The weekly union record., 1865-04-15
The Inauguration.

The Inauguration.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
gives the following interesting account Of soma
Of the scenes on the occasion Of The inangura-
tion of Presiden; Lincoln
Meantime. the President. accompanied by
the Senate Committee of Arrangements, had
entered, almost unno,iced. The bedragglea
marshals. the glory Of their sashes and hatous
obscured by splotches Of the envions mud
appeared and there was a gradual dispersion
of the crowd at the main entrance. The
Sergeani-at arms announced "the Marshal Of
the District" "the Honorable the Supreme
Court of the United States, 1.-The President Of
the United States, the President elect; and
so the procession began to move toward the
east por,ieo, the black robed ja1ges leading
the way.
simultaneously, the immense galleries began
to pour forth their excited swarms OF ladies,
eagerly wedging themselves into compact
mass. that struggled and pushed and slowly
flowed on till the stream reached and dropped
down the steps Of the grand staircase; thence
to the portico, breaking through the guards
pushing aud fretting, and most of them failing.
In the very midst Of the throng, pushing hero
icaly along to see her husband inaugurated,
Harlan. She was jammed aud crushed aud
squeezed across the whole rotunda. but at
length some police officers gathered about, and
by final squeeze she was pushed through the
door. A woman tainted in the crush near her,
and others screamed so loud We all knew they
were 10 no danger of fainting.
SCENE FROM THE PoRTICo.
Emerging on the portieo, vast crowd,
! l. u. a.
for the President, met the eye. Lines of sol
diers drawn up iD columns gave martial air
to the peaceful occasion. Platforms erected
here and there were covered with photographers
busy catching the scene. Every step aud pro-
lection and window about the capitol was
alive with clustered humanity. On the foot Of
the portico sat the Supreme Judges. At their
side stood the President. Around were grouped
such of the Senators and Representatives as
had struggled through the crowd. The poor
Foreign Ministers were nowhere TO be seen.
They had been shabbily left TO shift for them
selves, and they respectfully declined 10 plunge
with their decorations into the seethug crowd,
in the hope of working their way through to
the potrico.
TAKING THE OATH.
How markedly what the circumstances now
bring Mr.. Lincoln to say contrasts with all this,
the country knows. He repeats his few brief
sentences, is attentively heard, and tumultuousy
cheered; and almost before the crowd on the
portico has discovered that the inaugural is
over, he has turned to the Chief Justice, who
rises, and with distinct and solemn enunciation,
begins the oath:
you, A Abraham Lincoln, do solemDly swear.
And in a lower tone, like churchman at
confirmation, Mr.. Lincoln repeats: 81, Abra-
ham Lincoln, do solemnly sweat"
That you will faithfully execute the office
of President Of the United States"
THAT will faithfully execute the Office of
President of the United States"
"And will, to the best of your ability, pre-
serve. protect and defend the Constitution of
the United States"
"A nd will, TO the best of my ability, preserve,
protect and defend the Constitution OF the
United States"
$50 help you God p
"Se help me God ~
1t is over The crowd cheer hsndkerchiels
are waved-the cannon begin their salutes;
there is clamor for "Johuson, johnson" but
half dozen Senators excaim, "Dou't let him
speak, something is energetically whispered in
bis ear-he steps forward, bows aud retires,
back to the White House begins to move.
What remained was not imposing. The
President did not kiss thirty-four girls to sym
bolize thirty four States, as he did four years
ago. We have taken to stronger arguments
than kisses The sections of artillery that
paraded in the procession were not loaded with
grape, as four years ago the men you brushed
against in the crowd were not rough with re
War has q. least relieved US from those neces
sities.
John Burns, of Gettysburg, marched iu the
procession; the band played, John Browns
soul is marching on Best of all, the storm
was over Every cloud had disappeared from
the heavens a very Sun of Austerlitz' ira
dated earth and sky for the ceremonial. May
it be for an omen p