ring with their plaudits. The con-
gratulations which poured in from every
side occupied the hands and could not
but reach the heart of the President
The meeting between him and his vener-
able predecessor was peculiarly affecting.
His old opponent and defeated rival, Gen.
eral jackson, was among the first of those
who fastened to grasp the hand of the
President, affording an example worthy
of imitation, of political enemies being
personal friends. A general feeling of
JOY attended the inauguration of Adams,
and although the party feeling was so bit
ter, yet all joined in congratulating the
victor.
The Inauguration of Andrew jackson.
The exciting political contest which had
preceded the triumphant election of An.
drew jackson, with his defeat four years
before, and his final triumph, all combin
ed to make his Inauguration one of the
most exciting. if mot the most tumultu'
GUS in the history of our country. A sys.
tematic effort was determined upon by
some of the defeated party to mar the
harmony of the ceremony, but the tre-
mendous preponderance of the friends oi
jackson and of order, caused the intend
ed disgraceful attempt to be abandoned.
"No one who was in Washington on
the day of Jackson's Inauguration was
likely to forget that period to the day Of
his DEATH" So wrote an eyewitness
To those who witnessed the quiet and or
derly period of Adams Administrations
it seemed as if half the nation had rushed
at once to the capitol. 1t was like the
inundation of the northern barbarians in
to Rome, save that the tumultuous tides
came from different points of the compass
! Strange faces filled every public place
1t seemed as though every Jackson edi
tor in the country was present, says
locker on.