Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-10
inauguration of the wee President.

II
The Washington correspondent Of The Gin |
ciunstl Commercial. thus expresses tie common |
disgust Of those -ho Witnessed the Inauguration
Ct Axpr Joaxsox a. vice PRESIDENT:
Those Who feel inclined - 70 Go. are welcome
10 the task OF drawing graphic pictures Of TIC
scenes atiendsnf upon tLe installation Of Hr
Lincoln upon hls second term / candidly coz
less that. for me, ell the poetry sas extracted
RON the occasion By tbe indecent conduct Of Mr..
Johnson. and the los, Uudigui6ed denagogical
speech made By biu. Vhen called upon 10 take
The oath Of slice Toe the second p<siiioB sa the
gin OF the American people. insiesd oi q ieE
words. mOdestly cfsving toe charity Of the Sen
ate toward any error OF omission or commission
he might commit in presiding over their delioer
atoms be disgnsted every one within TIE range
q; bis voice b- \ low, wi gar. illitesate bar
rsugue, for which &c would have 0een booted
from the stump, nc any respectable mss meet
ing Drunkenness nay be entered plea IN
abatement for him. Tor be bad been crazec With
liquor los several preceding days, and. IS % en-
tered the Senate Chamber. bis frame shook vIlh
the iremor OF debaueh
he commenced bis speech With stereotyPed
laudation Of the great power OF tie people; ard
thea turning % VI. Chase, rho, With Dis asso
cfate. of the supreme bench, WIS seated on the
right Of the chair. piped out, " say 20 you. the
supreme court, that all your power comes fTon
the people Not content with this unsesmly
remsrk 20 the chief justice. he wheeled round,
and addressing himself TO the members Of the
cabinet, said: - ssy IN you. Mr. Secretary Sew
ard. and TO you. Mr Secretary Snnion, aud 10
YOU Nr. Secre,Rry-" Here his memory fail
ed hiu. AID be had to be p-ompted as 20 the
name OF the secretaFy OF the navy, after which
be proceeded. u say 20 you sli, that you get
your Dos er from the people
But even this, bad a. 10 vas. was not the worst.
He then addressed the foreign ministers, who
were seated in front Of him atiired in court cos
tune: " say 10 you foreign ministers that am
p ebeisn: that vas ,sior's boz" . his vas
the climax OF his cosrseness and vulgarity. and
ia effect was visible in every countenance II was
easy TO see that every one IN the audience. sens
tors, cabinet ministers. supreme court. and all
| felt that ihey had been deeply insuted. by, Mr.
| Johnson's effort 20 play the demagogue wher be
| we called upon 90 act the statesman.
| Mr. Forney, who was setting near the vice
| president elect. tried in vain 10 induce him &c
take his seat. and whispered to him that the q nC
had come tor the dissolution of the thirty eight
congress, but he would hear no advice De KEEP
| on repeating himself over and over sgain in th'
/ subject of the powers OF the people. IN language
| the most unbecoming the occasion aud the mos
| illiterate ever uttered in the Senate.
But the subject is really too sickening 10 srit
about All have 70 cay shout the inaugurs
ton is. may lie VINO controls the lives of me,
and the destnes OF nations preserve the life o
Abraham Lincoln. and spare the country the hu
| initiation il would be made to feel in the cOutin
gency OF Andrew JohnsOns' assumption OF TN
reins Of government
The correspondent OF The Cincinnsti Gazette
in referring TO the scene and the speech remarks
"And so on. again. with iteration ard amplih
cation. A. last the retiring vice president voul
wait no longer; and in pererptory and audibl
whisper, he assured the vice president elect ths
| the Seraie had 10 be adjourned, sDd that it BIT
Johnson wouldn stop and take The oath. he mus
| 20 without il This checked the oratory ant
he swore the oath, With flourish called the SIN
ate to order again In extra session. and sank int
his seat. The proclamation VAS read, and th
new or newly elected Senators came forward q
take the oath. ex-Secretary Fessenden conspcu
Gus among them. The vice president approach
cd, with the Bible, TO administer the OATH but
as il OF iuGirm purpose. changed his mind All
began effort to shake hands with all of them
At last Col. Forney, the secretary Of the Sen
ate. ended the scene bs coming forward aud az
ministering the oath himself -