The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-03-11
A National Disgrace.

The sensational correspondents otihe New
York, Cincinnati, and Chicago loyal: dali
les have made the most Of the inauguration
pageant at Washington on TIE 18th of March
but We notice that about the only incident
out OF the old beaten track of such occasions
is carefully CLOSED over. The incident we
alluje to was the induction into office of the
new vice President. The truth is GLORIOUS
Andy Johnson was little more glorious"
than usual on that occasion. IL. short, not to
put too fine point upon It, de vas drunk,
beas:ly, disgrscefuily drunk On being con-
Quoted Is tie char, lie undertook 70 max =
speech, s-i hcre is Whit the Herald reporter
saws Of it:
The speech WIS disconnected, II sentences
SO incohersl.t mat i was impossible 20 give
auaccrate report ofhis speech Ashis Sen eu-
ces came up in the reporters gallerv, the
statements that your president Is plebei.--
am plebeln. glory IN it-Iennessee has
Fever gone out Of the union-I am going 10
talk two minutes and 4 half on that point
/ want you to hear NE. Tennessee always
was loyai-we all Genre our power from the
peopic-Chict Justice Chase Is bu. = creature
of the peoI lei want you 70 hear ne two
minutes on that s'cInt-you Mr.. Stanton
secretary Of war, derive Jour authority ana
power from the people. (''Who is secretary
Of the navy? WAS then heard. in q voice Vi
less volume Some one responded w. Wei,es
You, Nr. Welles, secretary of the navy, get
your power from tine people
This was the strain and tone of the whole
speech, mixed with lecture to tie senate on
she action of the senate on the rsbelious
states.
1t was impossible to give = full report sit
ting In the gallery. The constant CHATTER of
voices in the rear, declaring What shame,
"Ilas lie now friends 2" is there no person
who will have mercy upon him ?" Tel hin,
70 stop and save tie country further disgrace,
we're So numerous that it entirely prevented
full report being made. The only full re-
port WAS that Of the official reporters Of the
Globe. The senators, however. were SO
chagTin ~ the speech that they notified the
reporter OF the Globe to suppress his copy
and v:,ii Until Mr.. johnson could write out
speech, that tais affair might not 20 before
the world in that form. L. is charitable 10
say that his condition was such that he vas
unfit to make speech. He evidently did
not shuH Bourbon county. Kentucky, on his
WAY here.
The reporter goes on to give series Of
other di.graceful occurrences arising out Of
the Vice Presidents maudlin condition. ana
TO depict the deep humiliation felt By every
decent American present in view Of them ;bu,
it is needless to copy further.
l: is creditablc TO the Senat-. however,
and worthy to be recorded to its praise. that
On re-sssenbling under the Presidents call
after tie Inauguration, the first thing ,Lev
did Was to nj dish the ..IIole Ia tic Wall
~ it has been called, or the senatorial drink
ing saloon, snal! bar that had been kept
for the last fifteen years in hole" .di,cent
TO side entrance 10 the senate chauber.-
With Vice President of Mr. Johnson's
habits, such an Institution for the future
would be altogether too handy, AID the SEN
Ate had no desire TO witnes. repetition of
the exhibition he had raade Of himself On bis
hrss appearance in the vice presidential
chair.