Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-03-14

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pr,.;dept was the conspicuous actor. Less
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- ar that account, We subjoin the testimony
Of two Republican witnesses as to the SANE
fsets.
n. iirst Of these witnesses Is the Wash |
,,rtou correspondent Of the CinseenAti Ga
~. No vrltes Is follows, under date Of
Nash ~:
IA ~ heur Of twelve appsoseeea VIC
p.>siasnH Hemlin takes his leave ofthe Sem
~ n = lev Atly wurded sentences, and IN
..,d,,r.s h;s red.faced and confused succeS-
sor. \.
eacaps recounting, but this tbing WAS nos
done in Z corner The man was the vice
President elect; the timo was the hour ior
his insueuration; the post that - WAS p
eeerns NJ that Of the sscend eSeese,ve o.
ac9sf crest people; heapp9ed in ~
presence Of : brilliant audience, gathered
sred from every quarter Of the land, Of our
evn hishest digniu sies, and Of the personal
renaeseneatives Of The powers a ehriotsn.
dSn. Thea and there and thus W. man
stool. 70 say, with many 4 rcpetiticu and
MANY IN error OF grammar, that the Consti
tuition Of the United States was striking
instrument that no felt here before the
Senate to-day that he was man and an
American citizen; that this was proud IL
lustraaion u,at man could rise from the
ranks to occupy the second place in the gin
! Of the American people that Senators and
Supreme Court and Cabinet should know,
and be would tell them, that they were the
lAss0 creatures Of the people. .asiR (
"You, Mr.. Chief Justice Chase, though
you ere now 80 high in place, your exalta-
k.c II,
= And I will say to you, Mr.. Secretary Se
wagd, and to you, Mr.. Secretary Stan.
ton, and TO you, Mr.. Secretary, Ito 4
gentleman near by, softo roce, "Who is
Secretary ofthe Navy The person address,
ed replied IN whisper, Mr.. Wclles ana
- yOu, NJ. Secretary WelIss. wouid say
Won ali derive your power from the people.
] want TO say il, to all who heard me, in
the face Of the American people. that oil
power was derived from the people. |
say, in the presence Of you foreign
ministers, for | am going to tell the truth
hero TO day, that am pebean. II is the
popular heart of this nation that is beating
70 sustain Cabinet officials and the Presi-
dent Of the United States.
"All this and much more, with clcpchcd
6sO and vehement gcsticulations, while
Senators and Supreme Judges, and the rep
rcscntativcs, now filing in, hung their
heads and the foreign ministers looked
agApe with opcn.eyed Amusement. Vice
President Hamin, who had rcstlessly borne
it thus far, now whispered, Mr.. johnson,
you must conclude; the prescribed time for
adjourning the Senate has arrived But
the flood was not to DC SO stayed.
more vehemcntly than ever the Vice
President elect resumed. lie came from
Tennessee: he thanked God for it. lie thank,
cd God Tennessee was State in the
Union, aud had never been out. The
State government had been discontinued
for . time there h~A s'ssss sn sntsrscB-
nun. : h,atua--but she had never been
out OF the Union. iIc stood there to.
day ~ her representative. On this day she
would elect a Governor and Legislature.
and she would very soon send Senators and
members to Congress.
"And 40 on, again, with iteration and am
pliAcution. At last the retiring Vice Pres
fdent would wait no longer; and in a per-
cmptory and audible whisper, he assured
the Vice President elect that the Senate had
% be adjourned, and that il MIR. johnson
wouldn't stop and take the oath he must go
without it! This che :ked the oratory, and
he swore the oath, with flourish called the
Senate 70 order again, in extra session, and
sank into his seat The proclamation was
read. and the new or newly elected Senators
'causS forward to take the oath, ex- Secretary
Fessendcn conspicuous among them. The
Vice President approached, with the bible,
to administer the oath; but, rs If inirm of
purpose, changed his mind, aud began an
effort 70 shake hands with all OF them. At
last Col. forney, the Secretary OF the Sen
ate, ended the scene by coming forward aud
administering the oath himself
Tho second Of these witnesses is the
Warrington correspondent of the Cincinna-
Il Commercial, who writes under the same
date IS follows:
''Thosc who feel inclined, SO to do. arc
welcome in the task Of drawing graphic pic
turs Of the scenes attendant upon the install
lstion Of Mr.. Lincoln for his second term. !
candidly confess that. as for me, all the poe
Try was extracted from the occasion by the
indecent conduct Of Mr.. johnson, and the
lew, undignified demagogical speech made
BY him, when called upon to take the oath
O. oeice for the second position in the gift
Of the American people. Instead OF few
words, modcstly craving the charity OF the
senate toward any error Of omission or COM
mission he might commit in presiding over
their deliberations, he disguised every one
within the range Of his voice, by low, vu
-, iliteratc harangue, for which he would
have been hooted from the stump at any
respectable mass meeting. Drunkenness
'oay b entered - . plea in abatement for
MIN, for he had been crazcd with liquor for
several preceding days, and N he entered
tno senate chamber, his frame shook with
ne trcmor Of debauch. lie commenced his
speech with stercotypcd laudation Of the
great power Of the people; and then turn.
ING to Mr.. Chase, with his associates Of the
supreme bench, who was seated at the right
@ the chatr, piped out. II say to you, the
supreme Couxt, that Ill your power comes
pm The people" Not content with this un-
'aealy remark to the chief justice, he wheel
q roaod, and, addressing himself to the
1eabers Of the cabinet, said: Il say to YOU.
Secretary Seward, and to you Mr.. See.
( Stanton, and to you Mr.. SoCretary
- Herr his memory failed him, and he
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